Facebook Inc is expanding its “Shops” feature to messaging app WhatsApp and to Facebook Marketplace; the company said on Tuesday as it announced changes to its commerce tools. Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said it would also introduce personalized ads in this shopping service. The social media giant, which launched Shops last year as a way for people to find and buy products on Facebook and Instagram as part of its push into ecommerce; said it has about 1.2 million monthly active shops on the platform. The company said it would in the coming months launch an artificial intelligence tool…
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Facebook introduced a privacy feature last year, it’s called Off-Facebook Activity. This feature lets you see and control data; that apps and websites share with Facebook and also monitors the kind of information third-party apps can access. If you have this feature activated; then you can clear the history of apps and websites that have shared your data. You also have the option to turn off future Off-Facebook activity; which will tell the platform to disconnect any information that they have shared from your account. Also, you can selectively choose which companies you want to stop from sharing your activity…
Smart TVs are very common these days and particularly over the last year, people have upgraded their home entertainment options massively. However, there are also people out there who are perfectly content with their non-smart TVs. But what happens when you want to watch something on Netflix on a non-smart TV? You can actually do it. Here’s how… How to watch Netflix on your non-smart TV Don’t be bummed if you don’t have a smart TV. Netflix’s casting feature is here to save you. With this feature, you can cast the screen from your smartphone to your TV and watch…
Intel – Chipmaker said on Tuesday it would create two new business units that would focus separately on software and high-performance computing and graphics. Intel also said current executives Sandra Rivera and Raja Koduri will take on new senior leadership roles; while technology industry veterans Nick McKeown and Greg Lavender will join the company. Lavender, who most recently served as senior vice president and chief technology officer of VMware; will be the general manager of the new software and advanced technology group; while Koduri will lead an accelerated computing systems and graphics group. Koduri, a veteran of Apple and Advanced…
Twitter has officially announced it will begin limited testing of two new features; Super Follows and Ticketed Spaces. The microblogging service has announced that it will open up testing for a small group of users who can apply to try out these features that the company announced a while ago. Ticketed Spaces was first announced a month ago; when the company first unveiled its plans to monetise its new Spaces feature — which was introduced to compete with social audio app Clubhouse. Ticketed Spaces allow users to host paid gatherings, where audiences can purchase tickets; supporting content creators and help…
Microsoft Corp. took its place in the history books as just the second US public company to reach a $2 trillion market value; buoyed by bets its dominance in cloud computing and enterprise software will expand further in a post-coronavirus world. Its shares rose as much as 1.1% to $265.64 on Tuesday in New York, enough for the software company to join Apple Inc. as one of only two companies trading at such a lofty value. Saudi Aramco eclipsed that threshold briefly in December 2019; but currently has a market value of about $1.9 trillion. Since taking the reins in…
Dating app Tinder on Tuesday added more ways for people to get to know each other from afar before meeting in a world changed by the pandemic. “People want to take more time to get to know somebody virtually before deciding that they want to match and meet offline;” chief executive Jim Lanzone said while briefing AFP on the app updates. Tinder is also providing an option to add video clips to user profiles to provide glimpses of people’s lives; interests or adventures. As the pandemic accelerated trends of remote work, learning and socializing; it also gave momentum to cultivating…
NASA has climbed on the diversity bandwagon with a short video about their next mission – not visiting a planet or building a Moon base; but Equity – and encouraging minorities to sign up. But such buzzwords don’t launch rockets. Following in the footsteps of the Pentagon and the CIA, NASA is struggling to reinvent itself as woke; capable of luring and keeping the attention of Americans addicted to identity politics, whom it had not previously felt the need to reach. We’re launching Mission Equity, a comprehensive effort to assess how to expand access to our programs and examine potential…
The Ekiti State police command have arrested a 16-year-old girl, Abimbola Suluka alongside her boyfriend, Oluwaseun Olajide for alleged conspiracy and self-kidnapping. Abimbola is alleged to have conspired with her 25-year-old boyfriend and two of his friends to stage the abduction so as to raise money. The Police spokesperson Sunday Abutu in a statement on Friday explained that Abimbola’s sister had gone to the police station to report that her sister was missing after leaving the house for school. Abutu said the sister explained that when Abimbola’s phone was called, an unknown person answered the call and informed them that…
Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Office of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested two suspected fraudsters, Konne Israel Barieeba and Osuji Miracle Obieze, for obtaining money by false pretense to the tune of N768, 585, 000. 00 (Seven Hundred and Sixty-eight Million, Five Hundred and Eighty-five Thousand Naira). The suspects, alongside Obialor Christian Worenwu (now at large), allegedly approached an investment company, Luxury Gold, for an investment loan facility. Subsequently, the sum of N110, 000, 000. 00(One Hundred and Ten Million Naira) was paid into the GTBank account of Barieeba, while the sum of N255, 000, 000. 00(Two…