It’s mid-December, and Snapchat has joined Facebook, Instagram and Spotify in launching its year in review feature. A Look Back at 2021 will round up a random assortment of your snaps from the year across categories like pets, water, filters and staying in. Here’s how to see, send and save your 2021 Snapchat highlights 1. …
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Apple delays return to office indefinitely, report says
For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Apple has reportedly indefinitely delayed the requirement for its workers to return to the office due to a rise in COVID-19 cases. Workers were expected to return on Feb. 1, but will now return on a “date yet to be determined,” Bloomberg reported …
Read More »Instagram 2021 Playback: How to create your stories highlight
Instagram has added a new wrap-up feature for the end of the year, with the social media platform debuting 2021 Playback for some users on Thursday. The feature showcases what Instagram thinks are your best stories from the year, although you can add or delete other stories of your choice before publishing. “To help you look back on your special …
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Boost Mobile is offering a new unlimited voice, text and data plan — and it will cost you just $25 a month if you prepay for a year, the carrier said Thursday. According to Boost, this could save customers up to $400 a year when switching from the bigger carriers. “Boost’s Carrier Crusher plans offer Americans a new reality where customers …
Read More »Facebook Year Together: How to create your personalized 2021 highlights
Facebook has launched its yearly highlight feature, with users able to check their top friendships, reactions and checkins for 2021. The feature, which includes the three categories labeled by Facebook as “the friendships,” “the sparks” and “the places,” will be available globally by Friday. “Here’s to the things that meant the most, and kept us close in a year we …
Read More »A Pixel watch could be launching in 2022
Google could be developing the next big Android smartwatch, with the tech giant reportedly working on the first Pixel watch and hoping to launch it next year. The Pixel watch is code-named Rohan, according to a report Thursday by Business Insider, which cited internal Google documents and unnamed sources at the company. Renders show the Pixel watch as having a round …
Read More »Reddit unveils new live features for upvotes and comments in real time
Reddit has unveiled five new features for real-time participation on the social media platform, including showing when others are currently typing a response to a post, as well as how many people are reading a post. The other updates include voting animations, comment count animations and new comment indicators, Reddit announced Wednesday. Vote counts will no longer be static numbers, …
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T-Mobile has reached a $19.5 million settlement with the US Federal Communications Commission over an investigation into the carrier’s 911 outage in June 2020. T-Mobile is also set to implement a compliance plan, including improving its 911 outage notices, the FCC said on Tuesday. The FCC investigation kicked off in December last year, after a 12-hour outage on June 15, …
Read More »Cruella now free on Disney Plus: How to watch Disney’s live
“Cruella de Vil, Cruella de Vil, if she doesn’t scare you, no evil thing will!” Cruella, Disney’s live-action prequel starring Emma Stone and Emma Thompson, is finally streaming on Disney Plus for no extra fee. Disney Plus monthly subscription See at Disney Originally released in May, the movie reveals Cruella de Vil’s origin story and shows what she was like before the …
Read More »Sam’s Club introduces Scan & Ship in
Sam’s Club has unveiled a new app feature to get its big-ticket items home with buyers without having to worry about cramming it into your car or organizing a truck. Scan & Ship, which is being trialed at three Sam’s Club locations across the US, allows customers to scan the barcode of an item displayed in an aisle using the …
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