Mark Zuckerberg announced Facebook’s new augmented reality platform called Camera Effects Platform on first day of the F8 2017 conference. Launched in open beta, the platform turns smartphone cameras into the first AR platform, providing an opportunity for artists and developers to create effects for the Facebook camera.
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Facebook’s Instagram has finally got a new offline mode targeted at low-bandwidth regions. The company has already started testing the feature in the beta version of the Instagram app for Android that lets you consume and engage with content, regardless of connectivity. Continue reading “Instagram for Android beta gets offline mode”
Google Maps for iOS has received a bunch of new features in latest update. The update that bumps the app to version 4.30.0 brings a new directions widget and a iMessage app for easier location sharing.
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Netflix has announced financial earnings for Q1 2017. The US based streaming service has recorded $2.64 billion in revenue and net income of $178 million. It reported net subscription additions of 4.95 million for the quarter which fell short of the 5.2 million subscribers forecast. Netflix now has 98.75 million subscribers, and is expected to hit 100 million subscribers milestone easily next quarter.
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Instagram is taking a cue from Pinterest for its new feature. The Facebook owned photo and video sharing platform has rolled out a new feature that will help you organize all your bookmarks. Dubbed as Collections, the feature will allow users to organize saved posts into private groups for easier access. Continue reading “Instagram rolls out Collections to organize your bookmarks”
Paytm has forayed into the meal voucher market by rolling out Food Wallet right inside the Paytm app. The Food Wallet is aimed at providing tax-saving opportunities to corporate employees. Continue reading “Paytm forays into meal voucher market with Food Wallet”
Google has updated Google Photos with a new feature that will stabilize shaky videos. The latest update that bumps the app to version 2.13 bring video stabilization feature. Continue reading “Google Photos gets video stabilization feature in latest update”
Instagram recently got updated with new Direct features, now it has introduced new creative tools when you share a photo or video to your story. After rolling out Geostickers in Stories for New York City and Jakarta, Indonesia, three new cities have got Geostickers that have been designed by local community members. The update also brings shortcut to your favorite stickers. Continue reading “Instagram adds Selfie Stickers, Pinning for Stories which is now used by over 200 million people every day”
Facebook Messenger got mobile payments back in 2015, now it has launched Group Payments that lets you send or receive money between groups of people on Messenger.
Google launched Google Cloud Search that uses machine intelligence to provide a combined search experience across G Suite including Drive, Gmail, Sites, Calendar, Docs, Contacts and much more on the web and Android. Today it has launched it for iOS devices. This tool was previously named as Springboard. Continue reading “Google Cloud Search with machine intelligence now available for iPhone and iPad”
Instagram Direct has received a new look with the 10.16 update to make it fast and easy to turn any conversation into a visual conversation with photos and videos. “Texts and reshares will now appear in the same thread with disappearing photos and videos so you can seamlessly go back and forth with your friends,” said Instagram. Continue reading “Instagram Direct now combines permanent texts and reshares with disappearing photos and videos”
Google launched its Duo video calling app in August last year, after introducing it at the Google I/O 2016 back in May. Last month Google started rolling out with audio calling capabilities for the Duo app starting from Brazil that lets you make basic audio calls on Duo when you are on a poor network connection. Continue reading “Google Duo audio calling starts rolling out globally”
In 2015, Facebook had introduced personal digital assistant M for Messenger. Now, the social network has launched suggestions from AI powered assistant M in Messenger for users in the US. M offers suggestions by popping into an open conversation to suggest relevant content.
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Apple had launched Clips video creation and sharing app last month. Now, the app that allow users to create short videos, by adding photos, filters, music is available for iPhone and iPad. Continue reading “Apple’s Clips video creation and sharing app for iPhone and iPad now available”
In an attempt to spice up the cricketing season, Opera has rolled out Opera Cricket to keep track of cricket scores during the ongoing IPL season. This feature provides cricket scores, commentary, videos, and notifications as well. Continue reading “Opera Mini gets Opera Cricket to keep track of scores, commentary and more during IPL”
