Twitter is finally working on a new feature that will allow users to post long-form content on the platform that currently allows posts with only 280 characters. With 'Twitter Notes', the users will be able to create articles using rich formatting and uploaded media, which can then be tweeted and shared with followers upon publishing. Curr...
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Meta, MS, others form metaverse standards body sans Apple
Meta, Microsoft and other tech giants racing to build the emerging metaverse concept have formed a group to foster development of industry standards that would make the companies' nascent digital worlds compatible with each other.
Participants in the Metaverse Standards Forum include...
Google to bring picture-in-picture mode for Meet app
Tech giant Google has announced that it is bringing picture-in-picture (PiP) support to its video conferencing app alongside pinning multiple video feeds. With the new functionality, users can see up to four video tiles in a meeting as it appears in a floating window, IANS reported from San Francisco. Enabling ...
Japan to levy fines on tech cos. for failing local laws
The Japanese government is set to levy fines against 48 tech companies including Twitter Inc., Facebook-owner Meta Platforms Inc. and Alphabet Inc's Google for failing to register their headquarters in the country, Reuters quoted from a Nikkei newspaper report on Monday.
A total of 4...
Instagram testing full-screen version of feeds
Meta-owned photo-sharing platform, Instagram has begun testing a new full-screen version of the feed that is similar to TikTok. Meta's growing insistence on being more like TikTok has led to it borrowing a lot of features from the popular Chinese content hosting service, owned by ByteDance. The feed has been in...
Snap testing new subscription service Snapchat+
Snap Inc, the parent company of photo messaging app Snapchat, is testing a new subscription service called Snapchat+ that would give subscribers access to exclusive and pre-release features, a Snap spokesperson has confirmed.
The subscription feature, which Snap said is being tested ...