Technology
YouTube rolls out ‘sleep timer’ in Music app
San Francisco, April 10 Google-owned Youtube has started to roll out a 'sleep timer' feature to its music streaming service YouTube Music. The feature is now appearing for songs at the bottom of the Now Playing overflow menu in the app, according to 9to5Google. The sleep timer feature could be ...Millions of Indians to finally cherish an Apple personalised retail experience
New Delhi, April 10 As Apple gears up to throw open the gates of its first branded retail store in India this month, its physical stores have left an indelible impression on millions worldwide. For millions of Indians, the wholesome experience of visiting an iconic Apple brick-and-mortar Store is now ...What does BBC stand for, asks Musk after labelling it as govt-funded media
New Delhi, April 10 Twitter CEO Elon Musk has labelled the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) as a "government-funded media" organisation, as the broadcaster reached out to the micro-blogging platform for clarification. After labelling the @BBC account -- which has 2.2 million followers -- Musk tweeted on Monday: "What does BBC ...WhatsApp’s new feature to add, edit contacts within app on Android
San Francisco, April 9 Meta-owned Whatsapp has introduced a new feature - "manage contacts within the app", allowing users to add and edit contacts without leaving the app on Android. The ability to add and edit contacts within WhatsApp for Android is now available for some beta testers using the ...YouTube Music rolls out ‘real-time lyrics’ on Android, iOS
San Francisco, April 9 Google-owned YouTube has started to roll out the 'real-time lyrics' feature to its music streaming service YouTube Music on Android and iOS. The feature is currently available to some YouTube Music subscribers who have reported, however, it's not widely available to every user, reports 9to5Google. It ...Twitter stops writers from retweeting, liking or replying to Substack links
New Delhi, April 8 Twitter has restricted access to embedding tweets in posts on online publishing platform Substack, leaving thousands of users in a limbo. Twitter has restricted promotion and visibility for tweets with links to Substack posts -- a move that has not gone well with people. "We're disappointed ...‘Govt websites made accessible for differently-abled persons’
New Delhi, April 7 As many as 95 central government ministries' websites have been made accessible to differently-abled persons. Apart from this, 676 websites of various states have also been made accessible for them, according to sources aware of developments. An integrated browser-based tool with text-to-speech and text-to-Braille System that ...WhatsApp’s new feature to allow users share status updates to FB Stories
San Francisco, April 7 Meta-owned WhatsApp is reportedly developing a new feature, which will allow users to share their status updates to Facebook stories without leaving WhatsApp. Earlier, users could share status updates to Facebook stories, but they had to go through the extra step of manually sharing the update ...Apple may launch AirPods case with built-in touchscreen
San Francisco, April 4 Tech giant Apple has designs on an upcoming AirPods case which is said to feature a built-in touchscreen display. According to a newly published patent, this technology will allow users to control audio sources and interact with applications associated with the connected device, reports MacRumors. The ...Why Tim Cook does not want people to use iPhones too much
New Delhi, April 4 Apple CEO Tim Cook does not want people to use iPhones too much as the company is not "incentivised" for that, but rather empower them to use the devices to perform things they could not do earlier. Cook, who appeared on the cover page of GQ ...