Instagram CEO Kevin recently confirmed that the company is working on a usage insights tool within the Instagram app. While the company is still perfecting the feature for the official roll out, the screenshots of the tool in action have now surfaced, thanks to Jane Manchun Wong’s APK digging skills. Continue reading “Instagram usage insights tool with reminders, priority notifications surface”
Back in February Instagram started testing screenshot alerts for stories and months after its functioning, the company seems to have put an end to it. Instagram has confirmed the same by saying that it is no longer testing a feature that would let people see when someone took a screenshot of their story. Continue reading “Instagram will no longer notify about screenshot alerts for stories”
Google today has launched the low-code application development environment tool for building apps. It is an easy to build a custom environment that speeds up workflows and makes processes better. Google also says that App Maker is flexible enough to be as useful to large companies as it is to schools and universities. It is also available for all G Suite for Education, Business and Enterprise customers. Continue reading “Google App Maker low-code application development environment out of beta”
Instagram today has announced that it is expanding shopping ability beyond Feed to Instagram Stories. On Instagram Stories, when you see a sticker with a shopping bag icon, you can now tap on it to see more details about that product. Continue reading “Instagram now lets you shop directly from Stories”
Google Translate app has received Neural Machine learning Technology offline—on the device translations. Meaning which the technology will run within the Google Translate apps directly on your Android or iOS device so that you can get high-quality translations even when you don’t have access to an internet connection. Continue reading “Google Translate for Android and iOS gets AI-powered offline translation”
Android Messages seems to have picked up a new version over the weekend and like before, there aren’t any noticeable visual changes, but there are things going on behind hinting the preparation of new features. Some of the Gif search and Sticker related features of Allo might be coming to Android Messages. Continue reading “Android Messages V3.3 hints at GIF search, favourited stickers, search filters, fight text spam and more”
Two months after introducing the Snappables; its social AR offering the company is now working with companies to create and sell branded versions of Snappables games and the new offering is part its effort to make it easier for advertisers to purchase AR ads. Continue reading “Snapchat introduces ads for Snappables AR games, brings the ability to delete sent messages”
Apple Music is getting a new update and it includes a series of new features including the new section called “Coming Soon,” which allows subscribers to check out new albums that are about to be released. It is also listing the album launch dates as well. Continue reading “Apple Music update with ‘Coming Soon’ section, album launch dates, and new artist profiles rolling out”
Oath Inc today announced that it is shutting down Yahoo Messenger on July 17th and until then you continue to use the service normally. Yahoo Messenger is one of the first instant messaging apps on the market. The company says your Yahoo ID remains intact for other services like Mail and fantasy sports. Continue reading “Yahoo Messenger will shut down on July 17 after 20 years”
Instagram today has announced the rollout of @mention Sharing, with this feature when someone mentions you in their story, you’ll be able to share that photo or video into your own story. Continue reading “Instagram update brings mention Sharing to Photos, Videos in Stories”
Facebook today has announced that it recently had found a bug that automatically suggested posting publicly when some people were creating their Facebook posts. The company also mentioned that it is letting the 14 million people affected know about the bug and is asking them to review any posts they made during that time. Continue reading “Facebook alerts 14 million users about privacy bug that changed status of composer to public”
It was reported yesterday that Instagram is working on bringing long-length videos and now according to close sources to Techcrunch, the company will offer a dedicated space featuring scripted shows, music videos and more in vertically oriented, full-screen, high-def 4K resolution. Continue reading “Instagram said to introduce Snapchat Discover-like 4K video hub on June 20”
A new version of chrome has been rolled out slightly after the rollout of the Chrome 67 public release. This update brings the version to Chrome 68 and adds features like new payment handler API, adblocker Chrome redirections, changes to web app install banners, and more. Continue reading “Chrome Beta 68 for Android shrinks install banners, brings new payment handler API and more”
Instagram might be planning on introducing an ability to allow users to post hour long videos soon and way off video length constraints. This would open to new possibilities and creative flexibility. This also brings Instagram closer to YouTube and its own parent company, Facebook. Continue reading “Instagram said to allow users to post hour long videos soon”
Facebook for a while has been partnering with music companies around the world with an aim to bring more music experiences to Facebook. It is also introducing a new way for people to express themselves with music in their posts, including a new feature called Lip Sync Live. Continue reading “Facebook now lets you share videos with copyrighted music; introduces new Lip Sync Live feature”
