TikTok, like most other social media platforms, regularly updates the app’s features and functions. The software is designed to automatically update the app version you have on your phone — but the process doesn’t always work flawlessly. All sorts of issues could prevent the app from being updated when it’s supposed to be. TikTok users […]

Some might blame a system glitch if their TikTok post takes a while to appear on feeds (it’s probably just being reviewed), or if they’re not receiving the number of video views they’re used to seeing (the TikTok content may just not be very good). Other types of technical issues are more commonly referred to […]

You may see TikTok videos mentioning the Jamaican singer Owen Grey. He was said to be that nation’s first “home-grown” star in the reggae, ska, and rocksteady genres. He passed away in 2025 after a long career, at age 86. The Owen Grey whose name pops up in TikTok content much more commonly, though, is […]

Messages on social media platforms aren’t as “important” as they used to be. Before smartphones became ubiquitous in the early 2000s, the best way for people to send each other short messages was through direct messaging. There weren’t as many viable social apps back then, so most folks were active on services like AOL or […]

If you’re shooting a video or photo on your phone, you can easily switch between the front and back camera by hitting the “Flip” icon on the screen. If you’re recording a TikTok video in the app, the process of changing cameras is just as easy. But what if you’re hosting a TikTok Live stream? […]

In 2020, a new social app soared in popularity. BeReal gained 50 million monthly users in its first few years and briefly seemed destined to become the next “big thing.” Each day, users were notified that they had two minutes to upload a dual-camera (front and back) video showing exactly what they were doing at […]