Author: Smart Megwai

This might just be the new Boom!, as Twitter is reportedly developing a series of new shopping tools that will finally provide a direct in-stream product listing associated with its app’s business profile. This, the Company, will launch to enable its users to both store and purchase product listings directly…

WhatsApp announced on its blog that it added the ability to transfer chat history whenever a user switches from iOS to a Samsung Android device. Samsung also made an announcement that this particular feature will launch at its Unpacked Event in August and is considering one of the more frustrating…

Playbyte, a Startup, is thinking of becoming the TikTok for gaming. Just recently, it launched an app which is currently available only on the App Store. The app offers users tools that allow them create and share simple games on their phones, and also a full-screen feed that scrolls vertically…

Apart from Twitter, LinkedIn have launched Story features that were short-lived. Today, LinkedIn announced that it will be suspending the Stories feature on September 30. As a replacement, it will start adding short videos to the platform. In the announcement, LinkedIn encouraged advertisers and marketers who may have promoted ads…

ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, seems to be doing everything possible to compete with Social media Giant, Facebook. After acquiring the world’s leading social media app, TikTok, ByteDance has successfully secured its own virtual reality headset maker called Pico, competing with Facebook in the virtual reality market space. The…

QR codes are theoretically an easy way to send or receive information – they can contain links to websites or apps, contact information, ticket information, or many other things. You can simply scan the QR code with your Android phone to get this data.  However, you also won’t come across…

You and I can share a photo or video on WhatsApp that can disappear once the receiver has viewed or watched it the first time. This feature is available right now, and is useful, for example, when you mistakenly send a photo that has a password on it, or perhaps,…

There are many of us who use Google Drive as our modern hard drive. It is a safe place where we keep notes, important documents, pictures and audio files. But like traditional hard drives, storage space is unlimited and the lack of space can be a real problem. When you…

With the vast range of resources and information on the Internet, Cybersecurity can sometimes seem like a temporary solution. When you successfully set-up some kind of protection over a particular attack or hack, another one appears. Your username and password were sufficient to protect your account. But cybercriminals soon found…

Otter.ai is one of the most popular transcription tools due to the accuracy of the notes generated through machine learning. The software has both a free and paid plan. If you’re a paid user, you can use the Otter Assistant feature to activate your calendar and automatically attend and reschedule…

At times when you are busy, shortcuts can be very useful if you use WhatsApp for web on your computer. They can enable you to change your font style, insert stickers, GIFs and emoticons. If you’re one of those who like to multitask while keeping in touch with friends and…

There are many popular operating systems in the world, but none is as widely used as Android. Billions of smartphones, tablets, smart TVs and other devices are supported by Android. Today we’ll take a look at the real story behind Android’s success. Although Google is credited with developing Android, its…

One of WhatsApp’s key features is the app’s ability to Delete For Everyone when you mistakenly send a message you think they shouldn’t see or maybe you changed your mind about something you said. This feature, explicitly named “Delete For Everyone” redefines the meaning of sending a message, as users…

Many smartphones use Machine learning today, and this intelligence helps with everything from system performance and translation to voice command and camera quality. Samsung has announced that it will incorporate a similar idea into its smartphone’s RAM modules. The company announced that a memory processing technology called (what it calls…

If you lose or damage your smartphone, you lose more than just the so-called device. You should think of all information stored that may be lost. Apps such as WhatsApp are not like Google Photos and Google Drive which add some of your important files immediately in the cloud. However,…

Cryptocurrencies are completely digital, so you can send and receive them using any suitable digital wallet on your computer or smartphone. However, it might surprise you to learn that cryptocurrencies are really not “stored” in wallets or anywhere close.  To explain it, your ownership is tied to a particular key…

In January, Twitter acquired the newsletter platform Revue, but so far, it has had little integration with the Micro-blogging site. There are times when you write a Twitter thread, and you will be saluted with a “Hello Wordsmiths” message. That’s Twitter informing you about this newsletter feature.  https://innovation-village.com/twitter-acquires-newsletter-startup-revue/ The Social…

As battle rages on TikTok’s number one position, Facebook tests “Facebook Reels” in the US. The company announced this morning that it is testing this new feature that will allow its users to create and share short-form video content directly as News Feed or within a Facebook group.  As earlier…

Disappearing WhatsApp messages will soon be subject to a long time limit, undermining the purpose of this privacy-focused feature. According to a WhatsApp survey by WABetaInfo, the messaging app is testing a new 90-day message disappearance option. The new 90 day limit was discovered in the latest beta version of…

Twitter is introducing new changes to its API that allows third-party developers to design tools, applications and services for Spaces – it’s audio platform – so as to maximise platform conversations. The focus of this new update is on making it easier to discover Spaces, which is one of the…