This will no doubt be a concern to privacy advocates. According to a report in The Washington Post, the US Government is currently in talks with several tech companies, including both Facebook and Google, as to how it might be able to use location data from cell phones to better track and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic across the nation….
This is interesting – according to a new discovery by reverse engineering expert Jane Manchun Wong, Instagram is testing out the capability to add up to four hashtags and a location to your Instagram Stories highlights. Stories Highlights are collections of Stories that you opt to keep active on your profile after the regular 24-hour expiry. And up till now,…
Facebook has announced another impact of required staffing changes as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. With the company sending more staff home to reduce the potential spread of the virus, Facebook says that all of its Spark AR reviewers will soon not be operating. As a result, no user-submitted AR effects, for either Facebook Stories…
This comes to the as little surprise, given that WhatsApp is developing the same thing, but this week, Instagram has confirmed that it’s also working on a new disappearing messages option within its Direct tools. Spotted by reverse engineering expert Jane Manchun Wong, the new option, at least at this stage, would see all of your messages disappear from…
Snapchat has announced that it will bring forward the launch of its new ‘Here For You’ mental health resource center, making it available to all users this week in response to rising angst around the COVID-19 pandemic. Announced last month, ‘Here For You’ will provide in-app support to Snapchatters who may be experiencing mental health or emotional…
After announcing a ban on ads which seek to capitalize on concerns around COVID-19 late last month, then expanding that to specifically outlaw all ads and commerce listings of face masks amid massive profiteering pushes, Facebook will now extend its COVID-19 ad restrictions even further, incorporating all listings of hand sanitizer, disinfectant wipes, and test kits. As shared by…
After initially announcing its coming desktop refresh at its F8 developer conference last May, and slowly, gradually making it available to selected user groups over time, Facebook has finally announced that all users can now switch over the new Facebook desktop layout. As you can see here, the new format centralizes the News Feed and adds more space…
If you’re an iPhone or iPad user, you probably use some sort of a payment method to make purchases on the App Store and iTunes Store, and revealing how you can get rid of Apple ID payment Method will be the best news for you. This could be a credit card, debit card, Apple Pay,…
You can easily unzip and uncompress zip files archives on iPhone and iPad, directly from the Files app. This makes it easier than ever to access data and files stored within any zip file, and you don’t need any third-party apps or tools to open the zip archive. Decompressing a zip archive and opening the…
All modern iPad models have the ability to use Split Screen mode, allowing you to have two apps open at once, side-by-side. You can use Split Screen on iPad, and it is fairly easy once you learn how it works, but it’s also not necessarily discoverable or intuitive, so if you haven’t learned how to…