Twitter confirmed yesterday that it is no longer permitting third-party developers to create Twitter clients—apps that give an experience similar to the main Twitter app. The ban prevents all third-party apps, such as Tweetbot, Twitterrific, Aviary, Echofon, Birdie, and others, from accessing the social media platform. This was confirmed in…
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Fincra, a payment infrastructure company with offices in Canada, Lagos, and Nairobi, announced yesterday that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had issued it a commercial Payment Service Solution Provider (PSSP) license. “We are delighted to share that Fincra has received its commercial Payment Service Solution Provider (PSSP) licence from…
Meta has rolled out a new feature for its Instagram app called “quiet mode,” which claims to help users focus and set boundaries with friends and followers. “Quiet mode on Instagram,” Meta says, “turns off notifications and sends an auto-reply when someone sends you a direct message (DM), so you can focus on things…
As the possibility of a recession grows, major technology companies are announcing layoffs. However, the layoffs follow a period of rapid growth. Just yesterday, Microsoft and Amazon announced massive layoffs: the former will affect 10,000 workers, or about 5% of the company, while the latter has already begun the process,…
Twitter is now offering a yearly discount on its Blue subscription service per the company’s support page. Blue annual subscriptions are now available for $84 ($7/month), a $1 savings over the monthly rate of $8. If you live in one of the countries where Twitter Blue is offered, such as the…
For the first time in more than a decade, the desktop version of Wikipedia is getting a redesign. The announcement was made yesterday by the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit in charge of the Wikipedia project. “Wikipedia Gets a Fresh New Look: First Desktop Update in a Decade Puts Usability at…
Apple introduced its Bluetooth-enabled AirTags trackers a few years ago, allowing users to track items that don’t have internet access. AirTags took advantage of Apple’s huge number of iPhone users by letting these phones send anonymous pings with location information to the owner of the object being tracked. Meanwhile, Samsung…
Six years after it launched in 2016, Uber announced that it has ceased operations in Tanzania, stating that an unpleasant regulatory situation has made it difficult to continue its services in the East African country. Uber has hinted at plans to resume operations in Tanzania after the government modified regulatory…
Flow, a property marketing platform that automates social media marketing for estate agents and property developers, just announced it has raised $4.5M in pre-Series A funding. The proptech marketing platform, currently based in Johannesburg and Cape Town, says it will change the way real estate agencies, developers and agents interact…
Samsung has announced it is expanding its self-repair program, which it launched last year with iFixit, the leading online repair community. “The expanded program,” Samsung says, “now features genuine repair parts for the Galaxy Book Pro 15” and Galaxy Book Pro 360 15” PCs, as well as the Galaxy S22,…
Most of my friends and family use WhatsApp instead of Telegram to send a chat message. And much to my relief, the messaging app that has since been acquired by Facebook (now named Meta) released a number of new features in 2022 in an effort to keep up with the…
Microsoft has been reported on planning to integrate OpenAI’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot technology into its popular office applications to improve efficiency and productivity. An unnamed source told The Information that users of Microsoft 365, previously known as Office, may soon be able to use the software to generate text…
Microsoft has introduced several features to its Excel product to help users save time. Among the five listed in the announcement, the two key releases are Formula Suggestions and Formula by Example, and they both work in autocomplete mode to make the Excel tool even smarter. As you can see…
Come 2023, much more progress in the area of artificial intelligence (AI) will be obvious. In 2022, a lot of important milestones were reached, from big steps forward in natural language processing and computer vision to more businesses using AI. The most recent is ChatGPT, a new AI chatbot that took the…
WhatsApp has announced it will no longer allow the Samsung Galaxy S2 and 46 other devices to access its app. The Meta-owned service gave the update via its help centre, stating that affected devices “might not have the latest security updates, or might lack the functionality required to run WhatsApp.”…
AI is something you’ve used if you’ve ever taken an Uber or had your Android or iPhone auto-correct a misspelled word. The term “artificial intelligence” (AI) seems to be cropping up everywhere these days, but what does it even mean? What positive effects does it have on our typical day-to-day…
Interestingly, Twitter, amidst the layoffs, race to find a new CEO, and competition with other social media platforms, is still adding new features and updating existing ones on the platform. Yesterday, the company (via @TwitterBusiness) demonstrated the ability to search for the prices of stocks as well as cryptocurrencies including…
On the 20th of October, the Competition Commission of India slammed Google with a Rs. 1337.76 crore (equivalent to a sum of $161.9 million) fine for anti-competitive practices involving Android mobile devices in “multiple markets.” In a press release, the Indian competition regulator said that Google was guilty of abusing…
Twitter Blue, the company’s first subscription service, now allows its paid subscribers to upload videos that are longer than the usual 10-minute-long videos on the platform. “Subscribers can upload videos up to 60 minutes long (1080p) (web only),” the company said via its support page. By “web only,” it means…
Twitter has announced a new feature , View Count that shows the total number of times a Tweet has been viewed. “With view counts,” the company’s support page explained in a blog post, “you can easily see the reach of your Tweets and the Tweets you see on the Timeline.” Elon…