At the end of each month, we at Netizency study the popular conversations happening in social media across the Gulf to highlight the most relevant trends and analyze the discussions in the GCC’s public sphere. […]
It was (almost!) a year ago that we discussed Google’s addition of chat capabilities to Google Photos. The move was designed to improve the inconvenient sharing options of the app and reflected Google’s focus on family […]
Remember the Twitter bitcoin hack that affected several high-profile users like Elon Musk, Kanye West, and Jeff Bezos back in July? Well, Twitter definitely hasn’t forgotten. In an effort to increase the security (and user […]
TikTok is having its big break. According to reports from social media experts, the platform is testing an expansion of the maximum video length on the platform to 3 minutes. Currently, the limit for all […]
Since the pandemic started we have been discussing how WhatsApp’s biggest concern has been thwarting the spread of viral misinformation on the platform as, unfortunately, they have stopped being the mild annoyances from our family […]
Are you a small retailer? Do you have a modest budget allocated for ads? Have you been struggling with being discovered by potential shoppers? You’re in luck! As social distancing measures continue to be enforced […]
Quarantine Day 21: You’ve watched Friends for the 7th time, finished all seasons of the X-Files and The Office (the American and the UK version) and have one episode left of Tiger King. Not too […]
This post has nothing to add to the already wonderful news and, as such, we feel it’s only pertinent to issue the following announcement: Gmail, if you don’t roll out your dark mode sooner than […]
Instagram continues to strengthen its gamble of IGTV. As made obvious in the past, we have a special relationship with one of Instagram’s most polarizing features. Except that, well, ‘polarizing’ implies that there are enough […]
Remember all those sci-fi movies where space travellers will have an earpiece, or sometimes a chip directly implanted behind their ears, that will allow them to instantly translate every single language they encounter? We are […]
