Facebook has started rolling out a new ‘Instant Video’ feature to Messenger that essentially combines chatting with real time video sharing. Continue reading “Facebook Messenger rolls out new ‘Instant Video’ feature and it’s a mix of video with chat”
Instagram has finally rolled out ‘Pinch to Zoom’ feature for its iOS app. AS the name suggests it will let users pinch-to-zoom on images and videos.
Continue reading “Instagram brings “Pinch to Zoom” feature for photos and videos”
Google Contacts app for Android has been updated to version 1.5 which brings new features, refreshed designs and improvements.
Continue reading “Google Contacts v1.5 revamps UI, adds hamburger menu and more”
Google has launched a new app dubbed as Crowdsource which lets you contribute to language translation and handwriting recognition. Continue reading “Google Crowdsource app seeks help with translation and other services from its users”
Flipkart had acquired PhonePe mobile payment service in April last year. Now, the company has now rolled out the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) based service.
Continue reading “Flipkart’s PhonePe UPI based mobile payment app goes live on Google Play Store”
Facebook has announced that it will stop writing descriptions for Trending topics and short story summaries. The title will now be automated using algorithm. Trending lets people discover interesting and relevant conversations happening on Facebook. According to Quartz, Facebook has fired entire editorial staff on the Trending team that had 15-18 workers. Facebook says that there are still people involved to ensure that the topics that appear in Trending remain high-quality. Continue reading “Facebook trending topics headlines will now be automated”
WhatsApp was rumored to introduce GIF support and it is already available through a separate root-only app. Now beta version of WhatsApp for Android (v2.16.242 or later) has received option to send videos as GIF. Continue reading “WhatsApp for Android beta now lets you send videos as GIFs”
Google has added two fun games to search results which could one of the many reasons you could loose productivity at work. Continue reading “Google adds Solitaire and Tic-Tac-Toe in Search results”
WhatsApp has announced that it is tweaking its privacy policy for the first time since it was acquired by Facebook. With changes in policy, businesses can send messages directly to people using the platform.
Continue reading “WhatsApp tweaks privacy policy, will share user data with Facebook”
Google launched its Duo video calling app for Android and iOS devices last week, after announcing it at the Google I/O back in May. Today the company’s CEO Sundar Pichai said that the Duo app for Android has crossed 5 million downloads in a week, even though the Play Store shows that the installs are between 1 million and 5 million. Continue reading “Google Duo for Android clocks 5 million downloads in a week”
Google has updated Drive for Android with new feature that makes it easier to access your files.
Continue reading “Google Drive for Android lets you add file and folder shortcuts to homescreen”
Microsoft had released the Word Flow keyboard for iOS in April this year. Now, the company has updated the keyboard with built-in-search functionality. Continue reading “Microsoft’s Word Flow keyboard for iOS gets built-in search”
Prisma, the popular photo editing app that went viral has added a new feature to its iOS app. The app will now let you edit photos even when you are offline. Continue reading “Prisma brings offline editing support to iOS app”
Lenovo and Microsoft have inked a strategic deal under which the former will preload latter’s apps on its Android devices. Continue reading “Lenovo phones to come preloaded with Microsoft apps”
Twitter had started rolling out Night Mode for its Android app last month. Today, the micro blogging site is rolling out the same feature for its iOS app. Continue reading “Twitter rolls out Night Mode for iOS app”
