Another day, another moment to be in awe of Facebook’s ruthless genius. Facebook on Monday announced a way for people to use its Messenger texting app for group video calls. You may recognise this feature from the many
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Instagram and Snapchat are South Africa’s fastest growing social networks, with Facebook still holding the top spot. This is according to the 2017 Social Media Landscape Survey, which has been released by local technology
Twitter was sued by a shareholder over claims it misled investors on key growth metrics, including user count and user engagement, almost two years after touting plans to top 500m users. The suit, filed on Friday in federal court
Facebook shares jumped in late trading after the company reported second quarter revenue that beat analysts’ projections, lifted by surging sales of video and Instagram ads and a boost in users. Second quarter
When my digital media students are sitting, waiting for class to start and staring at their phones, they are not checking Facebook. They’re not checking Instagram, or Pinterest or even Twitter. No, they’re catching up on the news of the day by checking out their friends’ stories
Let’s start at a common point of departure: the mere notion of mobile operators hoping that so-called “over-the-top” services be regulated is insanity. One can understand how an operator and its executives can think this rational, though. After all, an operator only knows how
Mobile operator MTN has fired a shot at popular chat application WhatsApp. The operator fumed at the popularity of chat over-the-top operators. “You have these players which are getting
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently announced that the company is finally working on a much-desired feature: a “dislike” button. According to Zuckerberg, this feature has long been one of those most requested by the Facebook audience. Although his comments suggest
Facebook is now used by a quarter of all South Africans, while photo-sharing app Instagram – owned by Facebook — has seen the fastest growth of any social network in South Africa over the past year. This is according to a new study by World Wide Worx
Checking social networks is a morning ritual for many, and when that routine is disrupted — as it was this week when Facebook’s servers went down — its absence can come as a surprise. But what also becomes apparent is that when the world’s most popular social