Instagram today revealed a new, no-frills version of its app for the Indian market. Dubbed Instagram Lite, it removes Reels, shopping, and IGTV to focus on speed and responsiveness for capped internet connections and low-end devices.
President Trump signed executive orders Thursday night doubling down on earlier reports that the administration would be going after the Chinese-owned app TikTok.
Following new measures by the U.S. government aimed at cutting off Huawei's access to the global chip supply, China is said to be considering punitive and retaliatory measures against U.S. firms, including Apple, Qualcomm, Boeing, and Cisco.
WhatsApp is rolling out a new beta that both makes it easier to start group calls and expands the number of people that can be included in one.
Google is expanding eSIM support for its carrier subsidiary. Previously exclusive to just the Pixel line, the feature now also works for the latest batch of iPhones, albeit with some caveats.
The latest betas for the app suggest the Facebook-owned IM client is planning on allowing more than four participants in a group audio or video call. Calls will also feature a new banner that emphasizes encryption.
The case maker has announced that all proceeds from purchases made from a Spigen Branded Webstore between April 9 and April 30 will be used to provide medical equipment to healthcare personnel.
The popular messaging app is experiencing some issues, with a peak of over 14,000 outage reports on DownDetector within the last two hours.
Google is making some changes to the YouTube mobile app. The 'Trending' app is now being replaced with 'Explore,' which adds the ability to access different categories of content.
The American Association of Advertising Agencies and Association of National Advertisers have both urged Google to not stick to a plan that would see Chrome blocking third-party cookies by default.
Google hopes to make third-party cookies obsolete in the near future by introducing new standards like the Privacy Sandbox. As it does so, the company is also planning on removing support for them in its browser within the next two years.
Google is launching a new Profile Cards for YouTube that lets you see more information about a particular user, as well as their history, albeit only for the current channel.
Google is planning to gradually phase out the current implementation of user-agent strings, the metadata provided by the browser whenever you connect to a website. This includes information such as the browser you're using, your operating system, and more.
Security researchers found an online database containing the private information of over 267 million Facebook users exposed on the internet. It contained the Facebook IDs, phone numbers, and real names of the users.
Facebook plans to reduce its reliance on Android for its first-party hardware by creating its own operating system, as well as custom-made chips to run them.
Offline functionality on Google Translate just got better thanks to improved on-device algorithms, support for more languages, as well as offline transliteration.
A targeted attack on the Epilepsy Foundation's Twitter page contained a video with strobing effects that could cause victims to suffer from seizures.
A WhatsApp bug that was fixed in a September build of the app could cause your phone to crash if someone sends you a wonky message on your group chats.
Amazon is launching a free variant of its audio portfolio via Audible in India. The new service, named Suno, is exclusive to the country and features 60 exclusives.
Craiglist this week launched official mobile apps for iOS and Android, though the latter is unfortunately still in beta.