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”
YouTube has now made its “Go Live Together” feature more accessible, rolling it out to all channels with 50 or more subscribers. With this feature, creators can invite a friend to co-livestream with them, making it easier to collaborate and engage with their audience. The main streamer’s feed will be displayed above their guests when going live through a mobile device. Continue reading “YouTube Go Live Together is a new way to host co-streams”
Following the beta release of Voice status updates for Android, WhatsApp is reportedly working on a number of features including Document banner, Calling shortcut, and Pinned messages, according to the latest report by WaBetaInfo. Continue reading “WhatsApp is working on in-app banner for documents sharing, Calling shortcut and Pinned messages”
LG Electronics has made the Apple TV app, Apple Music, AirPlay and HomeKit available on its webOS Hub in over 100 countries. Compatible TVs will now offer a diverse selection of content and innovative features, providing an easier and more versatile smart TV experience to more audiences worldwide. Continue reading “LG webOS Hub 2.0 brings Apple TV and Music to over 100 regions”
Twitter recently took a major step in its effort to monetize the platform by discontinuing the offering of free access to its API, starting February 9th. Continue reading “Twitter ends free API access, paid version coming soon”
Netflix announced spatial audio back in July for all the devices and plans. Today, the company has announced that the feature is now limited to Premium plan, and also said that it is available for over 700 of most popular TV shows and movies. Continue reading “Netflix Premium gets spatial audio for 700+ titles, Downloads on 6 devices”
The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India has told WhatsApp to let people know that users who don’t agree with its new privacy policy, which went into effect in January 2021, won’t have their functionality limited. Continue reading “Privacy Policy case: SC asks WhatsApp to publicise undertaking given to govt in 2021”
Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, former co-founders of Instagram, have started a new company. Their initial product, Artifact, is a customized news feed using AI to cater to your interests, with the added feature of being able to have discussions with friends. Continue reading “Instagram Co-Founders launch ‘Artifact’ News App”
Twitter started testing a new CoTweets feature back in June as a part of a limited-time experiment in the US, Canada, and Korea. This let two accounts co-author a tweet using the CoTweets option, and both accounts can be tagged in a single tweet. Now the company has official shut down the feature. Continue reading “Twitter shuts down experimental CoTweets feature”
Spotify reported their fourth quarter 2022 financial results, revealing an impressive 205 million paid subscribers, outpacing their user growth goals and reaching a historic high in total quarterly gain. Continue reading “Spotify now has 205 Million paid subscribers”
Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, the non-profit organization that runs the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple in Andhra Pradesh, has launched a refreshed app called “TTDevasthanams.” Continue reading “TTDevasthanams app launched for Tirumala Tirupati pilgrims”
