Instagram has unveiled a new messaging app called Threads, which has striking similarities to Snapchat.
Underscoring the importance of social media to South African smartphone users, Telkom has unveiled a series of new “social bundles”, offering access from as little as R1.
Facebook is considering a test to stop showing the number of “likes” that posts get in an effort to reduce the competitive pressure of social media.
Instagram is to test a new tool which will allow users to report content they believe is misinformation. The Facebook-owned social media platform said it would launch the new trial feature at the end of August.
Facebook is taking the first major step in a plan to merge its systems and let users exchange messages among all its different mobile apps.
Facebook plans to attach its name to Instagram and WhatsApp, branding them “Instagram from Facebook” and “WhatsApp from Facebook”.
The British home secretary has called for a backdoor into end-to-end encrypted messaging platforms in a bid to tackle security threats.
Millions of young people are turning their personal Instagram accounts into “business” profiles to learn more about how their posts are performing. The trend has an unintended privacy consequence.
Users across Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp reported issues with parts of the social media giant’s suite of apps on Wednesday.
The smart money is still on Europe taking the more adventurous and aggressive antitrust measures. But there’s no ignoring the shift on both sides of the Atlantic.