After the Indian Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) sent a letter to WhatsApp asking them to withdraw their Privacy Policy and TOS update. In response, WhatsApp has stated that the company will not be limiting functionality for users who are yet to accept the update, instead they will continue to show reminders to accept. WhatsApp also clarified that the update does not affect the privacy of their users’ personal messages.
Google Docs is now adding support for the ability to create or import documents that have images above or behind texts. The feature is great for users who are importing docs from Microsoft Word, where Google Docs will ensure that the formatting is preserved.
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Qualcomm is taking a major stride into the development of the Windows 10 on ARM ecosystem as they announce the launch of the Qualcomm Snapdragon Developer Kit. Built in collaboration with Microsoft, the Snapdragon Developer Kit is designed to help developers better optimize and test their apps for Windows 10 on ARM PCs.
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Earlier this month, Twitter finally had a wide rollout of their Spaces audio chatroom feature to all accounts with more than 600 followers. The company is now previewing an extension to the feature, called Ticketed Spaces, which is essentially the ability to host paid live audio rooms.
In light of the recent lockdown and the surge of COVID-19 cases across the country, Infinix has announced that they will be extended the warranty of eligible smartphones by 60 days. This extension will apply to smartphones who have their warranties expiring between April 15 and June 15.
As Apple has begun shipping their new iPad Pro models out to their customers, they have released new support documents that provide information about its new features such as the Liquid Retina XDR display, the Thunderbolt bolt, 5G data usage and Center Stage.
Airtel, one of India’s largest cellular network companies, has announced an upgrade to its Tamil Nadu network with the addition of 5MHz in the 1800 MHz band. This brings Airtel’s total spectrum bank in Tamil Nadu to 65MHz, which is one of the largest among cellular network carriers in the state.
Apple Watch users who are also Spotify premium subscribers can now rejoice as the streaming service has now added the ability to locally download playlists, albums, and podcasts in the standalone Spotify app on the Apple Watch.
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HP announced updates to their gaming line up of laptops, with the launch of new OMEN 15 and 17 laptops along with the launch of Victus by HP. They all feature top end CPUs from Intel and AMD, along with up to an GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU and AMD Radeon RX 5500M GPUs.
During their Snap Partner Summit 2021, Snapchat unveiled their next generation Spectacles, which is their first pair of AR-capable glasses. They are designed for augmented reality creators, powered by a new Snap Spatial Engine and the Qualcomm Snapdragon XR1 Platform. Continue reading “Snap introduces next generation AR-capable Spectacles”
Every social media platform needs a process to have verified accounts on the platform. Twitter previously had a verification program for earning the “Blue tick”, but had some problems with it. The company now relaunched their verification program, with updated criteria that took into account feedback from the public.
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WhatsApp was recently discovered to be developing a feature where users can transfer their chats between Android and iOS smartphones. The company is now reportedly expanding upon that feature by allowing the transfer of chats between phone numbers too.
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Google is testing a new way to follow content from websites by using the open RSS web standard, with a feature called Follow. The feature is experimental and is currently being tested on some Chrome Canary builds for Android users in the US.
Opera has released a beta app for the Opera GX Mobile, which is new mobile browser app that has gamer-focused features inside. The browser is based on the Opera GX desktop browser, and contains many features such as support for Opera’s Flow, GX Corner and more.
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Apple announced a range of new updates across their ecosystem designed to improve the accessibility of many of their products. Among them is SignTime, which is a new service by Apple that will enable people who are have hearing disabilities to access sign language interpreters on-demand at Apple Stores and for Apple Support.
