It’s a pretty fair bet that if you asked most people they would skeptical about the effects of social media on well-being. However, new research from the Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford suggests there are positive benefits of social media usage on adults’ mental health. Academics conducted a six-month study of 1029 adults, with […]
Instagram will now let you pummel your followers with multiple songs in a Reel. In a post on Wednesday, the social media company announced a feature that lets you add up to 20 tracks in one Reel. Instagram also added the ability to make text, stickers, and clips align with your audio when you’re editing a Reel, a feature […]
According to a new TechCrunch report, LinkedIn is gearing up to venture into seemingly unfamiliar territory by introducing gaming features to its platform. The social networking platform has already established itself as the go-to platform for business networking (although Elon Musk wants to challenge that with X), but Microsoft has always kept its gaming expertise off the site. The […]
Having been kicked off Twitter, Donald Trump is making good on his promise to launch his own social media platform. The new venture is TRUTH Social and it is the former US president’s attempt to “fight back against Big Tech”. TRUTH Social comes from the newly created Trump Media and Technology Group and Digital World Acquisition Group, and Trump […]
Despite Trump’s defeat in November by Democrat Joe Biden, he remains influential in the Republican Party. Donald Trump plans to return to social media soon, using “his own platform” after being banned from Twitter and other outlets, a former advisor said Sunday. “I do think that we’re going to see president Trump returning to social […]
Instagram for kids? What could possibly go wrong?! A report from BuzzFeed says that parent company Facebook is working on a new version of Instagram for child and tween users. Currently, Instagram users have to be 13 or older. Vishal Shah, Instagram’s vice president of product, reportedly announced the initiative in a Facebook post for employees Thursday. […]
Snapchat’s latest Bitmoji update is about much more than dancing animations. Snapchat is updating its Bitmoji-enabled “World Lenses,” the feature that lets you overlay your Bitmoji characters onto your surroundings, to make the animations look more realistic. Bitmoji, Snapchat users’ emoji-like alter-egos, have appeared in Snapchat’s “World Lenses” since the feature launched last year, but […]
Twitter’s desktop website — twitter.com — has been updated with the ‘Night Mode’ feature which has been available on its Android and iOS app since last year. The feature is still rolling out to accounts, so don’t panic if you don’t see it yet. Night mode essentially converts the color of the website to a […]
Here are Six different techniques to use WhatsApp as a “private investigator” and catch a cheater. You suspect that your husband or wife is having an affair? Do you think your partner is cheating on you? If you find yourself in this situation, WhatsApp can give you a hand to find out the truth. On […]
The study shows just one small way that social media can affect our mental health, researchers said You’ll still be miserable even if people on Facebook like you, a new study has confirmed. Receiving likes on social media posts doesn’t make people feel better about themselves or improve their mood if they are down, according […]
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