All Articles by Michael Allison

They tried asking nicely

The EU wants to mandate USB-C ports on smartphones

Michael Allison 6 days ago 4

The EU wants portable device manufacturers to adopt a common charging standard. Previously, the bloc had adopted a position of encouragement, but that policy did not lead to the desired results.

A test for the lucky few

You can finally send Instagram DMs on desktop

Michael Allison 1 week ago

Instagram is finally adding direct messaging to its web app from today. A select few users will gain access to desktop DMs as the company refocuses on its messaging strategy.

Promoting healthy conversation

Twitter will soon let you control who can reply to your tweets

Michael Allison 2 weeks ago

Twitter will soon test a feature that lets you choose who can reply to your tweet. This is part of a plan by the company to cultivate the conversational health of its platform.