Telegram
Telegram has rolled out a new update bringing an alpha version of video calling on both Android and iOS. You can start a video call from your contact's profile page, and switch video on or off at any time during voice calls. Like all other video content on Telegram, video calls support picture-in-picture mode, allowing you to scroll through chats and multitask while maintaining eye contact.
Huawei Celia
Huawei launched its latest flagship devices, the Mate 40 series yesterday, and amidst the launch announced that Huawei’s digital voice assistant Celia will initially launch in 15 countries.
Telegram
Telegram has rolled out a new update on iOS, bringing features like Silent Messages, Slow Mode, Admin Titles, and more. Users can send messages silently. To use this feature, users need to simply hold the Send button and choose to deliver the message or media without sound and the receiver will get a notification as usual, but their phone won’t make a sound even if they are not in Do Not Disturb mode.
OpSec Security
OpSec Security has launched OpSec Network Intelligence, a patent-pending advanced analytics tool that automatically identifies and reveals large and complex systems of highly sophisticated bad actor networks across multiple online channels.
Twitter
Twitter says it has patched a critical vulnerability in its Android app that could have potentially let malicious actors view information of private accounts and take over profiles through an intricate back-end process.
Pradeo
Pradeo announced today that its Mobile Threat Defense solution is now available to BlackBerry customers. Leveraging both companies’ expertise in secure mobility, Pradeo Security for BlackBerry provides BlackBerry UEM users with a 360° threat detection approach as well as real-time analysis to efficiently protect mobile endpoints. Users can access the solution at the BlackBerry Marketplace.
Telegram
Telegram has rolled out a new update which brings chat archives, a fresh look for the app and more. It's taken its time but the ability to archive chats is finally here. To archive, simply swipe left on your main screen. You can further hide archived chats with another left swipe and to see them again, simply pull down on the main screen.
TikTok
Tiktok has signed up to the EU’s code of conduct on hate speech today, as it struggles to contain the spread of a suicide video on its platform. The video, which shows a person committing suicide, has been circulating on the app since Sunday night.
WhatsApp
Many Android users are complaining that one of the most recent WhatsApp updates is draining their phone’s battery life by up to 50 percent in a matter of hours, regardless of active use. The popular messaging app is facing a backlash from users who say their devices are seeing significant battery drain after updating to the latest version of the messaging service.
Microsoft has released an update to Translator for iOS, bringing Auto Mode for One on One Conversations.. With Auto mode, there’s no more need to push the microphone button when it’s your turn to talk—just select the languages, turn on the mic, and start the conversation.
Facebook has implemented video chatting in Messenger Lite, a slimmed down version of Messenger for Android that offers the core features of the app while giving everyone the opportunity to stay connected to their friends and family, intended for people with older Android devices and/or slower Internet connections.
Protect Scotland App
Smartphone users across Scotland are being urged to download NHS Scotland’s new contact tracing app - Protect Scotland - to help suppress the spread of COVID-19. Supported by a dedicated Protect Scotland website, the app is an extra tool complementing existing person-to-person contact tracing.
Twitter has identified a bug that stored users passwords unmasked in an internal log. While the company has already fixed the bug, and their own investigation shows no indication of breach or misuse by anyone, the company is advising all users to change their passwords.
Facebook Messenger Rooms
Due to the current lockdown, video calling software is hugely popular at the moment, with Zoom the main beneficiary. Now Facebook wants a piece of the video calling market, and has introduced a new service called Messenger Rooms.
Apple Freeform
Apple has launched Freeform, an all-new free app to helps users organize and visually lay out content on a flexible canvas, giving them the ability to see, share, and collaborate all in one place without worrying about layouts or page sizes.
BlackBerry Secure
BlackBerry today launched BlackBerry Persona Desktop, a user and entity behaviour analytics (UEBA) solution that uses advanced AI and machine learning to deliver continuous authentication to validate user identity in real-time and protect against security breaches.
Twitter
Twitter now allows Android and iOS users to upload and view 4K images on the Twitter app. The social media platform had previously rolled out support for 4K images on the web app, which allowed users to share images in high resolution. The fe