At one point or another, something on social media can just drive you over the edge. Whether its a nasty message from some creep on Tinder or a questionable tweet from the president, many people have thought about just closing their account and quitting altogether. According to Harris Poll data published by recode, some Americans […]
Ever since Android Wear was first announced, rumors have circulated about Google building its own smartwatch for the platform. Speculation about a possible ‘Pixel Watch’ started in mid-2018, but Google explicitly said the watch wasn’t coming anytime soon. According to new job listings, it looks like the company may actually build its own wearable devices. A job listing […]
If you dread video calls because you can’t ever find a clean, distraction-free space that won’t embarrass you while you’re on camera, Microsoft has just the thing: it’s now added an option to blur the background so your contacts won’t be able to clearly discern what’s in your surroundings. The feature was first introduced in the […]
A report last week suggested that Facebook is planning to combine Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram messaging into a single, unified platform. During Facebook’s Q4 2018 earnings call this evening, Mark Zuckerberg confirmed that this is something the company is considering but said it’s not happening this year. Last week’s report explained that merging Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp […]
Apple has disabled the group calling feature within its FaceTime calling service while it works on a patch to fix a nasty bug that allows eavesdropping. Apple’s status page shows that group calling via FaceTime is “temporarily unavailable” — that’s a stop-gap move while the company works to deliver a more permanent fix to the problem this week. We […]
Snap Inc is considering changes to its Snapchat app, known for disappearing photos and videos, that could make users’ public posts longer lasting or even permanent, people familiar with the matter said. The company is also weighing an option to reveal the identities of Snapchat users who make public posts, a person familiar with Snap’s […]
WhatsApp has recently rolled out a new update for WhatsApp Web, bringing the version up to 0.3.2041. The update brings new improvements and security fixes, but WhatsApp has also enabled a new feature that was under development since a few months: let’s discuss the news now! The Picture in Picture feature is currently available for videos hosted on multiple […]
Google Maps’ Material transformation is an ongoing process. Over the past couple of months, we’ve seen one aspect after the other of the app change from the previous Material aesthetic to the new one — colloquially known as Material Design 2.0 or Material Theme. The most recent part of the UI to make the jump […]