WhatsApp could bring ephemeral messaging to rival Snapchat

WhatsApp Status currently has over 450 million daily active users, while Snapchat has a little 188 million. This is despite the lack of features like AR selfie masks, animated GIFs, or personalized avatars like Bitmoji. Snapchat lost total daily users in Q2 and Q3 2018 and even in Q2. Continue reading “WhatsApp could bring ephemeral messaging to rival Snapchat”

Facebook said to be testing ‘Watch Videos together’ feature within Messenger

Facebook Messenger

Facebook is said to be internally working on bringing ‘Watch Videos together’ feature within Messenger. Meaning, you and your friends can watch a synchronized video over group chat on your respective devices. The company is aiming to make users spend more time on Facebook Messenger while creating shared experiences that are more meaningful and positive. Continue reading “Facebook said to be testing ‘Watch Videos together’ feature within Messenger”

Instagram adds three new shopping features to make it easier to shop

Shopping Collection

Back in September, Instagram expanded shopping on its platform with the introduction of product stickers in Stories, and also introduced shopping channel in Explore section. Now, the company is announcing three new ways to discover new products, shop from brands and keep track of all your shopping inspiration in one place on Instagram. Continue reading “Instagram adds three new shopping features to make it easier to shop”

Pocket Casts 7 for iOS, Android beta brings Play without subscribing, Episode Search, Up Next Syncing and more

Months after it got acquired by podcast publishers: NPR, WNYC Studios, WBEZ Chicago / This American Life Pocket Casts has received a major update that brings several new features including Siri Shortcuts Integration
for iOS, Improved Discovery, Episode Search,Play Without Subscribing, Up Next Syncing, Filters, New Web Player, New archiving features, playback effects while streaming, enhanced Apple Watch support, listening history and much more.

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Facebook rolls out Messenger ‘Unsend’ feature for Android and iOS

Facebook Messenger Unsend

Facebook confirmed that it is working on bringing ‘Unsend’ feature to everyone after CEO Mark Zuckerberg unsent messages and now it looks the feature is finally here. Facebook  Messenger now gives the ability to unsend messages so they can remove their sent messages from the recipient’s inbox. Continue reading “Facebook rolls out Messenger ‘Unsend’ feature for Android and iOS”

WhatsApp said to be working on Instagram Nametag-like ‘QR Code’ and ‘Add Contact’ features

WhatsApp in the recent day has been on a roll as it is pushing new features in regular intervals. New to join the list is the ability to share own contact info and to quickly add contacts. The feature, however, is not available yet, but the company is seriously working on the ability to bring Share Contact Info via QR. Continue reading “WhatsApp said to be working on Instagram Nametag-like ‘QR Code’ and ‘Add Contact’ features”

Spotify for Apple Watch introduced

Apple Watch Spotify

Spotify has finally introduced its app for the Apple Watch giving users the ability to seamlessly access and control music and podcasts. With this new app, users can enjoy an improved experience with better control and the ability to connect to your speakers or devices. Continue reading “Spotify for Apple Watch introduced”

Google Chrome Labs introduces Squoosh browser-based image optimization tool

Squoosh

With an aim to help web developers optimize their web pages, Google’s Chrome Labs has released a new web tool called Squoosh that can downsize, compress, and reformat images. Squoosh’s top priority is speed and the demo showcases the improvements and new capabilities to Chrome. Continue reading “Google Chrome Labs introduces Squoosh browser-based image optimization tool”

Snapchat introduces Friendship Profiles and Bitmoji Stories comic strip

Friendship Profiles

Snapchat has introduced friend’s Bitmoji; a new way to celebrate friendships on Snapchat. In each profile, you’ll find the images, videos, messages, links, and more than you and your friends have saved in Chat. The company says that this feature will make it easy to find your favorite memories and the important information you’ve saved over time. Continue reading “Snapchat introduces Friendship Profiles and Bitmoji Stories comic strip”

Mozilla Firefox gets Price Wise and Email Tabs in test pilot

Email TabsMozilla has announced Firefox Test Pilot for Price Wise and Email Tabs — the latest experimental features designed to give users more choice and transparency when shopping online. With Firefox Price Wise, you can add products to your Price Watcher list and get a desktop notification automatically every time the price drops. Continue reading “Mozilla Firefox gets Price Wise and Email Tabs in test pilot”

Twitter planning on bringing edit button to fix typos in Tweets

Owing to the growing frustration for the lack of an edit button on Twitter, the company’s CEO Jack Dorsey has shed some light on the company’s plans to build an edit button for Tweets. Speaking at an event at IIT Delhi, India, he said that the company has to carefully consider the use cases for the edit button before making it a reality.  Continue reading “Twitter planning on bringing edit button to fix typos in Tweets”

Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 DNS service app now available for Android and iOS

Back in April this year, Cloudflare announced 1.1.1.1; the privacy-first consumer DNS service that is said to speed up your internet connection and help keep it private. The company now is launching 1.1.1.1 mobile app to make it easy to use 1.1.1.1 on your phone. Continue reading “Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 DNS service app now available for Android and iOS”

Gboard for Android uses AI to suggest GIFs, emoji, and stickers during conversation

Gboard

Google has announced that starting today, Gboard will use AI to suggest GIFs, emoji, and stickers to you related to your conversation. This makes it easier and faster to share and communicate your feelings while having a conversation.

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Facebook Lasso TikTok like lip-syncing app for Android and iOS released

Lasso

Facebook has released the Lasso app that lets users create fun short videos that are aimed to compete with TikTok. This move is to bring back teens which Facebook lost in 2018. Lasso lets users record themselves dancing and lip-syncing to music.

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Chrome 71 to warn users of websites with insufficient mobile subscription information pages

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With Chrome 71 that will be released in December 2018, Chrome will show a warning sign about the insufficient mobile subscription information pages, so that users can make informed decisions when signing up to mobile-based subscription services. Continue reading “Chrome 71 to warn users of websites with insufficient mobile subscription information pages”