Neowin News Feed for: Spotlight

Snapchat is planning to make navigation and UI for Stories similar to its Spotlight

Anushe Fawaz — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 16:28:01 +0000

Snap Inc. in its earnings call for Q4 2023 revealed that it is planning to bring a unifying experience for its Spotlight and Stories capabilities in terms of navigation and interface. Read more...

How to disable Search button on Home Screen in iOS 16

Taras Buria — Mon, 19 Sep 2022 15:16:02 +0000

This guide will show you how to disable the Search button in iOS 16. In its latest mobile OS, Apple has introduced a new method to launch Spotlight on iPhone, and not every user likes how it looks. Read more...

TikTok to allow longer-form content with up to 10-minute videos, challenging YouTube

Alap Naik Desai — Mon, 28 Feb 2022 19:32:02 +0000

TikTok is gradually allowing its content creators to record and upload longer-length videos, stretching up to 10 minutes. Meanwhile, social media platforms are adopting TikTok's successful formula. Read more...

Snapchat wants to pay users for their Spotlight content

Paul Hill — Mon, 23 Nov 2020 17:12:01 +0000

Snapchat has announced that it will pay users for their content that does well on its Spotlight. Creators will earn based on a proprietary formula that includes how many users heart content. Read more...

Microsoft Teams' ability to lock select video feeds, called Spotlight, now rolling out

Abhay V — Fri, 18 Sep 2020 17:22:01 +0000

Microsoft is rolling out Spotlight in Teams that lets presenters lock their feeds - or that of select participants - as the main video feed in meetings. It is available for Windows and Mac clients. Read more...

PowerToys Spotlight-like search reportedly coming in May

Rich Woods — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 17:44:01 +0000

Microsoft's been working on its Power Launcher for a while now. It's similar to Mac's Spotlight Search, allowing you to find apps and documents. According to a new report, it's coming in May. Read more...

Microsoft's Bing Spotlight arrives in the United Kingdom

Paul Hill — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 20:30:01 +0000

Microsoft has launched Bing Spotlight in the UK. The new feature provides news stories on the Bing home page and inserts relevant and objective content into search results to help inform users. Read more...

Uber's new tools will make it easier for riders to connect with drivers

Michael Allison — Mon, 16 Jul 2018 15:14:01 +0000

Uber is making it easier for drivers and riders to connect with a series of new features. These updates are part of an initiative to simplify the experience for both drivers and riders alike. Read more...

Microsoft may bring Mac's Spotlight-like search to Windows 10

Gurkaran Singh — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 14:42:03 +0000

The Redmond company has decided to forgo the bland design that Cortana currently embodies. The corporation may take a leaf out of its rival, Apple's book to reinvigorate its search UI. Read more...

Apple shifts from Bing to Google for search results in Siri and Spotlight

Hamza Jawad — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 19:22:02 +0000

According to sources, Apple has changed the default provider of its web searches from Bing to Google. This change applies for web searches on Siri, Spotlight for Mac, and Search inside iOS. Read more...

Android App Spotlight: Dango uses neural networks to predict emojis and GIFs on the fly

Steven Johns — Mon, 14 Nov 2016 07:56:01 +0000

If you're someone who uses a lot of emojis or someone who doesn't use them enough, Dango can make the process of use and discovery easier thanks to some interesting machine learning mechanisms. Read more...

Windows 10 build 10547 welcomes the return of 'Spotlight' for Pro users

Timi Cantisano — Sat, 19 Sep 2015 19:06:01 +0000

It looks like Windows 10 build 10547 will bring back the coveted 'Spotlight' lockscreen for Windows Pro users. The feature was reenabled in the latest build that was seeded to Insider this Friday. Read more...

Spotlight: A personalized lockscreen in Windows 10

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 29 Apr 2015 19:10:01 +0000

Joe Belfiore demoed on the Build stage a new feature that's coming as part of Windows 10 called Spotlight. It offers a personalized lockscreen experience that can recommend images, features and apps. Read more...

Mac OS X Yosemite's Spotlight search glitch could leak your personal data

Justin Luna — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 13:10:01 +0000

A new flaw in Apple's OS X Yosemite Spotlight search has been discovered. It neglects a setting in the Mail app that could leak users' personal information, which can then be used by cyber criminals. Read more...

Emerging technologies grab MIT spotlight

Mon, 29 Sep 2003 00:51:13 +0000

A handful of somewhat futuristic technologies manifested themselves during discussions at the Emerging Technologies Conference last week at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass. Specifically, what Intel referred to as... Read more...

Spotlight Price guide updated

Steven Parker — Tue, 30 Oct 2001 10:17:42 +0000

Julio of 3Dspotlight 3D sends word that his Spotlight's Price Guide has been updated to reflect latest peripheral prices including CPUs, motherboards, videocards, memory, etc. and now featuring Power Supplies as the weekly addition to... Read more...

Week in review: Spotlight on new OSes

Sat, 29 Sep 2001 13:43:04 +0000

Software makers are busy tweaking operating systems, with Apple Computer introducing its first major upgrade to Mac OS X and Microsoft putting the finishing touches on Windows XP. Apple will release on Saturday... Read more...