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Facebook said on Thursday it has removed the page of Australian celebrity chef turned conspiracy theorist Pete Evans for spreading misinformation about COVID-19, the tech giant’s latest move to police false content about the pandemic. Evans, a former judge on prime time Australian cooking shows with a large catalogue of cookbooks, has become one of

Are you just joining TikTok and about to make your first video with captions, or you’ve been using the app for a while now but want to type some meaningful text directly on your video, and you’re finding it difficult? No worries, it only takes a few steps. Here, we provide you with a step-by-step guide on

Encrypted messaging app Telegram will launch pay-for services in 2021, its Russian-born founder Pavel Durov said Wednesday, as the growing company needed “at least a few hundred million dollars per year”. “Telegram will begin to generate revenue, starting next year,” Durov said in a statement. “We will be able to launch countless new features and

Facebook is rolling out heightened security measures in 2021. But there’s a catch: only certain users will be given access to the security features. Facebook Protect Eligibility Will Expand in 2021 A report by Axios revealed that Facebook plans on amping up security measures in 2021. Facebook will be expanding its Facebook Protect feature to more users in

Facebook on Tuesday released the India-specific 2020 Year in Review and top pop-culture moments of the year on the social networking site. The passing of renowned personalities including Irrfan Khan and Sushant Singh Rajput echoed deeply in the conversations among Indian users on Facebook. One of the prominent trends the company observed this year was

Twitter has changed its election-related warning labels to reflect the outcome of the 2020 US presidential election. As such, the warning labels now state that President-elect Joe Biden is the winner of the election. Twitter Names Biden the Winner of the US Election During the US presidential election, Twitter rolled out labels that warned users

Facebook on Monday clarified that it pulled the Kisan Ekta Morcha page as it was flagged as spam by its automated systems. The page is being used by farmers protesting the new agricultural laws. Facebook faced significant public outrage and criticism for taking down the page for around three hours on Sunday. The removal came

Pinterest is a great site for finding new DIY ideas, instructions for hobby projects, and cool pictures; letting users set up different boards and organize various collections. But one lesser-known feature of Pinterest is secret boards—which let you create private boards for yourself and invited collaborators. Read on to find out more about this feature and how

Walmart, which is looking to invest in TikTok, said on Thursday it would partner with the Chinese-owned video-sharing app to sell items seen on a livestream by creators featuring the retailer’s fashion merchandise. Walmart said viewers on TikTok, which reaches 100 million US users a month, can shop for fashion items featured in content from

You may have created one or have been unwittingly dragged into one by a friend. Group chats are nifty spaces carved online for people to interact. But just because they’re a source of on-demand connection, doesn’t mean it’s a free-for-all space where you can talk about yourself all the time and ping everyone in the middle of the night.

Twitter’s verification policy has been revamped and it will be implemented on January 20, 2021. The company shared the development through a blog post and stated that it will also start automatically removing the verified badge from inactive and incomplete accounts. Last month, the social media platform revealed its plans to relaunch the verification programme

Twitter is trying to make the platform a funnier place. A new update lets users scroll through a personalized feed of funny Tweets. Making Funny Tweets Easier to Find Twitter introduced Topics to the platform in late 2019, and now, it’s using this feature to help you find hilarious Tweets. Two new Topics are coming to

Instagram appears to be down for many users around the world. The issue appears to be unevenly distributed, with it working for some users, and not for others. The week of downtime continues with one more high-profile outage, with Instagram users turning to Twitter and other social platforms to complain about outages. The hashtag #Instagramdown

WhatsApp, the Facebook-owned messaging platform, is one of the world’s most popular messaging apps. It is estimated that over one billion people use the app, sending over 65 billion messages per day. It’s no surprise then that security concerns, malware threats, and spam have begun to appear. Here’s everything you need to know about WhatsApp’s

WhatsApp is planning to start rolling out health insurance and micro-pension offerings in India. India Head Abhijit Bose revealed WhatsApp’s roadmap towards bringing “critical financial and livelihood services” to mobile users in the country at the Facebook Fuel for India event. The Facebook-owned company is working with SBI General to launch health insurance products, while

Discord has finally launched screen sharing on mobile devices, a long-awaited feature that makes it possible for you to chat with friends while broadcasting the content on your smartphone. Whether you want to share your mobile gameplay or remotely watch YouTube videos with your friends, Discord’s mobile screen sharing feature can help you do just that.

Facebook is planning on building a neural sensor that will be able to detect people’s thoughts and translate them into action, as per a report. Facebook held a year-end meeting with its employees on Tuesday, where the company told its employees about plans for 2021 and demonstrated new technology. Facebook Chief Technology Officer Mike Schroepfer

Twitter will discontinue the Periscope app in March 2021. Thankfully, this doesn’t change the fact that users will still be able to create live videos through Twitter Live. Twitter Says Goodbye to Periscope Twitter announced the discontinuation of Periscope in a post on the Periscope Blog. Periscope is the live streaming app that Twitter acquired in 2015, and it

Ireland’s data regulator has fined Twitter EUR 4,50,000 (roughly Rs. 4 crores) for a bug that made some private tweets public, in the first sanction against a US firm under a new European Union data privacy system. The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation’s (GDPR) “One Stop Shop” regime makes Ireland’s Data Protection Commission lead regulator

After years of resisting the call for disappearing messages, WhatsApp finally added the feature to the messaging platform. So, how do WhatsApp disappearing messages work and how do you use the feature? Here’s everything you need to know… What Are WhatsApp Disappearing Messages? It took the messaging app some time to catch up with rivals like Signal and

A US appeals court on Monday will hear arguments in the Trump administration’s appeal of a judge’s order that blocked a ban on Chinese-owned TikTok from domestic app stores. US District Judge Carl Nichols in Washington on September 27 blocked the Commerce Department order hours before it was to prohibit new downloads of the short video-sharing

Do you have multiple photos that you want to add to a single Instagram Story? You’re in luck. You now have both a built-in feature and a standalone app that lets you add multiple photos to a single Instagram Story post. Here we cover how to add multiple photos to an Instagram story using Layout… How to Add

TikTok overtook Facebook to become the most downloaded app globally in 2020, as per an industry report on mobile trends. TikTok jumped the list by three spots and is projected by analytical firm App Annie to break into the 1 billion monthly active user club next year. Facebook’s apps, however, dominated the top five most

Memes are a huge part of our cultural landscape. These images convey many emotions like happiness and common personality traits like introversion. Memes are also designed to make us laugh, but what happens when a meme becomes a symbol for intolerance? This is what happened to Pepe the Frog, who was an innocent comic strip character until his name

The pandemic has shuttered concert halls around much of the globe, but that hasn’t stopped musical theater aficionados from flexing their creative muscles — on TikTok, of course. A crowdsourced musical based on the 2007 Disney-Pixar animated film Ratatouille is now set to hit the virtual stage, after thousands of TikTok creators posted original songs, dances,

Instagram Stories are a great way to showcase photographs and videos of your daily activities. But did you know that you can add more than one photo to your Instagram Story, even if you’ve already posted it? There are different ways you can do this, so read on to find out how to add more

Twitter saw gaming conversations nearly double on the platform in this pandemic year, which isn’t unexpected given the lockdowns and social distancing. It’s also no surprise that multiple games such as PUBG and Among Us dominated the conversations, as one of the few ways to safely and responsibly connect with friends. The conversation about gaming in

Any Pinterest fanatic will be ecstatic to hear that Pinterest has added several new organizational features specifically for boards. These changes come in light of the huge spike in the number of boards created on the platform. With the influx of users turning to Pinterest to create boards, the platform has made it even easier

Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp are down in some parts of the world. Multiple users have reported the downtime on platforms including Twitter, and outage tracking platforms have also noted spikes. The social media giant is yet to provide an official response to the complaints. The issues seem to have largely affected users in Europe. However,

If you’ve been itching to visit a museum, Instagram has decided to bring museum exhibits to you. You can now view augmented reality (AR) museum exhibits from the Smithsonian, the Palace of Versailles, and Le Grand Palais. Instagram’s AR Effects Get Educational Instagram might not seem like the best educational resource, but its new partnership with museums