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Facebook debuts new event listings for 10 American cities

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 28 June 2016

Curated by humans, and providing a weekend social calendar of sorts, Facebook announces its new Featured Events list. FULL STORY >

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WhatsApp surpasses 100 million calls per day milestone

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 24 June 2016

Not simply an instant messaging tool, WhatsApp also facilitates a number of phone calls too, recently passing the 100 million call per day mark. FULL STORY >

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Instagram to add translation button while texting in-app

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 23 June 2016

Ever had a desire to translate comments and captions in Instagram? You're in luck then, as the social media platform will be launching an in-app button to do just that. FULL STORY >

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Following a password leak, Twitter has blocked millions of compromised accounts

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 10 June 2016

An estimated 32 million Twitter account passwords were leaked recently, prompting the company to block several million user accounts. FULL STORY >

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Facebook believes new DeepText AI has near-human accuracy

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 2 June 2016

Facebook introduces its new DeepText AI platform, to better help users via its deep learning ability and near-human accuracy. FULL STORY >

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Instagram introduces new business tools

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 1 June 2016

Including new business profiles, analytics and the ability to turn posts into ads, Instagram introduces an array of business tools. FULL STORY >

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It's official, usernames and images not part of Twitter character count

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 25 May 2016

n an effort to increase user satisfaction on its social media platform, Twitter will no longer count usernames and images as part of its 140 character limit. FULL STORY >

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Twitter reportedly removing character count for links and images in Tweets

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 17 May 2016

Ever been foiled by Twitter's 14 character limit because of a link or photo? Well, the company could soon stop counting them as part of the character limit for Tweets. FULL STORY >

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Instagram introduces new logo and streamlines look of UI

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 12 May 2016

The popular social media platform has just gone through a redesign, as Instagram introduces a new logo and UI. FULL STORY >

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Periscope now lets users permanently save their videos

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 5 May 2016

Taking a play out of Facebook Live's playbook, Periscope now lets users save their videos by using #Save in the title description. FULL STORY >

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Sean Parker relaunches failed Airtime chatroom as live mobile app

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 22 April 2016

After failing to launch Airtime as a Chat Roulette-esque service, Sean Parker rebrands the chat room service as a live-sharing mobile app. FULL STORY >

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iOS version of Snapchat now allows users to add moving emoji

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 20 April 2016

The go-to social media app of choice at the moment, Snapchat adds some new emoji features to keep users interested. FULL STORY >

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Samsung debuts new social media platform, Waffle, at SXSW

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 16 March 2016

Developed by Samsung's experimental C-Lab, Waffle is the new social media platform that Samsung is currently beta testing. FULL STORY >

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Instagram to block links to Telegram and Snapchat in user profiles

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 4 March 2016

In a subtle change that may have gone unnoticed by some, Instagram has opted to block links to other apps like Telegram and Snapchat within user profiles. FULL STORY >

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Twitter adds video recording and sharing to Direct Messages

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 18 February 2016

Bringing its video functionality full circle, Twitter adds recording and sharing for users in Direct Messages. FULL STORY >

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