Category: feature

Instagram’s Layout feature adds collages to your Stories

Post author By Randall
Post date December 17, 2019
Categories In camera, collage, Entertainment, Facebook, feature, gear, grid, Instagram, layout, Mobile, photos, pictures, selfies, stories, Tech

[ad_1] Today, Instagram is rolling out new Layout feature that will let you include multiple photos in a single story. When you open the Stories camera and select the Layout option, you’ll be able to choose between two and six photos to combine in a grid-based collage. [ad_2] Source link

Uber will test an audio recording safety feature in Brazil and Mexico

Post author By Randall
Post date November 20, 2019
Categories In app, audio, audio recording, brazil, feature, gear, harassment, mexico, Mobile, pilot, record, Safety, Security, sexual assault, Tech, test, Transportation, Uber

[ad_1] Beginning in December, users in those cities will be allowed to opt in to activate audio recording on all trips. If, after the trip, they’d like to report a safety incident, they can submit the audio recording to Uber’s customer support agents. Riders and drivers will not be able to listen to the audio […]

Microsoft’s ‘Your Phone’ screen mirroring app is down

Post author By Randall
Post date August 26, 2019
Categories In Android, app, down, feature, galaxy note 10, gear, handset, link to pc, Microsoft, mirroring, Mobile, outage, personal computing, personalcomputing, phone, Tech, windows 10, your phone

[ad_1] This is bad timing for an outage. As The Verge explains, the Galaxy Note 10 has its own version of Your Phone, called “Link to PC.” That phone just went on sale last week, and Link to PC is reportedly unavailable as part of this outage. Typically, the app lets you reply to texts, […]

Apple reportedly shelves ‘walkie talkie’ iPhone feature

Post author By Randall
Post date August 26, 2019
Categories In Apple, cellular, feature, gear, hold, Intel, Iphone, long distance, Mobile, project, project ogrs, radio, shelved, Tech, text messages, walkie talkie

[ad_1] This is the first time we’ve heard of the technology, which went by Project OGRS at Apple. It reportedly used the 900 megahertz radio spectrum, often used by the utility, oil and gas industries. Sources told The Information that it was designed to use Intel cellular modems. It’s unclear why Apple shelved the project, […]

Google is bringing a one-tap SOS button to some Android phones

Post author By Randall
Post date August 1, 2019
Categories In accessibility, Android, automated, automated voice calls, emergency, emergency calling, emergency calls, feature, fire, gear, Google, Mobile, pixel, police, Safety, Security, Tech, voice message

[ad_1] When you make an emergency call, the feature will let you tap “Medical,” “Fire” or “Police.” It will then send an automated voice message to the appropriate emergency service provider. It will gather your location using your phone’s GPS and plus code. It won’t require a data connection, and it will allow you to […]

Instagram’s latest Stories sticker is a direct link to group chats

Post author By Randall
Post date July 2, 2019
Categories In app, conversation, conversations, direct messaging, dm, Entertainment, Facebook, feature, group messaging, Instagram, Internet, join chat, Mobile, sticker, stories, Tech

[ad_1] Instagram is introducing a new feature that will let users start private group messages around specific Stories. The company announced the change on Twitter today. Users will soon be able to add a “join chat” sticker to their Stories. If followers tap the sticker, they’ll be added to a private group chat — though […]

Facebook revives ‘View As Public’ profile feature

Post author By Randall
Post date May 14, 2019
Categories In Cybersecurity, data security, edit public details, Facebook, feature, gear, Internet, Privacy, profile, public, Security, Tech, view as public

[ad_1] Today, Facebook announced two changes that could make it easier to manage your publicly visible info. First, Facebook is bringing back the “View As Public” feature that allows users to preview their profiles as they appear to the general public. The company is also adding an “Edit Public Details” button directly on profiles. [ad_2] […]