Facebook has introduced Music Stories – a new feature focused on giving facebook users a better way to share and discover music on the platform obviously without having to leave it and at the moment, is only available to Facebook iPhone app users. Music stories are 30-seconds preview of songs (or albums) which are curated […]
Social Media
This category basically focusses on happening in the social media – from the heavyweight like Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp, Path and others.
Instagram’s Boomerang app Makes GIF-Like videos
Instagram has announced Boomerang, a standalone video app that creates GIF-live videos just like the already known Vine. The Boomerang app is available for Android and iOS users from their respective app stores – Google Play Store and App Store. The Boomerang app takes a burst of photos and combines them together into one-second videos […]
Google unveils Youtube Red, the ads-free ultimate YouTube experience
During the week, Google announced the long rumoured subscription service for YouTube at an event in Los Angeles, California. Dubbed Youtube Red, the service costs $9.99 per month and gives access to every related content on Youtube devoid of ads. Along with YouTube Red which has the mantra of providing the ultimate YouTube experience, the […]
Some Mathematical Powers Of Google That You Never knew About.
With frequent updates and various means of usage, the unlimited useful power of Google day in, day out cannot be underrated. Here are some of the mathematical powers of Google that you Never knew about. Some Mathematical Powers Of Google That You Never knew About 1. You Can Use Google Like a Calculator You are […]
Instagram passes 400 Million Monthly Active Users milestone
Photo-sharing website, Instagram has announced the platform now has over 400 million monthly active users. This comes less than month after Facebook saw up to 1 Billion users in one single day (on August 28th) and Whatsapp crossed the 900 million monthly active users mark. The important milestone for Instagram was posted on the company’s […]
Facebook announces Signal – content curation tool for Journalists
In a bid to get the same attention journalists give to Twitter when it comes to real-time breaking news and major events; Facebook has announced Signal. The social media giant describes it a free discovery and curation tool for journalists who want to source, gather, and embed newsworthy content from Facebook and Instagram, across news, […]
Whatsapp crosses 900 million monthly active users mark
Facebook-owned mobile messaging platform, Whatsapp has crossed the 900 million monthly active users. The company crossed the 800 million mark almost 4 – 5 months ago (April) but it is unlikely the app will cross the 1 Billion mark before the end of 2015. The new milestone was announced by Whatsapp CEO and co-founder, Jan […]
Facebook M is a digital assistant which uses Al and Human knowledge
Last week, Facebook announced the M digital assistant. The Facebook M is only text based at the moment and can be accessed live within the Messenger app making it virtually available to anybody using the app. There is not much difference between what Facebook M (or just ‘M’) does compared to the likes of Cortana, […]
Twitter puts an end to 140-character DM Limit
Back in June, Twitter announced it would be putting an end to the 140-character limit in DMs (Direct Messages). Even though the company announced the feature was slated for July, it finally arrived yesterday (August 13th). https://twitter.com/twitter/status/631513207882907648 Making the feature known yesterday, Twitter, on its official Blog, revealed that the 140-character DM limit has been […]
Facebook announces Live Video Broadcast for Celebrities and Public Figures
Facebook has announced ‘Live’ Video Broadcast features for celebrities and public figures. The feature is available through Facebook Mentions and only users such as athletes, politicians, musicians, influences and other public figures with verified facebook pages have access to it. Celebrities and Public figures would be able to share Live video with their followers through […]