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Telegram stickers are a universe of their own, with people having entire conversations in cool graphics, trashy memes, or movie quotes. And it’s largely possible because Telegram allows you to make your own stickers. The best thing about making Telegram stickers is that you don’t have to have a developer account or pass a long and

Spotify on Wednesday launched a live audio app called Greenroom, the Swedish online music streaming giant’s answer to the popular platform Clubhouse. Greenroom allows users to join live discussions or to host their own. Spotify launched Greenroom after acquiring Betty Labs, the company behind the popular sports-focused audio platform Locker Room. Along with podcasts, social

Moderating groups on social media isn’t the easiest of jobs, with the arguments that seem to constantly break out online. To combat this, Facebook has launched some new admin tools to help admins moderate comments in Facebook groups more easily. In a blog post, Facebook announced that it’s launching some new admin tools to make

Facebook and other Silicon Valley giants could face more scrutiny and sanctions in the European Union after the bloc’s top court backed national privacy watchdogs to pursue them, even when they are not their lead regulators. Consumer lobbying group BEUC welcomed Tuesday’s ruling by the EU Court of Justice (CJEU), which backed the right of

When you mention online communication apps, Slack and Discord are often in the conversation. They’ve both received wide adoption and have their uses for remote work, but which is the better collaboration tool? Since its start, Slack was the industry standard for business communication, but it’s not the only player in the game. Discord is

Lagos-based entrepreneur Ogechi Egemonu was selling more than NGN 500,000 (roughly Rs. 88,760) worth of watches, shoes, and handbags on Twitter per week. Now, with the site suspended by the Nigerian government, Egemonu does not know how she will cope. “Social media is where I eat,” she told Reuters. “I depend on social media for my

Any frequent TikTok user has definitely come across a certain phenomenon. When you scroll through your “For You” Page long enough, you end up hearing the same song repeatedly in multiple videos—used in a variety of scenarios. Sometimes, you may even hear the same joke or sketch over several videos, interpreted differently by different creators.

Flexiple co-founder and CEO Karthik Sridharan shared a fascinating story on Twitter of No Code tools that helped him build a startup with $2 million (roughly Rs. 14.6 crores) revenue. Flexiple is a network of top freelance developers and designers. The No Code tools, Sridharan said, cost his company just $80 (roughly Rs. 5,800) a

Facebook wants to be clearer about its policies to help you better understand the app, and has launched a new resource to help in this respect. Facebook’s Transparency Center is a one-stop shop for anyone looking to understand how the platform deals with all manners of things. This article will help you navigate the Transparency Center so you can

Ather Energy, an Indian electric scooter maker, on Friday, said that like Tesla’s Model S Plaid, they, too, could have had Cyberpunk 2077 on the dashboard, had Indian roads been a bit better. Well, let us explain. Ather’s take on Twitter, perhaps in a lighter vein, came a day after Elon Musk, the Tesla CEO,

COVID-19 has taken the world by storm. And being the first pandemic our generation has lived through, it has brought much confusion and misinformation. Since talks of a COVID-19 vaccine started coming up, so too have numerous myths and false information surrounding it. And with conversations on social media spreading like wildfire through real people’s accounts, it can be

Facebook Messenger is getting three new features in an update for its mobile app. The new features include three new chat themes, a quick reply bar, along with QR code scanning and payment links. The update will be rolled out for its Android and iOS apps. The social media giant mentioned that the QR code

Emojis have become second nature when texting. From rising out of a need to express emotion over text messages, these icons have changed the way we use communicate digitally. Here’s a look at the rise of emojis and how they have become a much bigger part of our digital culture… The Rise of Emojis Image Credit:

Like supermarkets, restaurants, and purveyors of sourdough bread, the illegal drugs trade went digital to serve its customers during lockdown, and could stay that way when the COVID-19 pandemic is over, Europe’s drugs agency said on Wednesday. “The pandemic is pushing drug criminals online, reinforcing a trend,” said the European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva

Social shopping has become part of a number of the major social media apps, where users can make purchases on these networks without having to visit a website. While the premise for these changes is based on convenience, it changes the social media experience. Here’s a look at the social shopping trend and how it

“How does Instagram decide what shows up for me first?”, “Why do some of my posts get more views than others?”; “How does Instagram decide what to show me in Explore?” — if you have ever wondered about these questions as a user or a creator on Instagram, don’t worry. The photo-sharing platform has now

US President Joe Biden has reversed the Trump Administration’s efforts to ban China-owned TikTok and WeChat. Instead of trying to ban TikTok and WeChat outright, Biden has signed off on an executive order that calls for the investigation of apps owned by foreign adversaries. Biden Unravels Trump’s Executive Orders TikTok and WeChat may be safe

WhatsApp voice calls are now available for Jio Phone and other KaiOS-based feature phone users around the world. The new feature works on the Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology and requires users to have an active Wi-Fi or mobile data connectivity for making WhatsApp calls. The Facebook-owned company on Tuesday said that voice calling

Like other social media apps, Snapchat allows you to download your entire history and the data it has collected about you. Luckily, the process is pretty easy. Here’s all you need to know about it… How to Request Your Snapchat Data Image Gallery (4 Images) Close Image 1 of 4 Image 2 of 4 Image

Jeff Bezos has announced he will be flying to space with his brother on July 20. The former Amazon CEO will be among the travellers on the first passenger flight of Blue Origin. Blue Origin’s reusable suborbital rocket system named New Shepard will take its first astronaut crew to space along with Bezos and his

Voice messages are great for when something is better explained through voice rather than text, or for when you’re simply feeling too darn lazy to type. That said, getting a long voice message can be a pain to listen to all the way through. WhatsApp is trying to remedy this, by adding new options for

Citing non-compliance of New Intermediary Guideline Rules by Twitter, the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on Saturday sent a final communication to Twitter asking them to comply immediately with the requirements of the new guidelines failing which resultant consequences as enjoined in the law shall follow. A letter issued by the Ministry

In September 2020, LinkedIn announced its own Stories feature, which has since launched in various countries, including the US, Canada, France, Brazil, and India. However, while LinkedIn Stories have been with us for a while now, they still aren’t worth using, and aren’t popular with LinkedIn users as a result. This is due to a lack

Tinder will finally be letting users avoid all their exes, friends, colleagues, relatives, and anyone else they might not want to run into on a dating app. The company announced today that it will start allowing people to block their phone contacts. According to The Verge, romance-seekers can access the feature from their settings, under

While WhatsApp doesn’t have a built-in message scheduling feature, you can use a browser extension to schedule messages on WhatsApp Web. This solution might make your life easier if your job requires you to contact clients at set times or if you want to go off the grid for a while but need to send

The European Commission on Friday sought to clarify the scope and liability of revised copyright rules adopted last year in an effort to defuse criticism from France, Poland, EU broadcasters, and Internet activists. The revamped copyright directive, the first overhaul in two decades, aimed to provide fair compensation for the bloc’s $1 trillion (roughly Rs.

One of Telegram’s biggest advantages over similar chat apps is how easy it is to join channels and groups. Telegram channels allow you to meet up with people to talk about any topic you’re interested in. Let’s take a look at the best Telegram channels you should know about. With so many to sort through,

Facebook Messenger is reportedly getting an additional Dark Mode setting on its Android app in the form of System mode. Dark Mode has been available since 2019 but now it is said to get a feature to set Dark Mode according to the phone’s system’s settings. Earlier the app only had the option to turn

Social media is such a massive part of all our lives that it can no longer be ignored. The question is whether social networking sites are good for society. As with everything, there are good things and bad things about social networking. And in this article we explore some of the positive impacts of social

WhatsApp Business API is getting a slew of updates aimed at making it easier for businesses to get started with the social messaging platform, and allowing customers to quickly communicate with those businesses, the Facebook-owned messaging company announced during Facebook’s F8 Refresh on Wednesday. The company said that it had tweaked the WhatsApp Business API