Apps Business Internet News [Updated] Twitter-rival Threads takes off, clocks millions of sign-ups barely hours after launch [Update]: Instagram head Adam Mosseri teased the arrival of several “basic” features… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 6, 20233 minute read
Apps News Twitter restricts TweetDeck access to verified accounts with 30 days’ grace period for unverified users If you tried to access TweetDeck over the last few days, and… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 4, 20232 minute read
Apps Global Internet News Instagram’s Threads to debut on July 6 amid Twitter chaos With all that is going on at Twitter, the sight of a… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 4, 20233 minute read
Apps Internet News Twitter puts a cap on number of tweets users can read daily Following the latest widespread outage suffered by Twitter in recent months, Twitter… Soumyadeep SarkarJuly 3, 20232 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy Internet News Meta introduces new parental controls for Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger Meta is building on to its more recent child-safety measures across its… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 27, 20232 minute read
Apps Internet News YouTube will require fan accounts to make their distinction from official artist channels ‘obvious’ Fan channels and accounts dedicated to actors, singers, celebrities, and inspirational personalities… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 23, 20232 minute read
Apps Internet News YouTube suffers outage, down for thousands of users After Reddit, YouTube and YouTube TV have become the latest names to… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 23, 20232 minute read
Apps Internet News WhatsApp to let users silence unknown calls, rolls out new Privacy Checkup Indian users are (unfortunately) intimately familiar with spam calls, and the increasing… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 21, 20232 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Subreddits get creative: Innovative protests emerge amidst Reddit’s API rule changes The ripples of the new changes to Reddit’s API rules continue to… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 19, 20233 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy Internet News Meta rolls our Instagram broadcast channels to users globally Meta has decided to bring Instagram’s broadcast channels to more countries. In… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 15, 20233 minute read
Apps Internet News YouTube significantly lowers content monetization eligibility criteria In a move that is sure to increase competition among creators, while… Soumyadeep SarkarJune 14, 20233 minute read
Apps Internet News Usernames are coming to WhatsApp It seems that WhatsApp is taking a page out of other social… Soumyadeep SarkarMay 25, 20232 minute read
Business Culture & Policy Global News Latest round of layoffs begin at Meta, set to be last of three-part job cuts Meta has initiated a fresh round of layoffs, according to media reports.… Soumyadeep SarkarMay 24, 20232 minute read
Culture & Policy News Twitter Linda Yaccarino to be Twitter’s new CEO, Musk confirms Updated: Elon Musk confirmed in a tweet that Linda Yaccarino has been… Soumyadeep SarkarMay 12, 20233 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy Internet News Twitter to purges inactive accounts It is a common sight to see users create accounts on social… Soumyadeep SarkarMay 9, 20232 minute read
Business News Meta beats estimates to record $28.6Bn in revenue for Q1 2023, Reality Labs continues to bleed In the first quarter of its “Year of Efficiency,” social media giant… Soumyadeep SarkarApril 27, 20233 minute read
Apps Global News WhatsApp experiments a ‘Newsletters’ tool Newsletters, even though many have discarded their importance these days, continue to… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 22, 20233 minute read
Business Culture & Policy Internet News India introduces stringent endorsement guidelines for social media influencers Being a social media influencer is a career that has appealed to… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 23, 20233 minute read
Internet News Instagram gets a ‘Quiet Mode’ to help you take break, among other new ways to manage time, recommendations Social media can be addictive and dangerous alike, and teens are known… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 19, 20232 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Govt notifies changes to IT Rules, grievance appellate committees to be formed, social media platforms mandated to comply Last year, the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code)… Soumyadeep SarkarOctober 29, 20223 minute read
Apps Internet News YouTube is finally rolling out ‘handles’ for channels and creators A handle, which is a pretty common feature across social media platforms,… Soumyadeep SarkarOctober 11, 20222 minute read
