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- WhatsApp Tests Meta-Styled Avatars for Video Calls and More Video calls on WhatsApp are a great feature. But what if you don’t want to expose your real appearance at the moment? Meta gets it covered. Now the company is testing the ability to replace your real face with a Metaverse-styled avatar. But there is more to this feature than...
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- Apple Maps to Introduce E-Bike-Optimized Routes Though Apple Maps is so far behind some other navigation services, now it introduces more features that make it a more serious competitor. This time, Apple Maps is reportedly testing a new feature: route building optimized for electric bikes. As they become more popular as a means of transportation, Apple...
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- Google, Meta, and Twitter Join Forces against Spam Bots It takes a serious threat for such giants as Meta, Google, Twitter, and Microsoft to make a joint effort. But their statements made on June 16 are exactly such a case. On the one hand, it’s made in response to the EU regulations in the form of the new Code...
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- Apex Legends Mobile Reaches 23M Players Here is a success Respawn Entertainment gladly reports about. Apex Legends Mobile, only launched on May 17, has reached an impressive number of 23 million players. This makes it one of the best launches in the history of mobile gaming. And it’s not only about the powerful brand popular on...
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- Facebook Messenger Receives a Dedicated Tab for Calls While all mainstream messengers now offer voice and video calls as well as texting and file exchange, Facebook Messenger pretended it couldn’t do calls (even though we know it can). Now it invited you to access calls as easily as chats. The new dedicated tab appears in the updated Messenger...
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- Meta Tests Bitmoji-Like Avatar Reactions to Instagram Stories Do you find it easy to react to someone’s story with a heart-eyed face, a fire, or a burst of laughter? If so, the idea of emoji reaction is great and deserves further development. And so it may happen very soon: according to a blogger, Meta already tests avatar-based reactions...
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- Google Enables Users to Control Ad Privacy With a new tool just released by Google, its users are now able to control their ad privacy and security settings within their accounts. My Ad Center will give users more options in terms of ad relevancy in certain services, like Search, Discover, and, of course, YouTube. No, you cannot...
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- Google vs. Match Group: Is Tinder to Epically Burn in Courts? When Epic enabled Fortnite players to make payments beyond App Store and Google Play, it started the fire on a prepared dry tinder. No other than Match Group now follows suit, suing Google for blocking alternative payment methods on Android. So far, though, the two giants seem to postpone the...
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- Instagram Starts Testing Full-Screen Feed Inspired by TikTok As TikTok is taking over the world, other social media learn and follow. Many of them have already introduced their own short video formats, and then it’s time to switch to full-screen feeds. The first to do it may be Instagram; reportedly this social media has already started testing the...
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- Elon Musk Sees Subscriptions as a Way to Double the Revenue of Twitter What perspectives does Elon Musk see about the future of Twitter? Well, he knows he can double its revenue just with subscriptions. Twitter Blue is not as much of a thing now, but there can be more soon. How exactly does he expect this to be achieved? Or rather how...
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- Apple Rolling Out Its Feature That Blurs Out Nudity in Messages How do you protect kids from receiving nude pictures from strangers and, for example, sending them when asked? Apple has announced its AI-assisted protection system that blurs the image if it detects any explicit nudity in it. Since December, it’s been available in the US: now, the Cupertino company makes...
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- Nintendo Switch Online to Get Sonic Spinball and More Classics from Genesis Nintendo Switch has replaced all the other consoles with this one-of-a-kind gaming giant. But what if you truly adored games for earlier devices? Rejoice, Nintendo will handle it. For Nintendo Switch Online subscribers, there are good things to come, including Sonic Spinball, Space Harrier II, Shining Force II, and more.
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