Vertical video comes to YouTube – News
1 in every 5 people on earth now watch YouTube, that’s the new stats just released by YouTube. +, among new features, vertical video now comes to this Google outlet.
Reports: CNBC, Business Insider, TechCrunch
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Facebook decides to take more care of its communities – News
Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg kicked off FB’s 1st ‘Communities Summit’ by underlining the role Groups play in the Facebook community & thanking the group admins who lead them.
Windows 10 preview 4th edition released – News
The Windows 10 Fall Creators Update is slated to arrive later this year.
Mozilla launches Firefox Focus browser for Android – News
Mozilla has unveiled a privacy-focused browser for Android devices that blocks web trackers & makes it easier to erase your browsing history.
Reports: TechCrunch, YouTube
Instagram Stories hits 250 mln daily readers mark – News
Snapchat, watch out. Instagram Stories now has 250 million daily active users, up from 200 million in April, 150 million in January and 100 million in October after launching the Snapchat Stories clone in August.
Reports: TechCrunch, CNBC, Refinery29, Seeking Alpha, Daily Dot
Twitter’s new look
Changes will roll out across twitter.com, Twitter for iOS, Twitter for Android, TweetDeck, & Twitter Lite over the coming days and weeks.
No more mobile roaming charges in Europe – News
Finally. Mobile roaming charges in Europe have now been removed. As long as you have a service in a member state & live on that continent for at least 8 months each year, you can use your phone’s voice, messaging & data in other EU countries at the same rate you’d pay as if you were at home. But there are a number of exceptions to the rule that could leave you paying more, say reports.
Reports: TechCrunch, The Sun, Eagle Radio
Google’s ‘Gboard’ now fetches emojis when you sketch with a finger
You can now draw an outline of an emoji with a finger on your screen & Gboard will search out the best match.
G Drive feature will allow you to backup your PC in Cloud – News
Backing up the Content of your entire PC in the Cloud is a reality thanks to Google’s new Drive update.Revealed Wednesday, Google is preparing an update that adds a feature called Backup & Sync.
Reports: GSuites Blog, The Verge, SlashGear
A faster, more stable Mozilla Firefox is here. Meet ‘Electrolysis’ – News
With today’s release, Firefox uses up to four processes to run Web page Content across all open tabs. This means that a heavy, complex Web page in 1 tab has a much lower impact on the responsiveness & speed in other tabs.
Instagram’s archive function goes ‘live’ – News
From today, photo-sharing app Instagram has an archiving option. Archived posts in Instagram are still visible to you, but no one else will be able to see them.
Reports: TechCrunch, TheStreet.com