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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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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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- 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...
- Apple Music Sessions: The Reason to Finally Try Spatial Audio Apple’s investment into music reaches a new level: now, it doesn’t just sell you music experiences via iTunes or Apple Music subscriptions but creates new ones. Apple Music Sessions is the concept that fills its concept of Spatial Audio with new meanings. And if you want to hear what your...
- Snapchat Starts Introducing NFT Artworks in its AR Experiences Just as NFT enthusiasts look a bit exhausted after the initial boom, larger corporations enter the stage. Though the value of NFT art may be overrated, the technology may be applied elsewhere – like on social media. Snapchat catches the train and articulates its plans to integrate NFT into its...
- Google Privacy Guide to Help Chrome Users Master Privacy and Security Controls Is Chrome a secure browser? Indeed, it has many more security-oriented features than most users know of. But what’s the sense of having these features if they are unused? To avoid this situation, Google issues a privacy guide to explain Chrome users how to make Chrome an indeed secure browser.
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- Instagram Stops Supporting In-Stream Video Ads IGTV is dead. And so are the ad formats designed for its formerly standalone long video project by Instagram. The social media informed the advertisers that it’s to ditch in-stream ads soon. So, Instagram marketing will inevitably invent new ways to insert advertising into the new format.
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