Grandpa made burgers for his 6 grandchildren, 5 didn’t show up so Twitter...
IMG Credit: @kelssseyharmon Going viral is a random thing that happens on social media. It could be basically a random nondescript post done by some random person or a celebrity who posts a strong...
View ArticleThis Movie Search Engine Can Tell What Movie You’re Looking For Using a Line...
You can say it is the Shazam of video. whatismymovie.com describes itself as the “first descriptive movie search engine”. Have you ever tried recalling that movie you watched at your friend’s house a...
View ArticleFacebook Messenger has a basketball game that will make you waste your...
Last year, Facebook introduced the Messenger Platform which enables developers to develop apps and games to be used within the Messenger. Messenger is a formidable platform on its own where it has 800...
View ArticleThe Pope set a record for the fastest growing Instagram account
IMG: Kevin Systrom and the Pope as posted in his Instagram account We’re living in interesting times where cultural establishments like the papacy are opening social media accounts to keep in touch...
View ArticleGoogle Search’s new trick is playing animal noises
Google Search has become smarter over the years since its introduction in 1998 as a basic search engine. Its primary function has been to display search results from your enquiries then later on was...
View ArticleNorth Korea is reportedly blocking access to social media websites
Social media has brought together people from a certain society together and even made the world more connected than ever. This is power on its own since it is possible to keep up with activities that...
View ArticleBanking Snafu takes Social Media Casualty in Kenya
This week has been quite the ride on social media and it was centered around the banking industry, specifically towards Chase Bank. The bank was put under receivership thanks to massive withdrawals...
View ArticleFacebook has an Inbox for Spam Mail that you didn’t know Existed
Facebook has been online for over a decade now and it is one of the first social networks you sign up to. One of the core features of the social network was the Inbox where you move a conversation so...
View ArticleA Kenyan has started a Kickstarter project to fund a sheep leather sneaker line
IMG Credit: Kickstarter project- Afrosneakers Kickstarter is the perfect place to find cool stuff that companies or individuals want to raise money so as to make them a reality. We have seen successful...
View ArticleKenya’s Rugby 7s Team Won the IRB World Series Main Cup for the First Time...
Kenya is in a celebratory mood. For the first time in the nation’s history, its rugby team, commonly referred to as “Shujaa” which means hero in Swahili, has won the main cup of the International Rugby...
View ArticleThis lady has an interesting hobby of making very realistic cakes and body art
IMG Credit: Katherine Dey We all engage in different hobbies during our leisure time away from our normal routine. Some engage in leisure, others decide to read articles or novels and others like...
View ArticleThere are bots that allow you to chat with characters from the TV show...
Bots are now the cool thing this year and they are popping up from all corners and this time round, they are way smarter thanks to the current gen AI. They have been popularized in social networks...
View ArticleCheck out this project of a sassy presenter made by a Kenyan animation studio
3D animation is one industry that is gaining prominence in Kenya and we started seeing them being used in some ads by Safaricom like the Sambaza Internet or the one done by JTL to market their Faiba...
View ArticleKenyan Twitter gets all Sarcastic over Ezekiel Mutua’s comments
The Kenya Film Classification Board has stirred a lot of talk around social media on various things it wants to regulate. They burst into the limelight when they wanted to regulate Netflix, the...
View ArticleHere is a list of the top searches Kenyans made on Google in April
Google search results for a country are usually quite revealing and interesting at the same time and the company usually avails this data monthly. We are already in a new month and the company has...
View ArticleFacebook is testing temporary reactions for Mother’s Day
Facebook introduced Reactions on the second half of last year of which was actually revealed by Mark Zuckerberg in a Town Hall meeting. It was an extension to the Like button which had become limited...
View ArticleTwitter visualized how the world tweeted about the Ivory Burn in Kenya
On April 30th, Kenya burned 105 tonnes of ivory which was the biggest ivory pile to be burned in history. There was a lot of media coverage, both traditional and social and it was graced by...
View ArticleA guy decided to upload his entire portfolio on Instagram instead of LinkedIn
IMG credit: www.instagram.com/castro.portfolio Instagram is pretty straightforward: Upload a photo, add a filter, come up with an interesting caption, sprinkle some hashtags and hit the upload button....
View ArticleResearch reveals Facebook is still crucial for publishers who are targeting...
Social media is where people spend most of their time on the internet and this is a huge audience. Facebook for example has over 1.65 billion active users and Twitter has over 320 million active...
View ArticleGoogle has proposed various emojis that show women in various professions
There are over 800 emojis and they represent a myriad of things from symbols to food to facial expressions. Although they seem many in the general sense, they are not exhaustive and that is why from...
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