Showing posts with label Instant Messaging. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Instant Messaging. Show all posts

2016-07-23

You'll never be able to escape Facebook, thanks to its incredible new plane

A STAGGERING solar-powered drone will see social network Facebook take to the skies, providing internet connections across the world. Facebook Aquila drone is able to beam internet access across the world Facebook users will soon be able to update their status...

2016-07-20

WhatsApp BANNED again: Thousands of Brits face total messaging block

BRAZILIAN judge orders immediate shutdown of WhatsApp just weeks before millions head to the Olympics in Rio. BANNED: Brazil is blocking users from WhatsApp fans are once again facing a countrywide ban in Brazil. The world's most popular messaging app has...

How do you get a verified blue tick on Twitter? Here's how anyone can do it

TWITTER has changed its policy, allowing anyone to request a verified blue tick on the social media website for the first time. Here's how to get verified right now. Fancy a Twitter blue tick? Here's how you can get it For years, being verified on Twitter...

2016-07-11

Facebook Messenger to get ‘secret’ conversations

Service will also have disappearing messages, Snapchat-style First it was WhatsApp, now it seems Facebook Messenger is about to up its security levels. First it was WhatsApp, now it seems Facebook Messenger is about to up its security levels. The social...

2016-06-29

Travelling to America? US border guards may require your Facebook and Twitter accounts before letting you in

The Department of Homeland Security has proposed that all travellers be asked to provide their social media details before entering the country America has proposed recording your social media accounts before letting you in British travellers trying to enter...

2016-06-26

Whatever you do DON'T open these emails from 'Apple' and 'Facebook'

EXPERTS warn that a flood of spoof emails are trying to trick Apple and Facebook fans into handing over sensitive personal data. WARNING: Experts are warning users to be aware about a flood of email scams Web users are being told to pay extra care when opening...

2016-06-16

Facebook Messenger can now send SMS text messages

Facebook has announced that SMS text messages can now be sent and received through its Android Messenger app. Facebook wants to keep users confined to its app In a post on the site, Facebook said that users would now have the choice to send and receive...

2016-06-06

Why is Facebook trying to force you to use its Messenger app?

Soon Facebook’s smartphone users will have to install its separate app to chat, as social network phases out mobile web version. But what’s in it for Zuckerberg and co? Facebook is phasing out chat from its mobile site and there’s not much you can do about...

2016-06-03

Facebook's is scanning ALL your posts with a 'near-human' level of understanding - should you be worried?

Social network develops a new artificial intelligence that's reading everything on the site to help sort out what you and your friends see With over a billion users regularly posting content, Facebook has a lot of information to sift through. The social...

Facebook might be about to copy WhatsApp's best new feature

FACEBOOK is preparing to roll-out end-to-end encryption for its popular Messenger app, months after WhatsApp implemented the same feature. ENCRYPTION: Facebook Messenger will get end-to-encryption across its app later this year Facebook Messenger could be...

2016-05-31

WhatsApp Update Available with Fingerprint Protection

WhatsApp is currently benefiting from end-to-end protection and 1 billion users feel now safer. But a native password protection mechanism is missing and WhatsApp won’t introduce it in the near future, so users will continue to rely on third-party applications...

2016-05-29

How WhatsApp could help you ditch your expensive smartphone contract

WITH Wi-Fi signals flowing everywhere and WhatsApp allowing free calls and texts, do you really need that phone contract anymore? END OF CONTRACTS? WhatsApp and Wi-Fi could make owning a smartphone cheaper The smartphone has become the must-have gadget that...

These are the 8 things you need to delete from your Facebook to stay safe online and protect your family

Here's how to crime-proof your profile and protect yourself online Is your Facebook a goldmine for criminals? Here's how to protect your profile FACEBOOK has become a staple in many of our day to day lives, but is your Facebook profile a gift for cyber criminals? Most...

2016-05-25

9 features you probably didn't know exist in WhatsApp

There are features many users haven't yet discovered There's currently over 1 billion groups on WhatsApp WhatsApp, the app Facebook bought for $19 billion (£12 billion), is used by more than 900 million people around the world and has become one of the...

2016-05-24

You shouldn’t upgrade to WhatsApp Gold – here’s why

If you see an exclusive invitation to WhatsApp Gold, don’t be too keen to become one of the elite. Don’t be fooled The upgrade, which is allegedly used by celebs, claims to offer new features such as the ability to have video chats, send 100 pictures at once...

2016-05-14

Everything you might want to delete off your Facebook page to protect your privacy

The site knows an awful lot about its users – and some of it might put them at risk The report alleges that Trending Topics is not as neutral as users are led to believe Facebook knows a lot about you, most of which is shared with friends to help you all...

2016-05-11

WhatsApp launches desktop application so you can now chat to your mates at work

The popular messaging service has jumped onto the PC and will carry across all the conversations from your phone Whats App today introduced a desktop app so you have a new way to stay in touch anytime and anywhere - whether on your phone or computer at home...

Facebook releases Moment photo app but DROPS plans to put million of Brits on facial recognition database

Social network rethinks scheme to use controversial identity-detecting technology in the European version of its picture-sharing app Face blocked: The social network has taken steps to avoid the wrath of Eurocrats Facebook has released its photo-sharing app...

2016-05-10

Snapchat is being blocked on aeroplane WiFi over data fears

Shockingly, people are being forced to wait until landing to check their Snapchat Snapchat isn't allowed on some airlines in the US Impatient millenials looking to use Snapchat during flights around America are cruelly being forced to wait until landing. As...

Facebook ad preferences: How to find out everything the site knows about you, and trick it into being wrong

The site makes its money by guessing what you are into – but you can help it out, or teach it to get it wrong Reacting to a Facebook post seems harmless It’s possible to find everything that Facebook thinks you’re into – and trick it into getting it wrong. The...