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YouTube Music's web app now offers multi-select option
As spotted by a Reddit user, the music streamer's web interface now offers the option to select multiple songs in list views, reports Android Central. The new functionality makes it easier to pick multiple items that users want to include in a playlist. Users can do so by clicking the new checkbox on the right-hand side of a song in a list. Hovering over a title should bring up the checkbox, and they can manage as many items as they want.
WhatsApp likely to add another verification code to prevent fraud
According to WABetaInfo, this feature is under development so it is not ready to be released to the public. When the feature will be released to beta testers, any successful attempt to log into the user's WhatsApp account from another device requires an additional verification code to confirm. The report mentioned that the company is now working on this feature to protect those users that may naively share their 6-digit code.
iOS 15 installed on 89% of iPhones introduced in last 4 yrs: Report
According to MacRumors, the tech giant updated its iOS 15 installation numbers for the first time in five months, giving us a clearer picture of just how many devices are running the latest update nine months after it launched. Only one per cent have an earlier version of iOS installed, the report said. When taking into account iPhones released more than four years ago, 82 per cent of all devices are running iOS 15.
Samsung likely to supply OLED displays for iPads, MacBooks
The Elec previously reported that Apple plans to release its first iPad Pro models with OLED displays in 2024 and said that Samsung would produce displays for those models in one of its existing lines, MacRumors reported. Samsung's future production line would be located at a different factory and be capable of creating OLED displays large enough for notebooks, paving the way for a MacBook Pro with an OLED display, which is rumoured to launch in 2025 or later.
Snapchat to display local restaurants nearby in Snap Map
Snapchatters from around the world will now automatically see Infatuation reviews in Place Profiles in more than 50 cities around the world. Last year, the photo-sharing platform introduced Layers as a new way for Snapchatters to find things to do with their friends on Snap Map. "Within just a few months, our first two Layers alone were used over 100 million times," Snapchat said in a statement on Friday.
Dorsey's Square service to begin beta testing for Apple's Tap to Pay
"Bringing Tap to Pay on iPhone into the Square ecosystem ensures that new sellers will have another free option to get up and running, while providing businesses of any complexity with more flexibility to adapt their commerce experiences to evolving consumer preferences and changing industry trends," said David Talach, Head of Financial Services at Square.
Global smartphone shipments to contract 3% to 1.36 bn units in 2022
Last year, the global smartphone shipments grew 4 per cent (on-year) to reach 1.39 billion units. According to Counterpoint Research, the overall supply situation is expected to gradually improve in 2022 compared to the previous year, although shortages of several parts have not been resolved yet. On the macroeconomic front, expectations for recovery are now falling sharply and more concerns are spreading centered on China's prolonged recession and the Ukraine crisis.
Elon Musk plans 10% staff cut at Tesla, freezes hiring
A Reuters report said on Friday that Musk has emailed Tesla executives, telling them the electric car-maker needs to pause hiring worldwide and cut its workforce by about 10 per cent. Tesla has nearly 1 lakh employees worldwide and Musk cites his "super bad feeling" about the economy for reducing the workforce. Tesla cut hundreds of workers in October 2017, about 9 per cent of staff in June 2018, and about 7 per cent in January 2019.
AWS, Intel help edtech CXOs take deep dive into key issues in India
The event brought edtech founders, CEOs, CTOs and CXOs, including those who use AWS to deliver their edtech solutions in India and the world, to meet and learn about each other's business and best practices. The founders discussed their startup missions and motivations to be in the edtech business and dived deep into their edtech business's key problems.
You may soon edit your sent messages on WhatsApp
According to WABetaInfo, the Meta-owned platform is now working on letting users edit their text messages for a future update of the app and this feature is under development so it is not ready to be released to beta testers. A screenshot shared by the website showed that the messaging platform is developing a new option that will let users fix any typo after sending a message.
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