Articles tagged "Online services"

Meta's Facebook Messenger is gaining some new features today for its end-to-end encrypted chats, although these are still entirely optional and opt-in, unlike WhatsApp, also owned by Meta, where the end-to-end encryption is the default. That's an...

The subscription video on demand (SVOD) market in the US experienced remarkable growth in 2021 and based on JustWatch's metrics HBO Max saw the largest growth at 5 percentage points. Netflix held on to its lead with 25% of the market, followed by...

A new lawsuit against Google was filed on Monday by four attorneys general and led by D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine (D) that alleges Google makes it “nearly impossible” for users’ location to stop being tracked despite the users’ ability to...

According to a report by MIDIA Research, the music streaming market continues to grow with Spotify still in the lead with a significant market share of 31%. The data is somewhat old covering Q2 of last year, but the report was only recently made...

Today Huawei announced its partnership with Curve, which enables contactless payments in stores using the NFC chip on you HMS-powered Huawei smartphones. For those of you who don't know, Curve is a smart wallet service that gathers all of your...

If you live in the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Russia, Turkey, Germany, Thailand, India or Japan you can now snag yearly subscriptions for YouTube Premium and Music with discounted pricing. The offer is seemingly limited to the aforementioned...

Netflix remains the dominant force in video streaming, particularly in the US, even with increasing pressure from competitors like Disney Plus and HBO Max. The ongoing pandemic has understandably ramped-up multimedia consumption on average, which...

On Thursday, Nvidia is announcing that Epic Games’ Fortnite is coming to iOS Safari and Android in a closed beta it’s launching for GeForce Now. Remember, GeForce now is a cloud gaming service that lets you stream from 1000 titles when you link...

Instagram is testing a new vertical scroll for Stories in Turkey and Brazil. This will put the touch control in line with Reels and rival TikTok. Instagram said back in February 2021 that it was working on vertically-scrolling Stories. Up until...

Last week, a report from WSJ highlighted the mental health effects of teenagers who feel outcast by their friends who use an Android phone. The report gathered lots of attention over the weekend and Google’s Senior VP Hiroshi Lockheimer Tweeted...

Apple just announced a couple of new features to its Fitness Plus subscription service, aimed at making your morning run more pleasurable. Time to Run is just one example and it gives you the opportunity to run in a different city each week. Well,...

Telegram is ending the year with a bang. The latest update comes with a bunch of new features for both Android and iOS. Reactions are now part of the app - and if you've ever used Facebook Messenger you know how these work. The difference is that in...

TikTok today announced a raft of changes coming to its mobile apps, including improvements to resolution and also new effects and enhancements. One of the main new changes that will be rolling out in select countries is the option to upload in...

Apple enabled SharePlay on iOS, iPadOS and tvOS with version 15.1. The new feature has now been adopted by the Disney+ app, which is the streaming home of Disney classics, Marvel, Star Wars and National Geographic. With SharePlay up to 32 people...

WhatsApp's voice messages are really popular, as unlike on Facebook Messenger you aren't time-limited and you can also see when they've been listened too. You can even change the speed at which to hear them. And from now on, you get another neat...

Netflix introduced its mobile-only plan in India in July 2019 priced at INR199/month in a bid to increase its subscriber base. Now in yet another attempt at increasing its subscribers, and hence the revenue, the company has announced price cuts in...

Last November, WhatsApp introduced the disappearing messages feature that deletes chats automatically after seven days. And a year later, it has increased that time limit, allowing you to set messages for auto-deletion after 24 hours or 90 days in...

Meta (previously Facebook) has introduced a new feature called "Split Payments" on Facebook Messenger. As evident from its name, the new feature lets you split the expenses easily with your friends and family for free - whether it's a restaurant...

Reddit is introducing new features that add an element of real-time interactivity to the company's website and mobile apps. These include showing when new votes and comments come in and also when users are typing. Among the new UI changes is...

WhatsApp has won regulatory approval from the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to expand its WhatsApp Pay payments service in India to 40 million users, reports Reuters. WhatsApp Pay, based on the Unified Payments Interface (UPI)...