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Twitter for Android now lets you upload and view 4K images

We all have been sharing our photos on social media because we feel it is the best place to share our photos. However, social media apps are not in favor of us when it comes to uploading images and videos. As almost all of the social media apps compress images to an extent that it […]

WhatsApp to communicate the app updates directly with users

As per reports, WhatsApp has introduced a new section called “In-App Notifications” in its iOS client, to inform users about the updated Terms of Service and new features to its users. This direct communication is helpful, as getting directly into the app gets more people to notice the changes than mentioned in the release notes. […]

Salesforce acquired Slack for $27.7 billion to compete Microsoft

Salesforce, a cloud-based CRM company that’s reigning in its industry, has just bought out a business chat app – Slack. The deal’s worth $27.7 billion, which is slightly over the $25 billion valuations it has. Slack has been making losses for the past year, but now integrating with Salesforce gives it a needed push to […]

PUBG Mobile likely to return to India under Microsoft, says Maxtern

While the Indian government has straight away banned the PUBG Mobile over security reasons, fans still carry the hope of its return anytime. Though initial reports claimed that PUBG’s parent corp may partner with local telecoms to bring back the game, they were wiped out as false. And now, Krafton, PUBG’s parent corp has officially […]

WhatsApp announced WhatsApp Pay in India

WhatsApp has finally launched the wide rollout of its payment service in India, after testing for two years with a small group of people. The Facebook-owned messenger has partnered with India’s NPCI, a government body that regulates the UPI system, which is being used by WhatsApp to process the funds almost instantly. WhatsApp Pay Comes […]

WhatsApp announced disappearing messages for more private chats

WhatsApp has now officially announced the support for disappearing messages in its platform. This feature has been available in its rival platforms for a while, and now comes to WhatsApp because it feels it makes the chats “lighter and more private.” The time here is set for seven days, after which, the messages in a […]

WhatsApp to add face unlock support for Android to improve security

WhatsApp is reported to be gaining a face unlocking option alongside the existing fingerprint unlocking feature. Also, the next update of WhatsApp will let users join a video call in while it’s happening already. These additions are directed at streamlining the video chat option and also to provide more security. WhatsApp to have a new […]

Paytm launches mini app store to evade Google’s Play Store policies

To tackle the strict pricing cuts levied by Google, India’s largest payment app, Paytm has launched its app store. Named as Paytm mini app store, it said there would be no share cuts taken from developers in-app revenue, unlike Google’s and Apple’s 30% share. The new store is having several popular apps already, ready to […]

PUBG and 117 other Chinese apps banned by the Indian government

The government of India has banned 118 more applications in India after initially banning 59 Chinese apps including TikTok in June, followed by ban of 47 Chinese apps in July. The fresh ban includes the immensely popular game Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG). Not only the game was popular with 50+ million downloads but PUBG was […]

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