Microsoft has announced a bunch of all new updates and features that’s new in 365. Most of the new features are for Microsoft Teams but there’s some for other products as well. The new features focus on the working in a fully remote environment or even a hybrid one. Microsoft is also being hosting its Ignite session next month from September 22 to 24. The company will announce more features at this event. Microsoft Teams: Starting with Microsoft Teams, there’s a new Tasks app that lets users get an overall…

Apple might be working on launching its own search engine and according to reports there are several clues online that support the possibility including job announcements for search engineers. Apple is looking for to create its Spotlight Search to take on Google Search with iOS 14 beta. Reports have it that Google pays billions of dollars to Apple to remain their default search engine on iOS, macOS and iPadOS. And this deal has allegedly also come under the scrutiny of UK market regulators. And possibly because of that, Apple might be…

pFacebook is testing a new feature that it lets users to link their accounts to news publishers where they have paid subscriptions. This is aimed to be help Facebook users read news content easily without having to log in again. Facebook users who have subscribed to news publishers require logging in to read content that’s under a paywall. With the new feature, users need not go through the login process again as it will identify that the user is a subscriber of that particular publication. Facebook will take care of the account…

Twitter is going to hide ‘copypasta’ tweets as it will cracks down on spam on the platform. ‘Copypasta’ tweets are those tweets that it have been copied and pasted without any modifications from the source text. Twitter Comms explained via a tweet that they had seen an increase in ‘copypasta’ which is an attempt by many accounts to copy, paste and tweet the same phrase. If the platform spots behaviour like this they may limit the visibility of those tweets, Twitter Comms added. The platform has recently updated its censorship…

Google has updated its two-year old Assistant feature called “Snapshot” for the Android and iOS users. Google had first rolled out Snapshot in Assistant back in 2018. This feature shows the user’s appointments, reminders, commute times and more. Google is adding more things to Assistant’s Snapshot with the latest update. These include all the things like reminders for upcoming birthdays and holidays. Snapshot is based on the user data and with the latest update, it will adjust your day according to the time of day and your interactions with Google Assistant….

LinkedIn users are unable to access all the professional networking platform through the Android application. The LinkedIn app will crashes when users are try to open it. The desktop version (website) is working fine. According to downdetector, LinkedIn users are facing issues with the application since yesterday evening. The tracker reveals a huge spike of outage reports between 10 PM and 2 AM. Most reported problems are log-in and website. LinkedIn has not confirmed the service interruption, yet. The outage map on down detector reveals users in India, Malaysia US, South…

Zoom has announced that new features for teachers and students as it aims to provide a better online classroom experience. The new Zoom features will roll out to the platform’s free version and education plans as well. Zoom will now let users to create a virtual classroom seating arrangement. It’s also bringing a spotlight feature to highlight a group of presenting students. Speaking of which, teachers will be able to spotlight up to nine participants at once for a focused group view. Zoom is also making it possible for users…

Google Meet has become our lifeline ever since the pandemic disrupted the pace of life. Today, the video conferencing platform is not only being used for connecting with colleagues but it is also being used for connecting with friends and family thanks to Google’s integration of the platform in Gmail. That said, Google Meet is not a plain and simple video conferencing platform. It has dozens of features that make it easier for users to make video calls. It also offers granular control enabling users to share exactly what they…

Apple has made an giant strides in the Augmented Reality space over the years. The same cannot be said for the Virtual Reality, a rare technology category where Apple is non-existent. The company may be looking for the change this very soon with its latest acquisition of Spaces, a VR startup. Spaces was carved out of DreamWorks Animation in early 2016. The startup offered a variety of VR-based services for broadcast media and enterprises. The company recently launched videoconferencing-based solutions. “Spaces provides a unique and ground-breaking service: transportation to new realities. Our…

Google recently announced that it will be auto-delete user’s data including search activity and location history within 18 months. There was, however, a catch to this, the default delete will only work for new users. Existing users can manually set the time for auto-deletion. Google will not be change any of settings for users who have already activated any auto-delete options. For the first-time YouTube users, those who have created a new account or turned on their history for the first time, the auto-delete option will be set at 36…