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Facebook announced yesterday that it’s removing its often controversial “Trending” section from its site next week, in order to make way for “future news experiences,” and its getting only 1.5% of clicks to news publishers on average,  it says.  Quite after they announced it the news about "Trending" was Trending in Facebook yesterday. 

iOS 11.4 makes it easy to control music playing in every room, on HomePod, Apple TV or any iOS device. HomePod, the breakthrough wireless speaker from Apple, now delivers an even more immersive listening experience throughout the home with support for HomePod stereo pairs and a new multi-room audio system in iOS 11.4. This free software update introduces the most advanced, easy to use, wireless multi-room audio system using AirPlay 2 to play music in any room from any room, move music from one room to another or play the same song everywhere using an iOS device, HomePod, Apple TV or by asking Siri. HomePod is available in the US, UK and Australia and arrives in Canada, France and Germany starting June 18 2018. HomePod combines Apple-engineered audio technology and advanced software to set a new audio quality standard for a small speaker, delivering high-fidelity sound and a wide soundstage. Featuring a large, Apple-designed woofer for deep, clean bass, a custom array of seven b...

The Russian government issued a warning to Apple to take down the Telegram application from its App Store and to stop the app from using its push service to deliver messages to Russian users. Russia had previously issued an order to the country’s ISPs to block Telegram, taking down millions of IP addresses as a consequence. Russia Blocks Telegram  Russia had previously asked Telegram to give its intelligence agencies the encryption keys that would have decrypted all of Telegram users’ communications in real-time. Telegram rejected this request, which prompted "Roskomnadzor,” Russia’s media regulator, to ask a court to issue an order to ISPs to block Telegram’s traffic within the country. The blockade ended up doing significant collateral damage because it blocked 18 million IP addresses from Google, Amazon, and Microsoft. Telegram was using these companies’ cloud infrastructure to evade the Russian government’s censorship by routing its traffic through them. Soon afterw...

On May 17, 2018 Instagram introduced a new way to easily share feed posts to your story. When you come across something in feed(Someone Post) that inspires you — like a post from a friend raising money for a cause or a photo of a new design from your favorite brand — you can now quickly share that post as a sticker to your story for your friends and followers to see. To share a feed post to your story, just tap the paper airplane button below the post, just as you would to send it via Direct. At the top, you’ll now see the option to create a story. Tap it to see the feed post as a sticker with a customized background ready to share to your story. You can rotate, scale and move the sticker — and tap it to explore other styles. Note:  All posts shared to stories display the original poster’s username. When you see a post in someone’s story, you can tap it to check out the original post and see more from the person who created it. You can only share posts from public acc...

What is Adobe XD? Adobe Systems' XD, a relatively new tool for designing the look and structure of apps and websites. There are already some famous UI UX tools available out there for eg: Sketch  but its not free and its available only in Mac OS. On May 15, 2018 Adobe announced the XD CC Starter plan , a free offering of the all-in-one UX/UI design platform. The XD CC Starter plan includes Adobe XD for Mac and Windows, mobile apps for iOS and Android , and services to empower users to design, prototype and share user experiences with colleagues. Does it free completely? No! Adobe XD starter Kit has some limitations like you can have only one Active shared prototypes and design specs at a time with limited cloud storage 2GB. To Know more about the plans Click here To download Adobe XD for free Click here

There are lot of misconception about maintaining a mobile phone batteries and there are some myths too. One such ancient old question is. Should I charge my phone overnight?  Before saying the one word answer, you need to know few things about the Lithium Ion Battery. Nowadays all our mobile phones uses Lithium Ion Batteries because of it's advantages like smaller in size, environmental friendly, low maintenance and fast charging when compared Ni batteries. But there is one disadvantage in it which are if you charge overnight the battery expands its excessive power by giving of its heat overnight and charging becomes a problem when a battery has no reroute the incoming current after reaching its full capacity. Mobile these days was specifically designed not to overcharge after it reaches its full capacity. So the final answer is YES and It won't affect your battery seriously, But. If you want your mobile battery to have longer life follow these steps: Don't ...

Aluminium is a key material in many of Apple’s most popular products. And the manufacturers are still following the same old way to extract the Aluminium since 130 years. Aluminium giants Alcoa Corporation and Rio Tinto Aluminium today announced a joint venture to commercialise patented technology that eliminates direct greenhouse gas emissions from the traditional smelting process, a key step in aluminium production. This is a revolutionary advancement in the manufacturing of one of the world’s most widely used metals. Now Apple has partnered with these two giants and the Governments of Canada and Quebec to to reducing the environmental impact of its products through innovation, the company helped accelerate the development of this technology. And Apple collectively investing a combined $144 million to future research and development. Tim Cook, Apple CEO said “Apple is committed to advancing technologies that are good for the planet and help protect it for generations...