Author: Smart Megwai

WhatsApp recently added a new option to help users choose from to decide who can see their profile photo, about and Last seen status. The new privacy setting will allow users to hide their profile information from specific people. Up until now, users had three privacy options to choose from…

LG Electronics has announced a new acquisition of AppleMango Co., Ltd that will enable the company to create fully-featured charging stations boasting a user-friendly interface and real-time control/management. In a press statement, the company noted that the acquisition is expected to accelerate the growth of its EV charging solution business…

Twitter says it is adding the “Branded Likes” ad tool to the ad manager, making it available to all advertisers from next week. The new update, as the company noted in the announcement, will enable advertisers create custom “Like” animations for their tweets to help improve engagement in the app. What…

Twitter (via @TwitterWrite) has announced a new feature that allows users to post long-form content on the platform, which currently allows only posts of up to 280 characters. “A small group of writers are helping us test Notes. They can be read on and off Twitter, by people in most…

Apple has just released iOS 16 Beta 2 for developers with new features coming to Messages related to SMS filtering. The company had already teased in this year’s WWDC 2022 event that iOS 16 would add 12 new subcategories to the SMS filtering API. The new update allows developers of filter extensions…

Twitter has entered into a deal with Shopify to allow its merchants to sell products directly on Twitter. The leading cloud-based, multichannel commerce platform revealed this in a press statement today. The deal will see Twitter launch a sales channel app that will be made available to all of Shopify’s…

Google News is a news aggregator service developed by Google. The service, which offers comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world, first launched as a beta version in September 2002. Google News is available as an app on Android, iOS, and the Web, and happens to…

Fortnite is an online video game developed by popular Epic Games and released in 2017. It is a free-to-play Battle Royale game with numerous game modes for every type of game player. June 5th saw the release of Fortnite Creative V21.00, and since then the developer has been adding new features for exciting gaming experiences.…

If you’re a business owner with an online presence on Facebook or Instagram, or both, then this concerns you. Meta, the company that owns both platforms, says it is updating its Community Feedback Policy which will start to affect businesses in the United States. The aim, as mentioned in the announcement, “is…

LinkedIn has added a new course for Content Marketers who wish to learn about ad campaigns and develop expertise in creating and maintaining paid and organic content. And yes, it comes with a FREE certification after you pass the exams at the end of the training. The new LinkedIn Marketing Labs…

Google now has a new feature that allows Android users to add the Password Manager shortcut to the home screen of their device. The Tech Giant offers a built-in password manager in its Chrome browser and the OS which automatically saves and syncs all the user’s login details across devices.…

After many teases about the upcoming iOS 16 report says Apple will add a new feature called Private Access Tokens to help users bypass CAPTCHAs on some apps and websites. This is good news, isn’t it? According to MacRumors, “the handy new feature can be found in the Settings app under…

Telegram now counts 700 million monthly active users, and is among the top-5 downloaded apps worldwide in 2022. The company claims “this growth is solely from personal recommendations” and that it has never promoted the Telegram app. The Instant-Messaging service now says it is launching “Telegram Premium,” a subscription-based service that gives users…

Business Owners on Twitter should be happy about this! Twitter has announced that businesses can now display location of their business or shop, contact info and operational hours on their profiles. “You can now enable our Location Spotlight on your Professional Account which allows you to display your business location,…

Google Maps, in the coming weeks, will get a new widget that will provide the latest on nearby traffic at your current location. The tool will now show live traffic around you, not just in the app but in a widget you can access on your lock screen. Using data…

Digital wallets are becoming increasingly common, with Apple, Google, Samsung, and others working to adopt the technology. With a digital wallet on your device you can unlock and start your car, display identification, make payments or any type of transaction online, and more. Today, Samsung is introducing a digital wallet,…

Studies show that around 60 percent of adults suffer from chronic sleep problems, which have a negative impact on their health, mental well-being, productivity, and more. Throughout medical history, the most successful therapies for insomnia have been restricted to being offered exclusively at in-person sleep clinics. In addition, recent studies…

Meta has rolled out “New Tools and Resources for Parents and Teens in VR and on Instagram.” To be specific, the company says all Quest headsets will now have parental supervision tools, and on Instagram, new supervision tools will roll out globally. “Parents can now send invites to their teens…

The government of Lagos State has said that the Nigeria Startup Bill will be enacted into law so that the startup ecosystem in Nigeria can flourish more quickly. This was revealed by Tunbosun Alake, Governor Babajide Sanwoolu’s Special Advisor on Innovation and Technology, who added that domesticating the law at the state…

The Nigeria Government, through its Internet regulating body, has released a “Code of Practice” policy document to regulate social networking platforms such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram (all of which are owned by Meta), Twitter, Google, and TikTok. The regulating body, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), published the document on its website and made it…