Instagram is working on a new ad type called “Promote” for Stories to allow business pages to show their slideshows to more users without doing much work. Admins can choose to auto-target users similar to their followers, people in a certain location, or use all of Instagram’s targeting parameters. Continue reading “Instagram confirms it is working on new ad type “Promote” for Stories, launches Analytics in beta”
While CES 2019 is still months away, we started hearing reports about what’s coming. One among the tech that LG is planning on introducing a new rollable OLED TV. According to the internal documents highlighting intended topics for the presentation, and it appears that the prototypes we’ve seen in past years from LG Display are ready to take center stage.
Continue reading “LG said to introduce new rollable OLED TV at the CES 2019”
Apple-owned Shazam has announced a new partnership with Instagram that will allow its users to share Shazams onto their Insta stories. The new feature is already available for iOS users who download the latest versions of both apps. Android users will be able to access the new functionality soon. Continue reading “Instagram Stories gets Shazam integration”
Twitter has added a new compose button to its official iOS mobile app that is designed for one-handed scrolling and tweet composing. Pressing and hold the icon gives you access to drafts, photos, and the GIF gallery. It is present on the bottom, it can be tapped to start composing a tweet. Continue reading “Twitter adds new floating compose button for iOS”
Flickr for quite sometime offered free 1TB storage to users after SmugMug acquired the service from Yahoo back in April, the company today announced it will be reducing the free tier to just 1000 photos and bringing improvements to its paid Flickr Pro. Continue reading “Flickr to replace free 1TB plan with just 1000 photos from January 8th 2019”
According to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, smartphone vendors shipped a total of 355.2 million units during the Q3 2018; this is a 6% decline year-over-year. This was the fourth consecutive quarter of year-over-year declines for the global smartphone market. Continue reading “Global smartphone shipments down 6% in Q3 2018, Samsung leads with 72.2 million, Huawei posts 32.9% YoY growth”
Fujifilm has launched new instax SHARE Smartphone Printer SP-2, which can print high-quality credit-card sized instant photos in just 10 seconds, Instax SQUARE SQ6 Taylor Swift Edition and Instax SQUARE Film Taylor Swift Edition for instax lovers. Continue reading “Fujifilm instax SHARE SP-2 Smartphone Printer, SQUARE SQ6 and SQUARE Film Taylor Swift Edition launched in India”
Jaybird has announced the Tarah Pro Wireless Sport Headphones with an incredible 14 hours of battery life, extremely durable. It comes with a new personalized EQ functionality through the Jaybird app. Tarah Pro is the first in Jaybird’s Pro Series which is the company’s a new line of wireless sport headphones for endurance athletes. Continue reading “Jaybird Tarah Pro Wireless waterproof Sport Headphones with up to 14 hours battery life announced”
LG has launched a new high-end brand with an aim of combining home appliances with furniture, targeting consumers who are seeking unique design. The new brand will be called ‘LG Objet’ which it will use for what it calls “premium private appliances.” Continue reading “LG Objet premium brand combines electronic appliances and furniture”
Back in August, WhatsApp was reported to display ads in the Status section, and now the company’s Vice President Chris Daniels confirmed that the company is going to put advertisements in its ‘Status’ feature. This clears the air on Facebook’s monetization efforts towards WhatsApp. Continue reading “WhatsApp Status to start showing ads soon, confirms Vice President Chris Daniels”
Earlier this week Apple released the iOS 12.1 update after testing it for over six weeks. As mentioned in the software update log, Apple has extended the performance management feature to the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone X. The company even reflected the change on its iPhone Battery and Performance website. Continue reading “iOS 12.1 extends battery performance management feature to iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X”
Apple WatchOS 5.1 seems to be reportedly bricking the Apple Watches, meaning the update isn’t quite ready yet. Apple initially rolled out the update earlier this week along with iOS 12.1 but quickly pulled it hours later the reports of bricked Series 4 watches. Continue reading “Apple pulls WatchOS 5.1 update over reports of bricked Apple Watches”
A month and a half after the official rollout, iOS 12 is now installed on 63% of active devices from last four years. This data is according to updated iOS 12 installation statistics shared on the App Store support page for developers. Apple has been actively sharing the statistics since the iOS 12 release, providing information on both newer and older devices. Continue reading “Apple iOS 12 is on 63% of devices from last four years”
According to OpenSignal November report, Airtel has recorded the highest download speeds in India for 3G and 4G combined at 7.53 Mbps where Reliance Jio, Vodafone, Idea, and BSNL recorded speeds of 5.47 Mbps, 5.20 Mbps, 4.92 Mbps, and 2.70 Mbps respectively. Continue reading “Airtel offers highest 3G/4G download speeds, Idea leads in upload speeds: OpenSignal”
Google has finally announced Hindi language update on Google Assistant for Google Home smart speakers. Starting today, Google Home will also be able to respond in Hindi with uniquely Indian contexts. The Hindi language support on Assistant is already available on smartphones. Continue reading “Google brings Hindi language support for Assistant on Google Home devices”
