Daily Archives: March 4, 2020

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Tips for Disinfecting Your Phone, Vanishing Tweets, and More News

This entry was posted in Gear on March 4, 2020 by Alex Baker-Whitcomb

At Facebook’s 2019 F8 developer conference, the company announced plans to introduce desktop apps for its popular communications app Messenger. Now, less than a year later, the Messenger Mac App is beginning to roll out. Though not yet available in the U.S., Messenger for Mac has popped up in the Mac App Store in several […]

Messenger hits the Mac App Store in several markets

This entry was posted in Apps Messenger Social TC on March 4, 2020 by Sarah Perez

For the first time in eight months, people in Kashmir can use WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter and other social media services without any fear or use of specialized software — though things are not back to normal yet. India said on Wednesday that it has temporarily lifted the ban on social media services and on the […]

India restores social media access in Kashmir for 2 weeks

This entry was posted in Asia Government india Social WhatsApp and tagged facebook social media on March 4, 2020 by Manish Singh

Following the example of competitors like Facebook and Snap, Twitter is piloting a new ephemeral feature it calls "fleets," for “your fleeting thoughts.”

Meet Fleets: Twitter Is Testing Out Disappearing Tweets

This entry was posted in Gear on March 4, 2020 by Arielle Pardes

Twitter is testing its own version of Stories. The company announced today it will begin to trial a new sharing format called “Fleets,” starting in Brazil, which will let users post ephemeral content to its social network for the first time. Unlike Tweets, Twitter’s new Fleets can’t receive Likes, Replies or Retweets. And they’ll disappear […]

Twitter starts testing its own version of Stories, called ‘Fleets,’ ...

This entry was posted in Apps Social tweets and tagged social media twitter on March 4, 2020 by Sarah Perez

Your phone is a disease magnet. Here's how to safely disinfect it and the rest of your gear to help you stay healthy as coronavirus spreads.

How to Clean Your Smartphone and Keyboard the Right Way

This entry was posted in Gear on March 4, 2020 by David Nield

Tilting Point announced this morning that it has acquired Star Trek Timelines, a free-to-play character collection game, from the game’s developer Disruptor Beam. It’s also hired Disruptor Beam team members to create a new studio, Wicked Realm Games. This follows Disruptor Beam‘s shuttering of its other titles, Game of Thrones Ascent and The Walking Dead: March […]

Tilting Point acquires mobile game Star Trek Timelines

This entry was posted in Gaming Media Mobile on March 4, 2020 by Anthony Ha

Tilting Point acquires mobile game Star Trek Timelines

This entry was posted in Gaming Media Mobile on March 4, 2020 by Anthony Ha

VSCO, a popular photo editing app (and Gen Z meme), is continuing to shift its focus to video. Last month, the company finally gave its creators the ability to publish their video edits to the VSCO feed alongside their photos. And today VSCO is rolling out a more powerful and complex video editing tool called […]