Blog Twitter Will No Longer Auto-Crop Photos On The Web November 29, 2021 by Vertical Axion Twitter hasn’t had a very good relationship with auto-cropping. Images just haven’t historically displayed very well on the platform. Fortunately that is soon changing. The company recently announced that it is dropping crop on the web altogether on both its Android and iOS apps. It may seem like a small change but Twitter’s auto-cropping algorithm […] Read more » Business & Finance General Interest Recent News Social Networking Technology News Twitter
Blog Twitter Rolls Out New Paid Plan Called Twitter Blue November 24, 2021 by Vertical Axion One of the things that has allowed social media platforms to grow so quickly and utterly dominate the internet is the fact that they’re free to use. They’re not completely free however because users are required to give up a lot of personal information. The bottom line is that there’s no monetary cost involved which […] Read more » General Interest New Technology Recent News Social Networking Technology News Twitter
Blog Facebook Will End Facial Recognition Program November 18, 2021 by Vertical Axion Facebook has seen no end of trouble lately and has been called before Congress multiple times over the past year to explain themselves and their policies. This is all happening as the US tries desperately to stem the unending tide of mis-information and dis-information and do more to protect children and teens. This is all […] Read more » Facebook General Interest Recent News Security Social Networking Technology News
Blog Links In Stories Now Available For All Instagram Users November 10, 2021 by Vertical Axion If you’re not an Instagram user you may not have heard of ‘Stories.’ They are vertical photos or videos with a duration of no more than fifteen seconds per clip. You can post multiple 15 second clips in a row as well. The unique part is that they vanish after 24 hours of posting. Stories […] Read more » Business & Finance Facebook General Interest Instagram New Technology Recent News Social Networking Technology News
Blog Facebook Is Changing Its Name And Here’s The Details November 8, 2021 by Vertical Axion Recently one of the biggest companies on the web got a name change when the Facebook CEO announced that the company would henceforth be known as ‘Meta.’ Here’s what you need to know: First and foremost nothing at all will change about the company’s iconic social media platform. It will still be known as Facebook. […] Read more » Facebook General Interest New Technology Recent News Social Networking Technology News
Blog What Caused The Major Facebook Outage? October 23, 2021 by Vertical Axion If you use Facebook then you are no doubt aware that recently the company experienced an outage that took the site offline for several hours. Many people initially assumed that the company had been hacked. However as the outage continued there were none of the telltale signs of an attack. The outage impacted all of […] Read more » Business & Finance Facebook General Interest Instagram Recent News Social Networking Technology Technology News
Blog Youtube Video Downloads May Be Coming To Computers October 8, 2021 by Vertical Axion If you use the YouTube app on your phone and you’re a premium subscriber you’ve currently got the ability to download videos from the service. As of this date however those are the only people who have the ability to download videos. Even if you’ve subscribed to the premium service there is no download function. […] Read more » General Interest New Technology Recent News Social Networking YouTube
Blog Instagram Will Require Age Verification Soon September 13, 2021 by Vertical Axion More and more social media platforms are taking steps to improve protections for younger folk. Instagram is the latest company to take steps in that direction with the recent announcement that the platform will soon require users to provide their date of birth if they have not already done so. The DOB prompts are already […] Read more » General Interest Instagram Recent News Social Networking Technology
Blog Facebook Adding Physical Security Key Support For Mobile Devices April 5, 2021 by Vertical Axion Many industry insiders consider physical security keys used in the context of two-factor authentication login schemes to be the final word in digital security. That is because even if your password is compromised, if you’re using a physical piece of hardware that has to be inserted when prompted for to complete the process, a hacker […] Read more » Facebook General Interest Recent News Security Social Networking Technology News
Blog Why So Many Facebook Users Were Recently Logged Out February 11, 2021 by Vertical Axion If you’re a regular Facebook user, you probably just stay logged in so you can quickly get updates about what’s going on in your social circle. Or, if you use it primarily for business, so you can save a step when it comes time to post an update about your company or brand. Recently, however, […] Read more » Facebook General Interest Recent News Social Networking Technology News
