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Snapchat's slow growth rate not sitting well with investors

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 11 May 2017

Despite clocking 166 million daily active users, Snapchat still trails behind Instagram Stories, and the company is unsure if it will ever make a profit. FULL STORY >

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Twitter planning to broadcast video content on its platform 24/7

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 26 April 2017

The social media platform could soon be broadening its horizons to 24/7 programming. FULL STORY >

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Offline mode for Instagram on Android announced at F8

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 19 April 2017

Adding support for most of the app's features while offline, Android Instagram users get some help from Facebook. FULL STORY >

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Facebook's Snapchat clone, Stories, gets unveiled

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 29 March 2017

Available within the Facebook mobile app, the company details its "new" Stories feature. FULL STORY >

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Transforming the call centre with social media

By Press Release 16 March 2017

One message, many conversations on multiple channels, is the key according to BrandChat director Pete Matthaei. FULL STORY >

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Empowering people to help one another within Safety Check

By Press Release 9 February 2017

Starting today, Facebook is rolling out a new feature from within Safety Check - Community Help - which lets people find and give help such as food, shelter and transportation after a crisis. FULL STORY >

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Snap Inc. set for $3 billion IPO

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 3 February 2017

Five years after it first launched as Snapchat, the social media platform files for a $3 billion IPO as it sets to go public. FULL STORY >

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Instagram is testing multi-photo album feature

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 2 February 2017

Part of the latest Android beta, soon you'll be able to share more than one photo in a Instagram album. FULL STORY >

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Facebook nearing the 2 billion monthly users mark

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 2 February 2017

1.86 billion to be more precise, with the social media platform expected to hit the 2 billion mark by mid-2017. FULL STORY >

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Twitter VP says harassment fixes coming later this week

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 31 January 2017

Twitter's VP of engineering, Ed Ho, says the company will be making changes to address harassment on its platform later this week. FULL STORY >

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The revolution of learning in the Information Age

By Press Release 23 January 2017

Education, and the primary ways of learning new knowledge are changing, due to social media and the proliferation of information. FULL STORY >

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PewDiePie says he'll delete his YouTube channel at 19:00 tonight

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 9 December 2016

After crossing the 50 million subscriber mark on YouTube, will PewDiePie star truly delete his channel? FULL STORY >

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Kagiso Media makes a play in the eSports space

By Press Release 28 November 2016

Kagiso Media has launched an eSports platform, Mega8 eSports (“Mega8”), in a bid to further grow and legitimise the competitive gaming industry in South Africa. FULL STORY >

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Telegram launches anonymous blogging platform named Telegraph

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 24 November 2016

The company behind the Telegram encrypted messaging platform has launched a new blogging site named Telegraph that does not require sign up or linking to social media to work. FULL STORY >

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Twitter warns developers making surveillance tools

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 23 November 2016

Hinging heavily on public APIs, Twitter is making a concerted effort to keep its users’ data safe from developers creating surveillance tools. FULL STORY >

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