Google has started testing a feature called Dynamic Email in the Android app. Google for a while now has been talking about bringing AMP to Gmail; AMP for those who are unaware is basically supposed to speed up load times for web pages. The company started testing out AMP for Gmail on the web soon after the announcement but was only open to few. Continue reading “Gmail v8.12 starts testing Dynamic Email support”
Twitter is testing “Original Tweeter” tag to make it easier to parse who started a thread on Twitter. This new feature finds posts from the original tweeter of a thread, and might also help curb abuse on the platform. However, it is currently being tested with feature users and not available widely. Continue reading “Twitter confirms it is testing “Original Tweeter” tag to distinguish who started a thread”
Facebook has confirmed that it is shutting down Moments; its standalone private photo sharing app. The app’s services will be discontinued on Feb. 25th. The Moments app was first released in 2015 and had four long years of the run. Continue reading “Facebook is shutting down Moments app on February 25th”
WhatsApp has announced that it now has more than five million Business app users. The app was launched in January 2018 and is growing at a rapid speed. Bengaluru-based eyewear brand Glassic has had 30% of its new sales generated through WhatsApp Business, said that company. Continue reading “WhatsApp Business clocks 5 million active users; gets web and desktop support, new features”
YouTube has announced that it is expanding its YouTube TV platform beyond the 100 markets in the USA to nationwide; rest of the country. YouTube is rolling out TV to 95 markets, covering over 98 percent of households in the United States. Continue reading “YouTube TV expands to 95 new markets covering over 98% of households in the US”
Facebook has announced that it is taking steps on how it handles Pages and the content that goes against its policies. This update will bring a new tab; Page Quality to the Pages which shows when Facebook removes certain content that goes against the Community Standards. This will reduce the distribution of posts that have been rated false by a third-party fact-checker. Continue reading “Facebook Quality tab will let page managers track which post violated guidelines”
As mentioned in December 2017, Google starting from April 16, 2019, will transition classic Hangouts users on G Suite domains to Hangouts Chat and Hangouts Meet. Between April and September 2019, Google says that features from classic Hangouts will come to Chat. Continue reading “Google to upgrade classic Hangout users to Hangouts Chat and Meet from October 2019”
Twitter for the web is getting a new interface that brings several key features including a newly designed emoji button, quick keyboard shortcuts, upgraded trends, advanced search, and more. Continue reading “Twitter’s new web interface brings emoji button, quick keyboard shortcuts and more”
Telegram is bringing new group permissions which would allow admins to restrict all members from posting specific kinds of content. Or even restrict members from sending messages altogether. Telegram is bumping up the group limit to 200,000 members. Continue reading “Telegram v5.2 update expands group limit to 200,000 members, ability to recover deleted chats and more”
Last year WhatsApp restricted Indian users from forwarding more than five chats at once, after introduced an option to send or forward messages to multiple recipients, including groups instead of one user or a group at a time, back in 2016. Today it has announced it will be implementing this change, globally. This will continue help keep WhatsApp focused on private messaging with close contacts, believes the company.
Continue reading “WhatsApp now limits message forwarding to five chats at once globally”
Facebook is introducing new Community Actions; the News Feed petition feature this week. These Community Actions could unite neighbors to request a change from their local and national elected officials and government agencies. Continue reading “Facebook Community Actions lets users file for petitions”
According to a new report from WSJ, U. S regulators have met to discuss imposing a record-setting fine against Facebook for violating a legally binding agreement with the government to protect the privacy of its users’ personal data. The fine under consideration at the Federal Trade Commission would mark the first action levied against Facebook in the United States since reports emerged in March about the Cambridge Analytica. Continue reading “US regulators said to impose a record-setting fine against Facebook for privacy violations”
Microsoft’s Swiftkey added Bing Search integration in one of the updates recently. With Google integration Search, this move doesn’t come as a surprise. However, the new update which is now available changes that. It trims down Bing search to a small button in the toolbar and allows you to remove it if you don’t want it. Continue reading “Swiftkey for Android update lets you remove Bing search button, says lag has been reduced lag by over 50% even on older phones”
After Facebook Watch, Lasso, and IGTV, the company has been quietly developing another product targeted at the teens. According to a new report, the company has spent months building LOL which is a special feed of funny videos and GIF-like clips. Continue reading “Facebook said to be secretly working on LOL meme hub app”
Twitter for Android has been effected with an issue where ‘Protect Your Tweets’setting has been disabled if a certain amount of changes were made. The company says that it is aware of the issue and users may have been impacted by this issue if they had protected Tweets turned on in the settings, and made certain changes to account settings such as changing the email address associated with your account between November 3, 2014, and January 14, 2019. Continue reading “Twitter acknowledges bug that exposed protected Tweets of some Android users for years”
