A popular Chinese vlogger who called herself “Your Highness Qiao Biluo” was reportedly unmasked last week by accident, leaving many of her fans stunned as she was revealed to be a middle-aged woman, not a glamorous young woman that they had imagined her to be. According to online reports, the vlogger had over 50,000 followers,
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Discord has finally added server folders to help you organize your chats. Discord users have been requesting server folders for years, and the chat app has finally delivered. Now, you just need to decide which servers to organize into which folders. How to Organize Your Discord Servers Into Folders Until now, Discord hasn’t supported folders.
Facebook’s “Like” button makes third-party websites responsible for processing people’s data under the European Union’s privacy rules, according to the EU’s top court. The EU Court of Justice weighed in on a dispute after an online fashion retailer was accused of violating EU law by embedding a Like plugin, which a local consumer association said
American actress Jessica Alba’s Twitter account appeared to have been hacked during the weekend, according to reports and screenshots taken by other Twitter users. The screenshots show a series of racist, homophobic, anti-Semitic and other offensive tweets apparently sent out from Alba’s account. The tweets have since been deleted and she has not posted about
US President Donald Trump threatened to tax French wines on Friday in retaliation for France’s recent proposal to levy a tax aimed at big US technology companies. Trump had told French President Emmanuel Macron last week that he was concerned about the proposed digital services tax. “If anybody taxes them, it should be their home
A Twitter user and software developer, Zusor, has unveiled a new add-on for Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox that will let you use the old Twitter interface for desktop. It’s called GoodTwitter. Separately, a guide is available for users who don’t want to use the add-on to return to the old Twitter Web interface, but
Tinder has launched a new feature designed to help LGBTQ+ users stay safe when traveling abroad. Called Traveler Alert, the feature hides LGBTQ+ users’ profiles when they travel to a country where same-sex relationships are illegal. Countries Where It’s Criminal to Be LGBTQ+ In the vast majority of countries, the LGBTQ+ community is treated with
Twitter posted a better-than-expected second-quarter revenue on Friday and an uptick in daily users who see advertisements on the site, driven by changes to show users more relevant content. However, the company forecast third-quarter revenue below many Wall Street estimates and said revenue growth would lag the first two quarters, partly due to ending some older
TikTok is currently one of the world’s most popular apps. It’s filled with videos of people dancing, lip-syncing, performing stunts, and acting out comedic skits. After scrolling through just a few videos, you won’t want to stop. Whether you’re just a viewer or someone who’s planning to post videos yourself, you’ll need to know how
While a large number of Indian celebrities actively use Instagram to reach their fans, Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra and Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli have emerged as the only stars from the country to join the ‘2019 Instagram Rich List’ released by social media management company Hopper HQ. The list, which estimates how much
Pinterest has launched what it calls “compassionate search”. This is a set of tools surfaced to people searching for terms which suggest they may be having a bad day. The tools cover everything from deep breathing exercises to self-help exercises. How to Access Pinterest’s Wellbeing Tools In a post on the Pinterest Newsroom, Pinterest describes
China’s ByteDance is venturing into artificial-intelligence (AI) generated music, hiring the staff of a London-based start-up after buying some of its intellectual property assets, according to LinkedIn posts and a person with knowledge of the matter. The move could give one of the world’s most valuable start-ups more options for the music used on its
The US Federal Trade Commission is expected to announce a roughly $5 billion (roughly Rs. 34,500 crores) settlement with Facebook as early as this week of its investigation into the social media company’s handling of user data, two sources briefed on the matter said on Monday. The FTC, Justice Department and Facebook declined to comment. The FTC
Instagram is making changes to the way it handles account suspensions and bans. The changes are designed to keep the social platform free from content that breaks Instagram’s rules while also helping users understand what they have done wrong. Social Platforms Need Rules All social platforms have rules. Some have more rules than others, and
Whether you want a place to chat with friends or are looking to start a community built around a common interest, you need Discord. And in this article we explain how to set up your own Discord server. Discord is an app that many consider to be the best free voice chat for gamers. It
Facing pressure from the Indian government to store data within the country borders, Beijing-based ByteDance that owns the popular short video-sharing app TikTok on Sunday said it was planning to set up a data centre in India. “As a testimony to ByteDance’s recognition of India’s efforts to frame a new data protection legislation, we taking
The new Twitter.com is rolling out to all users. Twitter has been testing its new website for some time, but has finally decided it’s fit for purpose. The redesign is intended to make Twitter.com look better, be easier to use, and be more customizable. In January 2019, Twitter started testing the new Twitter website. Selected
You will soon be able to know why certain tweets go unavailable in your conversation thread on Twitter. The micro-blogging platform is working on to “add context” to “this tweet is unavailable” notices. “We’re fixing the issue where you see so many ‘This Tweet is unavailable’ notices in conversations. This is usually due to deleted
The wildly popular short video-sharing app TikTok is reportedly mulling to launch a host of new features that seem to have been inspired by Facebook-owned Instagram. The features were discovered by reverse-engineering specialist Jane Manchun Wong who posted screengrabs of the features on Twitter. The purported Instagram-inspired features include a grid-style layout, an account switcher,
When you sign up for Tumblr, it can be a little overwhelming. What is Tumblr and how does Tumblr work? What do you do on Tumblr and how do you post on Tumblr? We’ll answer all those questions and more in this article explaining how to use Tumblr. Here are the most useful Tumblr tips
Whilst users from around the world are protesting against Instagram blocking their accounts for “no apparent reason” citing “policy violations”, the photo-messaging platform has now decided to warn users when their account is going to being deleted. Instagram is adding a new warning alert that would show users a history of the posts, comments and
Discord started out as a voice chat program for gamers. But it has since grown to become a popular location for hosting text-based forums as well. There are specific Discord servers for all sorts of interests, including games, movies, music, and more. However, it’s not always easy to find servers to join. If you’re new
You will soon be able to hide replies in the conversation thread on Twitter that are offensive, hateful or racist in nature. The micro-blogging platform is testing a feature called “Hide Replies”, beginning with users in Canada which will be rolled out globally. It is not the equivalent of a delete button but hides replies
Every Instagram influencer wants more likes and more followers. But it’s just as important to retain your current followers. Which may have left you wondering, “Who unfollowed me?” So how can you see who unfollowed you on Instagram? Instagram doesn’t offer any official way to check your unfollowers. So while I can see the Followers
House lawmakers grilled executives from Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google in a hearing Tuesday as part of their wide-ranging investigation into big tech companies and the threats they may pose to competition. The hearing, held by the House Judiciary Committee’s subcommittee that deals with antitrust, allowed for a bipartisan showing by lawmakers as they quizzed
President Donald Trump used a White House conference Thursday to applaud far-right social media provocateurs even as he conceded that some of them are extreme in their views. Trump, who has weaponised social media to eviscerate opponents and promote himself, led a “social media summit” of like-minded critics of Big Tech, excluding representatives from the
US President Donald Trump on Thursday criticised Bitcoin, Facebook’s proposed Libra digital coin and other cryptocurrencies and demanded that companies seek a banking charter and make themselves subject to US and global regulations if they wanted to “become a bank.” “I am not a fan of Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrencies, which are not money, and whose value
“Miss us?” Twitter tweeted from its official account as the Great Twitter Outage wound down. We did, apparently. For nearly an hour Thursday, the service we use to keep up with everything and nothing appeared inaccessible for people around the world, regardless of celebrity status or follower count. We reloaded and reloaded. Some turned to
Facebook said on Monday it would not proceed with the launch of its Libra cryptocurrency until regulatory concerns are addressed, as the US Treasury secretary took the unusual step of saying he had serious concerns it could be used for illicit activity. David Marcus, who oversees Facebook’s blockchain efforts, planned to tell Congress that Libra is not
A whopping 16 million accounts of Indian influencers on Facebook-owned Instagram are fake, revealed a new study, suggesting such people are artificially boosting “vanity metrics” that marketers often use while selecting influencers, including followers and engagement. The research by Swedish e-commerce start-up A Good Company and data analytics firm HypeAuditor jointly assessed 1.84 million Instagram