UK body to probe Facebook’s Giphy takeover
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched an investigation into Facebooks $400 million acquisition of GIF-sharing service Giphy that would
Biden demands Facebook to change policies, company responds
After Joe Biden circulated a petition and an open letter to Mark Zuckerberg to change the company’s approach to political speech, Facebook
COVID-19 disinformation: EU seeks monthly report from Facebook, Twitter, Google
European Union’s executive body, the European Commission has asked social media giants including Facebook, Twitter, Google to report monthly on COVID-19 related
Emirati researcher develops twitter tool to assess COVID-19 sentiments
An Emirati faculty member at Khalifa University of Science and Technology has created a new web tool for analysis of COVID-19 Twitter
Be impatient, open minded: Pichai to graduates
Google CEO Sundar Pichai told students not to lose hope and their “impatiance”, while staying open-minded to find the things that they
Trump election video taken down by Twitter, Facebook
Leading social media websites, Twitter and Facebook disabled a Donald Trump election campaign video over copyright violations. The video had slammed “radical
UAE To Stem Extremism
During the tenth session of the first regular session of its 17th legislative term, the Federal National Council, FNC, approved a federal
Google tells people to cut screen fatigue at home
To avoid getting pulled into your phone, you can use your voice to ask Google Assistant for help completing actions, like setting
Mobile Gaming Grows in the Middle East by 25%
Middle East region becomes the home of the world’s most active gaming community, according to the Newzoo’s 2019 Global Games Market Report.
Muslim Matchmaking Platform Hawaya Expands across GCC
Hawaya, a Cairo-based mobile application that approaches matchmaking has announced the expansion of their platform across the GCC. Following its success in