Facebook-owned Instagram today unveiled a new live broadcast feature, dubbed Live Rooms, that lets you go live on the service with up to three people. Before the change, you could go live with only one other person in a live broadcast stream.
In this week's edition of our Apps of the Week roundup we have a subscription tracker, a todo list app with a twist, and a cross-platform two factor authentication app. And as always, we've selected two great games for you to check out.
There are fees associated with using not only Apple's App Store, but also Google's option, Google Play. But some folks want to see those fees abolished, and state legislatures in the United States are part of the process. This time around it's Minnesota.
Aside from unlocking your iPhone with an Apple Watch, changing the default music player for Siri requests and other perks, iOS 14.5 adds several handy new actions to the Shortcuts app.
The secure messaging software Telegram has been updated with a flurry of new features, including vanishing messages in any kind of chat, as the app continues to see a burst of new users following the confusion over WhatsApp’s upcoming privacy policy change.
Just like last year, Apple is celebrating not only Women's History Month, but also International Women's Day this year. And, as is par for the course, the company is using the App Store to help with the initiative.
Not everyone has the time or energy to come up with dinner ideas after a long day, whether you live alone or have a family to feed. And while takeout and food delivery are great, it can get expensive eating out all the time. Plus, you may have a restricted diet or watch what you eat.
An alternative to coming up with dishes to make or ordering fast food is a meal kit. And of course, you can get these delivered to your door. You can pick the meals you want, receive the ingredients, get instructions for cooking or heating, and you’re set. No more, “What’s for dinner?” or “Would you like fries with that?”.
Check out these terrific meal kit delivery apps for iPhone and then let us know which one you like the best!
Apple has released a trio of new advertisements for the Apple Watch Series 6, the newest smartwatch from the company. And, as you've probably guessed from the title, the new ads focus mostly on the health-related features you can find inside the smart wearable.
Facebook-owned WhatsApp has detailed in a FAQ what will happen if you don't accept the new terms in its updated privacy policy that's due to go into effect May 15. Although your account won't be deleted, failure to accept the new terms by the effective date will cripple the app
Microsoft is adding machine learning-powered text predictions to Word next month. According to Neowin, which first spotted text predictions in Word, Microsoft has put this feature on its roadmap and plans to launch it for all Word users on Windows next month.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS:
Word predicts what words you want to type next. Suggestions can be accepted/rejected with the Tab/Escape key. The feature can be turned off at will. Predicting what you wanna type nextThe feature will show predictions as you type, giving you the option to accept the suggested word by pressing the Tab key or reject it by hitting Escape. This isn't a mandatory feature because people will be able to turn it off at will in their Word preferences.
Microsoft originally announced text predictions in Word last year.
Your data does not leave the tenant boundary. Text predictions use a machine learning model to make suggestions based on the text you have typed in the current document or email. The content is not stored or seen by any human unless donated as part of the feedback mechanism.
Text prediction learns and improves over time
It's unclear whether the same feature might appear in Word for Mac. For what it's worth, Microsoft remains committed to the Mac platform: It recently announced that Office 2021 will be launch across Windows and macOS platforms later this year.
Text predictions in Word could speed up document creation and help “users write more efficiently by predicting text quickly, timely and accurately”, Microsoft hopes. This sounds very similar to the same feature that recently rolled out to Outlook for Windows users.
This week's Apps of the Week roundup includes a full-featured, low-light camera app, a minimal notes/writing app, and a custom YouTube widget. And as always, we've selected two great new games for you to check out.
If you use Instagram and share links in iMessage, you may have noticed an issue with previews. It's been a problem for a bit of time now, but the social network says a fix is in the works.