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Twitter starts rolling out pinned direct messages to everyone
San Francisco : Micro-blogging site Twitter has started rolling out pinned direct messages to everyone on Android, iOS, and the web.Twitter is now rolling out a feature to pin up to six conversations, which will then always appear above…
Google honours world’s first chickenpox vax creator with Doodle
New Delhi : Google on Thursday celebrated the 94th birth anniversary of Japanese virologist Dr Michiaki Takahashi, who developed the world's first vaccine against chickenpox with a Doodle.The lifesaving vaccine developed by Takahashi in…
Twitter opens access to anti-abuse tool for millions of users
New Delhi : Twitter is giving millions of users access to its anti-abuse tool that will protect them from hate speech and bullying on the platform.Called 'Safety Mode', the feature was first introduced to a small set of users in September…
Facebook renames its News Feed to Just ‘Feed’
San Francisco : Meta has renamed the Facebook News Feed to just 'Feed'. The brand is making the change because the mention of 'news' in 'News Feed' was apparently confusing for some.The 'news' label has led some to believe that there are…
Twitter back after facing hour-long outage
New Delhi : Twitter was back after facing an hour-long outage that affected both the web and mobile apps in some parts of the world.According to internet outage reporting platform Downdetector, the outage lasted for about an hour late in…
YouTube TV bringing picture-in-picture to its iOS app
San Francisco : Google-owned video-streaming giant YouTube TV is finally getting support for picture-in-picture (PiP) on iPhone and iPad.Talking to The Verge, YouTube chief product officer Neal Mohan said while he couldn't share an exact…
Instagram rolls out bulk delete features, security checkup worldwide
San Francisco : Meta-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram has announced that several features, including 'Your activity' will start rolling out globally.The company said that people will now be able to bulk manage delete, archive their…
Google introduces smarter search history in Chrome browser
New Delhi : Google users will now be able to resume past searches in the Chrome browser in a much smarter way with a new feature called 'Journeys'.Rolling out in the latest version of Chrome for desktop, the tool will let you revisit past…
Google Duo reaches 5 billion installs on the Play Store
San Francisco : Google's video calling app Duo has now surpassed the 5 billion download milestone over on the Play Store.The US based search engine giant launched Duo at the same time as Allo, one of Google's many attempts to create a rival…
Google Messages rolls out Gmail-style navigation drawer in beta
San Francisco : Google Messages is reportedly getting a visual makeover with a Gmail-inspired navigation drawer that improves the messaging experience on Android phones, at least for those who are part of its beta programme.The new design…