Author: Smart Megwai

Tuned, a social app launched in April 2020 by the NPE Team from Facebook, has been reportedly shut down by the company. TechCrunch reports, “Users including this reporter began receiving a notification about the impending shutdown last week, advising them to download their data before September 19, when the app…

Nigerian mobile startup Treepz (formerly Plentywaka) was recently named Best African Industrial Technology Company in 2022 at the Global Startup Awards held in Cape Town, South Africa. Treepz participated in the event as an industry tech leader and was chosen as one of the 12 winners after three rounds of…

Instagram lovers are about to see a big shift on non-Reels video posts in the coming weeks. The company has announced that every video you upload, whether you like it or not, will be shared as reels. Meta notes, “Since reels offer a more immersive and entertaining way to watch…

Meta has added a new “Feeds” tab to its Facebook app where users can see posts from their friends, groups, Pages and “more separately in chronological order.” CEO Mark Zuckerberg in a post explained how the new user interface will look. According to him, “The app will still open to…

Meta has rolled out a new feature for gaming video creators on Facebook to convert live gameplay clips into Reels. Actually, the company unveiled “Clips to Reels” in June this year to help game video creators to create 60-second Reels using pre-existing Facebook Gaming content. Meta says it’s now easy…

TikTok, today, announced it is adding new features to the caption and translation tool in the app, as it hopes to lower the language barrier for viewers. The company said, in the blog post, that it will first roll out the new update to English, Portuguese, German, Indonesian, Italian, Korean,…

Google Wallet, Google’s new payment app, has been officially introduced to the public and can be downloaded from the Play Store. At Google I/O 2022, the company announced that it will be launching a new and improved Google Wallet. The new digital wallet is now available on Android and Wear…

This is surprising, isn’t it? Well, a 12-year-old company, also known as Meta, has announced it is suing the Mark Zuckerberg and his newly re-branded company Meta, for trademark infringement. The company says the disruptions caused by Facebook’s rebranding have impacted its business. “On October 28, 2021, Facebook seized our…

Of late, Google Photos has been getting small but very useful changes. In the latest update to the web version, Google Photos now shows a listing of what quality the photo is being backed up at. Previously, the web version for Google Photos contained information such as “Uploaded from” and…

Instagram continues to add more Reels feature to improve user’s experience in the app. Yesterday the company announced a new way for businesses to boost their reels video within the Instagram app and turn them into ads. Instagram is giving brands the opportunity to reach new audiences and drive more…

Meta has launched an advanced search and interactive map on Instagram. The company revealed this on CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s Instagram Story page. Mark says, “You can now discover popular and local businesses near you and filter by categories.” Before now, the Instagram map only displayed posts. The enhanced map interface…

Amazon Inc., today, said it has filed legal actions against managers of over 10,000 Facebook groups with members who are paid to post incentivised and misleading reviews on the platform. The e-commerce giant in a press release revealed that the Facebook group admins are asking individuals to post reviews of…

The Ghanian Government has declared the first outbreak of the highly contagious and deadly Marburg virus, spurring a nationwide response to the disease. The news came shortly after a World Health Organisation (WHO) Collaborating Centre laboratory in Accra confirmed earlier results. A press statement made by the World Health Organisation…

MTN Group Ltd. is in talks to acquire smaller domestic rival Telkom SA SOC Ltd. in a deal that would make the both companies the largest South African mobile-phone operator by number of subscribers. Bloomberg reports both companies are in a discussion over a deal for MTN to buy all of Telkom either…

If you’re planning on buying an Intel CPU, it might be advisable to make the purchase sooner rather than later. CPUs and peripheral chips are about to get more expensive. A new report by Nikkei claims Chipmaker Intel is planning to raise the prices of CPU prices this year. Nikkei…

Sony has announced it is working on a brand new loyalty program for users called PlayStation Stars to celebrate its gamers for being on this ever growing gaming journey with the company. Grace Chen, the company’s Vice President, Network Advertising, Loyalty & Licensed Merchandise, writes this in a blog post,…

Meta is testing a new way for Facebook users to have up to five separate profiles tied to a single account. The company’s spokesperson told TechCrunch on Thursday that the feature is currently being tested with select users on Facebook, as it hopes to increase engagement on the platform. This is…

Twitter has announced it is testing new ways for users to start customising their tweet experience. By applying different algorithms to highlight content more suited to users’ interests, the Social giant wants your main feed (on the web version for now) to display topic-focused timelines which you can swipe or click…

Some months ago, TikTok announced it was testing a content rating system, which is similar to the way movies are rated: G, PG, PG-13, R, or NC-17. Having been under severe pressure to protect kids online, the Social media giant told Protocol, “When the system is fully launched, content that we’ve…

Samsung is adding new features to its Galaxy Watch 4 and Watch 4 Classic, and one of them is a full QWERTY keyboard very close to Apple’s Watch Series 7. The upgrades are part of Samsung’s One UI Watch 4.5 software, which will launch in the third quarter of this…