YouTube shuts Indian app Simsim

YouTube fixes issues after a brief outage

The American video platform, YouTube has fixed issues with the platform after a brief outage, in the early morning on Wednesday. The platform suffered issues late at night on Tuesday with users across the globe reporting various issues with the service. The video platform acknowledged the issues at around 2 am IST. Users across the glob...


Spotify cleans up playlists, removes thousands of AI-made songs

Spotify adds live audio programmes

Music streaming platform Spotify has announced that it is changing the name of Greenroom to Spotify Live and bringing its live capabilities directly onto the Spotify app. Spotify Live can now be found both as the stand-alone app listeners and hosts know and love, and as a livestream function in the Spotify app alongside your favourite music ...


Twitter acquires OpenBack to make Push notifications better

Twitter acquires OpenBack to make Push notifications better

Twitter has acquired OpenBack, a Dublin-based push notifications company, for an undisclosed sum as the micro-blogging platform aims to make notifications timely, relevant, and engaging. In a tweet thread, Jay Sullivan who is Twitter's head of consumer products said that OpenBack offers "device-side control of push notifications". "The bes...


Netflix introduces ‘two-thumps’ rating option

Netflix introduces ‘two-thumps’ rating option

Streaming platform Netflix has introduced double thumbs-up, an additional way for members to let the streamer know what types of series and films they want to see more. The user can find this option next to the thumbs up and thumbs down buttons on your TV, web, Android, and iOS mobile devices starting from April 11. Netflix’s current thumb...


Twitter on track to be ‘cash flow break-even’: Musk

Musk polls followers on converting Twitter HQ to homeless shelter

Two of the world's richest people are pitching in ideas to tackle the issue of homelessness, suggesting that Twitter Inc convert its headquarters to a shelter home. Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos on Sunday backed an idea put forth by Elon Musk, who recently became Twitter's largest shareholder, to convert the social networking firm's San F...


YouTube disables picture-in-picture mode on iOS

YouTube disables picture-in-picture mode on iOS

Google-owned video streaming platform YouTube has disabled the picture-in-picture (PiP) mode on its iOS app, which the streaming service began testing in June 2021. According to The Hindu, the feature earlier visible on the YouTube.com/New page has now been remove...