Instagram expands TikTok rival 'Reels' to more countries
Facebook-owned Instagram has expanded its new video-music remix feature Reels, which takes inspiration from the Chinese short video making app TikTok, to France and Germany.Instagram Reels was first...
View ArticleFacebook tool converts smartphone photos into 3D images in a jiffy
A team of Facebook researchers has created an end-to-end system that helps users turn photos they take on their smartphones into 3D images within seconds.The new framework provides users with a more...
View ArticleTwitter can reveal truth behind people and their statin use
Social media platforms like Twitter can be utilised as a data source to find beliefs and attitudes that may impact on patient's decisions regarding their statin treatment, to reduce the risk of heart...
View Article'TikTok For Business' launched for marketers
The Chinese shaort-video making platform has launched TikTok For Business, designed to give brands and marketers the tools to be creative storytellers and meaningfully engage with the audience on the...
View ArticleYouTube targets TikTok with new 15-second video test
Google-owned YouTube appears to have taken an aim at TikTok as the Google-owned platform has now started testing a way to record multi-segment videos that run up to a maximum length of 15 seconds.The...
View ArticleTikTok not to access Apple user clipboards after iOS 14 exposed it
Chinese short-video making app TikTok has announced it would no longer automatically access user clipboards on Apple iPhones after iOS 14 in Beta has exposed apps constantly reading user...
View ArticleNew Google Meet tools to better connect teachers with students
Stressing that an equivalent of over 1,300 years of learning have taken place remotely each day on Google Meet this year, Google has announced exciting new features for its video calling app Meet to...
View ArticleFacebook rolls outs Dark Mode on mobile for some users globally
Facebook has started rolling out Dark Mode support on mobile users and the feature is currently live with some users globally.Facebook Dark Mode interface will not be completely black like on...
View ArticleIndian twitterati wish Elon Musk a happy birthday
As tech billionaire Elon Musk turned 49 on Sunday, Twitter users in India wished him a very happy birthday, making a hashtag in his name the top trending topic on the microblogging platform in the...
View ArticleInstagram working on 'video note' feature in Threads app
Instagram is working on a new feature called video note for its standalone messaging app Threads that helps users stay connected to close or smaller circle of friends.The new feature, reported by...
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