Twitter floats letting users charge followers for ‘Super Follows’ Tech News Feb 26, 2021 Twitter gave the first outline of a potential subscription called ‘Super Follows’ that will let people charge followers for access to special content.
Facebook restricts Australian users from sharing or viewing news links Tech News Feb 18, 2021 Australian Facebook users forced to go elsewhere to read news after company restricting users from sharing or viewing news links.
Yandex Employee Caught Selling Access to Users’ Email Inboxes Tech News Feb 13, 2021 Yandex employee had been caught selling providing unauthorized access to the users’ mailboxes for personal gain. Read more
Instagram will let users recover recently deleted content Tech News Feb 8, 2021 Instagram introducing a new folder feature that will save deleted content for 30 days, making it easier for users to retrieve and republish.
Snapchat Spotlight hits 100M users, ad revenue $911 million Tech News Feb 5, 2021 Snapchat Spotlight hits 100M users, ad revenue $911 million. Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel talked about the growth of Spotlight in the earnings call.
DuckDuckGo search engine increased traffic by 62% in 2020 Tech News Jan 20, 2021 DuckDuckGo search engine focused on privacy, increased its average number of daily searches by 62% in 2020 as users seek alternatives.
5 Trojanized Android Apps Spying On Users In Pakistan Tech News Jan 13, 2021 Cybersecurity researchers took the wraps off new spyware operation targeting users in Pakistan that leverages trojanized versions of legitimate Android apps
Korean dating app leaks private images of 1million users Tech News Jan 13, 2021 Korean dating app leaks private information of the users such as explicit content and images that should not be out in the public domain.
Indonesia will ban social media for users below age 17 Tech News Nov 26, 2020 social media platforms require users to be at least 13 years old to register but Indonesia will ban social media for user below age 17.
YouTube massive outage affects 286,000 users Tech News Nov 12, 2020 YouTube, owned by Alphabet Inc’s Google , said late on Wednesday it was fixing an error, which Youtube outage affected about 286,000 users.