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Jan 7, 2021Jan 7, 2021

U.S. President Trump’s Twitter account suspended in the wake of Capitol Hill riots

Today, the U.S. President Trump Twitter account is suspended for 12 hours after rioters stormed the Capitol Hill building. The social platform also deleted three tweets enticing President Trump supporters by saying that President-elect Joe Biden is a fraud, called…

Dec 21, 2020

Twitter starts testing ‘Spaces’, its Clubhouse-like voice chat service

by Asma Hussain

Last month, Twitter announced it would soon begin testing a new social feature on its platforms involving audio-only chat rooms, similar to controversial startup Clubhouse. Twitter Spaces, as the feature is now being called, has officially been launched into privacy…

Dec 12, 2020

Snapchat now allows users to share tweets in Stories, feature coming to Instagram soon

by Usman Hussain

Twitter has made it even easier to share your tweets across every social media platform available. On iOS, users will now be able to insert tweets into a Snapchat Story as a sticker. Previously, if someone wanted to share a…

Nov 17, 2020Nov 17, 2020

Twitter releases Fleets – disappearing tweets for users to share thoughts and feelings

by Rida Imran

Today, Twitter has introduced disappearing tweets in the latest feature, Fleets. Like Snapchat and Instagram Stories, Fleets are for sharing temporary thoughts, feelings, images or clips on the platform which disappear after 24 hours. To make the experience interactive and…

Nov 15, 2020Nov 15, 2020

Twitter app for Mac gets macOS Big Sur support, design improvements, and updated icon

by Rida Imran

Twitter app for Mac has received a new update with support for macOS 11 Big Sur. The app has received some optimizations and compatibility updates for macOS Big Sur, along with a design refresh that makes it look right at…

Nov 8, 2020

How to hide replies to your tweets on Twitter

by Usman Hussain

Twitter allows its users to hide replies made on their tweets. The feature’s sole purpose is to hide spam and unwanted comments from a post that distracts others from the main point. Twitter’s way of thinking is that if inappropriate…

Sep 25, 2020Sep 25, 2020

Twitter begins testing ‘private voice messages’ for its mobile app in Brazil

by Asma Hussain

Twitter has started testing a new feature which will allow users to send direct voice messages to other users, after recently announcing new audio tweets. In a recent statement, DM product manager Alex Ackerman-Greenberg revealed that the social media giant…

Aug 19, 2020Aug 19, 2020

Oracle is interested in acquiring TikTok’s U.S business – Report

by Asma Hussain

The multination software company Oracle is looking to compete with Microsoft in the bid for popular Chinese-owned short video recording app, TikTok. It is unclear how Oracle’s interest in acquiring TikTok will impact Microsoft’s bid. The app’s operations in the…

Aug 17, 2020Sep 12, 2020

Trump gives ByteDance 90-day deadline to find a buyer for TikTok’s U.S. operations

by Asma Hussain

President Donald Trump has issued another executive order giving TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, 90 days to divest TikTok’s operations in the United States. The Trump administration has been pressuring the Chinese social media company to sell the video-clip sharing platform to…

Aug 15, 2020Aug 16, 2020

Instagram stored deleted pictures and message on its servers – Report

by Asma Hussain

Instagram’s enable users to delete old or unwanted content on the platform but it appears that the company was not forthcoming about keeping deleted pictures and private direct messages on its servers in the last year. An independent security researcher…

Twitter looking to introduce Facebook-style emoji reactions to its platform

CEO’s of Facebook, Google and Twitter will appear before Congress for a hearing on misinformation

Twitter’s new ‘Undo Tweet’ feature will be exclusively for its subscription service – Leak

Twitter begins testing a way to let users view YouTube videos directly from tweets on iOS

U.S. President Trump’s Twitter account suspended in the wake of Capitol Hill riots

Twitter starts testing ‘Spaces’, its Clubhouse-like voice chat service

Snapchat now allows users to share tweets in Stories, feature coming to Instagram soon

Twitter releases Fleets – disappearing tweets for users to share thoughts and feelings

Twitter app for Mac gets macOS Big Sur support, design improvements, and updated icon

How to hide replies to your tweets on Twitter

Twitter begins testing ‘private voice messages’ for its mobile app in Brazil

Oracle is interested in acquiring TikTok’s U.S business – Report

Trump gives ByteDance 90-day deadline to find a buyer for TikTok’s U.S. operations

Instagram stored deleted pictures and message on its servers – Report