These are Google Play’s best apps and games for 2021 for India

Every year, Google announces the best apps and games from the Android Play Store, and the list for 2021 has been announced. This year, the title of the best app of 2021 goes to BitClass  Learn Anything. Live. Together!
by Livestream Infra Technologies, and the title of the best game of 2021 goes to Battlegrounds Mobile India by Krafton. Continue reading “These are Google Play’s best apps and games for 2021 for India”

Jack Dorsey steps down as Twitter CEO, CTO Parag Agrawal to replace him

Twitter CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey announced on Monday that he is stepping down from his position, however, he will stay on the board of the company until his term expires in 2022.

The company board has appointed Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Parag Agrawal as his successor with immediate effect.  Continue reading “Jack Dorsey steps down as Twitter CEO, CTO Parag Agrawal to replace him”

Spotify is testing TikTok-style vertical video feed

Recently, Spotify has spotted testing out the vertical video feed similar to TikTok’s. Chris Messina spotted the feature in the music app’s latest iOS TestFlight beta version and published a video of the Discover feature on Twitter. Continue reading “Spotify is testing TikTok-style vertical video feed”

Whatsapp brings custom sticker maker for web app; may extend time limit to delete messages

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WhatsApp has updated its web app with a built-in custom Sticker Maker that lets users choose images from their computers and convert them into stickers that can be sent through WhatsApp. Continue reading “Whatsapp brings custom sticker maker for web app; may extend time limit to delete messages”

Truecaller 12 brings redesigned interface, video caller ID, ghost call, call announce and call recording all

Truecaller has released Truecaller Version 12”, a major update which the company says bring several user-focused enhancements, and claims that it is the best version of Truecaller yet. This brings Video Caller ID, a redesigned interface, Call Recording, Ghost call and Call Announce. Continue reading “Truecaller 12 brings redesigned interface, video caller ID, ghost call, call announce and call recording all”

Spotify rolls out ‘Netflix Hub,’ features exclusive music and podcast from Netflix

If you are searching for a soundtrack from your favorite Netflix show/movies, consider yourself lucky! All thanks to Spotify and Netflix’s partnership. Continue reading “Spotify rolls out ‘Netflix Hub,’ features exclusive music and podcast from Netflix”

Twitter partners with Walmart to introduce Live Shopping

Live streaming has been popular among users across various social media platforms including Twitter. Companies are introducing new ways to let users interact during the live stream with call to action buttons and on similar lines now, Twitter has introduced Live Shopping on its platform in collaboration with Walmart. Continue reading “Twitter partners with Walmart to introduce Live Shopping”

WhatsApp said to be working on playback speeds for forwarded voice notes

Meta (previously Facebook) owned WhatsApp has been adding new features lately like end-to-end encrypted backups, iPhone to Android chat history transfer, and more. Following that, the company is now said to be working on expanding features to audio messages. Continue reading “WhatsApp said to be working on playback speeds for forwarded voice notes”

Truecaller clocks 300 million monthly active users globally

Truecaller today announced that it has crossed 300 Million monthly users globally. This comes after it crossed 250 Million monthly users a year back, so it has added 50 Million new users globally since October 2020. Launched over 11 years ago, the Truecaller app crossed 100 million users milestone back in 2014. Continue reading “Truecaller clocks 300 million monthly active users globally”

Clubhouse gets support for closed captioning on iOS; new Bug Bounty program introduced

Clubhouse, the popular social audio app, got new features with a recent update like Replays, Download audio for creators, and more. Following that now, the company has started rolling out a new update to add support for closed captioning. Continue reading “Clubhouse gets support for closed captioning on iOS; new Bug Bounty program introduced”

WhatsApp UWP beta app for Windows released; new app for macOS said to be in the works

Update: The WhatsApp Beta UWP beta app is now available for download from the Microsoft store. Since this is beta, there are bugs which should be fixed in a stable release in the future. Continue reading “WhatsApp UWP beta app for Windows released; new app for macOS said to be in the works”

Amazon releases Prime Video app for Mac with support for offline viewing

Amazon has finally released the Prime Video app for Mac, a year after it released the Windows UWP app. This lets Mac users download movies and TV shows offline for viewing them later. You can also turn on auto downloads and select the download quality from the settings. Continue reading “Amazon releases Prime Video app for Mac with support for offline viewing”

YouTube is making dislike counts private, but the dislike button will remain

YouTube today announced that it will be making dislike count private in both videos and live streams. As you can see in the image above, the dislike button will remain, next to the like button, and people can still dislike the video, but the dislike count is not shown to the viewers. However, the creators can still view the dislike count in the Studio. Continue reading “YouTube is making dislike counts private, but the dislike button will remain”

Twitter Blue subscription service gets Ad-free articles, Custom Navigation and more

Twitter Blue, a monthly subscription service that was rolled out first to Australia and Canada earlier this year, is now rolling out to the U.S. and New Zealand. With the rollout, the service is also getting a couple of new features such as Ad-free articles, custom navigation options, Labs features and more.

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Netflix Games now available globally on Android [Update: iPhone and iPad as well]

Update: Nov 9 – Netflix has released its games for iPhone and iPad, after releasing them for Android last week. Starting tomorrow, it will also be available through the Netflix app globally. Continue reading “Netflix Games now available globally on Android [Update: iPhone and iPad as well]”