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Is Twitter dying as Justin Bieber & Taylor Swift not tweeting: Musk
"Most of these top accounts tweet rarely and post very little content. Is Twitter dying?" He posted late on Saturday. The list from the Twitter account of World of Statistics had names like former US president Barack Obama (131.4 million followers), singer Justin Bieber (114.3 million) and Katy Perry (108.8 million) and others top accounts belonging to popular artists Rihanna and Taylor Swift.
Musk polls to 'convert Twitter SF HQ to homeless shelter'
In a series of polls on the micro-blogging site, the Tesla CEO asked Twitteratis whether Twitter's San Francisco headquarters should be converted to a homeless shelter since "no one shows up anyway". "Convert Twitter SF HQ to homeless shelter since no one shows up anyway," Musk wrote on the platform. The poll has received over 10 lakh votes in around 9 hours and over 90 per cent of the users have responded with a 'Yes' on the ongoing poll.
WhatsApp to roll out ETA when sharing documents
After testing the ability to share media files up to 2GB in size to some users in Argentina - and which is still limited to those people, the messaging platform is rolling out the new feature to some beta testers, reports WABetaInfo. The latest versions of WhatsApp beta for Android, iOS, Web and Desktop bring the ability to view the estimated time of arrival when sharing documents.
Facebook worried as TikTok set to eclipse Twitter, Snapchat ad share
"Last year, it overtook the global ad take of Snapchat," the report said on Saturday. TikTok, which was banned in India in June 2020 along with several Chinese apps in the first lot, is likely to triple its global worldwide ad revenues $11.6 billion this year -- more than $10.44 billion for Snapchat and Twitter combined.
YouTube ends test for quickly enabling PiP on iOS
The experiment has disappeared from youtube.com/new after hitting its early April end date. Google notified people with a "the feature you are trying has been turned off" banner on the desktop site and mobile apps, 9To5Google reported on Saturday. That said, the YouTube PiP still works for iPhone and iPad users that previously had the test enabled.
Twitter likely reverts change that turned embeds of deleted tweets into blank boxes
According to The Verge, instead of leaving a blank gap in place of the deleted tweets, the site will go back to displaying the tweet's original text. "After considering the feedback we heard, we're rolling back this change for now while we explore different options," the tech website quoted Twitter spokesperson Remi Duhe as saying in an emailed statement.
Apple likely working on 'Dual USB-C Power Adapter'
On Friday, a support document briefly posted then removed from Apple's website described the unreleased Apple 35W Dual USB-C Port Power Adapter, reports AppleInsider. While the leak did not indicate when it will launch, it seems that it could be a matter of a few months before it sees the light of day. In a Saturday tweet, TF Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo picked up on the leak by claiming components for the item "are nearing mass production".
Samsung Galaxy Watch5 Pro likely to feature huge battery
To put that into context, the biggest Galaxy Watch4 and Classic models have a 361 mAh cell. So this would be an almost 60 per cent bigger capacity on the upcoming watch, which would probably still give under two-day battery life for the most intensive users, reports GSMArena. That said, those who do not turn on all the features might make it past 48 hours of use with such a setup.
Google Fi drastically cuts prices of unlimited phone plans
At this new lower price, Simply Unlimited will continue to be Google's most affordable unlimited plan especially for families and groups. "We're also adding more high-speed data -- an increase from 22GB to 35GB," said Dhwani Shah, Product Manager, Google Fi. Google Fi service provides telephone calls, SMS and mobile broadband using cellular networks.
WhatsApp likely turns off 'media visibility' option for disappearing chats
According to WA BetaInfo, the new move is to ensure a better privacy experience when using disappearing messages and to help keep media more private in disappearing chat threads. In addition, the messaging platform is also rolling out the same change on WhatsApp for iOS, where the option "Save to Camera Roll" is automatically turned off for disappearing chats.
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