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Pinterest is a hot topic when it comes to copyright, but the site is doing its best to protect artists. You can do your part by being careful when pinning or using images. A good first step is understanding how copyright works on Pinterest. Then, you need to learn what to look for and how

Bluesky, an organisation funded by Twitter to build technology aimed at fundamentally changing how social media platforms operate, on Monday announced a leader for the project nearly two years after Twitter chief Jack Dorsey first announced it. Jay Graber, founder of a social events startup who has also worked as a cryptocurrency developer, will lead

Yik Yak was in its prime in the mid-2010s, living on in the memory of many high school and college students who got to experience all the inside jokes and shenanigans that went on in the app. The anonymous messaging app shut down in 2017, and we thought it was gone for good. But now,

Facebook and a team of African and global telecoms companies will add four more countries to its world’s largest subsea cable project, widening the build project in Africa earlier than planned, they said in a joint statement on Monday. Internet connectivity will be expanded to the Seychelles, the Comoros Islands, Angola, and bring a new

With new updates and new features rolling out every so often, Snapchat is the gift that keeps giving. Snap Map arrived in 2017 and soon became increasingly popular. It eventually got its own individual tab so Snapchatters could make use better use of it. A newer addition to the Snap Map is My Places, a

Have you ever sent a photo or video to a WhatsApp contact and then wished you could delete it from their device? If you’ve sent a photo of your credit card or scanned in a receipt for an expense report, you’ll definitely want to delete it after viewing. WhatsApp has a new feature for these

American micro-blogging and social networking service Twitter has halted its account verification programme, saying that it needs to work on the application and review process that lets people into the blue check mark club. As per The Verge, this change, where Twitter will not be letting new people apply for verification, is coming after the

After Twitter, apex child rights body NCPCR on Friday asked Facebook to take action against the Instagram profile of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for posting a photo of the family of the nine-year-old girl who was allegedly raped and murdered in southwest Delhi, saying it violated the law. On August 4, the National Commission for

Would you like to save your favorite TikTok content to view later? Are you worried about backing up your social media accounts? Well, allow us to introduce you to Qoob Clips. Qoob Clips offers a powerful TikTok mass downloader that lets you save content from your favorite public and private social media accounts, including your

Google Meet is getting a bunch of new features for its free and Workspace users that are designed to make it easier to control meetings. The search giant mentioned that the new features are some of the highly requested features by its users. They include the ability to add up to 25 co-hosts per meeting,

Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri has announced that the app no longer focuses solely around sharing photos. Instead, the platform is shifting more of its focus toward creators, video, shopping, and messaging. Mosseri specifically mentioned TikTok and YouTube as competitors, saying that Instagram needs to pivot if it wants to meet the demands of the

Instagram is announcing a set of new features that are aimed to help protect people from abuse on its platform. The Facebook-owned social media platform will give its users the ability to limit comments and direct messages (DM) during spikes of increased attention. It will also give stronger warnings when people try to post offensive

WhatsApp is a convenient platform to keep in touch with friends and family. Some workplaces even use the app for interoffice communication. But one of the platform’s significant limitations is its punitive cap on the file size of shared images. Additionally, if you try to send full-resolution images via WhatsApp, you’ll probably see errors or

TikTok surpassed Facebook to become the most downloaded app in the world in 2020, according to business journal Nikkei Asia, citing a global survey of app downloads. The journal said that the Chinese short-video app topped the list of social media providers for the first time since the study was first conducted in 2018. TikTok

Want to reach out to more people through social media? Analyze your current engagement and plan ahead through robust tools. Social media analytics is not only for large marketing companies and most popular influencers. If you want to become a social media influencer or currently growing your reach, you should also make the best use

Twitter will partner with the Associated Press and Reuters to more quickly provide credible information on the social networking site as part of an effort to fight the spread of misinformation, it said on Monday. Like other social media companies, the San Francisco-based firm has been under pressure to remove misleading or false information on its

Twitter has made it easier to log in or sign up on the micro-blogging platform. Its users can now use their Apple ID or Google account to directly sign up/ log in. Twitter was earlier spotted testing new sign in/ sign up options on its platform. New users can now sign up with their Apple

WhatsApp is working on enabling end-to-end encryption for local backups, according to a report. The new development is said to first arrive in a beta build of WhatsApp for Android. However, the feature has not yet been confirmed by the messaging app maker itself. Alongside enhancing security of its local backups, WhatsApp is reportedly working

WhatsApp for iPhone now lets you send photos and videos that can only be viewed once by recipients. The new change is currently rolling out to the iPhone users through a new WhatsApp version that is available for download through the App Store. The update also changes the style of in-app message notifications. WhatsApp has

The US Federal Trade Commission criticised Facebook on Thursday for making “misleading claims” to explain why it had disabled the accounts of researchers studying political advertisements on the social media platform. Facebook said on Tuesday it had cut off the personal accounts and access of the New York University researchers because of concerns about other users’

Facebook has cut off some academic researchers for “scraping” data from the platform, sparking a fresh controversy about the leading social network’s transparency to outside experts studying misinformation and abusive content. The California tech giant acted late Tuesday to block the research from New York University’s Ad Observatory Project, citing privacy concerns. Facebook product management

Beijing prosecutors initiated a civil public-interest lawsuit against a Tencent subsidiary on Friday, saying the “youth mode” on the company’s popular social messaging app WeChat does not comply with laws protecting minors. The lawsuit was initiated by Beijing’s Haidian District People’s Procuratorate against Shenzhen Tencent Computer Systems, according to a filing posted on JCRB.com, a

Elaine Thompson-Herah — the Jamaican sprinter who created history by winning gold in both 100m and 200m event at two consecutive Summer Olympics (2016 Rio de Janeiro and 2020 Tokyo) — was temporarily blocked from posting anything on Instagram on Tuesday afternoon. The ‘fastest woman alive’ had shared a video of her Olympic races after

Facebook already asks for your thoughts. Now it wants your prayers. The social media giant has rolled out a new prayer request feature, a tool embraced by some religious leaders as a cutting-edge way to engage the faithful online. Others are eyeing it warily as they weigh its usefulness against the privacy and security concerns

Tagging is an important part of Facebook, as it lets you dynamically link to someone else’s profile. One of the most common ways of doing this is by tagging photos. Let’s take a look at what photo tagging is on Facebook and answer some of the most frequently asked questions about how photo tagging works.

Discord is a rapidly growing platform with over 150 million monthly active users. While it is free to use, users can pay a subscription every month to get more value out of the service. If you’re a regular Discord user, you would have noticed how you run into certain limitations as you use the platform.

YouTube is giving creators the chance to earn up to $10,000/month for posting videos on its TikTok clone, YouTube Shorts. This comes out of YouTube’s $100 million Shorts Fund that’s set to be distributed over the course of one year. Short Videos, High Stakes Obviously, not every creator on YouTube Shorts is eligible to receive

Have you noticed that your favorite artist’s work no longer appears on your Instagram feed? It may just be that they’re affected by the new Instagram sensitive content filter. One of the best things about Instagram is the endless list of content creators with their unique content. However, not all of them create the kind

Many people use Tinder to find potential matches in their area. Currently, the app has helped billions of people find dates around the globe, which is mind-blowing. No other dating platform comes close. But in addition to the free version of Tinder, the service also offers three paid subscription tiers for those who want more

Have you ever felt ashamed after checking your screen time and finding out you’ve been staring at your screen for way longer than planned? It’s easy to get carried away with using your iPhone, but it doesn’t have to take over your life. We have a list of very easy changes you can make on