Update, July 27: The OnePlus Nord is here. Read our in-depth review. Original story follows. OnePlus’s new smartphone, the OnePlus Nord, will be revealed on July 21. The phone, previously dubbed the “OnePlus Z Thing,” is already available for preorder.  The Chinese phone-maker said it will let people watch the phone’s launch from the safety of …

Instagram is expanding its pinned comments feature to everyone, after testing the tool with a select group of users in May. The social media giant said the feature aims to help Instagrammers manage the conversations being had in the comment section of their posts. “Today we’re rolling out pinned comments everywhere,” Instagram tweeted on Tuesday. “That means you can pin …

Twitter removed an image from one of President Donald Trump’s tweets on Wednesday for violating copyright policy.  The now removed image, which was reported on earlier by Axios, was a photo of Trump taken by Damon Winter for The New York Times in 2015. The president had added text to the top and bottom of the image turning the photo …

Facebook is shutting down experimental apps Hobbi and Lasso. Users reportedly received notifications that each app will be closing up shop as of July 10. Hobbi, developed by Facebook’s New Product Experimentation team, launched in February for iOS as a Pinterest-like app for organizing and saving photos of personal projects such as baking, ceramics, gardening, arts & crafts and more. …

Spotify on Wednesday launched a Premium Duo subscription plan in the US, letting two people living at the same address subscribe together at a discounted price. The music streaming service’s Duo plan costs $12.99 per month, halfway between Spotify’s $9.99 individual plan and its $14.99 family plan.  See at Spotify With the new plan, each person gets their own Premium …

Amazon has brought Watch Party to Prime Video, letting you view shows with friends and family while social distancing. The new feature, announced Monday, will let Prime Video subscribers virtually co-watch TV shows and movies with up to 100 other Prime members. Using Amazon’s Watch Party, Prime Video subscribers can host a viewing party by clicking the new Watch Party icon that …

Google is starting a licensing program to pay publishers for some content. The search giant on Thursday said it’ll pay publishers for “high-quality content” for a news feature that’ll launch later this year.  “A vibrant news industry matters — perhaps now more than ever, as people look for information they can count on in the midst of a global pandemic …

Google Photos is getting a makeover. The search giant unveiled a redesign of Google Photos that includes a map view, a new icon and three tabs to organize your pictures.   Google said the refreshed app will have a new Photos tab that contains all your pictures and videos. With the update, your photos will appear larger and have less …

Facebook’s New Product Experimentation team launched a new iOS app on Tuesday that aims to use crowdsourcing to predict future events. The app, called Forecast, will let people ask questions and then use in-app points to make predictions. To start, the NPE team said it’s inviting professionals in the health, research and academic communities in the US and Canada to …

WhatsApp digital payments have been suspended by Brazil’s Central Bank a week after the feature launched in the country. The bank ordered Visa and Mastercard to stop payments and money transfers through the app or risk facing fines.  With this decision, the Central Bank aims “to preserve an adequate competitive environment, which ensures the functioning of an interoperable, fast, secure, …