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Facebook’s parent company Meta has announced that it has restored the Facebook account of former US President Donald Trump. The company has lifted the ban after a span of two years. The company banned Trump’s accounts for violating the rules of the social media platform. The company also mentioned that it is adding new guardrails … Read more
Republic Day is a day of celebration for the entire nation and people love to express their joy and patriotism in various ways. WhatsApp stickers are one of the most popular ways to do this. They help us express our emotions and feelings in a more creative way. With Republic Day WhatsApp stickers, you can … Read more
In what can be seen as a push to its metaverse project, Facebook-parent Meta is now bringing Avatars to Instagram in a new way. They can now be used as profile pictures on Instagram alongside your actual image. It is to be noted that the company launched Avatars on Instagram last year in February and … Read more
WhatsApp, the Meta-owned instant messaging app, has rolled out the beta version of its native app for macOS. The app is available for download as a dmg file on the official website. The native WhatsApp app for macOS reportedly comes with all the features available on the WhatsApp for iOS app. WhatsApp for macOS is … Read more
Facebook Messenger’s end-to-encrypted (E2EE) chats will soon be updated with several features and improvements, including personalised chat themes, customised chat emoji and reactions, group profile photos, according to the company. End-to-end encrypted chats add an extra layer of security and protection to the contents and calls of a chat, protecting them from any third parties, … Read more
Instagram has recently announced a new feature that will help parents keep their children safe on the platform. The parental control feature allows parents to monitor their child’s activity, including who they are following, what content they are viewing and who is messaging them. With this new feature, Instagram is taking steps to ensure that … Read more
WhatsApp, the popular instant messaging platform, keeps introducing new features to offer a better user experience. From E2EE chats to online payments and privacy settings, the app has added a lot of functionality since its launch in 2009. WhatsApp has recently been spotted working on a new feature that will allow users to share images … Read more
Spotify Technology SA is planning layoffs as soon as this week, according to people familiar with the plans, joining a slew of technology companies from Amazon.com Inc. to Meta Platforms Inc. in announcing job cuts to lower costs. The number of positions to be eliminated wasn’t specified by the people. Spotify laid off 38 staff … Read more
Last year, Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri made it clear that the social media platform wasn’t a “square photo-sharing app” and that the focus would be on videos. This didn’t go down well with a lot of photographers who felt that Instagram was pushing videos, Reels or more of video content in some form. Now, Mosseri … Read more
Meta has been fined again – this time for violating EU data protection regulations with its instant messaging platform WhatsApp. Ireland’s regulator has imposed a penalty of 5.5 million euros on the social media giant, according to multiple online reports.The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) found the group acted “in breach of its obligations in … Read more