This category basically focusses on happening in the social media – from the heavyweight like Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp, Path and others.
Facebook has opened a new business office in Johannesburg, South Africa which would mark the company’s first ever on the African Continent. The company would partner with telecom operators, government bodies, agencies and other stake holders to deliver localised content for users and also advertisers. The Facebook Africa office which would serve as a sales […]
To appeal to a wider audience Facebook now let’s signup for Facebook Messenger without a Facebook account. Joining other services like Whatsapp and other similar mobile only messaging apps which let’s you login with your phone number instead. To Signup for Facebook Messenger, Users now have a new option to choose ‘Not on Facebook’ along […]
Hot on the heels of joining the over 1 Billion download club on Play Store, Facebook Messenger has now officially passed the 700 million monthly active users mark. During Facebook’s annual investor meeting on Last week Thursday, Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook Messenger now has a total of 700 million monthly active users. The company’s […]
Twitter is lifting the 140-character limit in DMs starting next month. The limit has now been raised to 10,000 characters which is almost like unlimited as even the Romeos and Juliets of this world wouldn’t send that long a DM (Direct Message). The feature is already ready but the company is waiting for developers to […]
Facebook Messenger for Android app has joined the league of over 1 Billion downloads this week. The Facebook Messenger app for Android joins the likes of the Facebook app itself, Whatsapp, Google maps, Gmail, Youtube, and Google Search which have all scored over a billion downloads. The app currently has a 3.9 Star rating out […]
The Jumia Mobile Week Megathon for 2015 has come and gone; the online e-commerce platform along with its partners MTN and MediaTek managed to stage one of the best and biggest mobile sales in Africa. Jumia made sure the event was everywhere from the television stations, radios, blogs, social media and the newspapers were also […]
Facebook has officially announced the Facebook Lite app, a much more optimised version of the the Facebook for Android app. It is basically an app targeted at helping Facebook users in areas with slow networks (especially developing countries). Some countries in Africa and Asia – Bangladesh, Nepal, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and […]
Earlier this week, Twitter announced the standalone Periscope app for Android officially; the live streaming app allows users broadcast videos directly from their smartphones. Periscope was purchased by Twitter back in January when the service was still in the beta phase. The Periscope app for iOS has been made available since March 2015 and about […]
Facebook has announced it has opened the Internet.org platform to developers to provide more content and useful services. The internet.org platform by facebook was established to provide connectivity to the over 5 billion people in the world still without connectivity. Developers willing to join must align with the set down guidelines and principles which the […]
Anonymous Social Media Network, Secret has announced it would shutdown. The San-Francisco based startup bust onto the scene about 16 months ago; so far managed to gain attraction and this came also with several controversies due to its anonymous nature of posting. The announcement was made by David Byttow, CEO and Co-Founder of Secret on […]