Tag: Snapchat
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Most common women harassment platforms are WhatsApp, Facebook: Research
A Pakistani research-focused NGO, Digital Rights Foundation (DRF) revealed its annual report on the five-year cyber harassment helpline. According to the DRF, WhatsApp and Facebook were the most commonly utilised apps in Pakistan to harass women. Its helpline for combating online abuse and harassment will reach a five-year milestone this year. In the last five…
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Instagram is testing ‘pin’ feature for posts
Instagram is currently testing a new feature that allows users to pin photos to the top of their photo grid. According to tipsters, developers and insiders with access to the feature can already pin posts from the side menu. Instagram appears to have been working on the pin option for at least a few months.…
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WhatsApp’s new update will support group voice call with up to 32 participants
In the last few months, the popular Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp has made news by adding new and widely requested features in its Beta releases. Many other features, including enhanced file sharing size, emoji reactions, and the ability to hide last seen from select contacts, will be available in the live release of the app…
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Ahsan Khan’s 4-year-old “British-Asian” meme trends on Twitter once again
Ahsan Khan’s 4-year-old clip has once again come to life, as the #BritishAsian hashtag started to appear on Twitter’s trending list. In the video which was recorded in 2018, the actor flaunted a British accent and presented himself as a “British-Asian actor” who lives “here and there”. Khan was in London for the International Pakistan…
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Instagram may introduce voice message replies for stories soon
Instagram is reportedly working on a feature that would allow users to reply to stories with a picture or a voice message. This was signaled by the application developer, Alessandro Paluzzi, who further mentioned in his tweet that Instagram is also testing a feature that will allow users to share posts using a QR code.…
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People who use social media for news more susceptible to rumours: study
The United States citizens who rely on social media as their main source of news are more likely to believe false or unproven stories about important topics such as politics and COVID-19, according to a survey. The Pew Research Centre report found that people who used social media platforms for news were less informed about…
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Snapchat is offering users $1 million a day to use a new feature
Snapchat is rolling out a new tool for its application to feature popular videos, called Spotlight and is offering $1 million a day to creators of top-performing posts. To earn the money, video submitters to Spotlight don’t have to have large followers or even have public profiles. Instead, an algorithm will determine what to show…