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Feb 14, 2023Feb 14, 2023

BeReal will soon let users share songs on the platform via Spotify integration

The social media app BeReal is working on officially integrating with Spotify to allow users to share songs on the platform. The integration is part of the platform’s larger effort to increase user appeal. Social media app BeReal will soon…

WhatsAppFeb 10, 2023Mar 4, 2023

WhatsApp developing voice note transcription for platform

Asma Hussain

The popular communication platform WhatsApp is developing a new voice note transcription function that will convert audio messages into text. As a result, customers who dislike listening to audio messages will be able to view the messages’ content as plain…

TwitterFeb 9, 2023Feb 9, 2023

Twitter imposes a restriction on following people in a day, along with other limitations

Rida Imran

As part of the latest series of changes on Twitter, the platform is now restricting how many people users can follow at a given time. Before quietly enforcing limitations on regular accounts, Twitter had shut down its free API to…

WhatsAppFeb 8, 2023Feb 8, 2023

WhatsApp Status Updates receive new features such as vocie status, reactions and more

Asma Hussain

The popular communication network WhatsApp has introduced several new capabilities for Status Updates, which let users share fleeting updates with friends and family. The features include Status Reactions, Status Profile Rings, and more. New WhatsApp features for Status Updates to…

Feb 2, 2023Feb 3, 2023

Netflix expands support for spatial audio to 700 more titles for Premium subscribers

Ali Hasnain

Netflix has expanded spatial audio to over 700 titles but is only available to Premium subscribers. At first, the video streamer rolled out the feature in July 2022 for a small collection of movies and TV shows but is now…

Feb 2, 2023Feb 3, 2023

Apple and Google asked to ban TikTok by US senator

Rida Imran

It appears that trouble is not over for TikTok in the United States. A Democrat of Colorado and member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Micheal Bennet has written to Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google CEO Sundar Pichai to remove…

Feb 2, 2023Feb 2, 2023

Netflix lifts download restriction on one Premium tier, increases support for spatial audio

Asma Hussain

Netflix today announced two changes to its service for customers who subscribed to its most expensive Premium tier. The streaming giant is greatly expanding its selection of spatial audio content and lifting one of the restrictions on download devices. Netflix…

Android Facebook iPhoneFeb 1, 2023Feb 1, 2023

Facebook apps can drain iPhone and Android batteries by design says ex-Meta employee

Asma Hussain

A data scientist who was formerly employed by Meta just dropped a major truth bomb. The ex-Mets employee claims that Facebook apps can purposefully drain the batteries of both iPhones and Android smartphones in order to study how low battery…

InstagramJan 31, 2023Feb 1, 2023

Instagram Notes expand to the UK, Europe and Japan

Rida Imran

Instagram Notes will launch in the UK, Europe, and Japan this week. The company’s spokesperson Christine Pai informed The Verge of the feature’s rollout in new regions starting on Monday. In December 2022, Instagram released “Notes” for users to ask…

Jan 27, 2023Jan 27, 2023

TikTok users can now receive direct messages from everyone

Ali Hasnain

The popular video-sharing app, TikTok now lets users receive direct messages from everyone, like Meta’s Instagram app. TikTok is a popular video-sharing app that allows users to create, watch, and share videos shot on mobile devices or webcams. This app…