Google has recently announced plans to phase out its Jamboard app, a collaborative whiteboarding tool, by late 2024. The tech giant has established a clear timeline for this transition to allow users ample time to adapt. According to the company, all Jamboard device license subscriptions, including those for educational institutions, will cease on September 30, … [Read more…]
In a significant move towards enhancing public safety, Google has joined forces with the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and the National Seismology Center (NSC) in order to introduce an Earthquake Alert System designed to provide early earthquake alerts for Android users in India. This team-up ensures that the system is finely tuned to the … [Read more…]
The HTML view within Gmail, that many users still use, and which presents your mail in a pretty basic, barebones format, will be dead by end of January next year. Google didn’t announce anything as such, but updated their support page to reflect the same. “You can display Gmail on your browser in Basic HTML … [Read more…]
In a development that could possibly result in further alienation of user, social media giant X will not be making audio and video calls available to all users. According to a report from TechCrunch, both the new features will only be made available to users who have purchased a membership to X Premium, the erstwhile … [Read more…]
Since the introduction of ChatGPT, generative AI has been hailed as a cornerstone of the AI sector, and its popularity has been rising by the day. It has also seen a host of AI chatbots being rolled out, and it is not just the likes of Microsoft and Google who have been working on this. … [Read more…]
If Sundar Pichai’s Google I/O keynote wasn’t enough of the “AI” dose for you, there’s more incoming, this time from YouTube. The video platform announced a slew of new features, almost all driven by AI or generative AI in some manner or the other, and mostly focused around making lives easier for creators. Additionally, YouTube … [Read more…]
Users may have noticed that social media platform X recently brought several changes to its Community Notes feature. Earlier this week, the crowdsourced fact-checking feature brought videos under its aegis, allowing users to add fact checks or other important context to posts. And more recently, the erstwhile Twitter has introduced a subtle (yet impactful) tweak … [Read more…]
The fact that Twitter – now known as X – is in hot waters and has raised concerns is nothing surprising – it has been a common occurrence ever since Elon Musk bought the micro-blogging site last year to make it an “everything app.” If you have been following us, then you will have seen … [Read more…]
Zoom is adding a new feature – aptly called Notes – that offers users the ability to create, share, and edit notes in real-time during video calls – something that may help Zoom’s evolution from a popular video chat platform into a more comprehensive office suite. Much like the name suggests, Notes is designed to … [Read more…]
X, the erstwhile Twitter, is now set to collect even more sensitive user data than it already was. The social networking platform updated its privacy policy, which will now entitle it to collect biometric data and other personal information of users. The change goes into effect from September 29, and biometrics are for users who … [Read more…]