Social Media
Examining the impact, trends, and future of social media on global communication.
- News
Twitter will delete inactive accounts and free up usernames in December
Twitter is planning on deleting all inactive accounts and freeing up usernames come December. This info is from an email…
- News
Facebook is testing hiding number of Likes on Posts to fight envy
Facebook has begun testing if hiding like counts will reduce envy, make its users feel better, and encourage more people…
- News
WhatsApp Beta for Android receives Fingerprint Unlock Feature
You'll soon require your fingerprint to read WhatsApp Messages
- Announcements
Facebook expands local language coverage for its Fact-Checking Programme
If one of Facebook’s fact-checking partners identifies a story as false, Facebook will show it lower in News Feed, significantly…
- News
Twitter Lights Out Mode now available on Web and Lite Versions
PWA Twitter Gets Lights OUT mode
- Opinion
Big Data and the Future where Companies know Everything about You
“Everything at some point has been declared the root of all evil.” ― Criss Jami, Killosophy
- News
Twitter for Android Receives ‘Sparkle Button’ for Chronological Timeline
Update your Twitter for Android for chronological feeds we all love.
- How To/ Explained
How to Better Manage your Money
Make Money Moves with these tips
- Feature Friday
#FeatureFriday: Eric Mugendi from PesaCheck, a Public Finance Fact-Checking Initiative
PesaCheck is a fact-checking initiative that looks into the statements that politicians and other public figures make about how resources…
- News
Everybody is all of a sudden using Sarahah, an anonymous messaging platform
Sarahah keeps messaging private and anonymous
- News
Mozilla-backed research reveals main barriers to internet access in African countries
The research aims to understand, from a comparative perspective, how the citizens use the internet when data is subsidised and…
- Interesting Reads
Kids’ Understanding of Real and Fantasy on the Internet is Different from Ours
Kids and Reality on the Internet
- Interesting Reads
Social Media Makes Us Stupid
You are living in your own world. Everything you see or interact with is thoroughly censored by yourself
- Startups
Are You Africa’s Next Big Tech Innovation?
Applications open for HiiL Innovating Justice Accelerator
- Opinion
What Next for Facebook, the Social Giant.
Facebook has been on my mind and lips for a while now. I should have attempted a post some time…
