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Facebook launches ad campaign against Apple’s ATT privacy feature coming in 2021

Rida Imran

Today, Facebook printed ads against Apple’s upcoming ATT (App Tracking Transparency) privacy feature in The Washington Post, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal. The social media giant states that it is fighting for small business as the…

FacebookDec 16, 2020Dec 16, 2020

EU to pass new anti-trust rules to contain growing power of 4 tech giants: Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon

Rida Imran

Apple, Google, Facebook, and Amazon are gain under greater anti-trust scrutiny but this time in the EU. Reuters reports that the EU is pushing for harsher laws to limit the influence and power of Silicon Valley’s four tech companies in…

FacebookDec 10, 2020Dec 10, 2020

U.S Federal and 46 state regulators file antitrust lawsuits against Facebook

Rida Imran

Today, the U.S Federal Trade Commission and 46 States filed antitrust lawsuits against the social media tech giant, Facebook. Accusing the company of anti-competitive behavior of its “buy or bury” strategy. Reuters reports that Facebook is the second tech company…

FacebookiOSiPhoneDec 10, 2020

WhatsApp unhappy with Apple’s new privacy ‘nutrition label’ policy for the App Store

Asma Hussain

Apple now requires app developers to inform users about the information they collect in the form of ‘nutrition labels’ on the App Store. However, not all app developers are happy about the new requirement. The most recent platform to criticize…

FacebookiOSiPhoneDec 1, 2020

WhatsApp gets custom wallpapers for individual chats and sticker search

Rida Imran

WhatsApp has received a new update which brings support for custom wallpapers for individual chat threads, as well as the ability to search for stickers with text or emojis, or browser common sticker categories. WhatsApp gets custom chat wallpapers and…

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Instagram’s Threads app updated with new navigation tab, status bar and more

Rida Imran

Instagram has redesigned Threads app, its standalone mobile messaging and camera app. The latest update to the app brings a new UI design, improved navigation and Status bar, and more. Last month, Instagram allowed users to message ‘Everyone’ instead of…

FacebookiOSiPhoneNov 17, 2020Dec 18, 2020

Legal complaints filed against Apple’s device identifier service for advertisers in Europe

Usman Hussain

Apple assigns a unique device identifier to each iPhone for third parties to track users for targeted ads (IDFA). However, the identifier is now itself a target of two complaints filed by NOYB, a not-for-profit European privacy campaign. NOYB (None…

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How to enable Facebook dark mode on iOS

Rida Imran

Facebook has started rolling out dark mode for its app on iPhone and iPad. Here is how you can find the setting and enable Facebook dark mode on iOS. Enable Facebook Dark Mode on iPhone and iPad Facebook had rolled…

FacebookInstagramSnapchatNov 14, 2020

Facebook introduces Snapchat’s vanish mode in Instagram and Messenger

Usman Hussain

Facebook announced on 13th November that it is bringing Snapchat’s feature of disappearing messages to Instagram and Messenger with the name, ‘Vanish mode’. Some users may have already noticed the feature in their chats as the whole redesign was announced…

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New CA Prop. 24 law will make it harder for Facebook and Google to track users and gather data

Asma Hussain

A new law passed by California voters in the November election will set an unmatched standard for digital privacy in the US, making it difficult for companies like Facebook and Google to track the data of its users. Proposition 24…