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WhatsApp update brings native Live Photos to iOS

Paul Hill — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 08:58:01 +0000

WhatsApp is getting Live Photos support on iOS. It's apparently available for some beta testers and even a handful of users on the stable build. Read more...

WhatsApp makes iOS status sharing faster and more convenient

Paul Hill — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:24:01 +0000

The latest WhatsApp for iOS update makes it easier to share media from other apps to their status updates by removing an intermediate step. Read more...

Google may bring back 'Use mobile data' toggle on Quick Share

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 11:40:01 +0000

Google may soon bring back the 'Use mobile data' toggle on Quick Share, which was previously present on Nearby Share. Read more...

Sharing channels on YouTube gets easier with QR codes, here's how you can get yours

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 06:18:01 +0000

Sharing channels has become a whole lot easier, as YouTube has added a QR code feature for everyone around the world, allowing users to share their channels using QR codes. Read more...

Many Google employees are being asked to share desks to help cut costs

John Callaham — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 07:40:01 +0000

Google sent out a memo to some employees, asking them to share their desk space with other workers on days when they are not working in the office. This is being done to cut costs at the company. Read more...

Netflix announces crackdown on password sharing in four countries

Steve Bennett — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 20:32:01 +0000

For a long time Netflix has reluctantly lived with subscribers who share their password with others. However this is about to change as it cracks down on password sharing in four more countries. Read more...

Google Photos spring update introduces tidier library and sharing tabs

Paul Hill — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 00:18:01 +0000

Google Photos is getting updates on Android and iOS that will make it display content in a tidier fashion so you can better manage it. The changes will arrive as soon as this week. Read more...

Sony starts allowing gamers to share PS5 clips and screenshots through the PS App

Alap Naik Desai — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 21:28:02 +0000

The Sony PS App will now get access to in-game clips and screenshots from the PlayStation 5. Gamers will be able to share their in-game exploits but will have to hurry because there's a time limit. Read more...

OneDrive brings new features to the details pane on the web for easier collaboration

Abhay V — Fri, 29 May 2020 18:36:01 +0000

OneDrive is bringing a few new features to the details and activity panes on the web. They now include a timeline of actions on files and allows users to easily view, navigate, and respond to actions. Read more...

WhatsApp statuses could soon be shared to Facebook Stories and other services

Boyd Chan — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 04:34:01 +0000

In the latest beta builds for iOS and Android, a new feature is being deployed in WhatsApp that will enable users to copy their most recent WhatsApp Status over to Facebook Stories or other services. Read more...

Google kicks off beta for peer-to-peer offline app installs

Usama Jawad — Sat, 20 Oct 2018 04:10:01 +0000

Google has announced a beta for its peer-to-peer offline app installation program, which verifies that an app that is being transferred to another offline device is secure, by checking its metadata. Read more...

Twitter now allows users to privately bookmark tweets

Gurkaran Singh — Wed, 28 Feb 2018 20:06:01 +0000

The social media platform has released "bookmarks" feature for mobile users, which allows them to save the tweets for future references. The functionality has been in testing since November last year. Read more...

YouTube globally rolls out in-app chat feature, making it easier to share videos

Hamza Jawad — Mon, 07 Aug 2017 22:56:01 +0000

YouTube has globally released an in-app messaging and video sharing feature, currently only available for Android and iOS users. Videos can now be shared with multiple contacts within the app. Read more...

Google adds an IM sharing feature inside of YouTube, but only for Canadians

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 16:04:02 +0000

If you're in Canada, you can now try out YouTube's new sharing and chatting feature built into the mobile app. It's been in tests for almost a year but there's no info on when the feature goes global. Read more...

Google announces Family Library to share apps, games and more with up to six family members

Usama Jawad — Wed, 27 Jul 2016 19:12:01 +0000

Google has finally announced Family Library, which will allow users to share apps, games, movies and more with up to six family members. It will roll out in various countries over the next few days. Read more...

Facebook is building a dedicated camera app to promote content creation and sharing

Timi Cantisano — Tue, 26 Apr 2016 01:28:01 +0000

Facebook boasts over a billion users, but the popular social network has stagnated when it comes to content creation and sharing. In order to combat this, Facebook is developing a new camera app. Read more...

Facebook ready to test new Collage and Live Video sharing features

Chris Schroeder — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 07:48:01 +0000

Facebook is ready to test a pair of new features that will add a little style to your shared moments and stream live video to your followers. Read more...

OneDrive will soon support music storage, stream stored music using Xbox app

Brad Sams — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 18:08:01 +0000

An upcoming update to OneDrive and Xbox Music will soon make it easier to access and stream your music from anywhere and will even allow you to import playlists from other services. Read more...

Windows 10: File Explorer gets the Share contract

Brad Sams — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 12:16:01 +0000

There are quite a few hidden updates in the Windows 10 Technical Preview and we are continuing to uncover some of these gems; this time around, we've found a new feature in File Explorer. Read more...

Facebook testing new "Moments" app for limited sharing of timeline content

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 12:04:01 +0000

Facebook is supposedly trying out a new app, which would allow users to share their updates with only a very limited number of people. In a way it's very similar to what Path tried. Read more...

Microsoft is finally dropping its 2GB file restriction for OneDrive

Brad Sams — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 21:55:33 +0000

Microsoft's OneDrive platform serves as a common link between nearly all Microsoft products, and the company is making the service slightly better by removing an artificial block on large files. Read more...

Facebook is building a competitor to photo and video-sharing service Snapchat

James Walker — Sun, 18 May 2014 17:17:27 +0000

The social network Facebook is rumoured to be building its own rival to the popular Snapchat photo and video-messaging service after an unsuccessful attempt to purchase the company last year. Read more...

Twitter updates search with account discovery and media display

Paul Ferson — Fri, 02 Aug 2013 07:56:58 +0000

An update pushed to Twitter's search system in the past few hours simplifies account discovery, as well as placing further emphasis on sharing images, which are displayed in-line with results. Read more...

LiveLeak app releases for Android

Paul Ferson — Tue, 23 Jul 2013 09:08:19 +0000

The official LiveLeak app has released for Android, promising mobile access to all the Russian dashcam videos you'll ever want and then some more. An iOS app remains in the works as well. Read more...

Facebook records more than 400 billion Open Graph interactions

Paul Ferson — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:01:36 +0000

Some massive figures have arrived from the folks in Palo Alto, with a huge number of interactions recorded by the service's Open Graph API, responsible for hooking in with different apps on the site. Read more...

Google Drive integration in GMail to allow huge file sharing

Steven Parker — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 11:01:36 +0000

We've all been there: you want to attach a file in Gmail that's a few megabytes only to find the recipient server rejects it, or it's a little too large to attach. Now Google has a solution for that. Read more...

Facebook brings social job discovery to the USA

Paul Ferson — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 21:34:08 +0000

Employment isn't always easy to find, but Facebook is trying to change that. The giant social network has partnered with numerous entities to bring the hunt to the News Feed. Read more...

Rumor: Windows Phone 8 to include "Rooms" group chat & sharing feature

Tim Schiesser — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 16:36:37 +0000

The latest Windows Phone 8 rumor has pegged a new feature called "Rooms" that will allow friends and family to share a bunch of content via private interactive rooms, as well as chat. Read more...

Legal service LendInk shuts down over 'legal intimidation'

Paul Ferson — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 18:45:13 +0000

LendInk, a legal website promoting the sharing of sharing-enabled eBooks, has been shut down by its owner. Various forms of legal intimidation targeted his family and web-host prior. Read more...

Anonymous turns on hacker over children's charity attack

Paul Ferson — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 09:52:31 +0000

After a charity intended to help children was attacked by a hacker attempting to prove his mettle, Anonymous reacted, delivering their own brand of vigilante justice upon the person responsible. Read more...

Pinterest now third biggest social network after Facebook and Twitter

Stefano Elia — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 19:17:08 +0000

A rising star in social media, Pinterest, has become the third most popular social network in the United States, after Facebook and Twitter. Read more...

Need an instant WiFi hotspot? Here's how

Tim Schiesser — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 07:58:17 +0000

Whenever you find yourself on a computer with internet access, yet there's no WiFi around, simply create a new WiFi hotspot using Connectify and share your internet connection with anything Read more...

Facebook/Twitter support expanded on Apple online store

Byron Hinson — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 15:01:34 +0000

Apple has now placed links to share their products information and pricing on social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter across all of their items for sale on the Apple online store. Read more...

Dropbox 1.2.6 Experimental

Steven Parker — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 10:39:27 +0000

Dropbox is the easiest way to store, sync and share files online. File Sync 2GB of online storage for free, with up to 100GB available to paying customers. Sync files of any size or type. Sync Windows, Mac... Read more...

FluffyApp 1.0 beta 10

Steven Parker — Tue, 24 May 2011 14:46:15 +0000

FluffyApp is a simple and lightweight utility that was designed to help you instantly upload your pictures or other files to CloudApp. You only have to sign into your account and drag the files onto... Read more...

FluffyApp 1.0 beta 9

Steven Parker — Wed, 04 May 2011 13:32:32 +0000

DC++ 0.781

Steven Parker — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 10:22:10 +0000

DC++ is an open source client for Windows for the Direct Connect network. Direct Connect allows you to share files over the Internet without restrictions or limits. The client is completely free of advertisements and... Read more...

Facebook buys content sharing service drop.io

Tzvi Friedman — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 15:29:46 +0000

It looks like Facebook has plans to continue branching into areas of the social networking world that the company has yet to penetrate. Over the weekend, drop.io, a popular private content sharing platform, announced via... Read more...

Hotmail users share over 350 million Office documents per month

Brad Sams — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:50:13 +0000

A Microsoft employee has posted on his MSDN blog some interesting statistics about Office online usage and general online activities. The results show that there is a growing base of online users who are... Read more...

Spanish judge says P2P is the same as sharing a book

Brandon Boyce — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:22:53 +0000

In 2005 Spanish authorities, rights collection society EGEDA and Columbia Tristar set out to shutdown a popular file-sharing forum named CVCDGO.com. The site did not host any illegal files it only pointed to the location... Read more...