Tag: Facebook
WhatsApp Building a UWP Desktop App, to Soon Add Multiplatform Support
WhatsApp is reportedly building a desktop app that will work without having your phone nearby as it is with WhatsApp web version. The giant...
Teens Are Now Switching Their Instagram Profiles to Business Accounts
Instagram is testing hiding likes in several countries and this feature will probably roll out globally in the coming months. The feature as Instagram...
Facebook Fined $5 Billion Over Cambridge Analytica Saga
Remember when social media giant Facebook was battling privacy issues after it emerged the network had colluded with troubled data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica...
How to Access Your Instagram DMs from the Web or the Desktop
Instagram really doesn't want you to leave the app at all costs especially since it began as app unlike its parent company Facebook which...
NSO Group Improved Their WhatsApp Spyware, It Can Now Pry Your Google, Facebook and iCloud Data
If you thought the WhatsApp hack by NSO Group early this year was worse, the Israeli company has now improved their spyware to do...
This Instagram Loophole Allowed Hackers to Access Accounts Within 10 Minutes
Any software or computer system is vulnerable to hacks. This is why companies pay to keep their systems secure or pay people who spot...
Facebook Launches New Product Experimentation(NPE) Team
The New Product Experimentation(NPE) team is a new brand from Facebook that will be tasked with launching consumer experimental apps for various platforms including...
Facebook Is Working to Fix the Outage Affecting Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp
If you are extremely online like me, you may have noticed that there has been an outage across Facebook-owned platforms including itself plus Messenger,...
WhatsApp Is Testing a Way to Share Your Status to Facebook, Instagram and Other Apps
After Facebook bought WhatsApp in 2014 for $19 billion, the social media giant has been introducing new features for the popular messaging platform. Status...
Facebook’s Calibra Aims to Disrupt the Mobile Money Space
Today, Facebook announced Libra which is their new cryptocurrency platform which will be governed by the Libra Association. However, they also announced an interesting fintech product...
Facebook Finally Unveils Libra: Their Hyped Cryptocurrency For the World
Facebook has finally unveiled their cryptocurrency platform and it is quite something.
First, they announced the Libra Association which has the new currency called Libra. The Libra association is...
Facebook Isn’t Afraid of Sign in with Apple
Sign in with Apple was one of the most exciting features announced at WWDC 2019 that happened early this month. The sign in method...
Facebook Isn’t Planning on Removing This Deepfake Video of Zuckerberg on Instagram
Early this week a fake video of Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's CEO was spotted on Instagram in which he is seen giving a sinister speech...
Facebook Suspends Huawei from Pre-installing Its Apps
Facebook is now the latest tech company that has suspended business with Huawei. The social media giant has stopped Huawei from pre-installing its apps...
Apple Launched a New Web Sign in at WWDC 2019 – Here’s How It Works
At WWDC 2019, Apple made both software and hardware announcements. One feature they unveiled aimed at privacy was the company's single sign-on(SSO). This feature...
Privacy? What Privacy? – Facebook
This past Wednesday, Facebook was in court facing multidistrict litigation coming from the Cambridge Analytica scandal and the social media giant argued that they...
Expect to See More Facebook Posts from Your Close Friends as News Feed Algorithm Gets Tweaked
Facebook is constantly tweaking its news feed algorithm and from now on expect to see more posts from your close friends that includes baby...
Facebook Set to Soon Launch This Privacy Feature They Announced Last Year
Facebook is set to soon launch a privacy feature that will let people delete data important for targeting ads. It was announced last year....
Facebook Brings Back “View As Public” and “Edit Public Details” Button Directly to Profiles
Facebook brings back "view as public" and "edit public details" button directly to profiles. The features had been removed following a data breach last...
There Has to Be a Better Solution Than Breaking up Facebook
Facebook has had a rough couple of years but people calling for the scandal-ridden(data privacy and misinformation) social media giant to break up is...
Facebook’s Major Redesign and Other Key Things Mentioned at F8 2019
Facebook F8 conference is usually their developer focused conference that they use to share new features that they are planning for their ecosystem.
In 2019's...
Hi Everyone, My Name Is Mark Zuckerberg and Welcome to My Podcast
Hi, my name is Mark Zuckerberg and welcome to my podcast. Please subscribe, like, share and comment...
Clicked: Facebook, Instagram Privacy Mishap, Apple Settles with Qualcomm as Intel Exits 5G Modem Business
It has been a rollercoaster this past week in terms of what tech giants have been up to and Clicked is here to break...
Facebook is Considering Bringing Back Messenger Chats to Main App
You may remember that Facebook spurned off Messenger way back in 2011 where it was originally called Facebook Chat. They released standalone apps for Android and...
How Telkom Kenya Leverages Caching and Peering to Boost Mobile Data Speeds
Telkom is planning to deploy higher capacity undersea cables that will see substantial improvement on its network, with the first phase of the project...
Facebook Bids Farewell to Its Apps for Windows Phone
Facebook will pull its apps for the Windows phone platform come end month. The apps going away include the Facebook app, Instagram and Messenger...
President Kenyatta’s Social Media Pages Vanish, Government Issues a Clarification
President Uhuru Kenyatta's Twitter account and Facebook page have vanished from the social media realm.
This happened minutes after the Kenyan President tweeted about corruption,...
Facebook Stored Passwords of Millions of Users in Plain Text For Years
Millions of Facebook users had their passwords stored in plain text and were searchable by Facebook employees, as Krebs on Security reports.
Apparently from Facebook's...
Basement Is a New Social Media Platform Limited to Your Close Friends
Tired of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Twitter? Basement might be another choice to consider if you're migrating from these giant social media platforms.
With the majority...
Beyond Passwords: All You Need to Know
2FA also known as 2-factor authentication fortifies passwords with a second piece of information which involves a one-time passcode being sent at the time...
