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Meta-owned platform Instagram has announced testing a new feature called ‘Candid challenges’, which works similar to the BeReal app, a social media app launched in 2020.
According to The Hindu, Instagram is not testing the a...
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WhatsApp brings Stories-like feature to chat list for iOS
After launching several new features this year, Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is reportedly rolling out the ability to watch Status directly from WhatsApp's chat list for iOS users.
Twitter tests special tag feature
Twitter is testing a feature to highlight accounts with a verified phone number. According to The Hindu, some users already have access to the ability to view counts for their own tweets under the ‘analytics’ label. W...
Instagram, YouTube discourage users from sharing videos on TikTok
Threatened by the meteoric rise of Chinese short-form video platform TikTok, Meta-owned Instagram, and Google-owned YouTube have introduced new features to discourage their short-video app users from cross-platform sharing. According to reports, when trying to download an ...
Apple, Google, Netflix, Amazon India execs to depose before parliamentary panel on Aug 23
Top executives of the Indian arms of Apple, Google, Amazon, Netflix, and Microsoft will on Tuesday depose before a parliamentary panel looking into anti-competitive practices in the digital space, the committee's chairman Jayant Sinha said. The Parliament...
Netflix’s ad-supported plan will block downloads of shows, films
Netflix Inc. isn’t planning to let users of its new ad-supported tier download shows and movies to their devices for offline viewing. The move suggests Netflix is doing what it can to distinguish the upcoming service from its current offerings. The streaming giant, which eschewed advertising for years, is planning to roll out the ad-supported...