industry updates

WhatsApp to extend group call limit to take on Houseparty, Google Duo and others

WhatsApp currently allows up to four people in a group video or voice call.

Facebook Wants You to Spend Less Time on Facebook And is Adding a New Quiet Mode

Samsung Galaxy M30s Reportedly Receiving Android 10 Based Update in India

Samsung temporarily shuts down a factory in South Korea due to Coronavirus

Indian-origin Arvind Krishna appointed as the new CEO of IBM

Indian-origin Arvind Krishna has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of American IT giant IBM

Snapchat has taken an evident jibe at its rival app Instagram

In its latest campaign called #RealFriends, photo-messaging app Snapchat has taken an evident jibe at its rival app Instagram, asserting that close friends choose Snapchat for sharing personal photo-messages.

Data security take center-stage, as soon as Apple dials ‘Privacy 2.0’ as user privacy

Technology firms such as Amazon, Google and Facebook are under wide scrutiny over how they handle users’ data. Following the Cambridge Analytica scandal and a spate of data breaches in last couple of years, user privacy has become a hot topic of discussion. Apple, a rare tech firm aloof from any major privacy scandal, is looking at this a window of opportunity to promote its privacy-focused features.

Apple contractors analyzing Siri recordings for user privacy

APPLE hired Private contractors to snoop in users conversations

Apple, which repeatedly takes a dig at Android over privacy, is now allegedly paying contractors to listen to the recorded conversations of its virtual assistant Siri.

Wearable technology revolution of Fitbit

Fitbit has emerged as the Next Best Wearable Player after Apple, Say Industry Experts

The pricey Apple Watch may have led the global smartwatch shipments in the first quarter of 2019, but it is the San Francisco-headquartered activity trackers and wearables maker Fitbit which has emerged as the next best player after Apple, industry experts suggest. The top nine brands contribute to 75 percent of the market shipment and Samsung, Fitbit and Huawei grew exponentially in the first quarter, said the ‘Global Smartwatch Tracker’ report by Counterpoint.

Instagram now gives you an option to hide ‘like’ counts

Instagram is giving more users the option to publicly hide the like count on their posts. The company announced today that it’s expanding its hidden like count test, which it first announced in May, to six more countries: Ireland, Italy, Japan, Brazil, Australia, and New Zealand. The test started in Canada, where people who were included in the test had their likes hidden by default. They had to opt out to show the likes publicly, although they can always see that like count on their own content.