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”
Shazam, a popular service for finding music, has updated its apps for the iPhone and iPad so that music found by iOS’s Music Recognition feature can now be synced between devices using the same Apple ID. Users can now more easily keep track of their history of music discovery thanks to music recognition, which is located in the Control Center on the iPhone. Continue reading “Shazam app gets iPhone, iPad music recognition history sync”
Elon Musk announced a merger agreement with Twitter in April for purchasing the platform for US $44 billion ($54.20 per share). He has now officially ended the deal to buy Twitter, saying, among other things, that the social media company didn’t give him enough information about fake accounts. Continue reading “Elon Musk terminates $44 billion Twitter deal”
Netflix has announced spatial audio to all devices in order to improve the audio experience across its catalogue of original titles. The feature should provide more immersive sound, especially for customers who use headphones to watch a TV show or movie. Continue reading “Netflix gets Spatial audio offering an immersive surround sound experience”
With the help of Twitter users, a new CoTweets feature is now being tested. Two accounts can co-author a tweet using the CoTweets option, and both accounts can be tagged in a single tweet. After testing the concept earlier this year, Twitter announced in a post that the new feature is already live for select users in the US, Canada, and Korea for a small period of time. Continue reading “Twitter is testing “CoTweets” feature allowing two users co-author a tweet”
A Reuters article says that on Tuesday, Twitter sued the Indian government for abusing its power and asked an Indian court to reverse some government orders to remove information from the social media site. Continue reading “Twitter sues Indian government’s order to take down content: Report”
Hagens Berman, a plaintiffs’ rights law firm, successfully haggled a $90 million settlement on behalf of a group of Android app developers who claimed that Google had broken antitrust laws and harmed them with its anticompetitive Play Store policy initiatives. The class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of these developers. Continue reading “Google settles Play Store lawsuit, will pay $90 million to app developers”
WhatsApp rolled out emoji reactions, shared files up to 2GB in size, and increased the group chat size limit to 512 participants to all users worldwide in both stable and beta builds months ago. Furthermore, WABeta reported a few months ago that a new version of message reactions was being developed on the WhatsApp beta for the Android and iOS versions of the app. Continue reading “WhatsApp is upgrading message reactions, working on video call avatars and blur media tool”
Facebook Groups are a great platform for people with like-minded interests to come together and form communities. A number of updates have been introduced to Facebook Groups that improves the organisation of joined groups and adds new ways to discuss topics.
Continue reading “Facebook Groups update bring a sidebar and Channels”
Meta is testing new options for Instagram users to verify their age, beginning with those in the United States. Teens will be asked to record a selfie video or ask mutual friends to verify their age under the new options. The firm has partnered with Yoti, an online age verification company, to verify the age of teens under the age of 18 when they attempt to change their date of birth on Instagram from under the age of 18 to 18 or over. Continue reading “Instagram is testing two new age verification methods for teens”
In recent times, Google has been very keen on optimizing the Android interface for tablets due to the extensive growth of the tablet market. Continuing its work, YouTube Music is getting a few changes in the ‘album view’ section of the app. Few weeks back, the firm updated the UI of playlist section, making it better for tablet users. Continue reading “YouTube Music is getting revamped UI for tablets”
