Earlier this week, it was reported that Google has started rolling out deeper Duo integration with Phone, Contacts, and Android Messages apps. Now, the company has officially announced the integration making video calling easier on you Android phone. Continue reading “Google officially integrates Duo to Phone, Contacts, and Android Messages apps”
Oculus has announced a new VR headset at its Connect developer conference in San Jose, California. Dubbed as Oculus Go, it is the first standalone wireless VR headset from Facebook owned Oculus. This essentially means, all-in-one standalone VR headset that doesn’t require a smartphone.
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Google is making some changes to how it delivers new features to Android Wear 2.0. The company will now roll out Android Wear 2.0 updates and features through the Play Store. Continue reading “New Android Wear 2.0 features will now be delivered through the Play Store”
Telegram has updated its app with bunch of new features. The update that bumps the app to version 4.4 brings new media player, live locations and support for more languages. Continue reading “Telegram rolls out live locations, new media player and more”
Snapchat has introduced new Contextual cards feature which will add contextual information to the geotagged images and photos in Snapchat public stories. Cards with the contextual information will be automatically included to the Snaps added to the Snapchat regional story feature, or venue specific geofilter or those sent with white text. Users can just swipe up of any photo or image that shows the word ‘more’ below it and then, you’ll be able to see an interactive cards popup with more information about the particular place. Continue reading “Snapchat introduces Contextual Cards to add more information and functionality to Snaps”
Google’s Duo and Allo apps have received several updates this year with new features and improvement. In June, the video calling app was integrated to Allo allowing users to make a Duo call right inside from Allo chat app. Now, Google is looking forward to integrate Duo into the dialer, SMS, and contacts applications.
Continue reading “Google Duo gets deeper integration with Pixel’s dialer, contacts and message apps”
Facebook has launched the desktop app of its team-collaboration service Workplace, called Workplace Chat. The soft launch of the app was first reported by TechCrunch. Available for Mac and Windows, the Workplace Chat app features screen sharing ability like Hangouts and Slack. Continue reading “Facebook launches Workplace chat desktop app for Windows and Mac”
AIM messaging platform was a rage and was also the first experience of the Social media for many back in the day. The messaging platform was up and running since 1997, and now after twenty long years, the company has decided to shut down once and for all. AIM messaging platform will be shutting down on December 15th, 2017. Continue reading “AOL Instant messenger to shut down on December 15 after 20 years”
Facebook has integrated Apple Music into Messenger. This will allow Apple Music subscribers to listen to music directly from Messenger.
Along with launching Microsoft Edge browser for Android and iOS, Microsoft has also relaunched preview of the Arrow Launcher with new features and design tweaks.
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Instagram has rolled out a new feature that lets you add an interactive poll sticker to your Instagram Stories. You can ask a questions about anything from selecting an outfit or deciding what to eat and receive votes in real time from you followers.
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WhatsApp is getting its own emojis. The Facebook owned messaging app has now unveiled new set emojis that will be used in the app while chatting. Prior to this, WhatsApp used Apple’s emojis not only in its iPhone and Mac apps, but also in its apps for Android and Windows devices. Continue reading “WhatsApp brings new emojis to Android beta”
In a bid to make it easier to donate blood in India, Facebook has rolled out a new feature. The feature will make it easier for people to sign up to be donors. It will help to connect people and organizations with information and tools to find blood donors when needed.
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Truecaller has updated the iOS 11 app by adding a new spam filtering feature. As the name suggests, the feature will filter out SMS and MMS spam from iMessage and send them directly to a junk tab.
Continue reading “Truecaller for iOS 11 brings SMS spam filtering for iMessage”
China has blocked WhatsApp, according to a latest report from the New York Times. The popular messaging app has joined other major apps like Facebook and Instagram that are censored by the Chinese government. The report stated that WhatsApp had been “broadly disrupted in China.” Continue reading “WhatsApp is now blocked in China”
