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WhatsApp rolling out longer group subjects, descriptions on Android beta
San Francisco : Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is reportedly rolling out longer group subjects and descriptions on Android beta. These changes will help users to better describe groups, reports WABetainfo.
The characters of the…
Covid-19 still international health emergency: WHO
Geneva : The WHO has said that the Covid-19 pandemic still constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), the WHO’s highest alert level. The announcement came amid the recent increase of weekly reported deaths…
Google’s parent company Alphabet to lay off 12K employees
San Francisco : Joining the Big Tech league of Amazon, Meta and Microsoft, Google’s parent company Alphabet is now laying off 12,000 employees, or about 6 per cent of its workforce, globally, the media reported on Friday.
Alphabet and…
Google removes Smart Reply from Voice app on Android, iOS
San Francisco : Google has removed Smart Reply suggestions that appeared at the bottom of messages from the Voice app on Android and iOS. The company introduced the feature last year in February.
According to 9to5Google, this simple…
NZ researchers discuss late school start times to let teens sleep more
Wellington : New Zealand researchers are discussing the necessity of using late school start times to help teen sleep issues. Later school start times could help teens in New Zealand get more sleep and improve their health and wellbeing,…
We’ll stand by Sri Lanka in this hour of need : S. Jaishankar
Colombo : Visiting External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Friday reassured India’s strong ties with Sri Lanka and insisted that New Delhi would standby it southern neighbour which is going through the worst ever economic crisis in its…
Instagram users can now pause notifications with ‘Quiet mode’
San Francisco : Meta has introduced a new ‘Quiet mode’ on Instagram, which will allow users to pause notifications whenever they want to take a break from the social networking platform.
Once the new mode is enabled, users will not receive…
Meta now lets users bundle Insta, FB account settings
San Francisco : Meta has announced that it is rolling out a new Accounts Center that will allow users to manage their preferences across all their Meta accounts, like Instagram, Facebook and Messenger, from a centralised hub.
This will be…
Twitter’s new developer rules ban 3rd party apps
San Francisco : Micro-blogging platform Twitter has quietly updated its “Developer Agreement” to ban third-party clients, almost a week after it blocked the apps’ access to its platform.
The new rules mentioned that users can not use…
India promises to increase investment flows to Sri Lanka
Colombo : Visiting External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar has conveyed to his Sri Lankan counterpart about India’s commitment to increase investment flows to the financially-strapped southern neighbour to hasten its economic…