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Twitter now lets users share Spaces clips on iOS, Android
The company recently said that it started testing a new clipping tool for Spaces. Now, the feature is being rolled out to all the users. "Testing went well. We are rolling out clipping to everyone on iOS and Android web on the way!" the company tweeted. Currently, the feature is unavailable to Twitter web users. However, the platform said support is "on the way".
Amazon to allow developers to create Alexa routines for users
The Amazon said developers can now use the Alexa Ambient Home Dev Kit to integrate their devices and services with other products more seamlessly with user permission. Alexa Ambient Home Dev Kit is a new collection of services and APIs that seeks to unify the ambient smart home experience for our customers.
Oracle Database Service for Microsoft Azure now available for all users
Oracle and Microsoft partnered to deliver the Oracle Interconnect for Microsoft Azure in 2019 and hundreds of organisations have used the secure and private interconnections in 11 global regions. Users can now migrate or build new applications on Azure and then connect to high-performance and high-availability managed Oracle Database services such as Autonomous Database running on OCI.
Microsoft Teams faces major outage, Twitterati react
Microsoft said it received reports of users being unable to access Microsoft Teams or leverage any features and said the company is investigating the issue. "We have determined that a recent deployment contained a broken connection to an internal storage service, which has resulted in impact. We are working to direct traffic to a healthy service to mitigate impact," the company wrote on Twitter.
Now anyone can migrate WhatsApp chats from Android to iOS, vice versa
On the micro-blogging platform, the company also shared a link that tells how to migrate WhatsApp data from Android to iPhone. "A new way to keep the chats that mean the most. Today, you will have the ability to transfer your entire chat history from Android to iOS and vice versa. Now you have the freedom to switch to and from your preferred devices," the company wrote on Twitter.
Microsoft Teams faces major outage, Twitterati react
Microsoft said it received reports of users being unable to access Microsoft Teams or leverage any features and said the company is investigating the issue. "We have determined that a recent deployment contained a broken connection to an internal storage service, which has resulted in impact. We are working to direct traffic to a healthy service to mitigate impact," the company wrote on Twitter.
Apple releases iOS 15.6, iPadOS with new features, bug fixes
The iOS 15.6 and iPadOS 15.6 can be downloaded for free and the software is available on all eligible devices over-the-air in the Settings app. To access the new software, go to Settings, General, then Software Update, reports MacRumors. As Apple is wrapping up development on the iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 operating systems, iOS 15.6 is minor in scale and introduces a handful of new features and bug fixes.
World saw 10 million foldable smartphone shipments in 2021: Samsung
The new figures contradict what the International Data Corporation (IDC) said in its report earlier this year the worldwide shipments of foldable phones, inclusive of both flip and fold form factors, reached a total of 7.1 million units in 2021. The IDC has projected that foldable phone shipments will reach 27.6 million units in 2025 with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 69.9 per cent from 2020 to 2025.
Tesla profits dip in Q2 due to China lockdowns
Tesla reported $2.3 billion in second-quarter profit, below its record quarterly profit of $3.3 billion in the first quarter this year. The company reported its first sequential decline in quarterly profit in more than a year. As of the end of the second quarter, the company said it has converted approximately 75 per cent of its Bitcoin purchases into fiat currency.
Facebook shifts focus from news to creator economy amid TikTok threat
According to The Wall Street Journal, Facebook executive Campbell Brown has told employees that the engineering and product teams at Facebook would, in future, spend less time on News and Bulletin to "heighten their focus on building a more robust Creator economy." A former journalist, Brown leads Facebook's global media partnerships.
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