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Tinder has made a change to its Android app, encouraging users who want to make in-app purchases to enter their debit card data rather than use the Google Play’s Store own built-in mechanisms. To be clear, users can still op...
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You may have noticed a slew of Twitter threads which come with a “this tweet is unavailable” banner on many of the tweets. It’s an issue that can create some consternation among users, especially when following a...
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Twitter has been testing various new UI directions. Most notably, the firm has now rolled out a new desktop app experience that is similar to the Windows 10 PWA and its mobile apps to everyone. On a much smaller scale, Twitter is ...
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Instagram’s account disabling policies are now about to get far more transparent with a change to its account policies. Instagram will now automatically remove accounts who cross a threshold of community guidelines violation...
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Instagram is expanding a feature test which automatically hides the number of likes a user receives on the app. Today, the firm is adding support for several countries. including Australia, Brazil, Canada, Ireland, Italy, Japan an...
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Dealing with abuse and harassment on Twitter is about to get a lot easier. For users in Canada, and probably only temporarily. Twitter is testing a new feature that will let users hide replies to their own tweets, reducing the vis...
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It’s been five months since the shutdown of Google Plus, and Google have already begun public testing of Shoelace- their new social interaction platform. A small team in Area 120 designed Shoelace, with the mission to use te...
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Last month, Twitter announced it would be taking a page from third-party Twitter apps and introducing customizable timelines via way of lists. Now, the firm has gone a step further with that. In a new update, Twitter will make it ...
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Lite apps are all the rage now, with companies making smaller and more compact apps to be used by users who prioritise saving space and data. Tinder is catching in on this trend with its own Tinder Lite app. Its aimed at uses who ...
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Twitter will now remove hate speech targeted at religious groups on its platform, the firm announced today. While some fear criticism of viewpoints and genuine hate speech may be conflated, Twitter has provided clear examples of t...
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The Trump administration is hosting a social media summit without two key players, Facebook and Twitter. Facebook, which controls three of the largest social media services and Twitter, which forms one of the primary means of comm...
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Facebook is making a few changes to its site to reduce the spread of junk science claims. These are claims which promise miracle cures, which push deceptive medicines and share false health information. Aside from being misleading...