Grammar Gmail will soon automatically correct your typos and grammar goof-upsTNW - Ivan MehtaEver made a typo in an email so bad that your life flashed before your eyes as you sent it? Worry not, Google‘s making sure it doesn’t happen again with a new update for Gmail that’ll point out basic and
Facebook Facebook now lets you (sorta) control what info it gets from other sitesTNW - Rachel KaserFacebook is offering new privacy tools that allow users to personally manage how much dirt on your browsing and spending habits Facebook gets from other websites — in theory, at least. Have you ever been
Play buttonApple Arcade Apple TV+ will reportedly launch in November with a $10 monthly feeTNW - Ivan MehtaIn March, Apple announced its grand plans to launch a streaming service called Apple TV+, without giving out many details. Now, a report by Bloomberg suggests the streaming offering will launch in November
Reddit Reddit tests live broadcasting with a Public Access NetworkTNW - Rachel KaserReddit today revealed it’s testing its own livestreaming service, called RPAN or Reddit Public Access Network. It’ll be running all week, presumably to see what kind of shows redditors put on before the
Apple Arcade Apple Arcade will reportedly set you back just $5 a monthTNW - Rachel KaserA new report offers more details about Apple’s rather opaque plans for its game subscription service, Arcade. If the details are accurate, an Arcade subscription could be one of the more cost-effective
Google Docs Google and Apple are courting the education sector with new tools for studentsTNW - MixThe new semester is fast approaching and Big Tech is wasting no time in bringing the education sector a swathe of new offerings. With this in mind, Google has announced it’s expanding its college search
Instagram How to report fake news on InstagramTNW - Ivan MehtaWelcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. Instagram announced today it’ll let you flag posts for false content.
Google Assistant Google Assistant reminders can now nag your family members tooTNW - Napier LopezReminders are one of the most useful features of AI assistants. Pick up some groceries, take out the trash, set up a dentist appointment. But what about those times you need to nag other people to do Google
Technology Harry Potter: Wizards Unite's lack of accessibility is turning us into mugglesTNW - Henry SungHere’s the good news: there is a Wizarding World after all. Hogwarts, hippogriffs, flying broomsticks, the Ministry of Magic, it’s all real! A most whimsical, freeing, empowering, and inspiring reality
Huawei Huawei is building its own Google Maps (and Yandex and are already on board)TNW - MixThe Chinese giant is developing its own mapping service called Map Kit, state-owned outlet China Daily reports. There’s a catch, though: the service is not exactly meant for consumers. Instead, the idea
Apps Facebook's group privacy settings actually make sense nowTNW - Napier LopezUntil today, Facebook has given you three options for creating a user group: Open, closed, or ‘secret.’ While the first is pretty obvious, the other two were occasional sources of confusion – an admin
Social Media Companies TikTok is flooded by scammers promoting adult sitesTNW - MixTikTok has been inundated by a slew of scammers seeking to take advantage of its quickly growing userbase, which surpassed 1 billion downloads in February 2019. Security firm Tenable has discovered scammers
Apps Over 50% of Google searches result in no clicks, data showsTNW - MixGoogle is hungry for your clicks. But it turns out that more than half of all Google Search queries now result in no clicks. As of June 2019, 50.3 percent of Google searches received zero clicks. By contrast,
Facebook Facebook reportedly paid people to transcribe your audio chatsTNW - Napier LopezFacebook doesn’t need any more bad press, but here we go again. According to a report by Bloomberg, the company paid hundreds of contractors to transcribe audio snippets from your conversations within
Facebook Facebook is finally testing Dark ModeTNW - Ivan MehtaFrom Android to iOS, and from Twitter to Slack, almost every app now has a dark mode. The only app that hasn’t joined the dark side is Facebook’s main app. However, according to reliable app leaker Jane
Technology Chrome for Android will now let you log in to some services without passwordTNW - Ivan MehtaGoogle announced today that you can use the fingerprint sensor to sign in to some of its services when you’re using Chrome for Android. The company said this functionality is available for all Pixel users
Censorship F**k me: iOS' Notes app censors handwritten swearsTNW - Ivan MehtaApple works very hard to maintain a ‘clean’ and family-friendly image. So much so that it censors handwritten words when suggesting a title for notes. Today, a user in r/iOSBeta subreddit noted the company’s
Technology Discord launches its own mini-livestreaming serviceTNW - Rachel KaserDiscord today announced it’s premiering its own internal livestreaming feature, appropriately titled Go Live. It’s essentially a very small video stream where a few friends can comment on your gameplay
Apps Video: Burn in hell, Twitter — a guide on deleting or deactivating your accountTNW - Callum BoothWelcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. Were you on old Twitter? Back before the brand proliferation, the
Instagram How to (selectively) hide Instagram Stories like a proTNW - MixWelcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. Instagram Stories are a handy way of sharing fleeting moments your
Apps How to use Google to find podcast episodes on a specific topicTNW - Ivan MehtaWelcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. Podcast discovery is already a hard task. Companies like Spotify
Apps Google Maps' easy-to-follow AR walking navigation feature is rolling out to more phonesTNW - Ivan MehtaBack in February, Google announced that it’s testing an augmented reality (AR) feature in its Maps app for a limited number of users. Now, the search giant said today it’s rolling out this function, officially
Image Search Google updates Image Search with new scrolling UI... within a scrolling UITNW - MixXzibit must be laughing his ass off. Google has revamped Image Search with a new side panel that lets your scroll through images as you, eeerm, scroll through other images. Starting today, Image Search
Apps Dear Twitter, I thoroughly despise the new 'embed tweet' UITNW - MixDespite all the flak it caught for its revamped look, I tried giving Twitter‘s new design a fair shake. The updated layout is supposedly faster, more intuitive, and easier to customize – and for the most
YouTube Premium YouTube Premium is rolling out 1080p video downloadsTNW - Napier LopezThere are two kinds of people in the world: those who are happy to watch videos at 480P and those who will fight for every last pixel. If you’re in the latter camp, I have some good news for you: YouTube
Netflix How to find something to watch on Netflix, without endless scrollingTNW - Matthew BeedhamWelcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. Netflix is certainly a popular service, but that doesn’t mean totally
Play buttonGear & Gadgets I let Izotope’s AI handle the mixing in my recording studio and now I’m on the machines’ sideTNW - Tristan GreeneIzotope’s Neutron 3 Advanced audio software is an AI-powered mixing assistant you inject into your favorite DAW. It uses machine learning to balance and EQ your audio tracks so you can spend more time
Apps How to make Twitter’s new design suck lessTNW - MixWelcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. It’s been less than a month since Twitter refreshed its design,
Technology Facebook open-sources APIs to help fight child exploitation and terrorist propagandaTNW - Ivan MehtaFacebook today announced it’s open-sourcing two technologies that help it curb the spread of problematic content like child exploitation, terrorist propaganda, or graphic violence online. These technologies
