Twitter shuts down 3rd party API
Says these apps were relying on “legacy technology” that was still in a “beta state” after 9 years, & so had to “killed out of operational necessity.”
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LinkedIn adds features to Sales Navigator platform
Social media network for professionals LinkedIn has added updates to its Sales Navigator platform.
Alexa & Cortana are live-in partners – AI
Starting today, US customers who are interested in early access to the collaboration will be able to summon Cortana on Echo devices & enable Alexa on their Windows 10 PCs & Harman Kardon Invoke speakers.
Encrypted email service ‘Tutanota’ now on F-Droid – News
With its app release on F-Droid, Tutanota claims it can now prove that it is possible to build a secure email service that is completely “Google-free”.
Microsoft is re-tooling Cortana
The reason – Microsoft wants users to tap into Cortana, it’s virtual assistant, even when they’re away from their computer.
Twitter Lite available in 21 more countries – News
The Twitter Lite minimizes data usage, loads quickly on slower networks & takes up less space on your device.
Google continues to track Android users via location data even when paused: Report – News
An investigation by news agency Associated Press (AP) has revealed that many Google services on Android devices & iPhones store your location data even if you’ve used a privacy setting that supposedly tells Google not to do so.
How Android Pie’s Machine Learning works
Google has explained at great length how the latest version of its Android version – Pie- works.
Alexa, here’s some more competition, this time from Samsung
It runs on Samsung’s own Bixby Artificial Intelligence (AI) voice assistant.
Watch out, Alexa, Baidu’s voice assistant is catching up
China’s Baidu, Inc. has announced that the install base of DuerOS, the company’s conversational AI assistant, reached 100 million devices, doubling over the past 6 months.
Now, play AR games with friends in Facebook Messenger
Facebook has introduced multiplayer video chat AR games in Messenger. You can play with up to 6 people at a time.
