Social Media Shut Down Won’t Happen
Despite a growing anxiety about its possibility, the National Media commission says social media will not be shut down during the December 7 general elections. The Commission's Executive Secretary,...
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Instagram Notifies Your Friend When You Screenshot Their DMs
Instagram’s latest Snapshot plagiarism update lets you send self-destructing messages to your friends — an excellent feature for sexy time. Just know that your friend will be notified if you take...
Scrutiny For Phone Book Harvesting Apps
The mobile phone numbers of former Prime Minister David Cameron, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, celebrities and millions of other people are being stored in databases that can be searched by the...
Facebook ‘made China Censorship Tool’
Facebook worked on special software so it could potentially accommodate censorship demands in China, according to a report in the New York Times. The social network refused to confirm or deny the...
Instagram Launches Live ‘disappearing’ Video and Changes Direct Messaging
Instagram has become the latest social media company to embrace live video broadcasts. Following in the footsteps of Facebook, which owns Instagram, YouTube and Twitter’s live-streaming app...
What Brexit? Facebook To Increase UK Presence By 50%
The Silicon Valley company is set to expand its British engineering team and open a new London HQ in 2017. Facebook isn't batting an eyelid over Brexit -- it still sees the UK as a great place to...
6 Huge Mistakes Happy Couples Make On Social Media
You've taken the big leap and proved your commitment to that special someone in your life. You updated your Facebook status to "In a Relationship," and your profile photo has been replaced with a...
Zynell Zuh Rocking A Black Evening Gown Is Too Elegant For Words
Ghana's star fashionista and actress Zynell Zuh's beauty and classy looks is certainly one for the books. The actress who stepped onto our screens not too long ago has made the very best of first...
Wiyaala To Collaborate With Fancy Gadam?
Currently,when it comes to Northern music, the most common name to be mentioned are that of Wiyaala and Fancy Gadam. This is not because they are just popular but because their brand is selling music...
WhatsApp Has Finally Added Video Calling
WhatsApp has upped the ante in the battle to be a one-stop shop for communication with the launch of video calling within its app. The latest update to the popular messaging app, designed to stem...
260 Missing Children Found Via Mobile App
The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) announced Wednesday that in the last six months 260 missing children had been found thanks to a mobile app. In May 15, the MPS launched “Tuanyuan,” or...
Twitter Cracks Down On Abuse
Twitter has announced new ways for users to tackle abusive messages and hateful content on its platform. The “mute” button, which enables users to not see tweets from individual accounts, is...
Snapchat ‘files For Stock Market Float’
Snap, the parent company of messaging app Snapchat, has filed to list on the US stock market, according to several reports. Based on investments so far, the California-based firm would be worth...
Facebook and Google To Stop Ads From Appearing On Fake News Sites
The two tech giants will no longer allow fake news sites to use their ad-selling services, the latest reaction to accusations that a flood of misleading internet content influenced voters during the...
How 35-Year-Old Man Blackmails Lovers With Nude Pictures
A 35-year-old man, Michael Atanda, who specialised in blackmailing lovers by threatening to display their nude pictures on social media, especially Facebook, if they refused to pay his monetary...
Facebook Wants To Make You Secure
When you have a billion people using your service, you have an obligation to keep your users secure, even when they behave in unsafe ways. Alex Stamos, Chief Security Officer (CSO) at Facebook,...
School Helps Inexperienced Programmers Land Jobs At Apple
Programmers are in hot demand. Tech companies are especially eager to grab talent as fast as they can find it. "We're interviewing people every week," said Neha Jain, a senior software engineer with...
Blac Chyna Shares Breastfeeding Pic On Her Baby’s Instagram Page
Dream Kardashian is already a social media star! Just one day after Blac Chyna gave birth to Rob Kardashian's first child, the proud parents created an official Instagram account for the sweet baby...
Activities Of The Youth On Social Media
For the first time ever, Social Media is playing a crucial role in Ghana's parliamentary and presidential election. There have been a lot of issues revolving around the use of social media in Ghana...
Facebook Bug ‘kills’ Users In ‘terrible Error’
Facebook's own CEO was among the "dead" during the bug's brief appearance An unusual bug on Facebook briefly labelled many people as dead. The error on Friday caused the social network to show a...