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Pick Someone to Mute on WhatsApp WhatsApp is saving your group conference by adding a selective muting option. There are, of course, features like that on Zoom or Microsoft Teams, but this one is definitely something new. The Meta-owned app is on a roll of several updates to make the platform safe and interesting for new users. We have seen it grow in numbers for a long time. First of all, you choose yourself who to mute. It can be your roommate or just a person you don’t find that interesting. Such a feature feels like a breath of air when it...

25 Jun 2022

Problems With Elon Musk Buying Twitter As Elon Musk announced his intentions to buy Twitter, some non-profit companies started to ring alerts. Advocacy groups have launched a campaign to prevent Tesla’s owner’s purchase of the company. This was unveiled after the proposal had passed the US antitrust check. The deal is said to be $44 billion, as Elon is looking at the ownership of the platform. Of course, there are still many steps to be taken before the official statement will be released. The campaign under the name “Stop the Deal” features such organizations as SumOfUs, MoveOn, Media Matters for America, and the... 11 Jun 2022
Twitter Teams Are Going to Focus on App Success After Elon Musk’s claims to purchase Twitter, some changes are already coming to the app. Hiring has been profusely stopped and leaders of consumer product Kayvon Beykpour and revenue side Bruce Falck have been fired by Parag Agrawal, Twitter CEO. The new head of product Jay Sullivan has stated that new features will come under his hand. Firstly, Twitter teams will be dedicated more to the personalization of the platform, making the app more engaging with the users. The developers want to focus on bringing out positive changes to the community, leaving audio Spaces and newsletters.... 09 Jun 2022
New Changes to Apple Subscriptions Apple is making changes to the subscription policy so that users can now easily navigate all of their services. Now, developers can charge increased prices atomically with the user’s agreement. It might be beneficial for those who accidentally lose their subscription due to missed opt-in messages. The company also hopes that it will influence the developers who have been targeting this part of the market. Some news says that trials for this update have already been done. The announcement stated that Apple is on the move to make every process regarding pricing, canceling, or managing subscriptions... 25 May 2022
YouTube Is Cleaning up the Platform Some time has passed since the first days of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine, and since then, YouTube has been actively deleting content that was discussing the conflict. More than 70,000 videos have been removed from the platform, as they have been surpassing the major violent events policy of the company. No particular details were shared, but so far, about 9,000 channels were permanently banned – especially important is that pro-Kremlin journalist Vladimir Solovyov has lost his platform. His videos broke many rules surrounding the company’s guidelines and calling the invasion a “libertarian mission” was enough. Neal... 23 May 2022
TikTok Will Now Offer ‘Pulse’ Program to Provide Creator Monetization It’s not a secret that TikTok is currently one of the most popular social media platforms. At the same time, there has been one significant thing missing for creators — proper monetization. Luckily for active users of TikTok, the situation is about to change completely. Recently, TikTok announced that the developers decided to introduce the so-called Pulse program. The goal of this initiative is to allow advertisers to include ads for the most popular videos in the app. At the same time, this Pulse program will also give a share to the creators of such videos.... 11 May 2022
Google Will Reduce Performance Reviews for Its Employees Performance reviews have been the bane of existence for the employees of Google for a while now. The procedure took place two times a year and required a lot of time, effort, and paperwork. Almost half of the employees of the corporation mentioned that they would rather focus on other tasks than on their performance reviews. For this reason, Google decided to limit performance reviews to just once a year, and also there will be less paperwork involved. While end-users of Google products may not care how many times a year employees complete their reviews, the... 09 May 2022