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For Africa by Africans! New social media app set to be launched in Africa to rival Facebook

Wale AmeenApril 27, 2021

  App developed by group of self funded immigrants from Liberia and Sierra Leone Will use water stamping technology to help users retain rights to their published contents   Wale Ameen Online Editor   A new social media app set to rival the likes of Facebook and Instagram on the African continent with Africa and […]

Facebook’s new Business Suite to help SMEs manage business across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger

Saviour AdugbaSeptember 18, 2020

Saviour Adugba Facebook has launched a new business suite to help small and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) manage their businesses more easily across all Facebook-owned platforms. Announcing the launch of the Facebook Business Suite in a blog post, Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s chief operating officer, noted that small businesses have had to depend on Facebook’s free tools […]

COVID-19: WhatsApp places new limits on message forwarding

Businessam StaffApril 7, 2020

  WhatsApp on Tuesday placed new limits on message forwarding as part of an effort to curb the spread of misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic. The new policy limits users to forwarding certain messages to one “chat” at a time, aiming to limit the rapid propagation of content which is provocative but likely to be false. […]

Twitter orders all employees worldwide to work from home

Businessam StaffMarch 12, 2020

Twitter orders all employees worldwide to work from home

All Twitter employees must work from home until further notice in order to help slow the spread of COVID-19, the company announced on Thursday. Twitter had already “strongly encouraged” employees to do so in an announcement early last week, but is now making the directive mandatory across the world. Twitter will continue to pay contractors, […]

Facebook warns revenue growth slowing, costs remain high

Businessam StaffJanuary 30, 2020

Facebook warns revenue growth slowing, costs remain high

Facebook Inc said on Wednesday that growth would continue to slow as its business matured and it reported a surge in quarterly expenses, disappointing Wall Street expectations that the costs of improving privacy would level off. The news raised concerns that Facebook’s days of astronomical growth were firmly in the rearview mirror, and shares of the […]

Facebook strategizes to scale Chinese “great firewall” to retain the $5bn ad-space market value

Businessam StaffJanuary 7, 2020

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WhatsApp to stop working on Windows phone devices from Dec 31

Businessam StaffDecember 31, 2019

WhatsApp to stop working on Windows phone devices from Dec 31

Social messaging app WhatsApp will stop working on phones running on Windows mobile operating system from December 31. A FAQ section on the instant messaging app’s website stated, ‘You’ll no longer be able to use all Windows Phone operating systems after December 31, 2019”. Further, the company said WhatsApp app had been removed from the […]

Facebook’s Libra 2020 launch plan still unclear – Board member

Businessam StaffDecember 19, 2019

Facebook’s Libra 2020 launch plan still unclear – Board member

Facebook’s Libra project has no solid strategy yet for how or where it will be introduced in 2020, a board member of the body overseeing the hotly-anticipated cryptocurrency told Reuters on Thursday. “Libra is on track to launch in 2020, however, the scope of the roll-out depends on talks with regulators,’’ said Patrick Ellis, one […]

Twitter to update privacy policies globally

Businessam StaffDecember 3, 2019

Twitter is set to update its privacy policies globally for the sole purpose of giving users more information about what data advertisers might receive. The company is also launching a site that will provide clarity on its data protection efforts. The new privacy policies, which are scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2020, would be complying […]

#SayNoToSocialMediaBill trends on Twitter as Nigerians reject proposed hate speech bill

Businessam StaffNovember 22, 2019

#SayNoToSocialMediaBill trends on Twitter as Nigerians reject proposed hate speech bill

Outraged Nigerians have taken to social networking platform, Twitter, to express their anger over the proposed Hate Speech Bill, which has already passed first and second reading on the floor of the National Assembly. Nigerians on the platform are calling for nationwide protests to force the National Assembly to discard the bill they say muzzle […]

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