Articles tagged "Online services"

Facebook introduced Reactions last year, which allowed users to 'react' to posts by choosing one of the emoji options below a post. The company is now working on bringing that feature to its Messenger app. According to Techcrunch, who...

We already knew that the LG G6 is the first device on the market to have support for HDR10 and Dolby Vision content. Now Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has confirmed that starting with the LG G6 the company will be streaming content in both formats on...

If recent developments were not enough to suggest that Samsung Pay India launch is imminent, the South Korean company has now started accepting registrations for early access to the service in the country. Those owning a Galaxy S7/S7 edge, S6 edge+,...

Up until now, Gmail only allowed you to send and receive attachments of up to 25MB. That, however, has changed now, as the size limit for incoming emails has been increased. "Starting today, you will be able to receive emails of up to 50MB...

Google has launched Meet, a new service for businesses that will allow users to have meetings online. While it does sound similar to what Hangouts does this is more geared towards business users and has a limited set of...

Popular note taking application Google Keep has now been made part of the company's G Suite. Being a core G Suite service, "Keep now has the same technical support and service level commitments as any other core service, like Gmail or Google Drive,"...

YouTube is undoubtedly one of the most popular online video services available today. But just how popular is it? Well, here's a number that should give you an idea: we are consuming a whopping billion hours of YouTube content each day. To put...

Google’s Allo was a highly anticipated alternative to Google Hangouts. Finally, users would be able to use Google’s new predictive messaging platform, complete with the (new at the time) Google Assistant. Something that upset many users coming from...

At the beginning of this month some people started seeing the ability to create multiple-image posts on Instagram's beta app for Android. After a few weeks of testing, this feature has become official today. From this point on you're able to add...

Satya Nadella held a press conference in Mumbai today, where he announced a new version of Skype specifically for India. Called Skype Lite, this version of the app is designed to be light on resources as well as have other features such as SMS...

Popular privacy-focused messaging app Telegram has received a new update, bumping it to version 3.7. The update brings support for custom themes, a feature you can access by heading to Settings > Themes. In addition, a Theme Editor has also...

Facebook's quest to make all of its mobile apps more like Snapchat hasn't ended. The latest victim is WhatsApp, though the Snapchatifying isn't as prevalent here as it is in Instagram or Facebook Messenger, for example. The good news is that you can...

If you've been using YouTube for a few years now, then its hard not to notice how much it has changed and gradually morphed. Google's efforts all seem to be aimed at one goal - to position the video platform as a viable mainstream content provider,...

While the rumored voice call functionality is still quite far off at this point, the Google Home speaker has received some new smarts today. The search giant has announced that you can use the Google Assistant inside Google Home to order...

Facebook has just announced a bunch of new features that will improve viewing video on its platform’s mobile app. Among the features announced were: auto-play videos will also play sound, portrait video viewing will improve, watch videos as you keep...

Following a very lengthy testing period that started in April of last year, Microsoft's Outlook.com Premium subscription service is finally available for everyone, sans invite. The only catch? Well, it's still US-only, and the company isn't saying...

Microsoft has pushed out a new update to the iOS client of its OneDrive app. The update, which bumps the app to version 8.8.9, brings along several changes, including support for animated GIF files. Aside from animated GIF support, the...

The Amazon Tap is a Bluetooth speaker that Amazon released back in March of last year, also integrating the company’s voice-assistant named Alexa. Up until now, you had to press the physical button on the Amazon Tap speaker to bark a command to...

The European Union is working on a law that will remove the geo-blocking by online streaming services within the region. Currently, streaming services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime, Apple Music, etc. prevent the use of the service outside the home...

Emojis are a big part of any messaging app nowadays, and Facebook-owned WhatsApp knows this. That's why it's now working on making the emoji experience better on Android, regardless of which version of the OS your phone happens to be...