Tag: Facebook
Huawei’s CEO Believes Facebook, Twitter and Instagram Will Come to App Gallery
Huawei is still on the United States entity list which bars it from transacting with American companies. This has forced them to release phones...
Instagram Raked in More Revenue than YouTube in 2019
Tech companies like Google and Facebook make a bulk of their revenue from ads. They have been so good at turning their various assets...
Facebook’s New Privacy Tool Is Finally Available For Users Globally
It has been a long time coming for Facebook users who are tired of being stalked by the social media giant when they're not...
How to Use Twitter’s Emoji Reactions in Your DMs
Finally, after months of waiting, Twitter has finally rolled out emoji reactions. With this feature, you can add a reaction to direct messages using...
Clicked: Alphabet Joins the Trillion-Dollar Club Plus More ICYMI Tech Stories
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 for Web is Getting a Redesign for All in the Next Few Months
Dark mode has become a trendy feature in recent times. It has its benefits like using websites and apps better at night and for...
Instagram: Tips To Protect Your Privacy and Help You Stay Secure
In recent years, Instagram has become a popular platform for sharing photos and videos with friends and family plus also being a platform to...
Facebook OS is the Company’s Bet to Control the Future of its Devices
Facebook really wants to get in the operating system business - remember the Facebook phones built by HTC such as the HTC First phone...
Facebook Partners with Local University to Launch Video Journalism Fellowship
Facebook has partnered with Aga Khan University Graduate School of Media and Communication to launch the Video Journalism Fellowship
Facebook Experimental Team Looking to Get into Podcasts and Travel Apps
Facebook recently created its New Product Experimentation Team in mid-July this year and was tasked to launch consumer and business-facing experimental apps for various platforms...
Facebook Built a Chatbot for Its Employees to Use When Asked Difficult Questions During the Holidays
This year Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other tech CEO have been spending time in Congress grilled by lawmakers and answering questions about data...
Compilation of the Best Memes When Facebook and Instagram Went Down
Facebook's most popular platforms, Facebook and Instagram went down last evening and the memes that followed took centre stage. Facebook's family of apps experienced...
Facebook Developer Circles Trains Thousands of Kenya Developers as it Holds iD8 Conference in Nairobi
Global tech corporations hold a series of conferences across the globe, and they target a broad scope of their customers and consumers. However, those...
Kenya Government Demanded Select User Data from Facebook as Tanzania Remained Calm
The number of Kenyans on Facebook is substantial and is said to be in terms of millions for a country that has near 50...
Facebook Quietly Released Whale, a Meme Making App
Facebook always finds ways if staying relevant and this quest to stay relevant makes the company do strange things.
Social media has made people share...
Facebook Begins Testing Popular Photos, an Instagram Feed-Like Feature
With growing numbers on Instagram and dwindling Facebook numbers, Facebook is now trying to clone features from its popular platforms in a bid to...
Facebook Transparency Report Reveal Internet Shutdowns Were Rampant in Africa
Facebook released their latest Transparency report for the first half of 2019. The report focused on the nature and extent of government requests for...
Facebook Announces Facebook Pay for Seamless Payments Across Its Apps
Today Facebook has announced Facebook Pay which is their new way of making sure that they provide a consistent payment experience across Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and...
Facebook App Will Let You Customize the Navigation Toolbar and Hide Notification Dots
The Facebook app is getting a new update that will soon let you customize the navigation toolbar and remove those annoying red notification dots....
Instagram Will Sponsor IGTV Creators Only If They Don’t Film Anything About Politics or Social Issues
Instagram really wants it long video platform, IGTV to succeed. It is now willing to cover the video production costs for IGTV creators but...
Twitter Reacts to the New Facebook Logo
Facebook now has a new flat logo to separate itself from its products. The new Facebook logo distinguishes the Facebook company from the Facebook...
Facebook Decides to Give Their Parent Company Name a Weird Logo
Facebook has unveiled a new logo today that is meant to represent the parent company that owns Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger and more.
The new...
Facebook Begins Deleting Accounts of NSO Group Employees on its Social Media Platforms
Early this week, Facebook sued Israeli-based spyware maker NSO Group. WhatsApp took the surveillance contractor to court blaming them for the silent call exploit....
Mark Zuckerberg Insists Facebook Won’t Ban Political Ads
Next year is the United States General Election and from the snafu that was caused by social media regarding the election, political ads have...
Twitter Will Ban Political Ads Globally Starting November 22
Late last night local time, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey posted on his platform in a series of tweets that his company will ban all...
Facebook Revamped Web Interface Begins Slow Rollout, Comes with Dark Mode Layout
The redesign Facebook announced during their annual F8 conference early this year has started to roll out. Facebook said that the new design will...
Facebook Libra Head Claims Libra is Not in “Jeopardy”
Facebook launched Libra, their cryptocurrency platform back in June this year and they had on board a lot of partners. However, these partners started...
Facebook Is Locking out Users for Reporting Accounts Impersonating Them
Is someone impersonating your Facebook account or you notice a fake or scammy Facebook account, the giant social media platform will reportedly lock you...
Mastercard, Visa, eBay and Stripe Join PayPal in Calling It Quits on Facebook Libra
Facebook Libra, the giant social media network's cryptocurrency project is now 6 members short. The project was announced in June and got support from...
Facebook’s Official Active User Base in Kenya Revealed Thanks to Kenyan Artist
Facebook has a huge audience globally. Over 2.7 billion users use the social network globally and you can be sure that they track that...
No More Creeping as Instagram Pulls the Plug on the Following Tab on Its App
Instagram is bididng goodbye to this controversial feature of its app: the Following Tab. This means users can stop creeping on each other. The...
This New Policy from Facebook Will Help Spread More Disinformation and the Platform Is Set to Profit from It
Facebook recently changed its policy on political ads posted on its platform that will have devasting effects regarding disinformation. In late Septemeber, it was...
Facebook Standalone “Threads” App is For Connecting With Your Instagram Clique
Instagram is no stranger to having standalone apps that integrate with it. There is Boomerang, Layout and IGTV. There is a new one and...
Important Details from Mark Zuckerberg’s Leaked Audio Recordings
There's a lot to unpack from Mark Zuckerberg's leaked audio recording of his Q&A session with his Facebook employees. Mark Zuckerberg regularly holds Q&A...
No, Facebook and Google Don’t Control Websites That Receive 70% of All Internet Traffic
Lately, there have been calls by 2020 US Presidential hopefuls to break up big tech companies like Facebook and Google. One of the democratic...