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Meta taking on Twitter with Threads, a new text-based app
Meta has launched a new app to rival micro-blogging site Twitter. Known as Threads, the app allows Instagram users to…
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Instagram hosts Drip in the City event for young creators in Nairobi
Instagram over the weekend hosted an event dubbed “Drip in the City” that brought together young people to Nairobi’s City…
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Meta introduces paid subscription on Facebook and Instagram
Meta has announced the introduction of a new subscription service that allows users to get the coveted blue badge against…
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Meta fined $414 Million for violating EU user privacy law
Meta has been slapped with €390 million — about $414 million – fine for breaching EU personal data laws on…
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Twitter is launching short videos to compete with TikTok, Instagram and YouTube
Social media companies have plunged into short videos hook, line and sinker. TikTok started the craze and all major platforms…
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Instagram is down: What we know so far
Instagram is currently down for users around the world. Users are reporting their feeds not working as well as having…
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Meta Launches Creators of Tomorrow Initiative to Support Emerging Artists
Facebook’s parent company Meta has launched “Creators of Tomorrow”, an initiative aimed at supporting upcoming artists utilizing its platforms, specifically…
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Instagram and TikTok overtake Google as preferred search tools
New ideas often disrupt the marketplace, particularly when they resonate well with the younger generation. This is proving to be…
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Instagram Has Introduced Video Selfies to Verify User’s Age
Popular social media platform Instagram, which Meta owns, has introduced new ways of verifying users’ age in a bid to…
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Meta outlines steps to promote elections integrity during the Kenya 2022 elections
Meta has today outlined some of the work it’s been undertaking to promote election integrity for the Kenya elections on…
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Political advertisers on Facebook and Instagram in Kenya will now be required to prove their real identity
Anyone seeking to run political ads on Facebook and Instagram in Kenya will now be required to prove their identity…
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Instagram to stop supporting the IGTV app
If you’re an avid user of IGTV on Instagram then we have some news for you. Instagram has announced that…
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8 Instagram Reels Trends That Hit The Viral Note In August
Instead of disappearing after 24 hours like Instagram Stories, Instagram Reels allows you to make and share short, captivating videos.…
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Meta launches a WhatsApp chatbot for SMEs in Africa
Meta has announced the launch of a new WhatsApp chatbot to help SMEs across Africa learn how to grow their…
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WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook Are All Down
Looks like all the popular social media apps WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, and Facebook Messenger are all down. Users from different…
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Trump Banned from Facebook and Instagram ‘indefinitely’
After what happened in the US Capitol on Wednesday night, Donald Trump has had a rough 48 hours on the…
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Apps
Facebook to begin testing Revamped Instagram Lite
Facebook is back with another version of Instagram Lite after the company shut the lightweight app earlier this year. Instagram…
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Database with Millions of Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube Profiles Exposed
A database containing data of nearly 235 million users across Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube has been breached. The database stored…
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Instagram Digs into its Algorithm and Policies for Bias Against Black Users
In the wake of racial inequality protests going on in the US and other parts of the world, tech companies…
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Facebook Might be Blocked From Integrating WhatsApp, Instagram, And Messenger
Facebook’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, announced that the company plans to unify all of its three platforms – WhatsApp, Instagram, and…
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Facebook to Add its Name to Instagram and WhatsApp to Indicate it Owns Them
Recently Facebook has been under scrutiny by the EU over its ownership of both Instagram and WhatsApp. According to the…
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Upcoming WhatsApp feature will enable you to share your WhatsApp status to Facebook and Instagram
Facebook will soon let you share your WhatsApp stories to different platforms. Rolled as a beta-feature on June 24, the…
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Instagram users to gain more data control with the new data saving feature
Instagram is one of those applications that consume a lot of data. High data usage is even one thing that…
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Indonesia restricts usage of some WhatsApp and Instagram features over riots
The Indonesian government has restricted the use of both Instagram and WhatsApp over deadly riots experienced in the country. The…
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Instagram Update That Lasted 10 Minutes!
An hour ago Instagram tried an update that was very different from what we know it and the backlash made…
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Instagram wants to share your location history data with Facebook
Instagram is apparently testing a new setting that will allow it to share your location data with its parent company…
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The Importance Of Evaluating Your Posts On Instagram For Social Media Marketing
By Trudy Seeger Social media marketing plays a pivotal role in promoting and marketing your business online. Instagram is a popular…
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How to Grow Your Small Business by Using Social Media Effectively
Everyone is acquainted with the significance of social media in every aspect of life. It is to be considered in…
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Facebook and Instagram were down yesterday, here’s why
Most of you probably did not notice this but Facebook and Instagram were temporarily down for a few hours yesterday.…
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Instagram now lets you reply to Stories with photos and video
Instagram has made a new update to its stories feature which is probably make users very excited. The photo sharing…
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Instagram Launches Live Video and disappearing photos and videos feature
Instagram has unveiled a new feature that will allow users to broadcast live videos on Instagram stories. The Facebook-owned also…
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Instagram rolls out a ‘’Save Draft’’ feature to everyone
A couple of weeks ago some Instagram users reported seeing a ‘’Save Draft’’ feature. Instagram was said to be testing…
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Instagram launches new feature to filter abusive comments
One of the things that any Instagram user hate is having someone post offensive or abusive comments on their photos.…
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Is Instagram about to roll out a ‘’Save Draft’’ feature?
It looks like Instagram could soon be rolling out a new feature that will allow users to save their photos…
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This is How The New Instagram Business Profiles Will Look Like
Early this year, Instagram announced that it was working on rolling our a business profiles. What Instagram actually wanted to…
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Facebook, Messenger and Instagram Windows 10 Apps are Here at Last
Facebook has some good news for people using Facebook, Messenger and Instagram on Windows. The company is officially rolling out…
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Social Media
Instagram Videos now at 60 seconds
Twitter tried to talk about it but the response seemed to be out of control. In regards to the situation,…
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Instagram wants to change your feed; Introduces algorithm
Remember when Twitter once announced that it was adding an algorithm? It did not go quite well with most Twitter…
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Social Media
Yes, You can now Add and Switch Between Multiple Accounts on Instagram
Sometime back in November last year, Instagram was testing multiple account switching for both their iOS and Android. Little was…
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Airtel Kenya’s #FaceOfKenya campaign Promotes Upcoming Photographers
Airtel Kenya has been working with with top Instagrammers; Asif Khan , Mutua Matheka and Sarah Waiswa, to use the…
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Instagram now supports Landscape and Portrait photo Formats
Instagram will now allow users to upload portrait and landscape photos and video in addition to the Square format that…
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Social Media
Instagram Announces New Explore Feature for real time updates
By Nixon Kanali, TechTrendsKE Instagram has today announced that it is making an update to its search and discovery functions.…
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Google will now count calories from your food pictures
Research scientist from one of Google’s experimental labs has spilled some beans about an intriguing artificial intelligence project. This new…
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Instagram introduces emoji search
Instagram will now let you use emoji in your hashtags, creating a whole new way to find the pictures most…
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Social Media
Instagram Launches Layout: New app for creating custom collages and image effects
Instagram has launched a new app called Layout, a new app that it says will let Instagram users easily combine…
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New Instagram update finally lets you edit captions
Instagram users can now be able to edit captions on their posts and also explore pages making it faster to…
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Apps
Instagram launches Hyperlapse app for capturing high-quality time lapse videos
Popular photo-sharing site Instagram has launched a new app that will let users capture high-quality time lapse videos even while in motion…
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