Celebrating 30th Birthday of SMS – Short Message Service! The first SMS, wishing ‘Merry Christmas’ was sent by a software engineer on 3rd December 1992! Most of the first generation mobile phone users would have sent a free SMS as the first operation on their...
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Take notes on WhatsApp. Now you can message yourself!
posted by: Nishant Kaushal
November 15, 2022
WhatsApp has rolled out a feature where you can now message yourself! Have you been amongst those people, who would simply send your friends and family members a message or share a link, just so it stays noted for you to refer back to later?...
Google starts third-party billing with Spotify and Bumble
posted by: Nishant Kaushal
November 11, 2022
Google starts third-party billing in play store with Spotify and Bumble’s users as the chosen ones for the pilot testing. It hasn’t been a secret that Google and Apple have long been restricting their App developers to use only their own payment gateways for any...
Whatsapp, with its latest update, rolled out a much hyped feature – Whatsapp Communities. The feature lets users connect multiple groups under one umbrella to help them better organize group conversations on the platform. Designed to help organizations, clubs, schools and other private groups better...
Google Hangouts – Shutdown of the messaging platform
posted by: Nishant Kaushal
November 3, 2022
Google Hangouts – One of the most powerful messaging app with SMS, messaging and voice all integrated into one – is shutting down on the 1st of November 2022. They have put up a notice urging users to move to Google Chat. Starting November 1,...
Way back in 2018, Fedora 28 had introduced EPEL 8 modules, which allowed one to install multiple versions of the same software and switch between them, making them modular. For example, one might need to keep switching between a nodejs 8.x, 10.x and 12.x based...
Whatsapp finally debuts a much awaited feature, the Whatsapp call links. A feature that has been existing in Zoom, Google meet and Microsoft teams, and maybe even since the days of Webex, where you’d create a call link, traditionally known as call bridge, and share...
Don’t believe in rumors, here is the official Google Pixel Watch
posted by: Nishant Kaushal
September 24, 2022
Google Pixel Watch was supposed to be one of the launches that Google had planned for its Made By Google event on the 6th of October 2022. However like any other most awaited gadgets launch, the Pixel Watch was brewing in the rumor mills. However,...
What is Google Play Pass? Is your favorite android game a part of it?
posted by: Nishant Kaushal
September 20, 2022
Google advertises the Play Pass as a pass that will let you play your games without any ads or in-app purchases! Google Play Pass is a library of games and apps, which otherwise would have been ad supported or having in-app purchases for premium features....
Top 10 Free cloud backup storages for your photos and videos
posted by: Nishant Kaushal
September 18, 2022
Till May 31st 2021, Google photos offered Unlimited storage for your photos and videos saved in High quality. However, lot has changed since then. Google has now brought the storage used by Google Photos to within the 15GB Google account limits. Today most of our...