People in their sixties who use the internet every day are more likely to be lonely than those who just surf the web occasionally, a new study shows. Researchers from Anglia Ruskin University carried out the study of online behaviour among adults over 60 using data from 4,492 adults. The study on the link between … Read more
Zoom users suffer problems as they report video-conferencing app going down across the UK Zoom users began reporting issues with the video service at around 9am today Around 3043 reported problems with the platform according to DownDetector Company has resolved the issue and will ensure no further operational impact Here’s how to help people impacted … Read more
Instagram glitch allow iOS users post unusually long photos that sprawl across feeds and require ‘endless’ scrolling to bypass The glitch is allowing Instagram users on iOS to post unusually long images Images that are usually cropped automatically are now sprawled across feeds Influencers and meme accounts have coopted the glitch as a stunt By … Read more
Tinder is testing out a new video feature that aims to match users via a live-streamed game of trivia Tinder is testing out a video feature that brings in-app trivia to the platform The feature will pit users against one another in a game of live-streamed trivia It is currently testing the feature out with … Read more
WeChat ‘monitors international users’ text messages to preemptively identify content to censor for its Chinese users’ The Citizens Lab studied how WeChat builds their database of blacklisted terms They found the company monitors international messages to preemptively identify potential images or content that should be banned in China The app creates a ‘hash’ code for … Read more
Spotify introduces Group Session feature that lets multiple users create and control playlists in real-time The feature lets users pause, play, skip and add songs on a playlist It is being positioned as a way to entertain people who are quarantined Group Sessions can have up to 100 people at a time The feature is … Read more
Locked-down smartphone users in the UK are sitting on 165 million gigabytes of unused mobile data worth a staggering £165 million, study claims Consumers stuck at home due to COVID-19 are using their WiFi instead of data Data use among non-essential workers has fallen from 2.4 to 1.9 GB a month More than two-thirds of users … Read more
Dating apps and online websites are plagued with fraudulent profiles, known as ‘catfishes’. ‘Catfishing’ originated as a term for the process of luring people into false relationships, however, it has also come to encompass people giving out false information about themselves more generally. These profiles often use images of another person to allow users to pretend … Read more
Twitter begins testing warning message in iOS that beckons users to think twice before posting potentially ‘harmful’ replies A moderation feature on Twitter beckons users to think twice before replying It serves a message to users who may be about to post a ‘harmful’ reply The features is currently being tested on iOS By James … Read more
Clever emoji quiz challenges users to guess the famous artists and bands based on very tricky clues – so how well do YOU know your music? New emoj quiz based on famous artist’s names has sent Twitter users wild User Gigs in Scotland took to social media to share the infuriating quiz Followers streamed to … Read more