Author: Smart Megwai

If you regularly use Google Meet instead of Zoom for online meetings, then it is possible to track the attendance of those who were at the meeting, including the time they joined and when they exited. The feature was launched earlier this year as the need for virtual meetings arose…

WhatsApp is an instant-messaging application owned by Meta Platforms that supports chat-based services (which the company claims is secured by end-to-end encryption), voice, and video call features. There is a separate WhatsApp Business application for SMEs who wish to have a business presence on the platform and communicate more efficiently…

Google appears to be developing a feature that allows you to “Play” a game directly from search results. When you search for a video game, Google’s search results will contain a “Play” button that will instantly launch the game. Before now, if you search for a game the result displays…

LinkedIn has launched several features to make the platform more engaging using pictures and videos. In a blog post, Keren Baruch, Product Lead for Creator Strategy at LinkedIn, noted that the platform has seen a 20% increase (year-over-year) in people adding visual content in their posts on LinkedIn. “We want…

Google announced in June that it was upgrading the Google Duo experience to include all Google Meet features and bringing the two “separate” video calling services together into a single solution. “The upgrade,” which started to roll out in July, “gives everyone access to new features like scheduling and joining…

Meta announced today it is expanding its end-to-end encryption test to individual Messenger chats. Starting this week, selected users will see their most frequent chats automatically protected by end-to-end encryption. Meta says “you won’t have to opt in to the feature.” Which means it is introducing it by default though…

Apple has released iOS 16 beta 5 and with the new update the company has now added the battery percentage to the battery icon in the iPhone status bar and the iPad. The company has updated the battery icon on iPhones with Face ID to display the specific battery percentage rather than…

Google’s Read Along app, that helps children have fun while they learn to read, now has a website. The Tech Giant launched the desktop version for users who have low storage on their phones or schools that have desktop computers.  Just like the app, all the speech recognition process takes…

TikTok is calling all Black entrepreneurs, innovators, and small business owners to apply for third round of its Support Black Businesses accelerator program. As explained by TikTok, “The Support Black Businesses accelerator program aims to shine a light on the creativity, innovation, and real impact that Black-owned businesses have on the…

WhatsApp is adding a new feature that gives users the ability to leave a group chat without notifying other group members. Mark Zuckerberg announced in a Facebook post today that users should expect to see new privacy features on the Meta-owned app. “We’ll keep building new ways to protect your…

YouTube has rolled out a new feature called “pinch to zoom” to premium users that allows you to zoom into a video on-screen, both for portrait and landscape viewing. The announcement was made on YouTube’s experimental new features for paid users, which takes effect from the first of next month.…

Clubhouse is a new type of social network based on voice—where people around the world come together to talk, listen and learn from each other in real-time. I like the way the app is described on Play Store, “It’s like an impromptu dinner party at your neighbor’s house, the bar…

Twitter is changing the way its audio chat rooms look in Spaces. The company revealed this to TechCrunch yesterday, confirming that the social media giant is currently working a new experiment (though, didn’t share details) for the Twitter Spaces tab in its app. The revamp will see a new tab…

Meta has announced it’s throwing in the towel on its Facebook Live Shopping feature which it created in response to the pandemic, and allows business owners broadcast and sell products to an audience. In a blog post the company mentioned that the feature will officially shut down on October 1st,…

LaLiga, yesterday, announced a new agreement with Electronic Arts (EA) sports “that will allow both parties to deliver groundbreaking experiences for global football fans.” The press release by the Spanish’s LaLiga unveiled EA Sports, and it’s renamed EA Sports FC video game title, as the naming rights partner for the…

Twitter is rumoured to be developing an edit feature this time, for tweets embedded on a website. Reverse Engineering Expert, Jane Manchun Wong says the goal is to let a follower know whether or not an embedded tweet has been edited by a Twitter user. Per Wong,”Embedded Tweets will show…

Samsung has announced a new partnership with iFixit, the leading online repair community, to launch a self-repair program that will see Galaxy device owners make their own repairs to the Galaxy S20 and S21 family of products, as well as the Galaxy Tab S7+. The Korean company says, “This program complements Samsung’s…

Whatsapp is making it easy for group admins the moderate their WhatsApp groups in a better way. WABetInfo just revealed a new update it says WhatsApp is releasing to give group admins the permission to delete any message for everyone. If you are the admin of a particular WhatsApp group,…

TikTok is well-known for its short videos, but because the platform is frequently used to discover new music, Parent company ByteDance would be wise to introduce a TikTok-branded music app. An Insider story quoted a patent for “TikTok Music” was filed with the US Trademark Office by its parent company…

Elon Musk may be in a legal battle with Twitter after exiting the $44 billion acquisition, but that doesn’t stop him from joking about the situation. On Saturday, the world’s richest man tweeted that the combination of Tesla and Twitter would create “Twizzler.” The Tesla and SpaceX CEO also said he…