Twitter is now bringing few much-needed features like night mode, Retweet and likes count, real-time updates to reply, and more to its Windows, Lite app and mobile site platforms. The company says that these updates are aimed at providing more consistency across platforms. Continue reading “Twitter for Windows, Twitter Lite, Mobile site get night mode, Retweets and likes count and more”
Instagram is now rolling out an update that brings option to mute posts, giving you more control over what posts you see on your news feed. This will hide posts from specific accounts when you mute them instead of unfollowing. Continue reading “Instagram now lets you mute profiles to hide posts in News Feed”
WhatsApp is now rolling out a new update to its iOS app which brings the ability for users to request a report of your account information and settings. The new app version is 2.18.60 and is already available on the App Store. Continue reading “WhatsApp for iOS gets ‘Request Account Info’ feature”
Google constantly and consistently keeps pushing updates to its flagship apps, and today it is the Photos app. The app has received the ability to mark photos as favorites with stars and hearts. This makes it easier to view all the favorited pictures in one place instead of scrolling through numerous pictures. Continue reading “Google Photos gets ability to mark photos as favorites”
Instagram’s news feed algorithm always makes it hard to determine when you have finished viewing all the latest posts. However, it looks like Instagram is now planning on fixing it as the company is testing a new ‘You’re All Caught Up’ which will let users know when all the unseen posts from the last 48 hours have been viewed. Continue reading “Instagram testing ‘You’re All Caught Up’ feature to improve digital health”
WhatsApp has finally rolled out the much needed and asked group video calling and it is live on Android and iOS. With this new update, users can start a group video call. Back in February, WhatsApp V2.18.39 beta for Android had references of group video calling. Continue reading “WhatsApp group video calling starts rolling out for Android and iOS”
Google is rolling a new beta update to the Google App bringing the app version to V8.4. However, there aren’t any major update or functionality changes, but it fully fixed the disappearing text and broken settings. Some of the headings in the Google Assistant settings area have been enlarged. Continue reading “Google app v8.4 beta update reveals more details about ‘Read Later’ feature”
Epic Games today has announced that the Android version of the Fortnite game will be releasing this August, and it has also rolled out a bunch of new update to the mobile version of the game that is available on iOS platform. The update brings Customisable Hud, Voice Chat, improved gameplay, and controls, and more. Continue reading “Fortnite for Android to release in Q3 2018; new update to iOS brings Voice Chat, improved gameplay and more”
Instagram is now rolling out the ability to share feed posts directly to stories, after testing it earlier this year. This makes it easier to share a post that you come across your feed directly to stories for your friends and followers to see. Continue reading “Instagram now lets you share feed posts directly to stories”
YouTube starting today is adding artist, songwriter, label and publisher credits to videos. It will answer those questions with “Music in this video” crediting the one who contributed to the music. The company is adding credits to more than half a billion videos. Continue reading “YouTube adds automatic artist, songwriter, label and publisher credits to videos”
Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom has just confirmed that the company is building ‘time spent’ usage insight tool following Google’s Dashboard feature with new time management controls. Incidentally, there is a code present in the Instagram app that reveals “Usage Insights” feature that will show users the “time spent”. Continue reading “Instagram is working on ‘time spent’ usage insight tool”
Incognito Mode in apps lets you use their functionality without being tracked and without your actions being logged into your usage history. It is reported that YouTube is testing incognito mode in its Android app Continue reading “YouTube said to be testing Incognito Mode on its Android app”
Facebook for the first time is publishing the number of Community Standards Enforcement Reports that it has got. This report covers the enforcement efforts between October 2017 to March 2018, touches areas like graphic violence, adult nudity and sexual activity, terrorist propaganda, hate speech, spam, and fake accounts. Continue reading “Facebook took down 837 million spam posts, 583 million fake accounts in Q1 2018”
Facebook’s Messenger platform never had any means of reporting content that violates any policies within the app except via the Facebook reporting tools or Messenger web. Today the company is giving access to the reporting tool directly from any Messenger conversation on iOS or Android. Continue reading “Facebook Messenger gets new reporting tools”
WhatsApp is rolling out a bunch of new features to groups including Group description, new Admin controls, Group catch up, and Participant search. WhatsApp rolled out group description back in March, and now for every new participant who joins the group; the description will show up at the top of the chat. Continue reading “WhatsApp gets new admin controls, group catch up, group participant search and more”
