Instagram has received a new update which brings features like Video Chat, topic channels in Explore, and new camera effects for Stories. With the new video call, you can video chat in Instagram Direct, either with just one person or a group. Topic channels on Explore give you new ways to discover your interests on Instagram. Continue reading “Instagram updated with video chat, topic channels in Explore and new AR camera effects”
Facebook back in January had announced that it is introducing a new policy to “prohibit ads that promote financial products and services that are frequently associated with binary options, initial coin offerings and cryptocurrency. Continue reading “Facebook reverses its ban on cryptocurrency ads, will allow ads from pre-approved advertisers”
Google Duo has received a new update with version number V36, and this seems to be a small service update that doesn’t bring major changes to the table. However, it marks the end of Jelly Bean support and sets KitKat (4.4) as the oldest officially supported version. Continue reading “Google Duo 36 confirms multi-device and tablet support, drops support for Jelly Bean”
Google’s file managing app; Files Go app for Android gets a new update bringing features like share tab, faster offline sharing, and file extraction. The previous update back in January added the tablet support, offline file sharing. Continue reading “Google Files Go gets share tab, faster offline sharing, and file extraction”
After Instagram, Facebook is now said to be working on ‘Your Time’ tool to manage the time spent on the Facebook app. The code is found lying underneath the Facebook Android app and it shows the total amount of time you spent on the Facebook app on your phone in the last seven days, and your average time spent per day. Continue reading “Facebook said to be working on ‘Your Time’ tool to manage time spent on app”
Facebook Messenger can now translate Spanish messages to English (and vice versa). Facebook debuted the feature called M’s translation suggestions at F8 in May, but that was Facebook’s new tools for businesses and used to only work for chats between buyers and sellers in Marketplace. Starting today, you will see “Translate to English/Spanish” module pop up when someone messages you in either language. Continue reading “Facebook Messenger will now automatically translate Spanish messages to English”
Google is rolling out a new update to the Photos app which brings the version to V3.23 and there are no immediate changes right off the bat, but there are many features lying behind the screen one among which is the ability to apply smooth bokeh effects of portrait mode, and we can even control the intensity of the blur. Continue reading “Google Photos v3.23 hints at adjustable bokeh effect, lower saved photo quality, and more”
Google introduced Measure, an app that lets you measure things back in 2016 for Tango devices. Now the company has updated the app that makes it compatible with all ARCore devices that includes:
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Google today is releasing a new feature to Chrome that offers another way to use Chrome on Android for users in India along with more than 100 countries including Nigeria, Indonesia, and Brazil. The new feature allows users to surf the web with Chrome even without a constant internet connection. Continue reading “Google Chrome can now save content offline on WiFi”
Facebook today announced that it testing subscriptions with a small number of groups to continue to support group admins who lead these communities. The company says that this is to help group admins who invest their time and efforts in balancing and maintaining the groups. Continue reading “Facebook pilots Subscription Groups for admins with exclusive content on private groups”
Microsoft today is launching its re-branded Microsoft News app for Android, iOS and other platforms. Microsoft News is the new name for the company’s new engine that powers familiar sites like MSN.com, and this also powers the news on Microsoft Edge, the News app in Windows 10, Skype, Xbox, and Outlook.com. Continue reading “Microsoft News (rebranded MSN) app with new design for Android, iOS and other platforms released”
Instagram at an event in San Francisco has finally announced the IGTV standalone application for watching long-form, vertical video from your favorite Instagram creators just as reported. As the name suggests, you’ll also be able to watch long-form videos within the Instagram app so the entire community of one billion can use it from the very start. Continue reading “Instagram IGTV long-form video platform for creators released for Android and iOS”
Truecaller is now rolling out a new update to its app which brings a set of new Pro features including a re-designed Who Viewed My Profile, Private mode, and other regular features like Ad-free experience, contact requests, Pro badge for your profile. Continue reading “Truecaller Pro updated with re-designed Who Viewed My Profile, Private mode”
Facebook has confirmed that it is starting to roll out autoplay video ads inside Messenger. This makes things way more annoying to have messages and ads sit right next to each other. To remind you, Messenger first started showing ads almost a year ago, but they were static ads, not video. Continue reading “Facebook starts rolling out autoplay video ads inside Messenger”
Adobe today has finally released the Spark app for Android in beta, the app was available on Web and iOS for a while now. It is the company’s storytelling app that includes ‘Page,’ ‘Post,’ and ‘Video.’ The app can create collages, flyers, and social posts based on a set of templates. Continue reading “Adobe Spark for Android with intelligent graphic design, typography, design filters and more released in beta”
