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There are a various reasons why you might want to delete your social media accounts. You may miss the days of anonymity, you might want to reclaim your privacy from companies, or maybe you just aren’t interested in the platform any more. Whatever your reasons, there are several ways to delete your social media accounts.

On October 6, 2010 – the first year of the decade now drawing to a close – the following headline appeared above a modest 445-word article on a tech-industry website: “Instagram Launches With the Hope of Igniting Communication Through Images.” It’s an almost comically quaint description of exactly what the company has done over the past

Discoveries and innovations aren’t new in the world of technology. But in the past decade — particularly between 2010 and 2019, we’ve seen an enormous number of technological reforms that have changed the way we live today. Developments such as artificial intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) have emerged from merely being some laboratory

Advertisement Maybe you’ve seen people feature their Instagram stories in neat little circles on their profiles and wondered how they did that. Or maybe you’ve heard friends mention their Instagram Highlights and wondered what they mean. Either way, wonder no more. This article is a guide to Instagram Highlights, explaining what they are and how

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Twitter has had a busy year quashing some annoying bugs. From dropping notifications every time someone unfollowed a user to mislabelled retweets, Twitter users have seen it all. But as the year comes to an end, the social networking giant may have one more issue to deal with. A security researcher claims he was able

Advertisement Telegram is a solid messaging app which keeps your chats encrypted and that is rich in features. But if you’re switching from Telegram to a new messaging app it’s best to delete your Telegram account before you go. Unfortunately, Telegram doesn’t offer a direct switch you can flick in the app’s settings. So here

Developers of ToTok, a popular messaging application, have rebuffed accusations of their service being a spyware and misusing users’ information, saying that the company has made security and privacy as its priority “since day one”. The clarification came after ToTok was taken off from Apple and Google app stores last week over allegations that the app

In a recent development regarding the use of animated PNG (APNG) files on Twitter, the social networking giant has announced that APNGs will no longer be supported on its platform. To further elaborate on the matter, APNGs reportedly don’t respect the autoplay settings and can be used by trolls to trigger seizures in people who

Advertisement While Facebook and Twitter are quite random in what gets posted, Instagram feels more focused. Most funny Instagram accounts are dedicated to making you laugh, with a stream of funny photos. If you’re looking for a good laugh, from awesome old ladies to crazy ex-boyfriends, here are the funniest Instagram accounts of 2019. There’s

Advertisement Facebook doesn’t just know too much about you — it allows other people to know too much about you! The social network’s privacy settings are so complicated that we managed to write a 4,500-word guide The Complete Facebook Privacy Guide The Complete Facebook Privacy Guide Privacy on Facebook is a complex beast. Many important settings

Most popular apps, at some point in time, have been accused of spying on their users. While some apps try and extract as much data as possible from their users in the hope of making some money out of it, others could just be spies for governments. ToTok, a popular chat app, has been accused

Advertisement WhatsApp is among the fastest growing instant messengers out there, and almost a social network in its own way. But if you are using it, there are some steps you should take to protect your security and privacy. This is above and beyond WhatsApp’s built-in end-to-end encryption Why WhatsApp’s End-to-End Encryption Is a Big

Facebook is pursuing rights to music videos from major record labels, programming that could boost interest in its Watch video service, according to people familiar with the matter. The company is in the midst of negotiating new licensing deals with the three largest music companies, Universal Music Group, Sony Music, and Warner Music Group, and

Twitter has suspended thousands of accounts which it said on Friday were linked “to a significant state-backed information operation” originating in Saudi Arabia. In a public blog post, Twitter said it had removed about 5,929 accounts, which targeted discussions about Saudi Arabia, for violating its “platform manipulation policies”. It had also published data about these

Advertisement Linking your Instagram and Facebook accounts has a lot of advantages. You can easily post your Instagram photos to your Facebook profile. It also makes it easier for your Facebook friends to find your Instagram profile, and for you to find out which of your Facebook friends are on Instagram. If you’d rather keep the two social

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Facebook is exploring the possibility of designing its own software to power augmented reality glasses, which would free it from dependence on Google’s Android operating system, the company confirmed Thursday. A spokeswoman told AFP the California-based social media giant was working on the project and that options include potentially collaborating with other companies, information initially

In a bid to gain footprint into cloud-based game streaming market, Facebook has acquired Spanish video gaming firm PlayGiga. According to a CNBC report, the acquisition comes at a time when tech giants like Apple and Google have rolled out cloud-based video game streaming services like Apple Arcade and Google Stadia. Microsoft has also previewed

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Despite courting controversies for couple of years like data privacy scandals and anti-market practices, Facebook and its family of apps have dominated as most downloaded apps of the decade — with main app Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram grabbing the top four spots in the top 10 apps of the decade list. According to data

Instagram has expanded its efforts to prevent bullying, harassment, and nastiness from appearing on its platform. The latest target being the captions that accompany Instagram photos. The idea is to help you think twice before posting offensive captions. Instagram Tries to Combat Bullying In July 2019, Instagram rolled out new tools designed to combat bullying

Twitter has added support for Apple’s Live Photos. Finally. Previously, Live Photos uploaded to Twitter have been displayed as still photographs. However, by pressing one extra button, you can now upload Live Photos to Twitter as GIFs instead. What Are Apple’s Live Photos? In 2015, alongside the iPhone 6s, Apple introduced Live Photos. Every iPhone

Japan will tighten regulations to prevent technology giants including Facebook and Google from abusing their market power and having unfair advantage over small businesses, officials said on Tuesday. The new law would oblige tech giants, including Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon.com to disclose the terms of contracts with customers and to report to the government about their operations,

Advertisement Messenger can work without Facebook! Even if you have sworn off Facebook or want to quit social media altogether, it doesn’t mean you can’t take advantage of Facebook’s Messenger service. Yes, the two are linked. But if you follow these simple steps, you can use the Facebook Messenger without needing to sign up for

Facebook has joined hands with top retailers who are sending the social networking giant data on what the customers are buying in retail stores. Facebook, in turn, is targeting those customers with specified ads. Not just online shopping, Facebook is able to track what customers buy in stores and target those customers with ads, according

Facebook India Head Ankhi Das on Friday submitted to a parliamentary panel probing the WhatsApp snooping scandal that the social media platform has an end-to-end encryption and it renders any effort to access the communication between its two users “unlikely from its end”, sources said. The parliamentary standing committee on Information Technology headed by Congress

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US President Donald Trump broke his own Twitter record when he tweeted a whopping 123 times in a day against the House Judiciary Committee’s decision to initiate impeachment charges against him. A bitterly divided Judicial Committee voted on Friday to present two scaled-down charges against Donald Trump to the House of Representatives for impeaching him,