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GamesJul 15, 2021Jul 15, 2021

Netflix is exploring cloud gaming which might not be available on iOS

Rida Imran

Netflix is currently the leading video streaming service worldwide. Bloomberg reports that the company has hired Mike Verdu to develop its own cloud gaming platform. Cloud gaming is a lucrative industry with billions of dollars in annual earnings like Fortnite,…

AndroidiOSJul 15, 2021Jul 15, 2021

TikTok hits 3 billion downloads worldwide – first non-Facebook app to achieve the mark since 2014

Rida Imran

TikTok is a very popular Chinese video-sharing app by ByteDance. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the app reached unprecedented growth and now it has hit 3 billion downloads worldwide on iOS and Android devices. This milestone makes TikTok the first non-Facebook…

FacebookInstagramJul 14, 2021Jul 14, 2021

Instagram introduces new ‘Security Checkup’ guide to recover hacked accounts

Rida Imran

Instagram has launched a new ‘Security Checkup’ feature to help users to recover their hacked accounts. The new guide includes checking users’ activity on the app and reviewing profiles, numbers, and emails associated with their accounts. Security Checkup will work…

FacebookiOSiPhoneJul 14, 2021Jul 14, 2021

WhatsApp latest beta update introduces new FaceTime like call interface on iOS

Rida Imran

The facebook-owned messaging app, WhatsApp has released a new beta update that brings improvements to voice and video call features on the platform. In the new update for WhatsApp iOS app, the voice call users interface is redesigned that resembles…

Jul 13, 2021Jul 13, 2021

President Joe Biden seeks to revoke appeals against ruling to stop TikTok’s ban

Rida Imran

Reuters reports that U.S. President Joe Biden has asked two federal appeals courts to dismiss the Department of Justice’s appeals against the court ruling that prevented a ban on TikTok. Last year, former President Donald Trump passed executive orders to…

iOSSnapchatJul 13, 2021Jul 14, 2021

WhatsApp for iOS is getting a Snapchat-like feature called ‘View Once’

Usman Hussain

The Facebook-owned popular messaging platform, WhatsApp, has been testing some new features for its iOS app for a while now. Recently, it was revealed that the company is beta testing a Snapchat-like feature called ‘View Once’. The new feature allows…

TwitterJul 9, 2021Jul 9, 2021

Twitter is working to expand Spaces’ audio-chat capability to the web

Rida Imran

Twitter’s clone of the Club-House app is the newly introduces Spaces feature. Spaces are audio-only chat rooms, inspired by podcasts, to allow users to listen to their favorite public figures, celebrities, activists, or anyone with 600 followers. Users can share…

FacebookInstagramTwitterJul 8, 2021Jul 8, 2021

Former U.S. President Trump is suing Twitter, Facebook and Google for violating his first amendment rights

Rida Imran

Former U.S. President Donald J.Trump is suing social media companies and their chief executives for blocking him. Bloomberg reports that President Trump has filed the case at a federal court in Florida against Twitter, Facebook, Google, and their CEOs and…

AndroidiOSiPhoneTwitterJul 6, 2021Jul 7, 2021

Twitter might soon launch a new ‘tweet reactions’ feature like Facebook and iMessage reactions

Rida Imran

Reverse engineer, Nima Owji discovered that Twitter is working on new tweet reactions which will let users be more expressive on the app. Like Facebook and iMessage reactions, Twitter will also introduce reaction emojis which give users more options to…

FacebookJul 5, 2021Jul 5, 2021

U.S. lawmakers pursue another antitrust complaint against Facebook’s control of social media market

Rida Imran

Facebook acquired Instagram and WhatsApp years ago and the acquisition was approved by the FTC (Federal Trade Commission). Attempting to ‘unwound’ the previous ruling, U.S lawmakers are pushing the FTC to file a new complaint against the social media tech…