Video makers with millions of subscribers on popular video sharing platform YouTube expressed frustration about certain alert features used by the platform, Reuters reported.
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UAE airline offers special WhatsApp service to passengers
Etihad Airways has launched a WhatsApp Business solution, allowing guests to communicate instantly with the airline via the popular messaging app.1 4618
After building an online empire, Facebook dabbles in print media
Facebook on Tuesday launched a quarterly print magazine called Grow aimed at business leaders and execs.
“It’s time for video to move forward and evolve,” says Instagram CEO
Facebook -owned social network Instagram launched a mobile app on Wednesday dedicated to user-generated videos up to an hour long.
Google lets users “banish” annoying online ads
The world’s largest digital ad-seller is expanding a set of controls that let people restrict particular ads and personal-targeting criteria, Bloomberg reported.
Facebook to equip aspiring ad professionals with digital skills
Facebook has announced a partnership with the Mohammed bin Rashid School for Communication (MBRSC) at the American University in Dubai, to launch a dedicated Blueprint programme.
Facebook adds Arabic in iOS version
Arabic is widely spoken amongst the 169 million people who use Facebook every month in the MENA region on mobile.
Facebook the most intimate brand: UAE millennials
Skype dominates Apps and Social Platforms industry while Facebook ranks as the most intimate brand among millennials in the UAE, according to MBLM’s 2018 Brand Intimacy Study.
Facebook bug changes privacy settings of 14M users
Facebook said a software glitch changed the settings of some 14 million users, potentially making some posts public regardless of their previous privacy settings.
After 20 years, say goodbye to Yahoo Messenger
Yahoo Messenger, the messaging app is finally shutting down for good. Oath, the Verizon subsidiary that operates Yahoo, confirmed in a statement.
Facebook is on the look out for ‘fake news’ fact checkers
Facebook has advertised for “news credibility specialists” to fact-check content that appears on its site, after accusations of bias and the ongoing controversy over fake news.