Daily Archives: February 6, 2020

The growing market of fantasy sports in India may soon have a new and odd entrant: ShareChat . The local social networking app, which in August last year raised $100 million in a financing round led by Twitter, has developed a fantasy sports app and has been quietly testing it for six months, two sources […]

Twitter-backed ShareChat eyes fantasy sports in India

This entry was posted in Apps Asia Gaming india Social Xiaomi and tagged facebook twitter on February 6, 2020 by Manish Singh

A new survey backs assumptions with data: Like IRL romance, finding a match on the web is a mixed bag. And yes, women get lots of unwanted dick pics.

Americans Are Split On Online Dating—but Swipe More Than Ever

This entry was posted in Gear on February 6, 2020 by Arielle Pardes

Netflix announced this week that it has started to stream titles in AV1 on Android in what could significantly help the two-year-old media codec gain wider adoption. The world’s biggest streaming giant said on Wednesday that by switching from Google’s VP9 — which it previously used on Android — to AV1, its compression efficiency has […]

Netflix begins streaming in AV1 on Android

This entry was posted in Amazon Android Apps Media Microsoft Mobile Netflix nvidia and tagged apple facebook google on February 6, 2020 by Manish Singh

Instagram will now show you who you interact with least frequently in case you want to unfollow them. In an effort to help you keep your feed clean and relevant, today Instagram is launching ‘following categories’ that divides the list of who you follow into batches including “most seen in feed” and “least interacted with”. […]

Instagram gives unfollow suggestions in new ‘following categories’

This entry was posted in Apps Mobile Social TC and tagged instagram on February 6, 2020 by Josh Constine

Next Tuesday, Samsung kicks off smartphone season with its Unpacked event in San Francisco. One of two tentpole events for the company, the big show brings with it the latest edition of the company’s primary flagship line, the Galaxy S. Samsung played a fun little trick, holding the event on February 11th at 11AM PT, […]

What to expect from Samsung’s S20 event

This entry was posted in hardware Mobile and tagged samsung on February 6, 2020 by Brian Heater

What to expect from Samsung’s S20 event

This entry was posted in hardware Mobile and tagged samsung on February 6, 2020 by Brian Heater

Facebook’s use of the Onavo spyware VPN app it acquired in 2013 — and used to inform its 2014 purchase of the then rival WhatsApp messaging platform — is on the radar of Europe’s antitrust regulator, per a report in the Wall Street Journal. The newspaper reports that the Commission has requested a large volume […]