Zoom’s video conferencing service saw an extraordinary rise to popularity in 2020, thanks in large part to the pandemic and work from home situation. Now, Zoom is reportedly building a new email and calendar service, with the aim to compete against Google and Microsoft.
WhatsApp made it simple for its user to carry out long conversations even when they are away from phones through desktop mode. But, when it comes to calls, users need to run back to get the phone. Well, that changes now. Continue reading “WhatsApp beta testing voice and video calls on desktop”
Twitter is testing a rather different social media experience called Spaces that is centered around the human voice. The product is now being beta tested with a small group of individuals, and is designed to provide an alternate platform for those who wish to have a better conversation experience that isn’t possible with just 280 characters.
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Google has announced a new update for Photos that improves and adds to its Memories feature. It can now show memories through a new animated cinematic view, added new collage templates and added new themes for Memories itself.
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Facebook has begun rolling out a new Lite version of Instagram app to Indian smartphone users as an attempt to expand their user base and reach more people in India. The app size is really small, less than 2MB and is claimed to provide the core Instagram experience that will be able to run fast and smooth on low-powered smartphones. It initially rolled out in Mexico back in 2018, but Facebook pulled the app later.
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It wouldn’t be a wrong to say that Twitter’s standalone live-streaming app, Periscope, has been struggling to maintain a user base over the last couple of years. Add the rise in operation costs and Twitter has decided to discontinue the app by March 2021.
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Spotify has launched a new daily and weekly premium subscription plan specially for Indian mobile users. The plan starts at Rs. 7 per day, and provides most of the benefits of the yearly premium with some corners cut, encouraging users to sign-up with no commitments.
Facebook has officially launched Collab, an experimental app for making collaborative music videos on the App store. Notably, the social media giant launched it as an invite-only-beta back in May. This is one of the many products from Facebook’s New Product Experimentation (NPE) team. Continue reading “Facebook officially launches TikTok rival ‘Collab’ app”
Back on 2014-2015, one of the most popular apps in the social media space was Dubsmash, a video sharing platform that took the internet by storm thanks to innovative short creative format. Reddit has now announced their acquisition of Dubsmash, bringing over the platform and its team under Reddit itself.
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Sharing posts and texts from one platform to another is quite a popular trend right now, especially sharing screenshots of tweets to Instagram and Snapchat. So Twitter went ahead and made it possible to natively share tweets to Instagram Stories and Snapchat, simplifying the process for everyone.
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Extensions in Google Chrome are a great way to add extra functionality to the browser. However, in recent times, extensions have become a source of data vulnerability and privacy attacks. In response, Google has announced new security features that are coming to Chrome in 2021 that will give users more control over what data can be accessed by extensions.
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For most users of Google Chrome, the ability to save passwords and payment information across devices and syncing them with their account is a very helpful feature. However, there are some users who do not like to sync, but still would like to access their payment information. Google is adding this particular ability, making payments and password management available to all signed-in users.
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In the latest development, WhatsApp has introduced ‘Carts’, enabling the users to buy their favorite product online through the instant messaging platform. With ‘Whatsapp Pay‘ and ‘Carts’ feature, the company wants to ease the shopping experience for the users under one roof. Continue reading “WhatsApp adds ‘Cart’ feature to ease in-app shopping experience”
Some of the most useful functions for a smartphone are the wide variety of accessibility options that it can offer to users with disabilities. Google has just announced a very helpful new feature called Look to Speak, which is designed to help those with speech and motor impairments by helping them communicate with their eyes. Continue reading “Google Look to Speak app lets speech-impaired users communicate with their eyes”
Every now and then, Google releases their Pixel Feature drop, bringing improvements and new features to Pixel users. The December 2020 update has begun rolling out now with features such as Adaptive Sound, Adaptive battery, a few new customization and personalization options, and more.
