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indaHash has announced a new global partnership with the fastest growing social media platform TikTok. This partnership will enable indaHash to offer agencies and clients unprecedented opportunities to collaborate with TikTok creators from South Africa, Africa and the rest of the world. indaHash is already a Facebook partner with API access and integration into the...

Yahoo has put the final nail in the coffin for its social media platform Yahoo Groups, announcing on Monday that the 20 year-old service will shut down on Dec. 15, 2020. Yahoo Groups, which was aimed to help users stay connected to their community and friends, has seen a “steady decline in usage over the last several...

Apple  is launching its Apple One services bundle tomorrow, though the company’s workout service Fitness+ isn’t quite ready yet. On an earnings call today, CEO Tim Cook  revealed tomorrow’s rollout and called the service the “easiest way for users to enjoy Apple services.” In a conversation with Bloomberg, Apple CFO Luca Maestri revealed the launch timing for Fitness+ as...

According to data presented by BuyShares.co.uk, the combined number of Facebook, YouTube, and TikTok users, as the three most popular social networks in 2020, is expected to reach over 5.9 billion by the end of 2020, a 900 million increase year-over-year. Growth of Facebook users in the last decade As the biggest social network worldwide,...

Facebook is leveraging its vast resources to help protect the 2020 election against the kind of massive manipulation and disinformation efforts that the platform failed to act on in 2016. The moves come with Facebook taking intense criticism from the Cambridge Analytica scandal in which the British consultancy hijacked personal data from tens of millions...

After a three-year hiatus in its venture into the laptop market, Porsche Design has now teamed up with Acer to launch the Acer Book RS i7, boasting a perfect combination of aesthetics and performance. Designed with the brand’s usual minimalist sensibilities in mind, the new laptop is constructed with a sleek silver body carrying carbon detailing on its back surface, paired...

The Presidential Commission on the Fourth Industrial Revolution established by President Cyril Ramaphosa has published a report that recommends a number of changes to South Africa’s digital policy. Among these proposed changes is the implementation of a digital tax on global companies such as Netflix, Amazon, and Facebook, who operate in a number of countries around the...

Tinder has launched a ‘Face to Face’ video chat feature in the UK, making it easier for Britons to go on dates even if they cannot meet up during the pandemic. Tinder, which is one of the most popular dating apps, said it was launching the feature globally as new restrictions meant “the world has moved to...

Quibi founder Jeffrey Katzenberg and CEO Meg Whitman told CNBC that a convergence of factors led to the failure of the short-form entertainment service for mobile phones. The company announced Wednesday that it would shut down just over six months after it launched. “We had a new product. We asked people to pay for it before they actually...

Facebook has created the world’s first artificial intelligence model capable of translating 100 different languages without relying on the use of English at all. According to the tech giant, most translation models currently being used rely heavily on English when performing translations. For example, when translating Chinese to French, these AI will first translate Chinese into English, and...