LinkedIn introduces new tools in response to creators increasingly joining its platform

By Ahsan Zafeer ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Responding to a “pronounced increase” in the use of its platform by creators, LinkedIn has introduced several new tools and features on Tuesday to enable…

Pakistani government’s alternative for WhatsApp will go live by next year, secretary of IT reveals

By Ahsan Zafeer ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The federal secretary for IT and Telecom, Shoaib Siddiqui, has revealed that the government will launch Pakistan’s version of WhatsApp – a project of the…

Twitter’s ‘Community’ in pipeline: Users will get the option to share Tweets with selected audiences

By Ahsan Zafeer ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Back in February, Twitter previewed a new, groups-like option called ‘Communities’, which would enable Twitter users to share their tweets within selected sub-groups of users…

Facebook planning to launch three new projects in Pakistan: Zia Ullah Bangash

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Social networking behemoth Facebook has something in the works for Pakistan. The company is reportedly planning to launch three new projects in the country. As…

U.S. lawmakers grill big tech CEOs on misinformation, fake news

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

In their first appearance before Congress since Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, the chief executives of Facebook, Google and Twitter were asked by U.S.…

KP govt opposes ban on TikTok in Pakistan

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government on Thursday opposed a ban on the popular short-video sharing app TikTok, ARY News reported. Addressing a press conference in…

Slack to fix error in new direct messaging feature over abuse, harassment concerns

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Workplace messaging app Slack Technologies said it was working to fix an error in the direct-messaging feature it introduced earlier on Wednesday, which could have…

Instagram, Facebook identified as the most invasive iOS apps: report

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Around 52% of iOS apps gather personal data such as browsing history, location, bank details, contact information, fitness level, according to a report published by…

The first US president to get banned from Twitter says he won’t be back on Twitter, even if invited

By Ahsan Zafeer ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Donald Trump got banned from Twitter indefinitely in the wake of the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol. However, the US president recently expressed…

YouTube refuses to remove a 3-hour Livestream of the Boulder mass shooting

By Ahsan Zafeer ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

YouTube says the platform will not remove a controversial live-streamed video of a mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado, despite criticism of the streamer’s tactics and…

Facebook slapped with French lawsuit over failure to prevent hate speech

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders announced Tuesday that it has filed a lawsuit against Facebook in France, saying the website breaks its own terms by…

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PTA blocks 500,000 ‘objectionable’ TikTok videos

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has blocked access to around 500,000 objectionable videos on the popular video-sharing application TikTok in the country, a single-member Peshawar High…

YouTube is testing automatic product detection in videos

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

YouTube is notoriously fond of testing interesting features and running experiments. One of its latest experiments involves testing an automated list of products detected in…

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