Twitter on Thursday unveiled a low-data usage version of the social network, which aims to bring in users in emerging markets and areas with slow or expensive mobile networks. The California group unveiled Twitter Lite,…
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YouTube channels must win audiences before winning ads
YouTube on Thursday stopped placing ads on channels with fewer than 10,000 views in a move aimed at preventing people from making money off offensive or pirated videos. The move came with YouTube striving to…
Lewa Wildlife Conservancy first to be featured on Virtual Reality
Now you’ll get to experience the wilderness like never before. Kenya’s Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in partnership with Virry VR, becomes the first wildlife area to feature on Virtual Reality, an…
$1 Billion being spent on Instagram Influencer marketing: Infographic
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Twitter drops egg icon in battle with internet ‘trolls’
An egg icon that for years marked profiles of new Twitter users was gone Monday, a victim of “trolls” who often hid behind them to launch anonymous online attacks. For seven years, anyone who created…
Capital Lifestyle Instagrammer of the Week: @SteveKitots
“Capturing the beauty that surrounds us one snap at a time.” So says Steven Kitoto, @OneTouchLive member and Capital Lifestyle Instagrammer of the Week. Born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya, Kitoto was exposed to different cultures…
Twitter makes room for more characters in tweets
Twitter on Thursday began rolling out changes to let people pack more into tweets, subtracting from the character count names of those being replied to in posts. The latest software modification at the one-to-many messaging…
#Gadgets: Eye mask promises to quiet snoring noise
Are you losing sleep because your spouse or partner is a loud snorer? Introducing the Silent Partner SmartMask, an eye mask that quiets snoring noise by creating a silent zone around the person wearing it….
Samsung eyes rebound with Galaxy S8 phones, virtual assistant
Samsung on Wednesday unveiled its new Galaxy S8 smartphones, incorporating the virtual assistant Bixby, as the market leader seeks to rebound from a chaotic handset recall and a corruption scandal. The South Korean giant’s mobile…
Electronics ban on flights not a longterm solution
British and US bans on laptops and tablet computers in the cabin of flights are not sustainable in the long term, the head of the association representing airlines said Tuesday. “The current measures are not…