Snapchat adds a new option to pause your Snap Streaks
Credit: Business Insider Snapchat has rolled out a new update; an option to let you pause your Snap Streaks. This option will delight users as Snap Streaks are seen as highly central to how they enjoy the app and relate with their friends on the app. With the update, users do not have to break their streaks should they decide not to access the app for a while or take a break for a while. Snapchat will let you pause only one streak for...
WhatsApp payment system gets Brazil’s Central Bank’s nod
Good news for Meta as its chat app WhatsApp has been given the nod to process payments for small and medium-sized businesses in the South American country. This will allow WhatsApp to build on its existing peer-to-peer payment system. Meta has retained a long-term interest in using the Brazilian market to launch into other regions as it continues to grow WhatsApp payment. The company sees Brazil as a major test ground, especially as...
Facebook adds support for longer Facebook Reels up to 90 seconds
Facebook Reels is now up to 90 seconds long; and that is per a new announcement made by Meta on Friday. Prior to this announcement, Facebook Reels were limited to 60 seconds. Longer videos seems to be at home with social apps like TikTok and even Instagram. Meta’s announcement did not come as a surprise though; there has been speculations especially when you consider Instagram now supports longer Reels. Meta also announced the...
Instagram age verification tools expand to more regions as a test
Instagram has extended its age verification tools to more countries as a test. The expansion to more countries including Mexico, Canada, South Korea, Australia, Japan, and more countries in Europe was announced on Thursday by Andy Stone Meta’s head of Communications in a tweet. This is part of Meta’s long-term plan to improve its process of clarifying and confirming user ages, and also limit their exposure while using the Instagram...
TikTok nears its end in the US as ban looms
Credit: Search Engine Journal TikTok’s days in the US are numbered; and it seems it is only a matter of time before the hammer falls on the Chinese-owned app. The US House Foreign Affairs Committee has voted to hand President Joe Biden the power to ban TikTok. This of course, will only happen if the president deems such a move necessary. This has been coming, and the latest move by the US House Foreign Affairs Committee seems like the...