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WeChat surpasses 1 billion mark

March 6, 2018

Social messaging app WeChat has just surpassed its 1 billion mark, according to its parent company Tencent’s CEO, Pony Ma. It is the biggest…

Facebook improves facial recognition to help you find your untagged photos & videos

February 27, 2018

Facebook has share that it will use facial recognition to help its users do more than just tag their friends but also to: find…

Facebook Lists are about to make the newsfeed even more annoying

February 15, 2018

Facebook Lists is new status updates option currently been tested with a few users that lets them create, obviously, lists. These can be anything…

Facebook joins hands with partners across Africa for a safer Internet

February 6, 2018

Celebrating Safer Internet Day (SID) under the connected theme of “Create, connect and share respect: A better internet starts with you”, Facebook today announced a number of partnerships…

10 tips on social media etiquette and ZICTA’s warning

January 8, 2018

Last week, the Zambia Information and Technology Communication Authority (ZICTA) issued a statement on social media usage and ita abuse by Zambians. The statement…

Twitter will let you tweet your threads easily

December 13, 2017

Twitter has recognised how many users love to tell a story in multiple tweets, aka a thread. These stories may be a coverage of…

How to share Live Location on WhatsApp

October 25, 2017

WhatsApp launched a new feature that allows users to share their location, calling it Live Location, and here’s how you use it: Open up…

The 3 biggest internet revolutions of our time

October 5, 2017

The internet as we know it came to the fore in 1976 when an email was sent from a beer garden in California to…

Twitter 280 character limit test trial met with a ‘no’

September 27, 2017

Last night Twitter shared that it’s testing an increased character length for tweets from 140 to 280 with a few users and some Twitter…

Instagram now autoplays video sound as you scroll

September 18, 2017

Popular visual sharing app Instagram has changed its sound settings for videos uploaded to a user’s newsfeed to autoplay as they scroll down. Once…

Facebook shares 2017 Q2 earnings

July 27, 2017

Statista shared in a chart the Facebook earnings since 2016 second quarter (Q2) till this year’s and we see the social media company has…

Twitter’s new UI is refreshing

June 16, 2017

Twitter’s new UI seems less cluttered and lighter, creating more white space. I noticed the update on one of my phones this morning and…

The world’s top 10 Android apps as of May 2017

June 15, 2017

Priori Data has complied a list of the top 10 Android phones around the world and Facebook and Facebook-owned apps (Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp)…

What platforms social media marketers are using

June 15, 2017

If you’re a social media manager you’ll agree with the stats in the chart below on which apps you use, and of you’re n ordinary…

MTN Zambia launches free Facebook Flex

May 4, 2017

In partnership with Facebook, MTN Zambia has today launched Facebook Flex, a service that allows subscribers on the MTN network to access Facebook for…

Instagram hits 700 million users

April 28, 2017

Instagram shared news of hitting 700 million monthly active users (MAUs) in a post: We’re thrilled to announce that our community has grown to…

Tech brands topping the 2017 Brand Africa charts

April 24, 2017

Brand Africa is an annual survey and valuation of the Top 100 brands in Africa. In a representative survey across 19 countries covering every political…