Tag: Users

San Francisco: Offering its over two billion monthly users new ways to express themselves, Facebook has introduced new music features, including an option to add a song to photos and videos they share to Facebook Stories. “And, we’re bringing it to News Feed, too!,” Facebook said in a statement on Wednesday, adding that users would soon […]

San Francisco: Facebook could soon be rolling out the “Unsend” feature for Messenger that would allow users to retract sent messages not only from their inboxes, but also from the entire chat thread, the media reported. “We have previously confirmed that we intend to ship a feature like this and are still planning to do […]

New York: Facebook Stories, a timeline of images that automatically disappears after a day, has hit 300 million users. According to the company, its Stories feature was now open for advertisers globally, CNET reported on Wednesday. “Facebook is also going to roll out Stories ads in Messenger in the coming weeks,” the report said. It […]

San Francisco: Ahead of the US mid-term polls in November, Twitter has launched #BeAVoter campaign that will be featured in top US trends and in a prompt in users’ timelines on its platform. Through the campaign, Twitter would connect users to TurboVote — a non-profit organisation that could help them register to vote, sign up […]

New Delhi: A mere 19 per cent of people in the 15-65 age group use Internet in India, a report said here on Tuesday. About 35 per cent of those in the age group are aware of Internet, said the report named “AfterAccess: ICT access and use in India and the Global South”. It was […]

San Francisco: Google has rolled out new features for Android users to make it easier for them to navigate their accounts and review security and privacy options. “The new experience is available today for all Android users and will launch on iOS and web later this year,” Jan Hannemann, Product Manager, Google Account, announced in […]

San Francisco: Photo-sharing platform Instagram is introducing a “recommended for you” feature — which was so far being tested within a small group — to all users. “The new section, ‘recommended for you’, is clearly labelled so as not to be confused with your own home feed. It will contain three to five suggested posts,” […]

New Delhi: Twitter is currently experimenting with giving users a second opportunity to self-edit their tweets and replies if they contain harmful, abusive and hate content before they post it on the platform and face consequences for violating its policies. It is still not an Edit button for users but a self-edit tool to tackle […]