Freecharge digital payments platform has partnered with Axis Bank to launch Unified Payments Interface (UPI) enabled payment on its Android app. UPI will enable instant seamless transactions from a smartphone using a virtual payment address (VPA). Continue reading “Freecharge teams up with Axis bank to launch UPI Payments”
WhatsApp beta for Android has received a much needed update which focuses on improving the chatting experience. The latest beta update brings stickers, ability to doodle and bigger emojis which will make instant messaging more fun on WhatsApp.
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Google released Motion Still app for iOS back in June that uses video stabilization technology to freeze the background into a still photo or create sweeping cinematic pans to remove shakiness for creating smooth GIFs from Live Photos. Now the feature is available for Google Photos with the major version 2.0 update. The app got live photos support earlier this year. Continue reading “Google Photos 2.0 for iOS brings Motion Stills live photo editing features”
Apple announced the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus yesterday while the iOS 10 will be available for download on September 13. Truecaller is launching its integration of the new CallKit Extension for iOS 10 which will improve Spam identification on iPhone.
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Google has announced a new partnership with Box, online cloud storage company. Google Apps for Work and Box have teamed up to integrate the latter with Google Docs and Google Springboard in order to deliver a seamless experience for working and collaborating in the cloud.
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Microsoft is said to be working on group messaging service which will be dubbed as Skype Teams. The service that will let team members chat with each other is said to be a direct rival for the popular service Slack.
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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.
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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.
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