WhatsApp rolls out screen-sharing feature

WhatsApp introduces code verify extension

Instant messaging application WhatsApp has rolled out a new extension for adding extra security to its web app. As per ANI, the extension is called Code Verify and its sole purpose is to ensure the web version of WhatsApp is secure enough and the end-t...


Insta to introduce payment feature within messages

Instagram Live adds moderation tools

Meta-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram has enabled Live creators to add moderators to their streams. The feature can weed out potentially unwanted interactions. According to Instagram, the moderators can report comments, remov...


YouTube blocks Russian state-funded media channels globally

YouTube blocks Russian state-funded media channels globally

American online video sharing and social media platform YouTube is immediately blocking access around the world to channels associated with Russian state-funded media, it said on Friday, citing a policy barring content that denies, minimizes, or trivializes well-documented violent events. The world's most used streaming video service, which i...


Twitter rolls out timeline switch feature

Twitter rolls out timeline switch feature

Micro-blogging site Twitter is rolling out the option to switch between two timelines ‘Home’ and ‘Latest’ to all users on iOS. “The Home and Latest timelines are now just a swipe away for everyone on iOS, and soon on Android and web,” Twitter wrote on its of...


Google, FB 'Jedi Blue' ad deal probed by EU, Britain

Google, FB ‘Jedi Blue’ ad deal probed by EU, Britain

European Union and British antitrust authorities launched parallel investigations on Friday into a 2018 online display advertising deal between Google and Facebook, adding to a long list of regulatory challenges facing the US tech giants.

Alphabet unit Google and Facebook, whose pare...