Snapchat announces new AR features

Snapchat rolls out special Holi features

American multimedia instant messaging app Snapchat has rolled out a number of Holi-themed AR lenses and stickers during the festive season. The new themes include Gulaal Bitmoji, specially curated Holi playlists, and various oth...


Twitter acquires OpenBack to make Push notifications better

Twitter rolls back users’ access to chronological timeline

Twitter recently made an unnecessary change that made it difficult to see chronological feed by default, leaving millions of users frustrated. But now the firm has announced that it would be reverting things to the way they used to be. "We heard you -- some of you always want to see the latest


Alibaba, Tencent likely to trim workforce by up to 30%

Alibaba, Tencent likely to trim workforce by up to 30%

Chinese social media platform Weibo said that tech giants Alibaba and Tencent employees are expecting around 30 percent job cuts. On Mar 13 and 14, Alibaba and Tencent layoffs appeared on Weibo trends, ANI reported from Hong Kong. There was internal speculation among employees, that


Apple releases update to unlock iPhone with face mask on

Apple releases update to unlock iPhone with face mask on

American tech giant Apple has released a software update that enables iPhone users to unlock their devices while having face masks on. The new update, iOS 15.4, released on Monday also includes a host of other features for existing iPhones. In a statement, Apple said the new feature allowing users to unlock


YouTube shuts Indian app Simsim

YouTube Vanced to shut down due to legal reasons

Android users will no longer be able to use the popular YouTube Vanced application. The creators of Vanced have decided to shut down the application in the coming days due to “legal reasons”, IANS reported. “Vanced has been discontinued. In the coming days, the


YouTube testing product for playing online games

YouTube rolls out transcription feature

The video-streaming platform YouTube is rolling out a transcription feature for its Android app following its introduction on the desktop version. As per ANI, some users have reported that the new feature is being implemented in th...