During the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a massive uptick in the number of forwarded messages in social media and instant messaging platforms. Often they contribute to the spread of misinformation, and now to help combat it, WhatsApp is testing a new feature that will let users Google search forwarded messages to check for their authenticity.
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In recent news, TikTok has been coming under fire by many governments across the world for it alleged data collection practices. As the US government is reportedly looking into banning the app, Microsoft has revealed that they are in preliminary talks to acquire the TikTok service from ByteDance by September 15, 2020 and shift its operations to the US.
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Facebook has announced the launch of official music videos on their platform from artists across different publishers in the United States, and Thailand. Users will be able to discover, watch and share music by genre, artist, or mood, as well as access theme-based playlists like “Top Bollywood”, “Top Artists,” among others and has partnerships with T -Series Music, Zee Music Company, and Yash Raj Films. In the US it offers contents from artists like J. Balvin, Karol G, Sebastian Yatra, and more.
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Starting 30th July, Twitter will start blocking links to content that involve hateful conduct and violence, that have been shared on their platform. Along with this, Twitter may also choose to take action against the accounts that dedicated towards share links that goes against Twitter’s policy.
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Earlier this month, Chrome was discovered to be finally moving to a 64-bit architecture in its Canary v85 build, which could enable better utilization of RAM. Today, Chrome is migrating v85 to the Beta channel, bringing 64-bit support and other features like URL hiding, Support for AVIF image decoding and more.
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Telegram has released a new update for their app, bringing the version to 6.3.0. The update brings a bunch of new features like the ability to add profile videos, improved People Nearby, increased size limit to 2GB when sharing files, mini chat thumbnails, group stats and more.
Facebook has announced that their Messenger Rooms will now have the ability to Live Broadcast to Facebook. At launch, Live Broadcast will support up to 50 people, which makes it great for scenarios like hosting a book club, interviewing a panel of experts, teaching a fitness class, etc.
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Twitter has released their earnings release for the second quarter of 2020, reporting a growth of 34% YoY in Monetizable Daily Active Usage (mDAU) at $186 million, thanks to the increase in conversation around current global events. Revenue, however, was recorded at $683 million for Q2 2020, which calculates to a decline of 19% compared to the same period last year.
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Facebook is releasing an update to its Messenger that adds another layer of security to the user, called App lock. Along with this, Facebook is also introducing a new Privacy settings section in the app where users can find all the privacy focused settings like Muted Stories, Blocked people, etc. in one central location.
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Google Messages has released a new update that brings 5 new features to it platform. These include sending quick reactions to messages, suggested stickers in Smart Reply, a basic media editor, dedicated buttons for voice messages and video calling.
In the latest version of Chrome Canary for Android, Google is testing new features that will give users more options when downloading files via the browser. The features can be turned on by enabling Flags in the app, giving users options to control the download behaviour over WiFi and cellular connections.
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During the Snap Partner Summit 2020, Snapchat revealed a bunch of new updates and features that were coming to their platform and among them were small third-party apps that run inside Snapchat, called Minis. Snapchat is now rolling out 4 new Mini apps this week, including – Headspace Mini, Let’s Do It, Prediction Master and Flashcards.
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Over the years, biking has seen an increase as being the preferred mode of transportation, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Google Maps first introduced biking directions ten years ago and now, they have announced updated biking route information and new end-to-end directions that include docked bikeshare information.
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The Google Assistant on KaiOS is an incredibly useful tool for users with feature phones, to get things done with just their voice. Google is now integrating features from Google Lens into the Assistant on KaiOS, specifically the ability to read out loud and translate real-life text using the phone’s camera.
One of the most useful tools when video conferencing is the ability to screen share. Many video conferencing services offered screen sharing on their desktop clients and now, Facebook has announced that the screen sharing feature will be available in video calls and Messenger Rooms on both iOS and Android.
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