How to get verified on Instagram (the right way)
Have you seen a blue check mark next to an Instagram username? Blue check marks note that an account is verified. Here's how to obtain that rare blue emblem......»»
Apple Music Replay 2022 gets a revamp with Instagram-like reels, here’s how to share yours
It took longer than expected, but Apple Music users can properly share their 2022 Replay on social media, similar to what Spotify subscribers can already. With a new design and Instagram-like reel sections, it’s easier to show your friends and.....»»
Twitter verified accounts will actually be verified, says Musk; multiple checkmark colors
Elon Musk has today announced an innovative solution to the problem of impersonation: Twitter verified accounts will actually be verified. Additionally, there will now be three different checkmark colors, for your chroma-based pleasure … more….....»»
Twitter attempts to sort out verification system with new badges
In a bid to sort out its verification system, Twitter will introduce three colors denoting different types of verified accounts starting Friday, December 2......»»
Twitter relaunching Verified, with manual authentication checks
Elon Musk says Twitter will tentatively bring back a series of color-coded "Verified" marks, complete with manual checking of applicants.Elon Musk's plan to just give a blue "Verified" check mark icon to any Twitter user willing to pay, went as badly.....»»
Instagram "wrong" to take down drill music video
Meta's independent appeals body criticises the decision to remove the video and says it must be reinstated......»»
Meta cracks down on teen “sextortion” on Facebook, Instagram
Teens will finally have a way to proactively stop the spread of intimate images. Enlarge (credit: The Good Brigade | DigitalVision) Last year, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) released data.....»»
How to manage your Instagram activity
Did you know that you can manage your Instagram activity like seeing which posts you’ve liked? If you’d like to learn more, here’s how. The post How to manage your Instagram activity first appeared on Phandroid. If you have been using.....»»
Want an RTX 4080? Nvidia may have a way to make it easier to get
Nvidia's Verified Priority Access program has just been expanded, and it might be good news if you want to score an RTX 4080......»»
Twitter quietly drops $8 paid verification; “tricking people not OK,” Musk says
Twitter usage is up, Musk says, as fake accounts wreak havoc. Enlarge (credit: NurPhoto / Contributor | NurPhoto) When a wave of imposter accounts began using the verified checkmarks from Twitter's Blue paid subscription.....»»
How to tell a verified Twitter account is actually fake
Spammers are already filling up Twitter with fake accounts since Elon Musk scuttled the service's verification process, and they are very, very good at fooling people. Here's what you can do to see what's real.Previously, "Verified" meant a celebrity.....»»
Twitter chaos continues: Epic trolling, and new blue checkmarks for iPhone owners only
There’s no let-up in the Twitter chaos, as new owner Elon Musk continues to make things up as he goes along. Musk has today stated that the rollout of “new verified Blue” is currently limited to iPhone owners only, and that new accounts are b.....»»
Meta reportedly planning mass layoffs as company revenue declines
Mark Zuckerberg’s company Meta, which is responsible for the popular platforms Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, may be next to lay off some of its employees. A new report from The Wall Street Journal reveals that Meta is planning a mass layoff a.....»»
Instagram Web gets new, more modern interface – and yet no iPad app
It has been a while since Instagram introduced a website to let users access the social network from anywhere through a web browser. Over time, Instagram Web has been updated with many new features. This week, the Instagram website has been complete.....»»
Gaming companies become impersonation targets as Twitter verification opens to all
One Twitter account has already paid $8 to tweet a photo of Mario flipping the bird through a verified Nintendo of America account......»»
Paid checkmarks on Twitter roll out in new subscription plan
Twitter has officially rolled out its revamped Twitter Blue subscription, including a verified checkmark for all subscribers.Twitter BluePreviously, the monthly subscription cost $3.99, but the price has increased to $7.99 under the new leadership of.....»»
Musk Twitter mayhem continues with short-lived grey checkmark
Elon Musk planned to let users purchase a blue verified checkmark as part of Twitter Blue, then rolled out a separate label to identify actual verified accounts. Hours later, the revision was rolled back.The new - old checkmarkOne of the changes new.....»»
Why Twitter is rolling out gray "official" check marks
Days after Elon Musk promised to blow up Twitter's account verification process by giving anyone the option to pay for a blue check mark, he appears to have accepted that some prominent users do need to actually be verified after all......»»
Instagram starts rolling out scheduled posts
It's taken a while, but Instagram is finally rolling out a scheduling feature that lets you plan posts more than two months ahead......»»
Twitter to revamp verified accounts with a new label
There's a new label coming to Twitter! It will replace the old verification badge, which itself will now denote membership of Twitter Blue. Let us explain......»»
Twitter to debut gray "official" check mark to verify government accounts, media and major brands
Twitter said Tuesday evening that to resolve ambiguity about which accounts on its platform have been identity-verified — as opposed to those simply paying $8 a month for a blue check mark on their profiles — the company will introduce a new, gra.....»»