WhatsApp has outlined how it is tackling abuse and spread of fake news on the messaging platform. The company said that they have built a machine learning system to detect users with abusive behavior and those sending bulk messages and creating multiple accounts with the sole purpose of spreading false and abusive content. Continue reading “WhatsApp uses machine learning to detect bulk messaging and automated behaviour”
Facebook is said to be building a unified messaging for a business feature that will let businesses access and manage Instagram Direct Messages alongside its Facebook Messenger messages. This would mark Facebook’s first step toward building a tool to manage messaging across Facebook’s apps for businesses.
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Facebook Messenger finally gets ‘delete message’ feature months after promising the rollout. You can easily remove your sent message on Messenger – whether it’s to one person or a group, similar to that on WhatsApp. Continue reading “Facebook Messenger ‘Unsend’ feature now available for everyone”
Facebook is said to be working on bringing Instagram login as an option while logging in with apps and websites. Instagram has prototyped the “Main Account” feature that would let users set one of their profiles as a primary account and then link their other accounts to it. Logging into the main account would instantly log them into the rest, as well. Continue reading “Instagram said to be working on ‘Main Account’ feature to manage multiple logins easier”
Google has introduced two new apps for Android: Live Transcribe and Sound Amplifier designed to help hearing-impaired. Live Transcribe app takes real-world speech and turns it into real-time captions using just the phone’s microphone. Continue reading “Google Live Transcribe and Sound Amplifier apps released to help hearing-impaired users communicate”
Periscope is finally bringing the ability to go live with guest and invite anyone in your audience to join your broadcast. Your chosen guests can be heard by everyone and can drop off at any time. Broadcasters can still read and respond to chats. Continue reading “Periscope brings the ability to go live with guests”
Leveraging on the Apple’s Touch ID and Face ID, Facebook-owned WhatsApp for iOS has gained with the ability to lock app and add an extra layer of security. Although it doesn’t work per chat basis, it locks down the app for biometric authentication. Continue reading “WhatsApp for iOS gets Face ID or Touch ID biometric authentication”
Telegram is gaining a new update bringing with it chat background where you can now search the web for wallpapers, add effects and then share your backgrounds with friends via links. Telegram backgrounds now support motion and blur effects. You can also set any color as your background, apply a pattern and more. Continue reading “Telegram V5.3 update brings motion and blur effects to backgrounds”
Twitter has announced that it is stepping up its fight against notification spammer as the functionality of three of these services — ManageFlitter, Statusbrew, Crowdfire stopped functioning. Twitter has confirmed its actions and said that these three apps for having repeatedly violated the API rules. Continue reading “Twitter revokes API access of three notification spammer apps that sell fake followers”
Apple has shut down Google’s ability to distribute its internal iOS apps, following a similar shutdown that was issued to Facebook earlier this week. According to reports, the early versions of Google Maps, Hangouts, Gmail, and other pre-release beta apps stopped working alongside employee-only apps like a Gbus app for transportation and Google’s internal cafe app. Continue reading “Apple restores Google’s internal iOS apps after certificate misuse”
Google Explore Art and Culture app which uses augmented reality is getting a new update to its iOS and Android. It brings a new camera tab making AR features easily accessible. The Android version of the app brings a new bottom bar with Material Theme. Continue reading “Google Arts & Culture update brings new camera button for AR, Material design and more”
Update: Several users have started reporting that they are able to log-in and are not facing 404 issue anymore. Continue reading “Gmail down in India and parts of Europe as users face log-in issues [Update: It’s back]”
WhatsApp has rolled out a new update for WhatsApp Web, bringing the version up to 0.3.2041. The update brings new improvements and security fixes, but most importantly, the company has enabled Picture-in-Picture mode with support for Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and Streamable. Continue reading “WhatsApp for web gets Picture-in-Picture support for Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and Streamable”
Microsoft has integrated To-Do with Cortana to help users save time and do more. Cortana helps by adding your reminders and tasks to your lists in Microsoft To-Do. With Cortana, you can use your voice on your PC or your phone. Continue reading “Microsoft Cortana integration with To-Do is now rolling out to everyone”
Facebook will integrate its messaging services — WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger by the end of this year or by early 2020, according to the latest report by The New York Times. These service will have their underlying messaging infrastructure unified but will continue to operate as stand-alone apps after the integration, according to the report.
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