Social Media
Examining the impact, trends, and future of social media on global communication.
- News
[Update: Mobile too] X Replaces Google Translate with Grok for Web Users
Update (July 14, 2025): Grok Translate has now replaced Google Translate in the X mobile app as well. Original article…
- How To/ Explained
WhatsApp Ads Will Track Your Location, Language, and Channel Activity โ Hereโs What That Means
Insights At a Glance: Meta is introducing ads in WhatsAppโs Updates tab using data like your city, language, and Channels…
- News
WhatsAppโs LongโRumoured Ads Rolling Out โ And Theyโre Living in The Status Updates, Not Your Chats
Insights At a Glance: WhatsAppโs Updates tab now features ads on Status, promoted channels, and paid channel subscriptions, keeping personal…
- Business
Massive Internet Outage Cripples Google, Spotify, Discord as Millions Face Service Disruptions
Massive Google Cloud outage on June 12 disrupted Spotify, Discord, Gmail globally for hours, affecting millions of users worldwide.
- News
WhatsApp Usernames Coming Soon: Chat Without Sharing Phone Numbers
WhatsApp usernames coming soon - chat without sharing phone numbers for enhanced privacy protection.
- Opinion
XChat Is Hereโฆ But Do We Really Need Elon Muskโs Facebook Messenger Clone?
Insights At a Glance: XChat, launched by Elon Musk on June 1, 2025, is an upgraded version of Xโs DMs…
- News
Tanzania Blocks X Over Pornography Claims as $8.9M Economic Losses Mount Ahead of 2025 Elections
Tanzania blocks X citing pornography concerns, costing $8.9 million economically while critics allege election-period digital repression tactics.
- News
Elon Musk and Donald Trumpโs Public Breakup Is the Drama You Canโt Miss
Trump and Muskโs alliance implodes into a public, meme-fueled feud over policy, subsidies, and personal insults on social media.
- News
TikTok Empowers Users with ‘Manage Topics’ and Enhanced Keyword Filtering Tools
TikTok introduces new features for personalising the For You feed, including topic management and smart keyword filtering.
- News
Tanzania Shuts Down X (Twitter) Amid Missing Activists
Tanzania blocks X again amid arrests, VPN bans, and rising digital censorship threatening free expression across East Africa.
- News
Facebook, WhatsApp, and TikTok Top the List of Most Popular Social Media Platforms in Kenya
According to the CAโs latest Audience Measurement and Industry Trends report for Q3 2024/25 (January-March 2025), Facebook and WhatsApp remain…
- News
TikTok TV app to Shut Down on June 15, 2025
If youโve been bingeing TikTok on your smart TV while comfortably sunk into your couch, weโve got some bad newsโyou…
- News
TikTokโs $2.3M Mental Health Fund Lands in Kenya, Nigeria, and More
In a new announcement, TikTok revealed it’s expanding its Mental Health Education Fund to include 31 organizations in 22 countries,…
- Opinion
AFTV in Kenya: Why This Visit Is Huge for Budding Football Vloggers
Thereโs a storm brewing on Kenyan X, and itโs not about the usual chaos. This time itโs about AFTV โ…
- Interesting Reads
โAti syntax error? Hio si upigie KRA!โ โ Kenyans Turn CS Kabogo Into a Meme as Tech Activism Evolves
What do you get when you combine a country full of frustrated, digitally-savvy youth with a Cabinet Secretary many feel…
