Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) had 1.71 billion monthly active users as of the second quarter of 2016, and by the time the company finishes monetizing its platform, it might be selling everything under the sun. The latest venture is the second iteration of Marketplace, which was first launched in 2007. This time around Marketplace is available only on mobile, which will go ... Read More »
Google launched its Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones on Tuesday at its Made by Google event in San Francisco. A 5-inch Pixel and a 5.5-inch Pixel XL were launched along with a line of other products -Google Home, Google Wifi, Chromecast Ultra, and Daydream View. Here’s a close look at the new Pixel smartphones, in pictures straight from San Francisco. ... Read More »
Facebook Messenger’s End-to-End Encryption for Secret Conversations Now Available for All Users HIGHLIGHTS Encryption needs to be enabled for each new conversation Old conversations cannot be encrypted Secret Conversations were first introduced in August After the popular mobile messaging platform WhatsApp, parent company Facebook has rolled out end-to-end encryption for Messenger users. People can toggle the Secret Conversations feature on ... Read More »
Oct 05, 2016 01:58 (IST) Google Pixel, Pixel XL’s Really Blue Colour Variant Is Not Launching in India Oct 04, 2016 23:00 (IST) Google Pixel Phone Launched: First Phone With Google Assistant Built-In 22:55 (IST) That’s about all there is from the event. Thanks for following the live blog. Stay tuned to Gadgets 360 for detailed coverage. 22:54 (IST) There’ll ... Read More »
How to Watch Google Pixel Phones Event Live The Google Pixel event is the company’s biggest launch of the year, where the software giant will unveil its new portfolio of hardware products, ranging from the Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones, to the Google Home smart speaker. Other products expected to be launched at the October 4 event are the Google ... Read More »
Google Home, Google Wifi, Daydream View, Chromecast Ultra, and Other Announcements HIGHLIGHTS Google unveiled an array of hardware products on Tuesday The products are the fruits of the unified hardware division The central theme of the products was smart home automation Google at its #MadeByGoogle event unveiled its hardware portfolio, the fruits of the newly-formed hardware division under Rick Osterloh, ... Read More »
WhatsApp Beta for Android Update Brings New iOS 10-Like Emojis HIGHLIGHTS New emojis have female counterparts of male emojis Update brings famous water gun emoji to the app New emojis have been introduced to the beta for Android It has been a long time since emojis came into mainstream usage and now, people actually look forward to the various changes ... Read More »
Facebook Messenger Lite Launched for Emerging Markets Facebook Inc launched a stripped down version of its popular Messenger app for emerging markets on Monday as it seeks to expand its international footprint. Messenger Lite, which uses less data and is designed to work in areas with slower internet connections, will roll out in Kenya, Tunisia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Venezuela. ... Read More »
Facebook’s Messenger Day Is an Attempt to Take on Snapchat Stories In an another attempt to take on photo sharing mobile service Snapchat, Facebook has rolled out a new feature called Messenger Day which lets users post illustrated photos and videos that disappear after a day. TechCrunch reported Messenger Day – which reportedly tries to clone Snapchat’s Stories feature – ... Read More »
Facebook Marketplace Launched, Lets Users Buy and Sell With Their Local Community HIGHLIGHTS The new service is available in limited countries It’s currently only available on the iPhone and Android app A desktop version will be launched soon Facebook on Monday launched a new online Marketplace allowing members of the huge social network to buy and sell with each other. ... Read More »
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