Apple Apple’s reportedly making a tag to track your thingsTNW - Ivan MehtaLast night, 9to5Mac reported that Apple is working on an app – codenamed GreenTorch – that’ll replace Find My iPhone and Find My Friends app with merged functionality. The company is also supposedly working
Android News How to set a monthly budget for your Google Play purchases on AndroidTNW - Abhimanyu GhoshalLaunch Google Play on your phone or tablet, and tap the menu button at the top of the screen to open the left sidebar. Tap on Account, and then tap the Purchase History tab. You’ll see a monthly budget
Play buttonTechnology Watch a team of Boston Dynamics robots pull a truck like champsTNW - Ivan MehtaBoston Dynamics‘ robot, Spotmini, can already dance to songs and open doors. But the company isn’t done showing off cool tricks. In a newly released video, you can see 10 Spotpower bots – a beefed-up of
Technology India asks Google and Apple to ban TikTok — because ‘porn’ (Update: removed from both app stores)TNW - Ivan MehtaUpdate (17/04/2019): Last night Reuters reported that Google has booted out the app from the Play Store. At the time of writing this update, TNW also noticed that TikTok’s been taken down from the App
Facebook Messenger How to activate Facebook Messenger's new dark mode, no emoji requiredTNW - Matthew HughesIn March, Facebook teased Messenger’s long-awaited dark mode. Users could unlock the feature by simply sending a crescent moon emoji to one of their friends. And now, after a month of public experimentation,
Technology Jumbo is an iPhone app that clears your old tweets and Google searchesTNW - Ivan MehtaThere’s an insane amount of news every day about social networks screwing up and compromising user data. So, it’s advisable that you keep your privacy settings in check to avoid giving away any information
Facebook Facebook may soon let you chat with friends on mobile without MessengerTNW - Ivan MehtaFive years ago, Facebook began encouraging users to use its standalone Messenger app to chat with their contacts, instead of using the built-in feature in the social network’s mobile apps. It appears it’s
Technology Hallelujah! Google Assistant finally has access to your G Suite calendarTNW - Tristan GreeneGoogle yesterday announced Calendar support via Google Assistant for G Suite customers at its Google Next event. This means employees and students using G Suite accounts will finally be able to edit, and
Technology How voters can learn about candidates for the Indian assembly electionTNW - Ivan MehtaIndia’s general assembly elections have started today. For those unfamiliar, the voting process is divided into seven phases spread over a month(April 11- May 19). Candidates are contesting 543 seats the
Technology Instagram is demoting posts to hide offensive and sexually explicit contentTNW - Ivan MehtaYesterday, Instagram announced that it will start demoting content that doesn’t violate its Community Guidelines, but might be ‘inappropriate.’ The announcement says that posts that are ‘sexually suggestive’,
Google Docs You can now directly edit Microsoft Office files with Google Docs, Sheets, and SlidesTNW - Ivan MehtaIt’s a great week for productivity. First, Slack announced that it’ll let you view documents without leaving the app, and then Dropbox enabled editing Google Docs within its own cloud storage app. Now,
Technology Facebook's AI prevents deceased users' profiles from popping up in your suggestionsTNW - Ivan MehtaIt’s hard to cope with the loss of a loved one, and it’s harder when their profile pops up on Facebook as a suggestion, as if they were still alive. Now, the social network is using AI to make sure that
Google Docs You can now create and edit Google Docs right within DropboxTNW - Napier LopezGoogle Drive and Dropbox might be competitors, but that doesn’t mean the two companies can’t get along. Case in point: they are announcing tighter integration between their respective services, allowing
Technology You can now try Microsoft's Chromium-powered version of EdgeTNW - Napier LopezBack in December, Microsoft surprised everyone – those who hadn’t been following the rumors, anyway – by announcing it was shifting Edge to Google’s ubiquitous Chromium platform. Chromium promises better
Technology Average life of a dead Google product is just four yearsTNW - Ivan MehtaGoogle shut down Google+ and Inbox last week, and and we’re still in mourning (for the latter). Recently, we’ve seen sites like Killed By Google and Google Cemetary crop up to show us the Mountain View
Play buttonTechnology Snapchat's reinventing itself to fight InstagramTNW - Ivan MehtaLast week, Snapchat held its first partner summit, where it described the company’s new approach to standing out from competitors like Instagram. Key announcements included new AR features for lenses,
Technology Here's why you can't use AirPlay with Netflix right nowTNW - Ivan MehtaLast week, Netflix removed support for AirPlay from its platform. That means you can’t beam Netflix shows from your iPhone or iPad to your Apple TV. Instead, you’ll have to rely on the Netflix app for
Technology Windows 10's next update will give you more freedom to upgrade when you wantTNW - Napier LopezIt’s a good idea to update your computer. Updates keep you safe from ever-evolving malware and sometimes include cool new features. But updates can break things too. That’s why some users have been annoyed
Technology Spotify ad draws criticism over how it (under)pays musiciansTNW - Rachel KaserSpotify tweeted an ad for its new partnership with Hulu, along with a comment about “budgets.” Several people, including one particularly savage songwriter, pointed out the company shouldn’t be the one
Technology WhatsApp says its fake news tip line is just for researchTNW - Ivan MehtaEarlier this week, WhatsApp announced that it’s launching a tip line in India to verify messages during the election. But as it turns out, the new service is not exactly a hotline for debunking fake news
Technology Indian court asks government to ban TikTok downloads because it 'encourages pornography'TNW - Ivan MehtaYesterday, the Madras High Court, situated in the southern Indian city of Chennai, directed the country’s central government to ban TiKTok, the popular video creation app from Chinese giant Bytedance.
Play buttonTechnology Watch Adobe's new After Effects feature remove distracting objects from your videos like magicTNW - Abhimanyu GhoshalAdobe’s just updated its popular After Effects video editing software with an incredibly handy feature: the ability to select and remove unwanted objects from your footage, just like you would cut out
Technology Facebook data leak (yeah, another one) allegedly exposes passwords, likes, etcTNW - Rachel KaserFlip that board that says “It’s been _ days since we found a massive pile of unsecured Facebook data” right back to zero, and get ready to reset your passwords again just to be safe. Security researchers
Technology Android Q Beta 2 is now available, including a new way to multi-taskTNW - Napier LopezWell, that was fast. Less than a month after it released the first beta of Android Q, Google has now released Beta 2. While it’s mostly aimed at adding API’s and features for developers, there is one development
Technology WhatsApp finally lets you prevent people from adding you to their shitty groupsTNW - Ivan MehtaWhatsApp‘s group conversations can be awfully annoying when you’re dragged into them without your consent. It’s finally rolled out a fix for that, in the form of a new setting that lets you choose who
Technology Google kills off Google+ and Inbox in ritual slaughterTNW - Napier LopezIf Google were a TV show, it’d undoubtedly be Game of Thrones. Like Game of Thrones, it’ll introduce a prominent new character (app) that has the potential to change everything, only to see it killed in
Technology Facebook wants to take another crack at news with a dedicated tabTNW - Ivan MehtaFacebook’s ready to give news distribution another go with a dedicated tab. In a conversation with Mathias Döpfner, CEO of Axel Springer, Mark Zuckerberg said that the company is thinking about introducing
Play buttonTechnology WhatsApp launches a tip line in India to battle fake news ahead of national electionsTNW - Abhimanyu GhoshalWhatsApp has launched its next weapon in the fight against misinformation on its platform in India: a tip line to which you can send forwards, rumors, and suspicious-sounding messages and have them verified.
Technology (India) Facebook is cracking down on fake accounts before India's electionTNW - Ivan MehtaThe first phase of the Indian Assembly’s election kicks off on April 21, but the increase in propaganda has already begun. Facebook has announced it’s removed numerous pages and accounts that used practices
