Uber today announced a revamp of its app, adding new features to help riders move around conveniently. The app has been made more user-friendly, tailored to each rider’s preferences, and provides easy access to all services. Uber recently launched its electric pilot program in India. Continue reading “Uber app redesign offers a more personalized ride experience”
Artifact, a personalized news feed powered by AI, is now open for everyone. Former Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger announced a few weeks back that Artifact is similar to a text-based version of TikTok or a mobile version of Google Reader, and could be seen as a challenge to Twitter. It presents a feed of popular articles from reliable news organizations and niche blogs. Continue reading “Artifact app now available for all on Android and iOS”
Microsoft has announced the arrival of its new Bing preview experience, now available on Bing and Edge Mobile apps. Additionally, the firm has integrated Bing into Skype. Earlier this month, they unveiled the AI-powered Bing and Microsoft Edge, describing it as “your copilot for the web.” Continue reading “Microsoft brings Bing AI chatbot to mobile apps, Skype”
IMDB has launched a Popular Indian Celebrities feature that lets fans track trending stars and filmmakers in Indian movies and web series. This feature is available exclusively on the IMDb app for Android and iOS, and highlights the top trending Indian entertainers and filmmakers each week. Continue reading “IMDB brings app exclusive Popular Indian Celebrities feature”
WhatsApp has released an update to its iPhone application that includes a picture-in-picture feature for video calls for all the users. This was introduced for iOS users in beta in December. Continue reading “WhatsApp rolls out picture-in-picture to video calls on iOS, working on sending high-quality photos”
Mark Zuckerberg announced Meta Verified, a subscription bundle to help up-and-coming creators grow their presence and build community faster. Earlier this year, Meta bundled Facebook and Instagram Settings. Continue reading “Meta rolls out paid verification for Facebook and Instagram”
Snap has launched Ray Tracing Technology in Lens Studio for global developers. This technology enables accurate reflections of light and shine on AR objects, leading to more realistic AR renderings. Continue reading “Snapchat introduces Ray Tracing Technology for realistic AR shopping”
Opera has revealed plans to integrate AI-generated content services into its PC and mobile browsers. The browser will soon feature “Shorten,” a tool powered by ChatGPT that summarizes articles and webpages. This follows Microsoft’s recent introduction of a Bing search engine and Edge browser that also utilize ChatGPT. Continue reading “Opera browser to integrate ChatGPT powered AI-Generated content services”
Earlier this month, Union Home Ministry directed the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) to block 138 betting apps and 94 loan lending apps with Chinese connections. The ministry has now revoked the orders for some apps that are properly regulated according to the standards. Continue reading “Indian Govt lifts ban on LazyPay, Kissht and other loan apps”
Google has revealed how artificial intelligence is advancing its goals, with improvements to immersive view and Live View, as well as new features aimed at electric vehicle drivers and those who use public transportation. In the previous year, Google introduced Live View in Search and the ability to find EV charging stations. Continue reading “Google Maps gets Immersive view, Search with Live View coming soon”
Twitter relaunched its Blue verification subscription in December, and launched an annual subscription plan, but Blue was limited to select countries. Now it has finally launched the Twitter Blue service with India, Brazil and Indonesia. Continue reading “Twitter Blue launched in India; US gets Longer Tweets up to 4,000 characters”
WhatsApp has just unveiled new features aimed at enhancing the status update experience. The announcement follows the beta release of voice status updates for Android on the platform. Continue reading “WhatsApp rolls out Voice Status, Reactions and more features”
The government is taking action to ban and block 138 betting apps and 94 loan lending apps with ties to China on an “urgent” and “emergency” basis, according to a News18 report. Continue reading “Indian Government to ban 138 betting and 94 loan apps with Chinese Ties”
A potential new feature for Google Chrome on Android, “quick delete,” may soon be available, as code changes have been discovered on Chromium Gerrit. This feature would offer users a faster way to erase their browsing history, and aligns with Google’s announcement at I/O 2021 of the ability to quickly delete the last 15 minutes of search queries on Android and iOS apps. Continue reading “Google Chrome for Android to get ‘quick delete’ option”
The popular chat application Telegram has been updated with new features such as Profile Photo Maker, Translating Entire Chats, Emoji Categories and more. Earlier, the firm introduced a Telegram update that brings Hidden Media, Profile Pictures for Your Contacts, and other new features as well. Continue reading “Telegram update brings Profile Photo Maker, Translating Entire Chats, Emoji Categories and more”
