The Meta-owned Facebook app is getting a revamp to its interface. This time it’s not the design changes, instead the company has split up the content we consume on the news feed (i.e. the feed we see when opening the app). Till date, we were consuming both our personal content—friends’ posts, posts from pages we follow, etc.—as well as suggested posts from Facebook in the news feed. Continue reading “Facebook is getting new Feeds tab — Here’s how it works”
Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta, announced today that the company will give Instagram users a new map experience that can be searched and changes over time. People who use the improved map will be able to look at the most-tagged places in the area or sort the places listed by categories like restaurants, cafes, and beauty salons. Continue reading “Instagram rolls out all new searchable map”
Branch, which is well-known among app developers but mostly unknown to users because it works behind the scenes, has bought Nova Launcher, the launcher that many of you use and that has been a key part of the Android experience for years. Also, they bought Sesame Search, which was the search engine that Nova’s search results on the launcher uses. Continue reading “Nova launcher and Sesame Search gets acquired by Branch”
Netflix has reported its quarterly earnings that reveals that it has earned a revenue of $7.97 billion during the second quarter of 2022, a 9% increase YoY, thanks to 6% year-over-year increase in average streaming paid
memberships and 2% year-over-year growth in Average Revenue per Membership. Continue reading “Netflix loses nearly 1 million subscribers in Q2 2022; Ad-supported plan coming in early 2023”
Netflix has been dealing with the issue of households sharing account passwords for a long time. In an effort to address this, Netflix tried a feature called “add an extra member” in a few nations in March. To add sub-accounts for persons they don’t live with, members must pay an additional fee. The service is currently experimenting with a different approach to “Add a Home” in Argentina, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. Continue reading “Netflix is testing ‘Add a Home’ password sharing plans”
Earlier this year, WABeta discovered a new WhatsApp feature called “quick replies to status updates” that would allow users to respond to status updates by using emojis. Thanks to the recent WhatsApp beta for Android 2.22.16.10 update, which reveals that WhatsApp is finally working on adding the same feature on the Android app, the feature was discovered during the development of the WhatsApp Desktop beta. Continue reading “WhatsApp is working on quick reactions for status updates, rolling out a redesigned gallery view for desktop app”
Instagram chats, also referred to as Direct Messages (DMs), will now allow users to make purchases straightforwardly from the platform in the U.S. The Meta-owned platform stated that the feature would be supported by a limited number of qualified small businesses. After placing an order in a chat thread, the user would be able to make the payment, track the order, follow-up questions and so on from the same thread. To recall, Instagram recently introduced new tools for creators to connect with subscribers. Continue reading “Instagram to let users buy products directly from chats”
Galaxy Enhance-X is a new app from Samsung that lets you improve your photos using artificial intelligence. With just one click, you can make your photos of higher quality. For those who are experienced photographers, Samsung has the Expert RAW app. However, because of the company’s large customer base, not every Galaxy user is aware of what each setting does. They can now “AI Photo Upscaler & Magic Editor” using the new Galaxy Enhance-X application. Continue reading “Samsung introduces Galaxy Enhance-X AI Photo editor app”
Instagram is launching more features today to expand the experience, after getting off to a slow start with premium subscriptions for creators earlier this year. The platform wants to be “the best place online for creators to make a living,” according to Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri, and the new additions are a direct result of input from creators who took part in the early round of subscriptions. Continue reading “Instagram introduces new tools for creators to connect with subscribers”
Open Door is a brand-new real-time audio chat application from TrueCaller. The new app, according to the firm, is accessible everywhere via the Apple App Store and Google Play Store for free. Continue reading “Truecaller launches voice-based chat app Open Doors”
Recent feature additions by WhatsApp have been prolific. The messaging service has added features in recent months, including message reactions, the ability to share files up to 2GB, and support for groups with up to 512 members, including new Communities. Continue reading “WhatsApp rolls out use of any emoji as a reaction, reportedly working on voice notes for status updates”
Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, terminated the $44 billion deal he had previously signed to acquire Twitter on July 9. He said that Twitter broke the terms of the agreement and didn’t give him important information about how real the platform was when it came to bot accounts and fake accounts. Continue reading “Twitter sues Elon Musk to force him to make $44 billion acquisition”
The “unmentioning” feature on Twitter, which lets you delete your Twitter handle from a conversation, is currently being gradually rolled out to all users. The platform first made the ability available to a select set of users in April, and it is now accessible to everyone. Continue reading “Twitter is rolling out “Unmentioning” feature to everyone”
WhatsApp is working on a new Mac app with native Apple Silicon support. Some Mac users can now try out the latest version of the app through a test flight beta. WhatsApp has recently begun rolling out the feature to migrate WhatsApp data from Android to iPhone. Continue reading “WhatsApp is testing Mac App with native Apple Silicon support”
YouTube started testing Picture-in-Picture (PiP) support when viewing content, for iOS and iPadOS Premium users in the US last year. Today, after testing and experiments, the company has finally rolled out the feature globally for premium users. This feature is already available for Android users. Continue reading “YouTube Picture-in-Picture support for iPhone and iPad now available globally”
