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iOS 9 is now on a whopping 75 percent of Apple devices

iOS 9 is now on a whopping 75 percent of Apple devices iOS 9 has been touted as the “fastest adopted iOS version ever,” with adoption hitting 50 percent only a week after it was released in September 2015. Now it’s hit a new high-water mark as Apple has quietly updated its developer page, pegging

Skype will soon let you make group video calls on mobile

Skype will soon let you make group video calls on mobile Six years since Skype introduced video calls on phones, the company hasannounced that it’s bringing group video calls to mobile devices. The much-needed feature will launch on Android, iOS and Windows 10 mobile in the coming weeks. It comes as Skype celebrates 2 trillion

Google’s secretive moonshot division has a new logo and a new plan

Google’s secretive moonshot division has a new logo and a new plan Google X, the company’s secretive research division that works on long-term tech of the future, has been restructured to make it more efficient at seeing successful projects through to fruition. Following the establishment of Alphabet and the subsequent renaming of some services, it’s little

Facebook has just 24 hours to find the 11 million people it says support Free Basics in India

Facebook has just 24 hours to find the 11 million people it says support Free Basics in India The Indian regulator consulting on the future of services like Free Basics has released an update outlining its communications with Facebook in the last two weeks around the social network’s campaign to gather support from users. The Telecoms Regulatory Authority

Instagram Goes Beyond The Feed With Everyday Spotlight Compilations

Instagram Goes Beyond The Feed With Everyday Spotlight Compilations But Spotlight Compilations were so popular that starting this week, Instagram’s community team began spontaneously coming up with themes. They comb through the top relevant clips, and show them off in its “immersive video player” each day so there’s always at least one to watch. The

Photo Evidence Shows Facebook Is Building Messenger For Mac

Photo Evidence Shows Facebook Is Building Messenger For Mac Releasing an official Facebook Messenger For Mac app could make it easy for people to chat whenever they’re on their computer. Instead of getting buried in one of many web browser tabs that users have to switch to so they can text friends, the dedicated Messenger desktop

Twitter says we use its new ‘like’ heart six percent more than the ‘favorite’ stars

Twitter says we use its new ‘like’ heart six percent more than the ‘favorite’ stars If you thought whining about stars and hearts would make Twitter alter its course, think again. At the Open Mobile Summit in San Francisco, Twitter’sKevin Weil says users are ‘liking’ posts six percent more than they ‘favorited’ them. Weil says

Twitter finally gets support for new emoji and racially diverse icons

Twitter finally gets support for new emoji and racially diverse icons A few weeks after Apple was first to support tens of new emoji, including taco, cheese slice and rolling eyes, Twitter has quietly added support for the new emoji as well. Today the company has rolled out support for the Unicode 8.0 emoji in

ISIS is using IP addresses the UK sold to Saudi Arabia

ISIS is using IP addresses the UK sold to Saudi Arabia IP addresses being used by ISIS and traced by teenage computer hackers back to the UK’s Department for Work and Pensions are likely to be among those sold to Saudi Arabian telecoms companies this year, the British government has claimed. In a convenient admission

Twitter wants to borrow your tweets to help promote brands

Twitter wants to borrow your tweets to help promote brands Twitter is reportedly developing a new product that allows brands to collect tweets from users and re-purpose them to help promote themselves on the social network, reports Digiday. The product, according to advertisers who were shown a sneak peak atCES this month, is being touted as a