Social Media

Twitter data breach exposes personal data of business users; company apologises

Twitter emailed its business customers including advertisers "to warn that their information may have been compromised in a security lapse".

Jun 24, 2020

Anti-China backlash overshadows Mitron controversies in India

Mitron app has crossed 10 million downloads despite being embroiled in controversies in the past few weeks. The anti-China sentiment in the country helped Mitron gain momentum.

Jun 22, 2020

WhatsApp not working: Users face issues with privacy settings, online status

Thousands of WhatsApp users are reporting issues with the platform as they face error while trying to update privacy settings within the app.

Jun 19, 2020

Twitter rolls out voice tweets with 140 second limit; faces bigger challenge

In case of an audio tweet, one has to listen to it to reach a conclusion if the voice tweet contains inflammatory or abusive content which then needs to be flagged.

Jun 18, 2020

Twitter cracks down on China's fake news campaign; removes 175,000 accounts

While 23,750 accounts comprise the core of the network - the highly engaged core network - approximately 150,000 accounts were designed to boost this content called the amplifier network.

Jun 12, 2020

Read before Retweet; Twitter's new feature promotes informed discussions

Twitter is testing yet another feature that encourages users to read a news article before retweeting it to the followers. Here's how it works.

Jun 11, 2020

Twitter borrowing Snapchat's iconic feature for its tweets; How it works

Twitter is working on a new feature that will be available for all Indian users soon. The feature called Fleets mimics Snapchat's Stories where users can send tweets that disappear in 24 hours.

Jun 9, 2020

Twitter verification process to get a whole lot simpler real soon: Report

The official response, however, is that the verification process is on hold at the moment, but the word is that Twitter will resume the process soon with a simpler method.

Jun 9, 2020

Mark Zuckerberg sides with Trump on fact-check debate; Jack criticises move

Mark Zuckerberg revealed in a recent interview that social media platforms should not be arbiters of truth and deciding what's true or not can be a dangerous thing.

May 29, 2020

Twitter's new feature prevents users from replying to tweets; how it works

Twitter's new feature is still in the testing phase and there's no saying if it will even make it to the masses.

May 21, 2020

We found God - the Twitter one at least

Twitter has many interesting accounts and one of them is TheTweetOfGod, which poses as God as humourous tweets are passed on to over 6 million followers regularly.

May 8, 2020

Mukesh Ambani's fake Twitter account gains thousands of followers in days

A fake account of Mukesh Ambani on Twitter has gained thousands of followers in a matter of days. Here's how we spotted the fake account.

May 7, 2020

WhatsApp takes sly dig at Zoom's security as it doubles group calling limit

WhatsApp is finally rolling out an update to the app that allows users to make group calls with up to 8 participants.

Apr 29, 2020

One WhatsApp feature drastically reduced spread of viral messages during COVID-19

WhatsApp managed to reduce viral forwards from spreading further by 70 percent, a significant dent in the battle against misinformation during coronavirus pandemic.

Apr 27, 2020

Is Twitter down? Social media service down, AGAIN!

Twitter users are facing issues in various parts of the world as the site has gone down twice in the same day.

Apr 20, 2020