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Huawei is building its own Google Maps (and Yandex and Booking.com are already on board)
Huawei is quietly gearing up to take on Google Maps with its own mapping service – and it's already got Yandex and Booking.com's ...
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Facebook's group privacy settings actually make sense now
Until today, Facebook has given you three options for creating a user group: Open, closed, or 'secret.' While the first is pretty obvious, the other two were occasional sources of confusion - an admin might set a group to 'closed' without realizing it was still searchable, for instance. Instead ...
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TikTok is flooded by scammers promoting adult sites
TikTok has been inundated by a slew of scammers seeking to take advantage of its quickly growing userbase – and get them ...
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Over 50% of Google searches result in no clicks, data shows
Google is hungry for your clicks. But it turns out that more than half of all Google Search queries now result in no clicks. ...
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Facebook paid people to listen to and transcribe your voice clips
Facebook doesn't need any more bad press, but here we go again. According to a report by Bloomberg, the company paid hundreds of contractors to transcribe audio snippets from your conversations within its services - without making it sufficiently clear these clips were being recorded. ...
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Facebook is finally testing Dark Mode
Facebook is finally testing a dark mode for its Android app afeter sitting out for long. Reliable app leaker Jane Manchun ...
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Chrome for Android will now let you log in to some services without password
Google announced today that you can use the fingerprint sensor to sign in to some of its services when you're using Chrome ...
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F**k me: iOS' Notes app censors handwritten swears
Apple works very hard to maintain a 'clean' and family-friendly image. So much so that it censors handwritten words when suggesting a title for notes. Today, a user in r/iOSBeta subreddit noted the company's algorithm muted the word 'fuck' when recommending a title for the handwritten ...
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Discord launches its own mini-livestreaming service
Discord today announced it's premiering its own internal livestreaming feature, appropriately titled Go Live. It's essentially a very small video stream where a few friends can comment on your gameplay -- but it sounds like a fun alternative to other livestreaming services. Go ...
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How to (selectively) hide Instagram Stories like a pro
Have you ever wanted to share an Instagram Story without having all of your followers see it? Follow these tips to do it ...
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How to use Google to find podcast episodes on a specific topic
Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. Podcast discovery is already a hard task. Companies like Spotify are investing a lot of money in improving recommendation. But it’s almost ...
