tech

Your Spotify Discover Weekly playlist may soon be curated by a company. But will it eventually turn into one giant advertisement? The streaming music outpost is now beta testing a new ad format for its weekly personalized playlist. That means Discover Weekly is being opened up to advertisers, Adweek reports. And the first sponsored playlist […]

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is urging a boycott of Facebook today after two new reports show Russian trolls specifically targeted black communities on the platform during the 2016 election. The reports (from Oxford University’s Computational Propaganda Project and cybersecurity firm New Knowledge) confirm previous suspicions of Russian meddling in […]

Vitaminwater is willing to give you $100,000 with one condition: you can’t use a smartphone for a year. Think you can do it? Check out what you need to do in order to enter the contest below. Read more: Firefly Music Festival announces 2019 lineup Vitaminwater’s new contest is not for everyone, but has an interesting […]

The end of the year is approaching, so we’re obviously going crazy with listing and ranking the best of everything. Obviously, we can’t forget our Instagram posts. It’s time to find out what were your most liked pictures of 2018. Check out how you can do it below. Read more: twenty one pilots’ ‘Trench’ didn’t get a Grammy […]

Do you know what artists and songs you listened to the most this year? Don’t worry if you don’t have the answer right away because Spotify is ready to tell you. Check out below how to find out your most listened songs, artists, genres and more of the year! And, of course, don’t forget to share with […]

Snapchat use drops for the third straight year as YouTube takes the top spot on Apple‘s recently released list of the most-downloaded iPhone apps of 2018, meaning the video sharing company can now officially consider itself the “most popular iPhone app of the year,” as noted by Mashable. So, did you snap or cruise the […]

It looks like Facebook and Instagram are currently down for some. And the parent company behind the “Facebook family of apps” is confirming certain users’ trouble accessing the social networking applications as of late Tuesday morning. But how about you, are you able to use Facebook or Insta right now? Read more: Why is Tumblr […]

Tumblr went missing from Apple’s app store over the weekend, leaving users with a lot of unanswered questions. Although the company stated it was working to fix it, it didn’t disclose the reason why the app vanished. Now, we’re starting to get answers. Read more: We’re all saying blink-182 wrong, according to James Corden Last week, Tumblr users […]

The holidays are quickly approaching, and what better way to bring in the most joyous time of the year than rolling out with a shopper-happy new feature? Announced today, Instagram will be making holiday shopping that much easier with three different in-app features. Check them out below! Read more: Members of ‘School of Rock’ cast reunite […]

Netflix is becoming cheaper for users who watch content on mobile devices. The streaming service is testing out a plan that only lets users access movies and shows on their phones, tablets and other mobile devices. Read more: Stan Lee created one final superhero with his daughter Malaysian newspaper The Star is reporting that Netflix now has […]

Now you can check out much time you spend on Instagram. Which is great and scary at the same time. The app started rolling out the “Your Activity” feature to help you track your time online. Read more: Millennials aren’t into the new Monopoly According to The Verge, Instagram’s “Your Activity” is now available for users. Now, you can […]

Facebook claims it’s fixed a bug that allowed websites to obtain information from a user’s profile, including their “likes” and interests, after security researcher Ron Masas zeroed in on the particular social media exploit, reports TechCrunch. Read more: ‘Harry Potter’ fan tries to adopt Tom Felton Masas, who works for cybersecurity company Imperva, found that […]

Samsung just unveiled a foldable phone, the malleable mobile sporting new tech the company’s calling Infinity Flex. Essentially a smartphone that can open up on itself to become tablet-sized, the prototype’s got tech lovers talking since it’s the first device that actually has a folding screen. That’s right, there’s a hinge inside the screen. Read […]

Facebook and Instagram blocked over 100 accounts from both platforms ahead of the 2018 midterm elections today. The decision came after a hint about suspicious online activity from US law enforcement. Read more: Billie Joe Armstrong reacts to Vince Staples’ Green Day-ish album art Facebook announced the action yesterday, just a few hours before polls opened in the […]

Instagram might be developing School Stories that only students from certain schools can see or add to. The company is also taking steps to guarantee the new feature will be bullying-free. Read more: 10 Instagram hacks to take your story to the next level According to TechCrunch, Instagram is working on collaborative School Stories. Jane Manchun […]

Facebook is opening nine pop-up shops around the U.S. for the holiday season. The goal is to have a physical space to showcase emerging and established tech brands. Read more: There’s one last band Dave Grohl wants to drum for The company announced the enterprise in a statement. “Today, we’re opening our first small business pop-up […]

Twitter introduced the 280-character limit last year, claiming the update could give users more engagement opportunities and a higher number of followers. However, it looks like the change didn’t impact the average tweet. Actually, tweets are shorter overall than they were before the update. Read more: These ‘Stranger Things’ characters were supposed to die in season […]

Here’s some news you probably won’t like: Twitter is reportedly removing the ‘like’ button. The announcement (per Telegraph) was made by founder Jack Dorsey, who announced the news during a Twitter event, sharing that he “was not a fan of the heart-shaped button,” and that the company had plans of removing it “soon.” Read more: Is Twitter […]