Earlier this year in February, Microsoft had launched Skype Lite app which is aimed at low end Android devices. The company had also announced that it will come with Aadhaar integration that will be rolled out in second half of 2017. Now, the Aadhaar integration is available on the Skype Lite app.
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Truecaller has started rolling out flash messaging feature for iPhone users. The feature that was already available for Android lets users communicate via pre-defined messages, phrases and emojis. Treucaller says more than 41 million users have upgraded to the Flash-embedded version of Truecaller 8 for Android.
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Telegram has increased the Supergroup member limit to a whopping 10,000. This means that a single group can now have 10,000 members at once. The latest update that bumps the app to version 4.1 is also adding new features for Supergroup admins and users.
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Facebook new Find Wi-Fi feature is now rolling out globally for Android and iOS. The social network has been testing the feature since last year. As the name suggests, Find Wi-Fi lets you locate available Wi-Fi hotspots nearby that businesses have shared with Facebook from their Page. Continue reading “Facebook’s Find Wi-Fi feature is now available for everyone”
Facebook has successfully completed second full-scale test flight of the internet drone Aquila. The aircraft flew for 1 hour and 46 minutes, and landed perfectly on our prepared landing site. Continue reading “Facebook’s Aquila drone successfully completes its second test flight”
Instagram is taking cyber bullying and abuse on its platform seriously. The Facebook owned photo and video sharing app has launched new tools- a filter to block offensive comments and a spam filter in nine languages.
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Google has released a new experimental app that lets you save your data every month. The company is testing an app dubbed as Triangle that lets you see your current data usage, manages your data usage and blocks unwanted background data. Continue reading “Google’s experimental Triangle app will manage and block data for individual apps”
Telegram founder Pavel Durov has agreed to register that app with the Russian government post ban threat. Although the company will register the Telegram app with regulators in the country, it will not share private user data with anyone.
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Google had announced three new features for Photos at the I/O 2017 conference that are aimed at making sharing easy. Google has now started rolling out suggested sharing, shared albums to Android, iOS and Web. Continue reading “Google Photos starts rolling out shared libraries and suggested sharing features”
The Election Commission will launch a special drive to enrol new electors, and has collaborated with Facebook to launch a ‘voter registration reminder’ on July 1. With over 180 million people in India on Facebook, the ‘Register Now’ button is designed to encourage Indian citizens to register themselves with the Election Commission of India.
Facebook has announced that it now has 2 billion monthly active users. The latest milestone was revealed by Mark Zuckerberg in a Facebook post. This means nearly two-thirds of the people on the Internet are on Facebook. The social network had 1.94 billion MAUs in Q1 2017. Continue reading “Facebook now has over 2 billion monthly active users”
Facebook Messenger is adding Snapchat-like filters, masks, animated reactions to video chat. The update also brings the ability to take screenshots during an ongoing video chat. All the new features are available for one-on-one and group video chat. Continue reading “Facebook Messenger brings Snapchat like filters, masks to video chat”
Instagram is testing a new feature dubbed as favorites that will allow users to share posts with limited number of people, according to a latest report from The Verge. You can create a list of people and choose to share photos or stories with them. Continue reading “Instagram is testing a new favorites tool to boost private sharing”
Facebook announced at the VidCon conference that it is working on a dedicated app for video creators. The video creation app will be exclusive for people with verified accounts like journalists, celebrities and other online influencers. It will essentially be an update to the Facebook Mentions app that is limited to aforementioned people. Continue reading “Facebook is working on a standalone app for video creators”
SwiftKey has extended transliteration support for Tamil language.The popular third party keyboard had added support for Hindi and Gujarati in November last year. Continue reading “SwiftKey brings transliteration support for Tamil, Marathi, and more Indian languages”
