Periscope, Twitter’s former live video service is being shut down and the app will no longer be available in app stores by March 2021. Twitter users will continue going live using the integrated Live feature withing the Twitter mobile app. “The truth is that the …
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Twitter Will Show You a Warning When You Try to Like a Labelled Tweet
Earlier this year, Twitter started labelling tweets that contain manipulated media, the company took it a notch higher when misinformation around COVID-19 started spreading sporadically. In other to combat false and manipulative tweets during the 2020 presidential election in the United States, tweets that appear …
Twitter Fleets Now Available to Everyone Globally
In March, Twitter began testing its own version of what we now know as Stories in Brazil. On Tuesday, the company announced a global rollout of the feature to everyone, regardless of the platform which includes Android and iOS. Fleets will appear for every user …
Instagram’s Suggested Posts Will Add Contents from Accounts You Do Not Follow to Your Feeds
Instagram is introducing “Suggested Posts”; a new way to show posts from accounts you do not follow. After you’ve reached the end of your feed, posts from accounts you do not follow will start showing up on your screen and you can keep scrolling further. …
Instagram Now Lets You Access Profiles by Scanning QR Codes
Instagram is introducing QR codes globally on its app, The Verge reports. With QR codes, people can open profiles on Instagram by scanning with any supporting third-party app. Instagram introduced a similar feature called Nametag in 2018 but the tags could only be scanned by …
Instagram Launches Reels to Compete with TikTok
Facebook-owned Instagram has launched Reels, a TikTok look-alike. The timing couldn’t have been perfect considering the US government is planning to ban TikTok owned by Chinese company ByteDance Ltd. Like TikTok, Reels lets users edit 15-second multi-clip videos with the addition of music. It will …
You Can Now Pin Comments on Instagram
Instagram has announced it is now officially rolling out pinned comments to users, a feature which it began testing in May. Pinned Comments is one of the numerous features Instagram is rolling out to help users have better control and feel safe on the platform. …
Twitter Rolls Out Voice Notes to Twitter for iOS
Twitter today began rolling out the ability to add voice notes to tweets on its iOS app. The feature is only available to a limited number of people at the moment but twitter promises it will get to everyone using the iOS app in the …
Bomboclaat: The Twitter Trend That Won’t Go Away
If you want all the drama, new trends or the latest updates on whatever is happening in the world and especially Nigeria, Twitter is the pace for you. If you are familiar with Twitter, you must have seen the phrase “Bomboclaat”. Since Bomboclaat was first …
How to Schedule Tweets on Twitter for Web Without an Ad Account
Before only businesses owners with an ad account were able to schedule tweets on Twitter. Now Twitter is making it easy for anyone to schedule tweets easily on its web app. Tweets can be scheduled up to a year in advance and this really comes …
Twitter Testing New Ways to Give You More Control Over Your Conversations
Twitter is giving you more control over who can reply to your tweets and join your conversation. Twitter says it is testing the new conversation settings and the feature will be available to only a few number of users on the web, its Android and …
Facebook to Acquire GIPHY in a $400 Million Deal
Popular GIF search engine platform GIPHY is to be acquired by Facebook in a deal estimated to be worth $400 million. Facebook did not disclose the terms of the deal in its announcement today, but a report from Axios reveal the deal to be worth …
Facebook and Instagram Roll Out Features to Help Find and Support Small Businesses
As the world continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, Facebook has rolled out new ways and tools to help find and support small businesses. In a blog post, the company announced the introduction of a new “Support Small Business” sticker on Instagram. Businesses can be …
Twitter Makes Official Quoted Replies Feature
When Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey visited Nigeria back in November 2019 with some other executives, a lot happened. The team got the chance to meet a Nigerian who built the Quoted Replies bot on Twitter. Jack and his team were so impressed that they offered …
Twitter Informs all Employees Globally to Work from Home
As the world battles the Coronavirus pandemic, Twitter is making the necessary steps to make sure its employees are safe. The microblogging platform announced today it has mandated all its employees worldwide they must stay at home and deliver their duties. During this period the …
Twitter Begins Testing Fleets, Its Own Version of Stories
Twitter today announced in a blog post it will begin testing Fleets, which is popularly known as Stories on platforms like Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp. The feature will only be available to users in Brazil for now and will disappear after 24hrs of which it …