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Technology
Google's Neighbourly app is rolling out across India now
TNW - Abhimanyu Ghoshal
In May, Google launched Neighbourly, a Q&A app to help you learn more about your neighborhood by asking people who live near you. The company kicked off a trial in India’s financial capital of Mumbai,
Technology
Facebook launches a dashboard for tracking the time you spend in its app
TNW - Abhimanyu Ghoshal
We first heard in June that Facebook was working on a feature to help you track and manage the amount of time you spent in its mobile app. Following a delay after the company announced its rollout in it’s
Technology
LinkedIn tests Snapchat Stories-esque feature called 'Student Voices'
TNW - Rachel Kaser
Well, it’s finally happened. LinkedIn finally ripped off Snapchat’s Stories, meaning it joins the illustrious company of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google, WhatsApp, and just about everyone else. The
Apps
Apple pulls the Tumblr app after offensive images surface on the site
TNW - Rachel Kaser
Last Friday, the app for the blogging site Tumblr quietly disappeared from the iOS App Store, with no apparent explanation. Now, after a weekend of silence, we know why — and it’s a really bad reason.
Machine Learning
Instagram is using machine learning to kill off your fake followers
TNW - Ivan Mehta
Don’t freak out if you see your Instagram audience shrink in the near future. The company announced that it’s kicking off a clean-up drive to remove bots and fake accounts from its platform, and that well
Apps
Here's how to make editing text on iPhones a gajillion times easier
TNW - Georgina Ustik
We’ve all been there before — you’re trying to text someone on your shiny pretty iPhone, and you make a spelling mistake. Or autocorrect messes up your sentence. Or you change your mind on what you want
Technology
How to sign PDFs without printing them first
TNW - Abhimanyu Ghoshal
Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and connected services. PDFs are great for when you need to share official documents,
Social Media
Instagram's new dashboard tells you how much time you waste in the app
TNW - Vishwam Sankaran
Like we anticipated in August, Instagram has rolled out a dashboard that lets you set daily time limits for using the app, and an option to temporarily mute push notifications. This is in line with the
Apps
Pocket Casts' major redesign made it my favorite podcast app - again
TNW - Abhimanyu Ghoshal
I’ve been mad about Pocket Casts for ages, because while it’s been a reliable podcast player for Android and iOS over the years, it hadn’t been updated to include some basic features that others had –
Technology
WhatsApp is testing a feature to add users with a QR code
TNW - Ivan Mehta
WhatsApp is testing a new feature that should make it easier to add people to your contact list using QR codes, reports WABetaInfo. The report notes that the feature was spotted in a test version of WhatsApp
Technology
Facebook Messenger now lets you unsend messages
TNW - Vishwam Sankaran
Back in April, we reported that Facebook was planning to implement a feature in Messenger to let you unsend messages. After multiple trials, the feature has now been rolled out to users in a few countries.
Windows 10
Windows 10 is getting a 'Light' theme for dark mode haters
TNW - Napier Lopez
It wasn’t so long ago that many a PC user was clamoring for a Dark mode on Windows 10. Now that they have it, things are swinging in the opposite direction: Microsoft is bringing a ‘Light Mode’ to Windows
Apps
Here's our first glimpse of Harry Potter: Wizards Unite
TNW - Rachel Kaser
Niantic and WB Games surprised everyone this morning by dropping the first trailer for Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, the spiritual successor to the world-shatteringly popular Pokemon GO. It drops a few
Gear & Gadgets
Google’s astounding Night Sight is now available for all Pixel phones
TNW - Ivan Mehta
When Google announced its Pixel 3 devices, one of the most intriguing features was Night Sight – the ability to take pictures in ultra-dark situations. Sadly, the feature wasn’t available right away. Night
Apps
Be My Eyes app lets you lend your eyes to a blind person in real time
TNW - Cara Curtis
There are apps that get strangers to deliver your food, apps for strangers to give you advice, and apps that set you up with your next romantic partner. There’s even an app that allows strangers to volunteer
Technology
Digital rights groups demand Facebook let you appeal removed posts
TNW - Rachel Kaser
A group of 88 civil liberties groups have penned an open letter to Facebook requesting the company allow users to appeal whenever their posts are removed — an option they currently do not have. The groups
Apps
Turn any photo into a WhatsApp sticker with this free Android app
TNW - Abhimanyu Ghoshal
WhatsApp finally introduced stickers on its platform only last month, and offered a bunch of sticker packs that were previously available on Facebook Messenger. But if you’re on Android, you can easily
Technology
Firefox gets a price comparison tool just in time for your holiday shopping
TNW - Vishwam Sankaran
With the holiday season just around the corner, Mozilla has a new tool to help make your shopping less painful with the launch of a new Firefox plugin called Price Wise. Currently in testing, the new lets
Technology
Dorsey says Twitter is thinking about an edit button to fix typos in tweets
TNW - Ivan Mehta
For the first time since the end of 2016, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey shed some light on the company’s thoughts about building an edit button for tweets. Speaking at an event in India’s capital of New Delhi,
Technology
Cloudflare brings its privacy-focused 1.1.1.1 DNS switching app to phones
TNW - Abhimanyu Ghoshal
If you’re concerned about your government snooping on your browsing history, or simply want an easy way to access sites blocked in your part of the world, Cloudflare’s got you covered with a new app for
Technology
Vine's successor is called Byte and it'll launch next year
TNW - Ivan Mehta
After months of waiting, Vine app’s fans can finally rejoice. Dom Hofmann, the founder of the now-defunct video-sharing app, has revealed his next app called Byte will launch in Spring of 2019. Hofmann
Technology
Instagram is testing Hindi language support for Indian users
TNW - Ivan Mehta
Instagram is seemingly looking to expand its Indian user base with support for Hindi. App researcher Jane Manchun Wong found this in a test version of the app. Wong posted screenshots of Instagram’s test
Apps
Instagram's rumored School Stories could be cool -- with rigorous moderation
TNW - Rachel Kaser
Word on the street is that Instagram is testing a new, collaborative kind of Story — specifically, a kind which would be used within schools. While it’s in no way confirmed the app will ever have this
Apps
This nifty free tool limits incoming email to 3 times per day
TNW - Anouk Vleugels
On average, we spend 47,000 hours answering emails throughout our careers. To put that number in perspective, we spend about 22,000 hours in school and university. Dealing with this steady influx of emails
Social Media
Twitter's privacy settings, explained
TNW - Rachel Kaser
Twitter is one of the most open social media platforms on the web, which is why it might be easier to ignore the privacy settings. Admittedly, Twitter doesn’t offer the level of granular control as, for
Technology
Twitter is finally giving our chronological timelines back
TNW - Ivan Mehta
We might finally get what’ve been asking for from Twitter: a chronological timeline. The company tweeted saying it’s testing a button to display tweets by post time, instead of showing an algorithmically
Technology
WhatsApp VP confirms ads are coming to the 'Status' section
TNW - Napier Lopez
The day we’ve been fearing is on the horizon: WhatsApp is getting ads. For real, this time. In a comment to several publications in India. WhatsApp Vice President Chris Daniels confirmed that the popular
Apps
This app supports those struggling with opioid addiction
TNW - Vishwam Sankaran
According to Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), one of the biggest problems faced by people recovering from drug addiction is in forming supportive relationships that them
Technology
This is the fastest way to start a new Google doc, sheet, or presentation
TNW - Abhimanyu Ghoshal
Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and connected services. Need to fire up a new document, spreadsheet, or