Instragram’s Stories App is already very popular among users. Now, a recent update brings stickers, limited holiday content and other features to its users. Instagram has had to compete with SnapChat in order to remain relevant #Story #Instagram
It’s a well known fact that PayTM users couldn’t add payment or make transactions go through easily on iOS devices. This problem wasn’t officially acknowledged by PayTM until now. PayTM finally acknowledged that there’s a bug and has sworn to fix it. #App #paytm
All the major browsers such as Chrome, Safari and Edge have a multiple process design, which enables them to read, interpret and analyse HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Until now, Mozilla Firefox didn’t have this ability. However, Firefox’s latest version, Firefox 50 brings multiple process support. #Firefox #developer
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) revealed that quantum computers are able to break into even the most secure cryptography and that the future may hold many unpleasant surprises. To counter this, the agency is seeking the help of the public by getting them to submit ideas to eliminate this threat. If you’re a developer or a security analyst, you should contact NIST. #security #NIST
In what can be seen as yet another move to solidify its position as a media entity, Facebook has teamed up with BBC to bring its users live audio streams. Read this article to find out why iOS users may be at a disadvantage than Android users when they use this particular feature on their devices. #Social #Facebook
A new update to the popular Prisma app not only brings more photo-editing features but also extensive social features. The app now comes with ‘feed’ and ‘profile’ options, which are arguably very social in nature. This must surely excite Prisma users who have often depended on other social networking sites to share their pictures. #Prisma #social
Google’s new Project Wycheproof probes cryptographic libraries to discover vulnerabilities and fixes them. This was previously a series of internal tests which have now been made public. This should help developers even if they are not experts in cryptography. #security #Google
Twitter has begun to display ads based on relevance, instead of on chronological order. However, you can still access tweets in a chronological order if you click on ‘latest’. The public announcement was made only now. #social #Twitter
Flock just unveiled the world’s first chat operating system “FlockOS”, which helps developers to build apps, bots etc for Flock. Custom apps can be used within organisations are be made available on Flock’s App Store. One would seriously winded if businesses are really going to need this. #developer #social
As most of India does not have access to the Internet and they are also burdened by the recent demonetization drive, TRAI announced that reasonable amount of free mobile internet will be provided to rural subscribers every month. The costs will be borne by the government’s Universal Service Obligatory Fund (USOF). #egovernance #India
