Google has introduced Gamer IDs, a new way for the gamers to create an identity while playing. At present, while playing a game via Play Games, you have to use your name and boy there is no fun in that.
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Skype had introduced the group video calling feature on Android, iOS and Windows phone last month. Today, the company is officially rolling out the functionality on iOS and Android devices.
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Facebook has announced that it is making its Instant Articles program open to all publishers starting April 12. The social network will make it official at its F8 developer conference.
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Google has added support for 13 new languages viz Amharic, Corsican, Frisian, Kyrgyz, Hawaiian, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Luxembourgish, Samoan, Scots Gaelic, Shona, Sindhi, Pashto and Xhosa. Launched 10 years ago, Google Translate says that it now covers 99% of the online population.
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Believe it or not, we live in a world where there are people who don’t have a Gmail account and now the service is bringing a new feature to cater to that specific audience. Gmail has announced ‘Gmailify’ feature that will allow non-Gmail users to access Outlook.com, Hotmail, or Yahoo! email accounts through the Gmail app on Android.
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Truecaller has launched TrueSDK that lets third-party apps to easily onboard users with their Truecaller profile and their Truecaller verified phone number. This helps both the users to quickly use their credentials that are already verified with Truecaller to easily engage with 3rd party apps of their choice. Continue reading “Truecaller launches TrueSDK to enable user verification via phone number for third-party apps”
Twitter has added a couple of important features to its mobile apps and desktop website. The micro blogging site is rolling out the ability to search for GIFs on iOS, Android and twitter.com
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Myntra, the popular online shopping portal that had embraced the app only model last year is taking a U-turn. The company has now officially launched its mobile website after it went app only nine months back.
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Skype for iOS has been updated with a couple of new feature and improvements. The service will now add native support for Microsoft Office documents which means that users can now open, view, and respond to files in the middle of online conversations on Skype.
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Instagram is the latest app that is bringing two factor authentication (2FA) to its platform. The move comes from the Facebook owned popular photo sharing app in a bid to beef up security for its over 400 million users.
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Hike Messenger announced that the company has appointed Rajesh Rudraradhya as the Vice President and Head of Engineering. Rajesh will report into Founder and CEO, Kavin Bharti Mittal and will be responsible for helping Hike scale its engineering team and streamlining product development.
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In a bid to bolster its ad revenue, Instagram has announced that it will soon roll out video view counts on its platform. Users of the Facebook owned photo sharing site will start seeing how many times people have watched a video.
Facebook is working on bringing back an old feature to its Messenger app. The social network is currently testing SMS integration on Messenger on a limited number of Android users.
Virtual reality is the buzz word for 2016 and top tech giants like Google and Apple are bolstering their efforts to tap this market which is still in a nascent stage. A fresh report from the Wall Street Journal is claiming that Google is working on a standalone virtual reality headset.
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