In 2017, social media will become an indispensable tool for South African marketers and politicians, artists and activists, reporters and media personalities alike. FULL STORY >

Announced in May this year, Twitter could finally make its character limit change on 19 September. FULL STORY >

Designed for users 21-and-under, Lifestage is an iOS-only social network app, created by a 19 year old Facebook product manager. FULL STORY >

Twitter is set to rollout a new range of features aimed at cleaning up the user experience, which should mean abuse will crop up far less in feeds. FULL STORY >

After Adblock Plus rolled out its code earlier in the week, Facebook has its own solution to counteract it ready and waiting. FULL STORY >

Mike Anderson, CEO and founder of the National Small Business Chamber (NSBC) says that South Africa needs to not only build entrepreneurship, but to encourage and develop female business owners. FULL STORY >

With an estimated 1.5 billion users, Facebook is readying instant translation feature for posts that will cater for 44 different languages. FULL STORY >

With Muk Ban soaring to popularity in its native South Korea, it has begun to become a growing trend on live streaming sites like Twitch FULL STORY >

Taking a cue from other popular social media platforms, Twitter announces new stickers for users to decorate and edit their photos before posting. FULL STORY >

Curated by humans, and providing a weekend social calendar of sorts, Facebook announces its new Featured Events list. FULL STORY >

Not simply an instant messaging tool, WhatsApp also facilitates a number of phone calls too, recently passing the 100 million call per day mark. FULL STORY >

Ever had a desire to translate comments and captions in Instagram? You're in luck then, as the social media platform will be launching an in-app button to do just that. FULL STORY >

An estimated 32 million Twitter account passwords were leaked recently, prompting the company to block several million user accounts. FULL STORY >

Facebook introduces its new DeepText AI platform, to better help users via its deep learning ability and near-human accuracy. FULL STORY >

Including new business profiles, analytics and the ability to turn posts into ads, Instagram introduces an array of business tools. FULL STORY >