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Facebook was testing a new Popular Photos feature that makes it a lot more like Instagram. In essence, Popular Photos was a feature that would let users scroll through photos posted by friends in a never-ending feed as if they wer...
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Instagram’s private accounts feature lets users share their photos to a curated group of followers. For vulnerable users, it is sort of a safe space where they can be themselves. Ghosty is an app in the Google Play store tha...
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The US is gearing up to grant Huawei a 2-week extension to allow it to minimise disruption with US businesses which rely on it for business purposes, Reuters reported. The US had previously granted two 90 day extensions, and this ...
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Sony has announced its plans for the Android 10 rollout this year. The firm is joining Nokia, OnePlus and Google among others with its relatively early update schedule. The following Sony devices will be updated to Android 10 by e...
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Spotify may about to get a lot better for karaoke enthusiasts. The tech firm has started testing out a new feature in select regions where users can see synced lyrics while playing music. In essence, the lyrics scroll on time with...
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Apple’s Mac Pro, announced earlier this year, will be made available for buyers next month. The Mac Pro will be sold alongside a new Apple Pro Display XDR, a reference Display that’s impressively specced. It’s a ...
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The jam tomorrow of Apple devices — the MacBook Pro 16-inch — is now official. The device ships with a (you guessed it) 16inch True Tone equipped Retina HD display. It has slim bezels, which means you’ll get a de...
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Facebook is releasing an update that will allow users to control exactly what features appear on the app navigation bar. Said bar has often showcased features like Marketplace, News or TV, but as TechCrunch points out, these were ...
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WhatsApp is continuing work on this new dark theme. Unlike with Instagram and Facebook Messenger, it seems this app will have a selection of themes. Light, Dark Grey and Night Blue. WABetainfo has uncovered further evidence in fav...
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With the Google Pixel 4, the firm introduced a new version of the Google Assistant to the world. This was a more compact version of the Assistant which only took up as much space as needed as opposed to covering the entire screen....
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Facebook came under fire this week from its black and other POC employees for allegedly facilitating a company culture of racism. In a post made on Medium by an anonymous group of twelve Facebook employees, past and present, numer...
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The Apple Card and Goldman Sachs are being investigated for gender bias in making credit card decisions. The investigation stems from a tweet from David Heinemeier Hansson — creator of web framework Ruby on Rails. In a tweet...
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Instagram is extending its ‘like’ hiding test to the US. The firm had rolled it out to Canada, Japan and other regions earlier this year, and now TechCrunch reports that the US is getting a taste of it soon. In essence...
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Disney Plus is going live in the US next week, but the firm has just released the launch date for Western Europe as well — March 31st. While not exactly an exhaustive list by Disney’s own admission, the service will be...
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Google’s Pixel and Pixel 4 XL are reportedly getting their prices slashed this Black Friday season by $200 if you purchase them through the Google Store. A user spotted a Google ad which went live early, showing details of t...
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Apple’s iPhones suffered from a bug last week which caused apps to get kicked out of RAM quickly than normal. Despite the increased ram and performance, users were quickly finding that their apps wouldn’t stay in memor...
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Just in time for the release of the new Pixelbook Go, Google has finally made Chrome OS’s virtual desktops feature official in the latest release of the operating system. While Chrome OS has had virtual desks for a while (al...
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Google Maps and Waze aren’t the only two navigation apps that the firm has in reserve. The firm launched a Google Pigeon app, a crowdsourced navigation app for local transit users, in New York last year. Now, Google has ext...
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Google has rolled out the November security update to the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL. Alongside the typical bug fixes and security improvements, Google has addressed an issue with the Pixel 4’s screen display refresh rate. The f...
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Google’s original Pixel and Pixel Xl may have just reached their EOL. Google today released an update to its Pixel devices, packaging the November security update along with a few updates for general quality of life. While t...
