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Meta has announced the launch of its ‘Channels’ feature for broadcast messages on WhatsApp in 150 countries globally. The feature was launched on Wednesday, according to a Facebook post by Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s CEO “Today we are starting to roll out WhatsApp channels globally and adding thousands of new channels that people can follow in WhatsApp,” the post read. WhatsApp Channels is a new private way for users to get updates from people and organisations...

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WhatsApp users can now record and share short personal videos of up to 60 seconds directly in WhatsApp chats, Meta says. The new feature was announced last Thursday. Meta said the video messaging feature builds on their voice message feature, allowing users to send short personal videos directly in chats. “Video messages are a real-time way to respond to chats with whatever you want to say and show in 60 seconds,” Meta’s said. “We think...

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TikTok has introduced text-based content on the social media platform as a “new way to express and share your creativity on TikTok.” TikTok announced the new feature on Tuesday. The statement reads: “Today, we’re thrilled to announce the expansion of text posts on TikTok, a new format for creating text-based content that broadens options for creators to share their ideas and express their creativity. “With text posts, we’re expanding the boundaries of content creation for...

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Following the launch of Threads, a social media platform that has been dubbed ‘Twitter killer’, Elon Musk has accused Meta of trade secret theft through the hiring of ‘dozens’ of former Twitter employees. Threads, an Instagram-linked platform, went live on Wednesday evening with 30 million user sign-ups less than 24 hours after launching. The app’s concept bears similarities to Twitter’s core functionality, where users can reply to and conversationally build upon existing tweets. Meta’s CEO,...

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Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, plans to launch a Twitter-rivalling micro-blogging app called Threads on Thursday, July 6. Already, Threads is available for pre-order on the Apple app store. “Threads is where communities come together to discuss everything from the topics you care about today to what’ll be trending tomorrow,” the description on the app store reads. Described as “Instagram’s text-based conversation app”, Threads has a similar appearance to Twitter. This...

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WhatsApp users can now edit sent messages to either correct a misspelling or add extra content to the message, Mark Zuckerberg says. In a Facebook post announcing the latest feature, Zuckerberg said messages can be edited up to 15 minutes after they’re sent. WhatsApp says the new feature is to enable users to have more control over their chats as hitherto, messages had to be deleted in case of errors or corrections provided in a...

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A drama ensued when a pastor tried to heal a mentally deranged woman in the streets of Lagos State. In the video, the pastor was determined to make the woman regain her senses but his efforts were strongly rebuffed by her. As the pastor prayed, the woman kept on hauling insults at him to the amazement of onlookers. The scene captured on camera and shared on TikTok happened at Oyingbo market in Lagos. Read how...

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A few hours after announcing that he has hired an unidentified new Chief Executive Officer, CEO, for Twitter, Elon Musk has revealed the identity of the incoming Twitter boss. Musk announced Linda Yaccarino, NBCUniversal’s head of advertising, as his successor on Friday, confirming reports by various United States media that Yaccarino will take up the position as reported by The West African Pilot News. His tweet reads, “I am excited to welcome Linda Yaccarino as...

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A funny scene played out at one of the orientation camps of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, when a soldier caught a corps member sleeping during a lecture. In the video shared on TikTok, the corps member fell deeply asleep while a Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development, SAED, lecture was going on. The soldier that caught the corps member sleeping treated him with dignity by using his cap to fan him. However, as a...

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Some Nigerian celebrities who lost their verification badges for failure to subscribe to Twitter Blue have gotten their blue ticks back, leaving many wondering about the reason for the restoration. Twitter’s Chief Executive, Elon Musk introduced a paid verification policy for the micro-blogging platform which took effect on Thursday, April 20. Consequently, many high-profile users who were hesitant to subscribe to the new service lost their blue badges, which is a mark of the authenticity...

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