According to a new report, Google said to be planning on shutting down Hangouts sometime in 2020. This doesn’t come as a surprise as Google stopped any further development of the app more than a year ago. Continue reading “Google said to be planning on shutting down Hangouts in 2020”
Apple Music support is finally coming to Amazon’s Echo speakers and this will enable Apple Music subscribers to play Apple Music’s 50 million songs on Echo devices. Customers will be able to ask Alexa to play their favorite songs, artists, and albums—or any of the playlists made by Apple Music’s editors from around the world. Continue reading “Amazon Echo speakers finally get support for Apple Music”
Update: Google is now rolling out Call Screen transcript feature for select users. You can view this under Recent calls -> Call Details -> See transcript.
Instagram has announced the ability to create a close friend list on Stories and share your Stories just with them. Thanks to this feature, you have the flexibility to share more personal moments with a smaller group that you choose. Continue reading “Instagram now lets you share Stories with ‘Close Friends’ list”
SIRIN LABS has announced the commercial launch of FINNEY which is its the first blockchain smartphone. It runs on SIRIN OS and offers a truly mobile blockchain experience with an embedded cold storage crypto wallet. SIRIN LABS also said that it is looking for strategic OEMs to implement SIRIN OS in consumer devices. Continue reading “SIRIN LABS FINNEY Blockchain phone with cold storage crypto wallet announced”
Portronics has launched a dual purpose car accessory ‘CHARGE CLAMP’ which is a wireless mobile charger and mobile holder. This mobile holder makes it easy for the users to find the secure places in the car to keep the phone and also use the media player or GPS in-hands-free mode. Continue reading “Portronics Charge Clamp car smartphone Holder launched”
Google has announced new Android Auto features including easier access to your favorite content with improved media browse and search features, plus new ways to stay connected with visual message previews and group messaging. Continue reading “Android Auto update brings improved media browser, search, message previews and more”
Microsoft back in 2013 has updated the Office icons and after five years, the company is again transforming office into a collaborative suite that lets you work together in real-time from almost any device. The company is changing the official icons for Office 365 again. Continue reading “Microsoft introduces new Office icons part of bigger design overhaul”
Swiftkey for Android is getting brand new features one of which makes it easy and quick to share anything you want from the web. In just a few taps, you have access to search results that you can easily screenshot, crop and share. Continue reading “Swiftkey for Android gets native Search integration”
Similar to last year, Google again is describing how it achieved Portrait mode on the Pixel 3 smartphones. Google says that Portrait Mode uses a neural network to determine what pixels correspond to people versus the background, and augments this two layer person segmentation mask with depth information derived from the PDAF pixels. This is meant to enable a depth-dependent blur. Continue reading “Google explains how it achieved Portrait mode on Pixel 3”
YouTube has announced that it is rolling out YouTube Stories to all eligible creators with 10K+ subscribers. You can add text, music, filters, YouTube stickers, and more to make your story uniquely you. To create a story, just open the YouTube mobile app, tap on the video camera icon, and select “Create Story.” Continue reading “YouTube rolling out Instagram-like Stories widely”
WhatsApp for Android is getting a new beta update bringing the version number to V2.18.362 version. It teases features such as consecutive voice messages which is not available yet. However, it is already available for iOS with 2.18.100 update. Continue reading “WhatsApp beta for Android hints at consecutive voice messages feature”
DJI has announced Osmo Pocket which is a highly compact three-axis stabilized camera. It just sports 4-inch tall and is the smallest three-axis stabilized camera and packs 1/2.3-inch sensor with a 12-megapixel sensor and record up to 4K video up to 60fps at 100Mbps. Continue reading “DJI Osmo Pocket 3-axis stabilized handheld camera announced”
Google has redesigned Translator on the web to make it easier to use. The site’s new look is now consistent with other Google products, and updated labeling and typography make it easier to navigate. Continue reading “Google Translate for web gets new responsive design, easy navigation and much more”
YouTube had discontinued its annotations editor on May 2nd, 2017, and now it will also stop showing any existing annotations on January 15th, 2019. The company says the adoption of end screens and cards has grown, the use of annotations has decreased by over 70%. Continue reading “YouTube to shutdown pop-up annotations on January 15th”
