- Google has been asking employees to return to offices after the number of Covid-19 cases started plummeting. But chief executive officer of Alphabet, the parent company of Google, Sundar Pichai has now decided to delay it amid rise in cases of Delta variant in the United States. In an email to employees, the CEO said […]
- Chinese gaming giant Tencent has announced facial recognition technology to prevent children from playing games late at night. The company said that it will scan the faces of gamers late at night in order to discourage kids from joining online battles using the identity of someone else. The company has termed this scheme as ‘midnight […]
- Microblogging Twitter is rolling out a new feature to limit replies to tweets. This will give more control to users over who can reply to their tweets. Twitter had first introduced the ability to limit replies in 2020. The company has now announced plans to expand the feature. It will now allow users to change […]
- Monetization is becoming an integral part of social media platforms. Social media Facebook is on a spree to monetize its platforms. Popular photo-sharing platform Instagram is adding ads to Reels. Facebook is the parent company of Instagram. The company has announced to roll out full-screen ads to businesses and advertisers. The ads will loop and […]
- E-commerce giant Amazon is in an expansion mode. The company is planning to expand its podcast footprint. It has announced to acquire a monetization firm. The firm is Art19. It is a podcast hosting and monetization company. Amazon didn’t reveal the amount it paid to acquire Art19. The company said that Art19 will help in […]
- Fossil is the biggest Wear OS wearables maker and it is now planning to launch a premium Gen 6 smartwatch that will be running on the next-gen version of Wear OS. According to the company, the new smartwatch is expected to be launched by this fall. The company said that all the upcoming Android smartwatches […]