The US Federal Trade Commission has fined Facebook a whopping $US 5 billion for violating a 2012 FTC order on consumers’ privacy. It is is the largest ever imposed on any company for privacy violations and almost 20 times greater than the largest privacy or data security penalty ever imposed worldwide.
Google released Sound Amplifier app back in February this year for phones running Android 9 Pie or later and it came pre-installed on Pixel 3 phones. Google has updated the app to support Android devices running Android 6.0 Marshmallow and above. The app enhances audio from your Android device using headphones to provide a more comfortable and natural listening experience. Sound Amplifier uses machine learning that augments sound and filters out background noise for people who have hearing loss. Continue reading “Google Sound Amplifier hearing assistance app now available for Android 6.0+ devices”
Privacy is the utmost priority for all IM apps and companies are introducing various measures to improve privacy and increase security like end-to-end encryption, privacy settings for groups and more. In similar lines, WhatsApp has announced a partnership with The Indian School of Public Policy for a privacy education programme.
Google announced the Digital Wellbeing feature with Android Pie aimed at being responsible with smartphone usage. Digital Wellbeing helps you understand your phone usage better, app usage timers so that you can limit the usage, visuals detailing how many times you unlock your phone per day and how many notifications you receive. Various OEMs like Samsung, OnePlus, Huawei and Xiaomi had introduced their own versions of it called Digital Wellbeing, Digital Balance, Screen time respectively. Continue reading “ActionDash v3.2 update brings Focus Mode and Usage Assistant”
True Balance, the fin-tech app that allows users to check the balance of their prepaid mobile, recharge and more is now expanding its service with the launch of an e-commerce marketplace to sell smartphones. The new feature in the app will help users in tier-II and tier-3 cities of India to purchase smartphone and feature phone.
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After several months of testing ‘removing like counts’ feature in Canada, Instagram is expanding the feature to six more countries – Ireland, Italy, Japan, Brazil, Australia, and New Zealand. This gives more users a chance to hide the like count on their posts. Continue reading “Instagram will now hide ‘Likes’ in six more countries to remove pressure”
According to new research by Symantec, a new security flaw called ‘Media File Jacking’ could expose WhatsApp and Telegram media files on Android devices and it could be manipulated by malicious actors too. The media files and sensitive information could be misused if the security flaw is exploited.
Spotify launched in India earlier this year making it the 79th country in the world to get the music streaming service and the company recently launched Spotify Lite app that is built for low-end Android smartphones. Today, the company has announced support for Google Assistant on Spotify in India.
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Google’s Area 120 incubator project has started teasing a new hyper-local social networking app Shoelace that aims to connect people based on shared interests around events and activities. You can create your own events and invite anyone to come along, and also find stuff to do and make plans with others.
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Spotify launched its Spotify Lite beta app in India that is built for low-end Android smartphones back in May. Now the app is out of beta and is available in 36 markets across Asia, Latin America, Middle East and Africa. It lets you play any artist, album, or playlist. Continue reading “Spotify Lite out of beta, launched officially in 36 markets including India”
Telegram has received an update on all the platforms that has brought support for new animated stickers. The company has created the ultra-lightweight high-quality animated stickers using Lottie-based .TGS format, in which each sticker takes up about 20-30 Kilobytes — six times smaller than the average photo.
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Opera launched the ‘Opera Touch’ browser last year, and earlier this year, the company announced that its built-in Cryptocurrency wallet is coming soon to iOS after the desktop version and Android. Today, Opera has finally launched the ‘Opera Touch’ browser with a built-in crypto wallet and Web 3 for iOS platform.
Video on demand service Netflix introduced new additions like weekly subscription plans, high-quality audio for TV viewers and more. Now, the company has been spotted testing a new pop-out floating player for desktop that will allow users to stream videos in a picture-in-picture mode on their computer.
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Microsoft launched To-Do app as a preview with basic features in April 2017 and later launched it with additional features in June 2018. It was available only on Windows, iOS, Android and the web and not on Mac. Today, the company has officially announced that its To-Do app will be finally available on the Mac App Store and it has been built using 100% AppKit.
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Facebook just announced its plans to launch Libra, a new global currency powered by blockchain technology in 2020. It will be available as a standalone app and also support payments in Messenger and WhatsApp. Facebook subsidiary Calibra digital wallet will let you send Libra to others using an app instantly. It will eventually introduce several services such as paying bills instantly, scan a code to buy things and use it to pay for local public transit.
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