Samsung had announced a deeper partnership with Google during its Samsung Unpacked event in February 2020. As part of this partnership, Samsung would have better integration with some of Google’s services and today they announced that a Flex-optimised version of the YouTube app will be available for the Galaxy Z Flip.
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Epic Games, the developers of the popular Battle Royale game, Fortnite has finally relented and decided to make the game available for download via the Google Play Store. Epic Games had previously refused to release the game via the Play Store due to the high 30% cut that Google keeps for all in-app purchases.
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The usage of social media applications has increased lately with people staying at home and companies are adding new features to its platform as well. Recently, Instagram added some of its app-only features to its desktop version and now Opera has quickly integrated the app to its desktop browser, letting people access most of the Instagram features right from the browser.
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Facebook today announced that it will buy 9.99% equity stake in Jio Platforms Limited, part of Reliance Industries Limited on a fully diluted basis for $5.7 billion or INR 43,574 crore, making Facebook its largest minority shareholder, the largest investment for a minority stake by a technology company anywhere in the world and the largest FDI in the technology sector in India. Continue reading “Facebook buys 9.99% stake in Reliance Jio for Rs. 43,574 crore”
To compete with the Play Store and App Store, HUAWEI has been working hard to bring partners onto its AppGallery. Today they announced that AppGallery will be onboarding Hungama, a popular digital entertainment company in India, to be its prime online streaming channel.
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Netflix has been rolling out a neat little feature to its android app users called Screen Lock, which as you might have guessed, locks the screen UI elements when viewing content on the app. It can helpful to prevent accidental screen touches that can sometimes lead to fast forwarding unnecessarily, skipping to the next episode or deactivate/activate subtitles.
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Samsung’s Galaxy Watches will soon receive yet another functionality that will let users measure and track their blood pressure levels. The Samsung Health Monitor app will first launch on the Galaxy Watch Active 2, using its heart rate sensors to track the users blood pressure once its calibrated with a traditional cuff.
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It seems like every major company that has access to large amounts of public data is releasing COVID-19 related maps to track the spread of the virus. The latest to join the fray is Facebook as they partnered with researchers at Carnegie Mellon University to release a symptom map of counties in the USA.
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Cred Fintech firm was launched back in 2018 as a members-only app offering users with rewards for paying their credit card bill. The company has been refreshing the app design, introducing new features lately and on similar lines now, CRED has introduced two new financial products along with a new design experience.
Facebook has just launched a new dedicated app for Android that is aimed at rivalling popular game streaming services like Twitch and YouTube. The app is designed to curate and focus on streamers in the community, while also focusing on casual streams of games like “Words with Friends”.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has already resulted in pretty significant changes in the way we live our daily lives. The importance of washing one’s hands regularly to reduce the risk of contracting the virus is very high. To help users, Samsung has released a new “Hand Wash” app for the Galaxy Watch that will prompt users to clean their hands.
Often when signing up for subscription in Android apps, user do not clearly know what they are signing up, leading to mistrust or an increased chance of feeling cheated. To improve the situation, Google is introducing a number of changes for developers to follow and ensure that the user will clearly understand the terms of the subscription service before singing up.
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YouTube has been introducing new features to its platform lately like UPI support, Dark Mode toggle, voice search for cast, and more. On similar lines now, YouTube has made a change in the view count numbering format displayed on videos.
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Gameloft, the developers of many popular mobile games, including the Asphalt series, N.O.V.A Legacy, Minion Rush, Sniper Fury, etc. is celebrating their 20th anniversary as a game developer. In celebration, they are releasing a new Gameloft Classics Android App that’s free and includes 30 iconic Gameloft games, some of which has never come to Android.
Discovery Plus streaming service made its debut last month in India at an introductory price of Rs. 299/year. Less than a month since launch, the company has now launched a limited time annual subscription for Rs. 99 amid nationwide lockdown.
