Neowin News Feed for: Followers

Google Maps beta hints an old feature might get purged

Aditya Tiwari — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 11:06:01 +0000

A Google Maps feature that lets you follow businesses may not have much time left. An APK teardown of Google Maps beta suggests the feature will be removed from the navigation app, starting next year. Read more...

Instagram might let you add a reason to your follow request

Aditya Tiwari — Sat, 20 Jan 2024 10:40:02 +0000

Instagram is reportedly working on a LinkedIn-style feature where you will be able to add a reason while sending a follow request to other users. The feature might arrive in a future update. Read more...

WhatsApp wants you to build a business around its new Channels feature

Paul Hill — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 08:38:01 +0000

WhatsApp has announced the availability of Channels in Colombia and Singapore. It will eventually bring them to more countries and allow you to build a business around your channels. Read more...

Twitter's Progressive Web App now allows you to remove followers on the platform

Karthik Mudaliar — Mon, 01 Nov 2021 12:48:01 +0000

As part of its monthly update, Twitter is bringing the ability to soft-block a user on its Progressive Web App. This allows users to remove an account from following them, without blocking them. Read more...

Instagram takes a page from Twitter to track followers

John Keefer — Mon, 18 Sep 2017 20:56:01 +0000

It may seem like a minor thing, but people like to know if their social media updates are being followed and who is getting them. In a new update, Instagram has made this information more accessible. Read more...

Famous in an hour, because of a single tweet

Andrew Lyle — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 06:24:02 +0000

If you have ever wondered if you can instantly become the next Internet celebrity in an hour, the answer is yes, and it was all done from a single “tweet”. Conan O’Brien changed a... Read more...

Buy some followers for yourself on Twitter

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:55:30 +0000

I always think that its all very well and good having an opinion about something, or a subject you wish to talk about, but without anyone to listen to you, you may easily go unheard.... Read more...