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Sony Releases Voice Commands Feature To PS5 In New Beta Update
Sony has released a new beta update for the Playstation 5, which introduces new features such as improved settings menu UI along with a new voice assistant.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 10, 2022
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Google Duo Reaches 5 Billion Downloads On The Play Store
Google's video calling app Duo has now surpassed the 5 billion download milestone over on the Play Store.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 8, 2022
1 min read
Spotify To Invest $100 Million In Content From Marginalised Creators: CEO
Spotify will invest $100 million in the licensing, development and marketing of music and audio content from historically underrepresented creators, its CEO Daniel Ek has said.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 8, 2022
2 min read
Bumble Acquires Popular Gen Z Dating App Fruitz
Popular dating app Bumble on Monday said it has acquired Fruitz, one of the fastest-growing dating apps in Europe, for an undisclosed sum.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 8, 2022
2 min read
Swedish Price Comparison Firm Sues Google For $2.4 Billion
Swedish price comparison platform PriceRunner on Monday sued Google in Europe, seeking 2.1 billion euros ($2.4 billion) in damages.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 8, 2022
1 min read
Signal Now Lets You Change Your Number Without Wiping Out Your Data
The privacy-focus instant messaging app Signal is rolling out a new feature that allows users to switch phone numbers on their account without losing all their existing chats, groups, and messages within the secure messaging app.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 8, 2022
1 min read
$4.4 Million Stolen In Attack On Blockchain Infrastructure Meter
Meter has said $4.4 million was stolen during a cyberattack on the platform that started on Saturday morning.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 7, 2022
2 min read
Twitter To Let You Send Direct Message Straight From A Tweet
The microblogging site Twitter is testing a new feature to let people send a Direct Message (DM) straight from a tweet and it has not gone well with users who feel the new tool will make them more susceptible to online harassment.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 7, 2022
1 min read
UK Watchdog Fines Meta $2 Million Over Giphy Acquisition
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has fined Meta (formerly Facebook) $2 million for failing to disclose key changes regarding its $315 million acquisition of online database and search engine Giphy.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 7, 2022
1 min read
Fujifilm Working On Camera Firmware To Fix Bug Affecting macOS Users
Fujifilm is working on an issue affecting some of its cameras which prevent macOS users from being able to access some of the images stored on a memory card.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 6, 2022
1 min read
Instagram Launches ‘Take A Break’ Feature Globally
Meta-owned Americal photo and video sharing social networking service Instagram launched the 'Take a Break' feature globally.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 4, 2022
2 min read
Amazon Earned $9.7 Billion From Ad Services In Q4
Amazon has disclosed revenue from its fast-growing advertising business for the first time and in the fourth quarter of 2021, its advertising services grew 32 percent (on-year) to $9.7 billion globally.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 4, 2022
2 min read
YouTube Shorts Hit 5 Trillion All-Time Views
YouTube Shorts, a TikTok-like short-form video app, has hit 5 trillion all-time views and has over 15 billion views each day globally, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai have said during the company's earnings call.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 2, 2022
1 min read
Unlimited WhatsApp Backups On Google Drive May End Soon
WhatsApp users on Android will not be able to have an unlimited backup option on Google Drive soon.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 2, 2022
1 min read
Google One VPN Is Now Available On iPhones
The VPN service that is included with a Google One Premium subscription is now available on iPhones after Google's promise in October 2020 that it would come to iOS.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 2, 2022
1 min read
Sony Acquires Gaming Legend Bungie For $3.6 Billion
Japanese giant Sony is acquiring Bungie, the developer of Destiny and the original creator of the hugely popular Halo franchise, for $3.6 billion.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 1, 2022
1 min read
NYT Acquires Popular Online Word Puzzle Game Wordle
Wordle, the popular puzzle game that has taken social media by storm, has been purchased by The New York Times Company, for an undisclosed price in the "low seven figures".
Bijay Pokharel,
February 1, 2022
2 min read
BlackBerry Selling Legacy Patents For $600 Million
Blackberry has announced that it is selling patents covering mobile devices, messaging, and other tech to Catapult IP Innovations for $600 million.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 1, 2022
1 min read
FCC Announces $1.2 Billion Funds For Broadband Deployment In US
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced over $1.2 billion in funding through the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund to expand broadband service across 32 states in the US.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 31, 2022
1 min read
Samsung Patents Dual-Fold Smartphone
Samsung is reportedly developing a double-folding smartphone, meaning that it folds and unfolds in two directions.
Bijay Pokharel,
January 30, 2022
1 min read
