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TikTok is all about short videos and trending songs. At times, you end up liking a song on TikTok but don’t know what it is called, and it’s not always easy to find the said song. Sometimes TikTok doesn’t mention the song name and it’s not easy to find trending TikTok songs. The good news

Twitter, Reddit, and a group representing major Internet firms backed two documentary film groups that have challenged the Trump Administration’s 2019 rules requiring nearly all US visitors to disclose social media user information from the prior five years. In court papers filed on Thursday, the social media sites and the Internet Association, representing Facebook, Amazon.com,

If you’re trying to cut Facebook out of your life, Messenger is one of the apps you need to replace. Its chats are not end-to-end encrypted by default, meaning that Facebook could access your chats if it wanted to. And because Facebook thrives on collecting as much data as possible, you’re probably not comfortable with

Twitter’s moves to label or hide comments from US President Donald Trump have escalated a feud between the social network and the White House, but there could be more to come. The messaging platform has a range of “enforcement” options for dealing with content in violation of its policies, each of which carries its own

It’s now possible to schedule tweets without using a third-party app. While you have previously had to use TweetDeck to schedule tweets to post at a later date, you can now do so using Twitter.com. You can also now save drafts you’re not yet ready to send. Twitter began testing the feature in November 2019,

Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg took pains to distance his company from Twitter and its fight with US President Donald Trump on Thursday, as the White House moved to scrap a law protecting social media companies. Republican Trump, who accuses social media firms of bias against conservatives, without evidence, stepped up his attacks on Twitter

Facebook stickers are images that you can send to your friends and family. They make for a fun, easy way to express yourself. You can use stickers in various places on Facebook, including in comments, on photos, and on Facebook Messenger. In this article, we explain what Facebook stickers are and how you can use

TikTok’s poaching of Disney’s Kevin Mayer to be its CEO was just the most visible part of a broader strategy by its Chinese owner to shift its centre of power away from China at a time of rising global tensions, several people familiar with the plans said. The short video app’s parent company ByteDance has

Google Meet is a video conferencing service from Google. It’s a great solution for both individuals and businesses to meet on audio and video calls. It was born from Google Hangouts, but boasts some unique features. Advertisement In this article, we take a look at Google Meet, explaining what Google Meet is, and how it

Facebook’s virtual wallet for yet-to-be-minted Libra digital coins was renamed “Novi” on Tuesday. The rebranding replaces the original name of “Calibra” for the Facebook digital wallet which would work with the planned virtual currency. The Novi digital wallet set to launch when Libra coins debut promises to give Facebook opportunities to build financial services into

After Twitter shuttered Vine in January 2017, the question over what happened to all those six-second videos has been a source of confusion. Twitter released the Vine Archive shortly after closing Vine, but, as of 2019, the Vine Archive is no longer supported. Advertisement If you were as heartbroken as we were when Vine closed,

TikTok’s app ratings are rising as Google Play has seemingly started removing one-star ratings that were being posted by users against the video-sharing app in the recent days. The controversy surrounding a video posted by popular TikTok creator Faizal Siddiqui, where he made light of acid attack victims and seemed to encourage violence against women,

Reddit is a huge website, containing thousands of posts and comments across numerous subreddits. As such, if you want to find a post that covers a specific topic, it’s a good idea to get to grips with the different ways of using Reddit’s search engine. So, in this article, we explore how to search Reddit,

Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday remote work is here to stay, and that half of the social network’s staff could be doing jobs from afar within a decade. Zuckerberg devoted a live-streamed “town hall’ meeting with employees to how a remote-work trend compelled by the pandemic is being embraced by employees without affecting productivity.

Instagram has launched Guides, a new type of post that collects together other posts based around a theme. Instagram has launched Guides with a focus on wellness. This is due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, which is affecting everyone in some way. What Are Instagram Guides? Instagram introduced Guides in a post on the Instagram

The fortunes of US billionaires rose 15 percent in the two months since the coronavirus pandemic hit, a study found, with Amazon boss Jeff Bezos and Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg seeing massive gains. The more than 600 billionaires in the United States became even richer as tech stocks rose during virus lockdowns, an analysis of

Discord has become one of the leading chat platforms on the web. What started life as a service for gamers has built an impressive list of features that have helped it grow into other areas. Today, the app is used by everyone from businesses to crypto investors. Advertisement Using Discord is simple, but if you

Samsung India has joined hands with social media giant Facebook to train offline retailers to go digital on platforms like Instagram and WhatsApp. The two companies have already trained more than 800 offline retailers and more training sessions are lined up in the coming weeks. “The presence of local Samsung retailers on Facebook, Instagram, and

Since it’s the biggest social network in the world, Facebook plays a big part in introducing you to people on the internet. And first impressions count. Quick Links No matter what your privacy settings are on Facebook, everyone can see your profile picture and cover photo. So these need to represent who you are and

WhatsApp for Android and iPhone will bring QR code support in the coming days, allowing users to add new contacts by scanning their QR codes. The Facebook-owned company hasn’t yet provided any official details about the new update, the latest WhatsApp beta versions for both Android and iPhone have been released with support for QR

Do you need to recover deleted or missing WhatsApp messages? It’s certainly possible, and in this article we explain how to do it. Instead of archiving a WhatsApp chat, you might have accidentally deleted it. What’s the difference? Archived chats are easy to recover from within WhatsApp, whereas recovering deleted messages isn’t so easy. But

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday he was “pretty confident” his company could help prevent attempts to influence the political outcome of the US presidential election later this year. Zuckerberg told the BBC in an interview that the social network was better prepared to counter online misinformation campaigns but admitted Facebook was “behind” during the

Sites like Omegle and Chatroulette are well-known for connecting you with strangers when you want to have a conversation with someone. Anyone. A lot of the time these conversations are weird, but what if you want to take your random chats to the next level? In this article, we list some tips to start better

WhatsApp has decided to roll back its decision on status video length, and allow people to upload 30 second videos as their status. In March, WhatsApp had introduced a change bringing the duration of these videos down to 15 seconds or less. Longer videos would be split across multiple consecutive status updates. This change was

Twitch’s extensive catalog of emotes is one of the most recognizable things about the site. In addition to the basic, free Twitch emotes, you also have custom ones that you’ll only find on Twitch. While Twitch’s native emotes are often more than enough for most people to express themselves with, it’s fun to have even

Online sex abuse of children in the European Union has increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, the head of EU law enforcement agency Europol said on Monday, warning that more cases could emerge when schools reopen as teachers’ monitoring resumes. Cybercrime has spiked during the epidemic with many people forced to work and shop online. “What

Facebook has launched Avatars in the US. This feature has been available in other parts of the world for several months, but if you’re American you can also now make your own Facebook Avatar. And in this short article, we explain how to do just that. What Are Facebook Avatars? Avatars are graphical representations of

WhatsApp Web is one of the most-used features of the world’s most popular messaging app. WhatsApp Web allows you to use WhatsApp on your laptop, PC, and even on your iPad. If you’ve enabled dark mode on WhatsApp for iPhone or Android, you may be wondering how to enable WhatsApp Web dark mode. The good

Facebook Live and Instagram Live are great ways to connect with your fellow social media users. However, to know when someone is broadcasting live, you need to enable live notifications for Facebook and Instagram. In this article, we explain how to do that. Advertisement There are several advantages to tuning in live, like having the

India’s antitrust watchdog is looking into allegations that Facebook’s WhatsApp is abusing its dominant position by offering payment services to its vast base of messaging app users in the country, three sources told Reuters on Friday. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) is reviewing a complaint filed in mid-March alleging that WhatsApp was bundling its