Android Q is the upcoming OS, and details about the new OS are coming out. At the start of this week, findings were published by XDA Developers regarding its permissions in the Android Q framework, some of which has to do with better privacy for users. The most surprising permission change could involve clipboard permissions. … Read more
One of the digital wellbeing initiatives introduced by Apple in recent times is Screen Time. This basically gives users an overview of how much time they have spent on their phone, and which apps that they have been using the most. It can also be used to limit how long they spend on certain apps … Read more
According to some reports, Google is going to release web version for its Duo video calling app in the upcoming weeks. This launch indicates that a variety of devices will be able to benefit from this growing service. Google Duo has, up to now, only been available in the form of an app from the … Read more
According to several reports, Facebook is thinking of letting cross-messaging between Facebook Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp. Each of these platforms will continue to operate as an independent app, but according to the reports, Facebook is re-developing the underlying infrastructure so the users who might use only one of Facebook’s properties could talk with others within … Read more
After many years of legal rulings, Google is finally asking the Supreme Court to take a decision in its infamous dispute with Oracle. It was announced by Google, that they have filed a petition with the Court, asking the justices to determine what are the boundaries of copyrights law in code. This case started in … Read more
After it became pretty clear that Facebook was used as a tool to undermine democracy and cause harm, Facebook does its best to keep its platform away from any type of garbage specially engineered to effectively warp reality even as recently as this month. Two new policies are announced by Facebook tackling this problem on … Read more
It was previously announced by Google that its most popular messaging app, Google Hangouts, would be closing down. In a post on the GSuite Updates blog, Google disclosed the details about what the Hangouts shutdown will look like, and the company shared some of its plan to transition Hangouts users to “Hangouts Chat,” a separate … Read more
WhatsApp has made a big change to the feature of forwarding messages. WhatsApp users will now only be able to forward a message 5 times, it has been officially announced by WhatsApp. Before the introduction of this new feature, the users of the messaging app could forward any single message to up to 20 other … Read more
Facebook isn’t backing out in bringing teenagers back to their platform if these new reports are true that the social network is apparently testing a meme-filled feature called LOL with selected users, based around short, shareable video clips. It has been confirmed by Facebook that they are testing such a meme machine. The purpose of this to … Read more
It was first announced at Facebook’s F8 developer conference last May that Facebook is going to make big changes to the user interface of Facebook Messenger, and it is finally here. It’s listing on both the App Store and the Google Play Store has been updated to show the new interface, and we have confirmed it that it’s available across … Read more