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‘Twitter isn’t a bar’: Jack Dorsey agrees with Musk decision to reverse Trump ban

May 11, 2022 12:31:47 pm

In a series of tweets, Jack Dorsey indicated that he agrees with Elon Musk when he said that he would reverse the Twitter ban on Donald Trump.

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WhatsApp emoji reactions now rolling out to more users: Here’s how these work

May 11, 2022 8:59:55 pm

WhatsApp emoji reactions are now rolling out to more Android and iOS users.

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Amazon Android users will no longer be able to buy Kindle e-books from the app

May 10, 2022 8:25:10 am

Amazon users on Android will no longer be able to buy a Kindle e-book from the app. The change comes as Google is pushing its new policy where app developers have to use its Play Store billing system

What is Mastodon, the ‘Twitter alternative’ that everyone is talking about

May 9, 2022 12:28:33 pm

Mastodon allows users to create their own servers and join servers based on the policies that they prefer the most.

Facebook to stop collecting location data

Facebook to stop ‘Nearby Friends’, weather alerts and other location-based features from June

May 8, 2022 10:48:17 am

Facebook hasn’t stated the exact reason behind the discontinuation of these features but it does claim that all user information related to these features will be deleted from its servers.

Inside Elon Musk’s big plans for Twitter

May 8, 2022 5:16:39 am

Musk has presented a pitch deck to investors in recent days outlining his grand plans for Twitter and its financial targets.

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Instagram makes sharing date of birth mandatory: All you need to know

May 6, 2022 10:13:21 am

Instagram prompts that ask you to verify your age can no longer be skipped after a new update.

WhatsApp finally rolling out emoji reactions for messages

May 6, 2022 9:39:35 am

WhatsApp is getting a popular feature that Telegram and Instagram users have been familiar with for a quite some time.

Neeraj Arora regrets Whatsapp sale to Facebook

Former WhatsApp CBO Neeraj Arora regrets $22 billion sale to Facebook

May 6, 2022 9:22:34 am

In a series of tweets, Neeraj Arora explained how WhatsApp has veered off the course that the founders had imagined for the service

Free speech to charging for tweets: Everything Elon Musk said about changing Twitter

May 5, 2022 9:28:45 am

From explaining his stance on free speech to saying that Twitter could look at charging select users for tweets, here’s a look at everything Musk has said so far.

Telegram premium appears in beta with exclusive stickers and emojis

May 4, 2022 3:21:56 pm

A new set of stickers and reaction emoji were spotted on the 8.7.2 beta for iOS users.

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WhatsApp banned 1.85 million accounts in March 2022: Report

May 4, 2022 9:36:36 am

After banning about 1.4 million account in February this year, WhatsApp has banned another 1.85 million in March. Read all about it below.

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Jack Dorsey speaks of Twitter’s mistakes, admits he is against permanent bans

May 1, 2022 12:14:02 pm

In one of his tweets, Dorsey says that he is against the idea of permanently banning someone from the platform; apparently hinting at the permanent suspension of Donald Trump's account.

WhatsApp to bring emoji reactions to status updates soon

April 30, 2022 12:51:22 pm

WhatsApp could soon bring emoji reactions to status updates on the app. Here's all you need to know about the feature.

Twitter CEO faces employee anger over Musk attacks at company-wide meeting

April 30, 2022 10:59:15 am

Elon Musk has tweeted about eliminating the salaries of Twitter's board directors, which he said could result in about $3 million in cost savings.

WhatsApp may soon extend multi-device support to smartphones

April 29, 2022 12:21:59 pm

Using the same WhatsApp account on multiple devices may soon be a reality. Read more below.

What Musk’s past tweets reveal about Twitter’s next owner

April 28, 2022 4:18:55 pm

Musk joined Twitter in 2009 and now has more than 85 million followers.

Instagram reels is getting up to 20 per cent of the user attention on the platform

Reels makes up 20% of user time spent on Instagram, but hard to monetise: Zuckerberg

April 29, 2022 8:43:31 am

But this shift in user attention also spells some problems for the company as it can’t yet monetise Reels as effectively as it does with the posts and stories.

Meta shares surge after Facebook ekes out user growth

April 28, 2022 11:12:22 am

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg also said that the company would scale back costs and was investing in artificial intelligence tools to improve recommendations and ads

Twitter abuse victims fear Musk’s plans, but may not quit

April 28, 2022 10:19:35 am

In tweets to his 85 million followers since Twitter accepted his $44 billion offer on Monday, Musk has made clear that he intends to regulate content with a much lighter touch.

YouTube Shorts could get ads soon

April 28, 2022 9:55:47 am

What form the ads on Shorts videos will take remains to be seen.

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Elon Musk says Twitter needs to be politically neutral, explains what he means

April 28, 2022 11:16:08 am

Twitter owner Elon Musk has said that the platform "needs to be politically neutral’ in order to regain ‘public trust’ and effectively this means “upsetting the far right and the far left equally.”