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Google Play Store Turns 5 Today with a Billion Active Users

I remember when I got my first Android phone, it came with Android Market; a pretty basic version of today’s Play Store. It was re-branded in 2012 to include apps, games, movies, TV shows, music and books. Today, Google is

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Facebook is Finally Adding a Dislike Button on Messages

Facebook introduced “Reactions” in late 2015, they replaced the well-known Like Button allowing users to choose between Like, Love, Haha, Wow, Sad and Angry reactions. However, what users actually demanded for a long time now is the “Dislike” button, using which

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WhatsApp Brings Photo and Video Status Updates

A new feature in WhatsApp allows the use of pictures and videos as status updates, very similar to the Snapchat Stories. WhatsApp has announced in a blog post that the revamped status feature is now live and rolling out to all

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Facebook to Show Ads in the Middle of Videos and Share Revenue with Publishers

Most of people think of Facebook as a social media platform, but it is actually an ad network. There are ads everywhere, on desktop, on mobile, on messenger and now they’re going to be inside the videos as well. Some

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WhatsApp Remained the Popular Choice to Send New Year Messages

Over the past few years WhatsApp has become the first choice among mobile phone users to send greetings. It is evident from the fact that this New Year’s Eve a whopping 63 billion messages were sent through WhatsApp. There were

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Now you can Group Video Chat on Facebook with up to 50 People

Facebook added the group voice calls functionality to its Messenger earlier this year, however people demanded that there should be group video calling feature as well. So Facebook listened to your feedback and Messenger now lets you host group video

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Google’s Allo Messaging App uses Machine Learning AI, Available for Download Now

Google’s new messaging service, Allo is finally available for both Android and iOS users. Announced in May this year, Allo aims to compete with so many other messaging apps with its powerful machine learning capabilities. Interestingly Allo doesn’t need a

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Yahoo! sold to America’s Telecom Giant Verizon for $4.83 Billion

Yahoo! the company that once defined the Internet has been sold for just $4.83 billion. America’s largest telecommunication company Verizon has decided to acquire the core Internet business of Yahoo. This deal is a result of month long negotiations that will

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Warid brings Free Social Suite, but it’s not actually Free

Following the footsteps of other telcos, Warid has also started offering free social services. This includes Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp ─ so now Warid customers can use these social media services free of cost on their smartphones. But is it