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Tinder and Spotify have been integrated ever since 2016 when the firm began allowing users to share their favourite songs and anthems to their profile pages. This data was also used by the algorithm to help users with similar mus...
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Facebook is testing a dark theme and an unsend feature for the Messenger app on Android. The unsend feature (spotted on Reddit, via BGR), is similar in UX to the WhatsApp experience. Users will have a short window after sending a ...
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Google’s video calling app, Duo, is about to receive one of its most useful updates in the coming months. According to Android Police, Google is planning to implement Group Video calls in Duo, with up to 7 people allowed to ...
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Facebook has come under fire for its opaque moderation procedures this past year, with the New York Times posting a piece about its disorganised content strategy this week. The firm responded in an unattributed post, claiming that...
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Facebook has been criticised for taking part of the political polarisation of society. This had not gone unnoticed by engineers in the firm, who has considered different ways of tackling this. Facebook had thought about working on...
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WeChat — China’s premier messaging app — has joined the ephemeral video messaging chat popularised by Snapchat and later adopted by Facebook’s Instagram platform. Known as Time Capsule, users can record sho...
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You’ve noticed it by now. It’s not just phones anymore. Every computer you have from the lowly Chromebook, the do-it-all Windows PC all the way up to the expensive MacBook ships with a notification centre to help you m...
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Facebook has been systemically taking down inauthentic activity in places like the US, UK and Myanmar. In coordination with Grpahika, the firm identified a new threat in Bangladesh, a number of pages and accounts designed to mi...
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Stories have become a vital part of the Instagram experience, and Facebook knows that. The firm announced a series of updates to its Stories and Live functionality to encourage engagement by users and allow them to connect to thei...
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Facebook is working on improving its life events posts from today onwards. Facebook’s David Harris explained on Wednesday, “Life events on Facebook are a way to share, celebrate and come together around your most impo...
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Instagram is testing a new creator account feature that will allow high profile Instagram uses access to specialised data and analytics to help them grow their brands. With creator accounts, users will be able to see data aroun...
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Facebook earlier this year got into trouble once it was discovered the firm was using Android permissions to access your SMS and contacts data. The firm acted quickly once this become public, allowing more privacy permissions and...