Author: Smart Megwai

Not only is Meta focused on short videos, YouTube is working to encourage shorter videos with a new option for content creators to turn parts of their longer videos into several short videos of 1-minute. The company announced a new tool for content creators that can easily convert existing YouTube…

Dell has announced it is ending support for the Mobile Connect app, which allows users to sync iPhone calls, SMS, and notifications to their computer. The software works on both iPhone and Android, but some of these features are new to the iPhone. The company announced the end dates for…

Apple is reportedly making progress with its not-so-secret electric self-driving  car initiative. A new report claims the Tech Giant recently hired a supercar manufacturer Lamborghini veteran with 20 years of experience to work on the company’s project. Luigi Taraborrelli, Apple’s new hire, appears to have left Lamborghini in May 2022,…

With increasing competition from other apps like Instagram and TikTok, when users search for something, Google wants to be the first place people go to find and book entertainment. To help with that, the company today announced three new features for its flagship Google Maps navigation app. This means more…

A lot of trivial quizzes have become popular on TikTok in recent months. Many of them revolve around the human personality, for example, a test of human emotions, in which people answer ten questions and identify emotions such as “joy”, “anger” or “humility” as defining personality traits. The latest quiz…

Nokia and ZEISS have officially ended their partnership, says Nokiamob. After noting that Nokia was no longer featured as a partner on its website’s Brand Partnerships page, Nokiamob contacted Zeiss. Zeiss’ response was as follows: “After the long and successful collaboration, in 2021 ZEISS and HMD Global have mutually agreed…

Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri just posted a video to respond to platform users concerning the company’s new focus on video content and also the updates to the app feed. Instagram Influencer Kim Kardashian, the woman with the most followers on Instagram, and her sister Kylie Jenner have also expressed strong…

Meta announced Music Revenue Sharing, a new monetisation feature that allows content creators to use licensed music from popular artists in their Facebook videos and earn a share of in-stream ad revenue. The company made this known in a blog post noting that the feature is the first of its…

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…