Instagram is now rolling out its “Restrict” Anti-bullying tool to all users
October 3, 2019
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 –…
Google Maps Goes Incognito; YouTube and Google Assistant Receive new Privacy Features
October 2, 2019
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…
Live Captions Coming first to the yet to be Launched Google Pixel 4
October 2, 2019
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…
Instagram for Android finally working on app shortcuts
October 2, 2019
App shortcuts have been around since 2016 with Android 7.1 Nougat. Depending on how you use your device, you will realize that app shortcuts are either absolutely crucial or just unheard of because you rarely…
Twitter is rolling out Message Filters to keep away unwanted DMs
October 1, 2019
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…
WhatsApp likely to get Snapchat-inspired disappearing messages feature
October 1, 2019
WhatsApp updates have given us a few new features this year, including better Google Assistant support and fingerprint authentication. Whatsapp is now working on disappearing messages which is a Snapchat inspired feature. This feature according to WABetaInfo will…
Google will now pre-install YouTube Music on Android devices
September 30, 2019
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…
Facebook has Finally Started Hiding Likes on its main App after Instagram
September 27, 2019
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…
Instapaper for iOS new update brings Dark Mode and an expanded ‘Tweet Shot’ feature
September 27, 2019
Following the release of iOS 13 last week, read-it-later service, Instapaper for iOS, has been updated to take advantage of the new features. Today it launched Instapaper 7.8 for iOS 13 and in the new version, dark…