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Twitter for iPhone updated with ‘new’ features from four years ago

Following the confirmation that developers can no longer create third-party Twitter clients, the social network’s official app received an update on Friday with new features. Actually, these features are not exactly new, but Twitter is bringing them back to its app. Twitter brings back option to pin lists and full-size previews Last week, an update of the Twitter app for iOS brought back the…
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Google to lay off up to 12,000 employees with immediate effect

Google’s parent company Alphabet is set to lay off around 12,000 employees with immediate effect. Update: Sundar Pichai has now confirmed Google’s plans to “reduce” the workforce by “approximately 12,000 roles” in a dedicated January update post on the Keyword…
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Apple Arcade games for iPhone, Mac, Apple TV [New: Pocket Card Jockey]

Apple Arcade launched with close to 100 titles and the service is seeing new games added regularly with over 200 games now in the library. Follow along with our guide on all the available Apple Arcade games. New: Pocket Card Jockey: Ride On! – a solitaire game is the newest release on Apple Arcade. You can learn more about and download all the latest games by heading to the Arcade tab in…
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SoundCloud for Android now supports direct messages

Rolling out now, the SoundCloud app for Android is adding support for direct messages, ahead of iOS even offering the feature. Direct messages on SoundCloud have been available for some time, but only on the platform’s web client. As Google itself highlighted on Twitter…
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Google Meet hardware devices can now join Zoom calls

Announced last year, Google Meet and Zoom interoperability for enterprise customers with hardware devices is rolling out.  This is aimed at enterprise customers that own Google Meet and/or Zoom Rooms hardware devices for conference spaces. They can: Join Zoom Meetings from Google Meet hardware devices Join Google Meet meetings from Zoom Rooms Once enabled, you can select Zoom (in the…
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Google Voice removes Smart Reply on Android and iOS

After introducing the feature last February, Google Voice for Android and iOS have removed Smart Reply suggestions that appeared at the bottom of messages. This straightforward feature looked at the last received message and suggested up to three contextual replies. These pills would appear above the “Type a message” field with the Smart Reply immediately sending on tap.  Release notes for…
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