Technology

  • WhatsApp rolling out voice status updates on iOS beta

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    San Francisco, Jan 21 Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is reportedly rolling out a new 'voice status updates' feature on iOS beta, which will allow users to share voice notes via status updates. Selected beta testers can now share voice notes as status updates by accessing the new feature within the ...
  • Netflix to soon roll out paid password sharing

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    San Francisco, Jan 20 Streaming giant Netflix has announced that it will roll out its paid password sharing "more broadly" "later in" the first quarter (Q1) of this year. "While our terms of use limit use of Netflix to a household, we recognise this is a change for members who ...
  • YouTube Music launching ‘Listening Room’ to get users’ feedback

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    New Delhi, Jan 20 Google-owned music streaming platform YouTube Music will bev launching a "Listening Room" programme on Discord (an online voice, video, and text communication platform) in which the company's product team will collaborate with a group of users to get regular feedback on specific features. Under the programme, ...
  • Instagram users can now pause notifications with ‘Quiet mode’

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    San Francisco, Jan 20 Meta has introduced a new 'Quiet mode' on Instagram, which will allow users to pause notifications whenever they want to take a break from the social networking platform. Once the new mode is enabled, users will not receive any notifications and their profile's activity status will ...
  • Apple launches MacBook Pro with super fast M2 Pro and M2 Max chips

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    Cupertino (California), Jan 17 Apple on Tuesday announced new 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro featuring M2 Pro and M2 Max, next-generation pro silicon that will bring more power-efficient performance and battery life to pro users. With M2 Pro and M2 Max, MacBook Pro tackles demanding tasks, like effects rendering, which ...
  • iPhone manufacturing in India to reach 50% by 2027

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    Taipei/New Delhi, Jan 17 India will produce 45-50 per cent of Apple's iPhones by 2027, on a par with China, where 80-85 per cent of iPhones were produced in 2022, a new report claimed. According to estimates by DigiTimes research analysts Luke Lin, India and Vietnam are to become the ...
  • Google Translate rolls out support for 33 new offline languages

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    San Francisco, Jan 17 Google has rolled out support for 33 new offline languages under the offline language functionality. "We're expanding the offline language functionality to 33 new languages. This allows users to download the languages of interest and translate text when the internet connection is unavailable," according to Google's ...
  • Extramarital dating app Gleeden achieves 2mn users in India; 10mn worldwide

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    New Delhi, Jan 16 The France-based extramarital dating app Gleeden on Monday announced it has achieved 10 million users worldwide, out of which 2 million users alone come from India, which grew by 11 per cent from September 2022. The company said the majority of new subscribers (66 per cent) ...
  • WhatsApp working on ‘Block’ shortcut

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    San Francisco, Jan 15 Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new 'Block' shortcut feature that will provide users a block shortcut right within the notifications. The platform is planning to introduce this new block shortcut within notifications but not always -- the block shortcut will be visible ...
  • Google Meet users can now see speaker notes while presenting Slides

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    San Francisco, Jan 15 Tech giant Google has announced that it is adding a new feature which will allow users to view their speaker notes within Google Meet, while presenting Google Slides. Users just have to click the new speaker notes button in the Slides controls bar in Meet to ...