Facebook and Instagram Decrease Video Quality on their Platforms in Response to Increased Bandwidth Demand
by Facebook, along with its subsidiary Instagram, are now diminishing video quality on their interfaces, to help relieve network traffic…
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Facebook and Twitter Accounts Linked to Know Russian Troll Farm Take Down (Again)
Both Facebook and Twitter have identified and removed hundreds of accounts that are linked to a Russian troll farm that targeted the sites before…
Facebook Testing Cross-Posting Stories to Instagram to Make it Easier to Share Content
by Facebook is currently exploring an option to cross-post Facebook Stories to Instagram, in an effort to make sharing a bit simpler…
Twitter has a Chronological Timeline Feed Option — Here’s How to Turn it On
Twitter is one of the most popular spaces on the web but its non-sequential feed is a big complaint, so here’s how to turn on the chronological timeline…
Facebook’s Newest AI Tech has Identified and Taken Down over 100 Million Fake Accounts
Facebook reveals a recently implemented, sophisticated software detection system designed to target fake accounts on the platform…
It’s 2020, Eight Years After Facebook Acquired Instagram, and Most Americans Don’t Know the Companies are Related
by A recent poll conducted in the United States shows that many Americans remain unaware of the corporate relationships between the largest tech companies…
Facebook Adds Dark Theme to Facebook Lite but Holds Back on its Flagship
Facebook brings a dark theme to its Lite mobile application but hasn’t applied the same option to its main platform yet…
Facebook Finally Clones Pinterest with New Hobbi Photo-Sharing App for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch
by Facebook has introduced its Pinterest-like standalone app, Hobbi, to the United States, after testing it out in other markets…
Facebook Dating European Launch Blocked by Government Over Lack of Privacy Disclosure
Facebook has been forced to postpone its Dating launch in Europe after it was blocked by the government over privacy concerns…
Facebook Accidentally Deleted an Obscure Foreign Language from its Platform for a Few Hours
A Facebook glitch caused a relatively unknown language to be blocked from The social Network for a few hours, resulting in some users panicking…. For …
Instagram Now lets Users Reply to Stories using GIFs by Giphy
Instagram has updated its mobile app to give its users the ability to reply to people’s Stories with GIFs, courtesy of Giphy…
This Widely Popular Social Media Boosting Service Exposed Thousands of Users’ Passwords
A very popular social media boosting service used for building larger numbers of Instagram followers, has exposed thousands of users’ passwords…
Spofity Stories Loop Videos are Coming to Instagram
Spotify released Canvas looping videos last fall in beta and now, the tool will be available to Instagram for creators…
Twitter Copies Facebook, Adding Reaction Emojis to DMs
Twitter takes a page from rival Facebook, with the social microblog now supporting reaction emoji in its Direct Message platform…
Instagram is Now Hiding Altered Images which Appear Fake from its Explore Page and Digital Artists might be Affected Most
Instagram is obscuring faked photos posted on its Explore page, marked by third-party fact checkers, and it might unintentionally hurt digital artists…
Twitter is Testing Different Ways to Prevent Toxicity on its Platform with Various Solutions
Twitter is currently experimenting with various and possible solutions to quash the toxicity so prevalent on its microblog network…