Category: <span>Tech News</span>

A little less than two weeks since Facebook integrated its Messenger app with Instagram‘s own messaging service, the social media giant has now rolled out a complete makeover for the unified app, bringing more than 10 new features to its users. Before you even open up the app, you’ll notice that the icon has been updated, now dressed in a...

Spotify is tying podcasts and music close together. The company announced today that it’s testing a new podcast format that’ll allow podcast listeners to hear entire music tracks during a show, as opposed to a brief sample. Hosts will also be able to create shows in this format through Anchor, the Spotify-owned podcast creation app....

Videoconferencing app Zoom is trying to keep its lockdown success rolling with two big new features: a marketplace called OnZoom that will allow users to schedule and monetize virtual events, and new ways for business apps like Asana and Box to integrate their wares directly into your next Zoom call. First, OnZoom. This is an “event...

Since the original Amazon Echo release back in 2014, Amazon’s array of Alexa-enabled devices has grown exponentially and the voice-activated helpers have quickly become a staple in the modern home. Whether we’re rocking a Dot, a Show or even just the Alexa app on Android or iOS, we’ve come to rely on this virtual personal assistant for everything from checking the weather forecast...

According to a news report from Bloomberg, Apple has now dropped most of the personal audio products from competing brands at its retail locations. The brands affected include Sonos, Bose, and Logitech, which have all been stocked by Apple for quite some time. Their products have also been removed from the tech giant’s online platform, which...

According to an internal Microsoft memo obtained by The Verge, Microsoft employees will be allowed to work from home for less than half of their work week. Pending manager approval, some employees will be allowed to work from home full time. Even when stay-at-home measures for the coronavirus pandemic are lifted, Microsoft employees won’t be required...

Cloud communications platform provider Twilio Inc plans to buy customer data infrastructure company Segment for $3.2 billion, Forbes reported on Friday. The deal, which had not been finalized as of Friday afternoon, was expected to be at least partially based on Twilio stock, the report added, citing two sources it did not name. San Francisco-based...

The latest update to Uber Eats’ app will make one thing obvious to consumers: Uber Eats wants to expand beyond delivering pizza, tacos, and noodles to also delivering flowers, pet supplies, convenience items, and unique finds from local shops. “This is Eats entering its next chapter of maturity,” said Daniel Danker, head of product for...

Google’s G Suite is getting a new name — Workspace — as the company looks to position the software as a hub for remote teamwork and tolls out several feature upgrades and a new payment tier. Workspace includes a variety of apps, including Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Meet and others. As of April, Google Workspace had 6...

Scientists in Nigeria have developed a cheaper and faster Covid-19 test kit that will enable testing to be ramped up in a place that has faced kit shortages and chronic under-testing of a massive population, according to the country’s health authorities.  The new test is cheaper than other PCR tests — the most common type of test — and can give...