Apple made the announcement today that it would officially begin livestreaming select events on Apple Music. The first concert will be a performance by Harry Styles this coming Friday (May 20th, 2022) at the UBS Arena in New York City. To all intents and purposes, it is an album launch party for Styles, whose third album, Harry’s House, is being released on the same day. Continue reading “Apple Music set to livestream concerts, starting with Harry Styles”
According to a report that was initially published by Music Ally, Spotify is now developing an option for artists to exhibit their non-fungible token (NFT) collections. The music streaming platform has begun rolling out the test for some customers on Android in the United States. Continue reading “Spotify is testing NFT galleries on artist pages”
For several years, Meta has already been working on Messenger’s End-To-End Encryption (E2EE) features, and it’s now piloting E2EE communications with its own Quest VR headsets. In addition, Meta is trialing additional encryption support for one-on-one conversations as well as calls in VR, and several other notable features such as App unlock, Secure payments, More keyboards, Audio accessibility, and more in the v40 software upgrade as per the company. Continue reading “Meta Quest v40 rolls out End-to-end encryption, app unlock, audio accessibility and more”
Following the rollout of support for larger groups of up to 512 people to a subset of users, WhatsApp is now said to be developing another helpful feature for groups, which is the option to leave a group without notifying other users. This may be something like incognito mode. Continue reading “WhatsApp could soon let you silently exit groups”
After rolling out Message Reactions, 2GB File Sharing on WhatsApp for Android, WhatsApp is now working on other new improvements to the status, the ability to generate rich previews when sharing a link as a text status update. Continue reading “WhatsApp may add rich link previews to text status updates”
Netflix may be expanding its foray into livestreaming services. A report from Deadline says that Netflix is also thinking about adding live-streaming to its services. This would make it easier to order unscripted shows, stand-up specials, and other live events. Continue reading “Netflix live streaming service reportedly in the works”
Google I/O 2022 introduced new hardware and software, and also led to Android 13 Beta 2, the next major milestone in Google’s OS development. Gboard users can merge different existing emoticons to create a new emoji. Google has maintained this functionality with subsequent updates that have expanded emoji compatibility. And as part of Android 13 Beta 2, Google has upgraded Emoji Kitchen anew, so now more emojis can be kitchenized. Continue reading “Gboard’s Emoji Kitchen expands new emoticons in Android 13 beta 2”
Disney+ Hotstar currently has 50.1 million paid customers, bringing the total to 137.7 million, the media and entertainment company announced on May 11. This brings Disney+ Hotstar’s share of Disney+ subscribers to approximately 36%. The Disney+ Hotstar subscriber base has increased by 42% year-on-year, while the main Disney+ global subscriber base has increased by 28%. Continue reading “Disney+ Hotstar now has 50.1 million paid subscribers”
As promised last year, YouTube is finally launching a beta version of the Channel Memberships Gifting feature. The Memberships Gifting option allows channel members to buy a predetermined number of channel memberships [5, 10, 20] in a single purchase, which YouTube will “gift” to other viewers in live stream. It is only available for viewers to purchase on desktop live streams as of now and will roll out to mobile applications soon. Continue reading “YouTube Channel Memberships Gifting rolling out in beta”
WhatsApp has been actively introducing new features in recent times, and a new report suggests that it will be adding advanced search filter options for Android, iOS, and Desktop, which have been available on WhatsApp for business for quite some time. Continue reading “WhatsApp to get search filter option soon”
Netflix Inc. could launch its reduced subscription service with ads by the end of the year, according to a report from The New York Times. The report, which is based on an internal message to staff, also says that the streaming service will start trying to stop its users from sharing passwords around the same time. Continue reading “Netflix could bring ad-supported tier by the end of 2022”
EA has confirmed that it is developing a new mobile RPG based on the Lord of the Rings universe’s landscapes, characters, and historical narrative. The forthcoming RPG title, The Lord of the Rings: Heroes of Middle-Earth, was recently unveiled via an official announcement. Continue reading “EA confirms new Lord of the Rings free-to-play mobile RPG”
Collectors and creators of non-fungible tokens, also known as “NFTs” will soon be able to show off their creations on Instagram. “Similar functionality” is coming to Facebook, according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who confirmed this in a press statement. Continue reading “Instagram to begin testing NFTs starting this week”
Earlier, the WhatsApp beta versions for Android and iOS were updated to include a multi-device feature. According to reports, the firm is preparing to introduce an updated iteration of this feature called Companion Mode. Recently, the WhatsApp rolled out message reactions and 2GB file sharing features in the latest update. Continue reading “WhatsApp is working on Companion Mode to link a second mobile device”
WhatsApp Message Reactions is a feature that many users have been waiting for quite some time. For a while, the company had been testing it with a small group of beta testers. The good news is that it is now available to all users worldwide— in both stable and beta builds. Continue reading “WhatsApp Message Reactions, 2GB File Sharing now rolling out”
