Tag: Social Media
The Kenya Information and Communication Bill 2019 That Seeks to License Bloggers Gets First Hearing
Alright. The Data Protection, 2019 Bill is now law, and based on the responses we received from our news desk, it was one of...
Nigeria Government Wants To Regulate Social Media
Nigeria's federal government is reported to be working on how to 'sanitise social media according to BusinessDayNg.
Lai Mohammed, Nigeria's Minister of Information and Culture was...
This Guy Created a Bot that Ordered Items That Were Recommended by Twitter
Twitter is a simple microblogging platform that was meant for people to share their thoughts of the day.
However, time and time again we find...
Compilation of the Best Me Explaining Memes
The "Me Explaining" memes have been trending and has become our favourite meme the past few days. Th meme combines two reaction images to...
U.S. State Department to Require All Visa Applicants to Provide Their Social Media Usernames
The U.S State Department has already started to put into action last years proposal of requiring visa applicants to submit their social media profiles...
Benin Shuts Down Social Media Access Amid Poll-Fueled Protests
Beninese folks will be voting for new leaders in a general poll that will take place today. The elections are particularly interesting because the...
Social Media Erupts as Tiger Woods Wins Masters Golf Tournament
People use social media as a second screen when they are watching stuff on TV like sports. They use it to check the sentiments...
Zimbabwe High Court Orders Government To Restore Internet Access
Today, the High Court of Zimbabwe has ordered that the government restore full Internet in the country. This is days after Internet access was...
Instagram to Let Users Share Posts to Multiple Accounts, Adds Google Photos Shortcut
Instagram iOS app now lets you share posts to multiple accounts in one sitting or at least for some users just like how the...
The Superstitious Network Is Dedicated to Sharing Your Irrational Beliefs
The Superstitious Network is a recently launched social media platform that allows users from all over the world to post their most irrational beliefs....
How to use Social Media Buyer Personas to Guide Campaigns
Effective utilization of targeted buyer personas lifted sales leads to almost 124 percent. With the progressive change in marketing landscape, it has become crucial...
Kenyan Vlogger’s Day as a MEME is all the Comic Relief we Need
Time and time again, we've seen how social media can turn anything into a meme. This is usually true across the social networking apps:...
Instagram’s Purge is Coming For Fake Likes, Comments and Follows
The idea of having a solid influence on social media platforms has made people push their importance to limits, which is marked by vices...
Jack Dorsey Wants To Get Rid of Twitter Like Button
Apparently the Twitter like button might be removed according to reports which is only three years after the feature was introduced on the platform.
Kenyans Heavily Tracked Kenya Airways’ Maiden Direct Flight to New York
Yesterday, something historic for Kenya Airways happened. Their maiden direct flight to the United States took off for a long 15 hour journey. This...
Sweden Ends Curation on Twitter Account By Citizens After 7 Years
One of the best things about any form of social network is how people find interesting ways to use it. On Twitter, we have...
Inventor of The Web Fires Cannons Against Tech Giants While Instagram Founders Unfriend Mark Zuckerberg
Instagram's Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger unfriend Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg
Kevin and Mike called it quits on the photo-sharing platform which they founded in 2010 and...
So What if Your Brand is Caught up in a Social Media Crisis, What Next?
Social media disasters are the one thing both brand managers and companies wish to never deal with. But what do you do when they happen?
Kenya Court Sets Unsettling Precedence on Use of Unauthorised Photos Online
Kenya Orient Insurance Limited has found itself on the wrong side of the law after the Milimani Commercial Court ruled that they used a...
Kenyans React To New Police New Uniforms on Twitter
Today, President Uhuru Kenyatta commissioned new uniforms for the Kenya Police and since this is 2018, we got to see them on social networks...
Here are Kenya’s Most Engaging Pages on Facebook
When it comes to social media usage, the trend has moved from just person to person interaction but brands have also found a haven...
Egypt Approves Law To Regulate People With Over 5000 Followers on Social Media
Governments around the world have been grappling with the problem of handling social media, which has been a relatively new development in a country's...
We Overuse Technology. Here’s How to Detach Without Going Off-Grid
There’s so much tech surrounding us – from the multiple devices we use to the websites we visit. Our everyday interaction with tech has...
Premier League Will Block Illegal Streams Next Season
The English Premier League is one of the most watched spectacles in the world. Thanks to its popularity, media houses pay a huge sum...
Twitter Erupted After England Was Knocked From the World Cup
The World Cup is about to end and it has not disappointed at all. There has been drama since the group stages upto the...
Zambia Mulls New Laws That Regulate Social Media Use
Zambia is the latest African country that is contemplating social media clampdown
Instagram is Rolling Out 4 Way Group Video Chat That Has a Nice Trick
Today, Instagram has launched group video calls on Instagram Direct as reported by the tech publication TechCrunch.
This feature was officially launched during this year's F8 and it...
Building The Perfect Phone For Social Media Use
Phones started out as a great mobile alternative to the landline phones, but after the introduction of the iPhone, smartphones were a thing and...
WhatsApp Images and Videos Will No Longer Appear in Your Gallery
The biggest downside about using WhatsApp is that your gallery will have an Everest of terrible memes, images and videos you never watched from...
Is it Laurel or Yanny? This Video is Dividing the Internet
This is the latest trend that is dividing the Internet.
