Author: Alvin Wanjala

Back in July, Instagram announced its new anti-bullying tool dubbed Restrict. Restrict marks the company’s continued efforts to curb bullying on its platform, which is a significant issue to most – if not all – social media platforms. The new tool will enable users to protect themselves from unwanted interactions from individual accounts without necessarily blocking them. Unlike direct blocking, Restrict shadow bans a user. So, the abusive user will still see your Instagram posts, even interact with them, but it won’t appear from your end. Their comments will be strictly visible to them. But you have an option to…

In the latest privacy-focused update, Google has started rolling out incognito mode in Maps. The feature has been under testing since September 20th. Incognito mode in Maps works the conventional way like in Chrome or other browsers; Maps will not save your location history data including directions or any location searches. “..when you turn on Incognito mode in Maps, your activity—like the places you search or get directions to—won’t be saved to your Google Account.” To switch to Incognito, tap on your profile picture in Maps and press “Turn on Incognito mode.” The feature has started rolling out on Android…

Apart from the many features that were announced at Google’s I/O conference, Google tipped on Live Captions that were scheduled to arrive in Android 10. Well, Android 10 was officially released this month, but Live Captions plus some few features are still missing. What Live Captions do is they transcribe any audio into subtitles live as you continue watching your media. The feature was planned to be available on a few selected phones running Android 10 in what is explained as memory and space constraints. But now it seems Google’s own yet to be launched Pixel 4 will lead the…

As a result of the US ban, Huawei has been in turmoil, thanks to the Chinese- US trade wars. That has put Huawei’s second flagship series of the year launch in considerable uncertainty. However, that might not be true in other parts of the world – China, and Asia to be specific. In other parts of the world, the Huawei Mate 30 series sales will be quite tricky due to the lack of Google Mobile Services (GMS). And for that reason, the company made it a priority to launch Huawei Mate 30 devices in Asia first. Huawei has to focus…

After about two months of testing, Twitter has finally started rolling out a direct message filter aimed at keeping away stray messages. In a Tweet, the company revealed that the new tool is intended to keep unwanted messages out of sight and out of mind. These unwanted messages include messages from people you don’t follow. With the new filter, the company hopes it will contain abuse on the platform, something it has been criticized for in the past. “Unwanted messages aren’t fun. So we’re testing a filter in your DM requests to keep those out of sight, out of mind,”…

HP can’t seem to get enough of their best-selling laptop so far – HP Spectre x360. HP Spectre x360 has been the company’s flagship featuring a 360-degree convertible tuff. The new version of the Spectre x360 is by far no different from its predecessor’s exteriorly except for few cases. The Spectre x360 model is now 13% smaller, has minimal bezels with the top display presented in a 90% screen-to-body ratio. The new model is also security-focused featuring a kill switch on the side, which cuts power to the webcam. On the internals, HP Spectre x360 runs on Intel’s latest 10th…

Google has stated that they plan to pre-install YouTube Music by default on Android. The new plan is to step in place of Google Play Music which has come as part of the system apps in Android devices. YouTube Music – Google’s own subscription music service will ship as a default music app on Android 10 devices. Google also says that the future Android 9.0 Pie devices will also have the app installed by default. YouTube Music was launched to become Google’s one and only subscription service that Google Play Music has held for a long time. However, the latest…

After launching the successor of its several revamped Galaxy A series devices (Galaxy A10s, A30s and A50s), Samsung has officially announced the Galaxy A70s. Like the other Galaxy A series successors, it also features few upgrades over the predecessor. Galaxy A70s now comes with a massive AMOLED display, a 64MP camera, 6GB or 8GB of RAM and support for 25W fast charging technology. These are the highlights of the device. The display is a 6.7-inch AMOLED Infinity-U display which indicates the notch is still existent on the front and comes in a 20:9 aspect ratio. The screen has a Full…

Already heard the Galaxy Fold misfortunes? Here is another one to be added on that list. Even though the Galaxy Fold was redesigned, tested, and retested over and over again, one reviewer’s piece has not been all well. And that is another bummer to Samsung in their quest to relaunch the “redesigned” Galaxy Fold. According to TechCrunch’s editor, his Galaxy Fold review unit spoiled after one day of use – after about 27 hours to be specific. But the display did not destroy badly like in the original version of the Fold. According to the reviewer, the Galaxy Fold display…

Earlier this month, social media features leaker Jane Wong provided a tidbit on Facebook’s new test feature. She cited that the company had deployed code in its main App that hides likes. The feature works similar to what is being tested on Instagram for months now. Facebook has gone ahead and done it. Starting today, the company has begun hiding the number of likes on its main App for select users. According to the company, this is just a test like what has been implemented on Instagram. Facebook wants to gauge whether hiding likes on the main App could improve the…