118 articles tagged "media"
Around six hours after Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram went down, service started coming back online. All three services are owned by Facebook and could not be accessed over the web or on smartphone apps. Dow
WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook have all gone down in a major outage. The three apps – which are all owned by Facebook and run on shared infrastructure – all completely stopped. Other products that are pa
Facebook has revealed its first pair of "smart glasses" that contain two cameras for taking photos and videos. The specs, called Ray-Ban Stories, are a collaboration with the luxury eyewear brand. Facebook is
A new report suggests that App users in the UK and US are spending more time on TikTok than on YouTube. The BBC reports, data from app monitoring firm App Annie indicates that average time per user spent on the app
Video-sharing platform TikTok is trialling a new vanishing clips feature similar to functions on Snapchat, Facebook and Instagram. TikTok Stories will allow users to see content posted by accounts they follow for 2
The Pacific Anti-Corruption Journalists Network (PACJN) has called for a regional Pacific commitment to boost media freedom and help increase reporting on activities at risk of corruption. PACJN coordinator, Samiso
The Fiji Times Editor In Chief, Fred Wesley says they accept that there was an error in their reporting on the Electoral Amendment Bill where they suggested that the Supervisor of Elections has the power to jail and fin
Australia has passed a world-first law aimed at making Google and Facebook pay for news content on their platforms. The legislation had been fiercely opposed by the US tech giants, with Facebook blocking all news c
All Blacks lock Brodie Retallick has had his Instagram account hacked. The 2014 World Rugby Player of the Year’s photos were deleted over the weekend, replaced by posts asking for his 53,000 followers to donate m
A 49-year-old man who was allegedly hit by a bus has run away from hospital after he was admitted yesterday. Police say the man who was captured in a video that is circulating on social media was taken to the CWM H
Famous TikToker Elvin Kumar who has almost 60,000 followers will be taking the stage for the first time during the Radio Navtarang and Sargam Diwali Dhamaka Stage Show at Rups Mega Complex in Nakasi this Sunday. Ku
US President Donald Trump has expressed his approval of a deal that would allow Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok to continue operating in the US. Trump told reporters he had given his "blessing" to a partners
A woman fell out of a moving car in England while leaning out of the window to film a video for Snapchat. Surrey Police says she fell from the car into a "live lane" between junction six and the Clacket Lane Servic
TikTok and WeChat will be banned from US app stores from Monday, unless President Donald Trump agrees to a last-minute deal. The Department of Commerce said it would bar people in the US from downloading the messag
US President Donald Trump says they are going to sign to have TikTok banned in the US over how the Chinese-owned company uses Americans' data. Trump says they can use the emergency economic powers or sign an execut
A 17-year-old boy from Florida allegedly hacked the Twitter accounts of prominent politicians, celebrities and technology moguls to scam people around globe out of more than $100,000 in Bitcoin. He faces 30 felony
Billionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates are among several public figures targeted by hackers on Twitter in an apparent Bitcoin scam. The official accounts of Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Kanye West also re
Barter for Better Fiji Page Admin Marlene Dutta says nothing done within the group is for any form of monetary gain and has deemed all claims relating to this as baseless. She made these comments on a post in the B
