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By Clio Goh and Rodrigo Bonilla A new Vine is coming and it’s called Byte Vine fans rejoice! A new successor is on its way. Two years after Twitter shut down Vine, Vine’s co-creator Dom Hofmann has recently confirmed that a new video-looping app, Byte, would take its place in 2019. Byte will likely operate […]

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By Shane Carroll and Rodrigo Bonilla Facebook is testing a new Stories layout Despite the popularity of Instagram Stories, Facebook’s equivalent hasn’t quite seen the same success. In a potential effort to get users on the platform more interested in the feature, Facebook appears to be testing a new Facebook Stories layout, utilising swipeable […]

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By Rodrigo Bonilla Google Maps now has a “follow” feature In what may be a potential effort to compete with Facebook’s Pages, Google Maps now allows users to follow businesses such as restaurants, bars, or stores with the simple tap of a button. Once a business is followed, users will be able to view […]

The State of the Internet in Q4 2018

The data in Hootsuite and We Are Social’s new Q4 Global Digital Statshot report reveal that the ‘Next Billion’ is fast becoming a reality, as more and more people across the developing world connect to the internet. Millions of people across Africa and South Asia came online for the first time in the past three […]

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By Ayeshah Mirzha and Rodrigo Bonilla You can now purchase Eventbrite tickets directly off YouTube Last November, YouTube partnered with Ticketmaster to sell concert tickets on official YouTube artist pages. As announced last week, YouTube is now expanding its offering to cover Eventbrite listings as well, allowing users in the U.S. to view upcoming […]

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By: Shane Carroll, Tan Jeannette, Monisha Kishin Instagram Just Upgraded Its Two-Factor Authentication Having added Two-Factor Authentication a year ago, Instagram has just stepped it up. Its previous iteration relied solely on SMSes to send authentication codes in the second step of the process. Users can now choose that or a more secure method: authentication […]

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Smart Screens for your home by Facebook Facebook sets her bets big on hardware by announcing a pair of multipurpose smart screens called the Portal and Portal+. These Facebook devices syncs with users’ Messenger accounts, and function as high-tech video monitors for video chatting with friends and family. Portal and Portal+ is also powered by […]

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By Andy Lim, Erasmus William, and Rodrigo Bonilla Snapchat encourages participation at the U.S. Midterm Elections In light of the upcoming United States Midterm Elections this November, Snapchat has incorporated a “Register to vote” button within its app to encourage users to vote. Users who click through will be brought to a mobile site where […]

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By Monisha Kishin, Shane Carroll, and Rodrigo Bonilla Facebook Pages can now join Facebook Groups In a new settings update, Facebook will now let Pages on the site interact with communities through members-only Facebook Groups. Previously, only personal profiles could join and interact in Facebook Groups but these latest settings enable group owners to […]

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By: Rodrigo Bonilla, Jeremy Lim, Jeannette Tan Instagram tests video tagging feature In an effort to promote better video discovery, Instagram is testing a new video tagging feature that allows users to tag accounts in the same way they would in photos and Stories. This latest test update aligns with Instagram’s heavy investment in video […]

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