Meta brings cartoon avatars to video calls on Instagram and Messenger
Meta The pandemic was supposed to have made us all comfortable with video calls, but many folks still don’t particularly enjoy the process. Having to think about what to wear,…
New Bipartisan Group Pressures 2024 Presidential Candidates to Turn Down Big Tech Donations
Presidential candidates are facing pressure from a new bipartisan group to refuse donations from Big Tech companies in the 2024 election. The “No Big Tech Money” pledge launched on Tuesday…
Judge Upholds Ban on Feds Asking Social Media Companies to Take Down Posts
A federal judge appointed by Donald Trump held firm this week by declining a request to delay a controversial order barring government agencies from making content moderation requests to social…
Snapchat Adds Linktree-in-Bio Feature
Image: BigTunaOnline (Shutterstock) In the wake of Instagram effectively killing its reliance on Linktree, the social media landing page service has found a new titan to partner with. Snap and…
Don’t Count Bluesky Out Yet
Ever since Elon Musk took over Twitter late last year, things have gone from bad to worse at the microblogging site. Many users want out, and they’re hoping that there’s…
Instagram Head Wants Threads to Be a Sterile, News-Free Environment
Meta’s new Threads app designed “for public conversations,” is meant to be a happy-go-lucky, flower-strewn realm of “kindness,” one that CEO Mark Zuckerberg told MMA fighter Mike Davis is a…
How to get verified on Instagram Threads
Ever since Elon Musk bought Twitter late last year, there have been many different Twitter-esque social media apps popping up in every corner of the internet. While some of them…
Twitter goes after ‘copycat’ app Threads
With Meta’s new Threads app having picked up 30 million users on its first day, it’s little wonder Twitter is upset. In fact, it’s so put out by Meta’s very…
The 10 big ways that Threads is totally different from Twitter
Threads is here and already has millions of sign-ups, no doubt due to the ease of its joining process, its immediate availability for both Android and iOS users, and the…
If You Want to Delete Threads, You’ll Need to Delete Your Entire Instagram Account
With Meta, there’s always a catch. Sure, you can sign up for the company’s newest Twitter clone Threads. You can use your Instagram account to get a unique badge to…