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We reported recently that LinkedIn was one of the applications discovered to be snooping on the clipboard of iOS users by new privacy and security measures in iOS14.Once discovered Microsoft rapidly c...

Users facing issues after installing Windows 10 cumulative updates is something that we’re already familiar with. That being said, sometimes the issues are way more disturbing than what they appear. T...

Discord is a very popular name in the gaming industry, so much so that many labeled the instant chat messenger as “WhatsApp for gamers”, but aside from gaming, it’s recently gained a lot of popularity...

Gris, the evocative and emotional platformer from Nomada Studio, will be available for purchase on the Apple App Store as of August 22nd.The news was aounced on Twitter by the game’s publisher, Devo...

A couple of weeks back we reported that Google is working on Global Media controls for Chrome which will allow users to control media from a single place. Unfortunately, the Global Media controls supp...

Microsoft has today brought all the significant new features in Microsoft Launcher 5.1 beta to the mainstream version of the app. This 5.1.0.47682 release comes with several new features like Sticky ...

Two days ago Microsoft released a final Windows 10 Insider PreviewBuild 18305 (19H1) for 2018to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. At the time Microsoft says it was the last major Insider build for...

The biggest threat to Windows is that users are getting more and more done on their phones, but there is no denying a large screen and comfortable keyboard is a luxury no smartphone can offer, meaning many tasks are best completed on your PC, if only the barriers to switching between your phone and computer could be erased.At Build 2018 Microsoft went quite...

Microsoft is updating the AndroidMicrosoft Launcher beta app to version4.8.This is a minor troubleshooting, code cleanup, crash fix, and performance tuning update readying the newest features for public release.Besides the bug fixes, the changelog remains the same as version 4.7.6 beta, including:First installation experience – New first installation exper...

Facebook deserves credit for continuing to support their WhatsApp app for Windows Phone, with the Beta just beingupdated to version 2.18.30 with a number of new features.The headline new feature is the ability to continuously share your location for a set period, allowing friends to coordinate more easily and track your arrival for example.Live Location Sha...

After a brief beta testing period, Larry Hryb has aounced that party chat is now available through the Xbox app on Android and iOS mobile devices.As...

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Recently we reported that WhatsApp is finally rolling out new UPI based payment system in India. The rollout, however, was slow and was made in batches but it looks the rollout has now been completed. In case you have decided to use the service to final payback your friends for that meal, then we have got you covered. You can head below and check out how to setup and use it to pay or receive money using WhatsApp.Before using WhatsApp Payments, you need to setup payments by linking your Bank Account. This can be done by clicking on three dots at the top right coer and going to Payments. Then start with the linking process. Make sure that you have the SIM card in your phone which is registered...

Mobile payments are one of the next frontiers in the messaging wars, and apps like Skype and iMessage already let users send money peer to peer using established payment systems like PayPal and Apple Pay.We earlier reported that WhatsApp was plaing to launch mobile payments in India, using the pre-existing Unified Payments Interface that supports much of the country’s digital transaction infrastructure, and now the first signs of that have appeared.Users in India have spotted a new menu in WhatsApp that enables the new WhatsApp payments system. With thisnew feature, users can link their UPI account either via their app, or the website, and then (hypothetically) start making payments. While t...

Microsoft has pushed out an update to the Outlook for iOS app which brings a number of improvements, focussed on the area of search.Microsoft says Search is now front and centre, with its own tab with a new simplified navigation bar.The full changelog reads:A brand new spot for your search icon, at the bottom of the app. Tap on it to get direct access to your top contacts, upcoming travel itineraries, package deliveries and recent attachments.Search for emails, files, and contacts in any of your accounts from one single search box.Use our new filters to narrow down your search. Focus your search on a single account from the menu inside of the search bar or sort your results to only show emai...

The effort to bring full Windows to old Windows Phones seems to be rolling along at a rather rapid pace, and the latest development should make the work a lot more relevant.We have previously seen hackers install Windows 8 RT (a now dead operating system) on a Lumia 640 XL, but today we have a very much living operating system, the recently introduced Windows 10 on ARM, ruing on a more recent and more powerful handset, the Lumia 950.The effort has of course been enabled by WPInteals, and according to Blaze_CW, has allowed him to installWindows 10.0.16299.15 for ARM on his handset.It remains to be seen if anything useful will come of this, but I am sure many of our readers either have a Lumia...

I came to know about this neat little feature in Outlook for iOS app. You can now set Microsoft Edge as the default browser to open links inside Outlook app.Safari, despite being the default browser for over billion iOS devices offers very poor performance on older iOS devices. If you own an old iOS device, give Microsoft Edge a try, you will find it much better than Apple’s Safari web browser.Since Apple doesn’t allow users to change their default browser app on iOS devices, browser vendors like Google and Microsoft are forced to work around by having ‘Open links with’ option in all their iOS mobile apps. Have you tried Edge on an iOS device? How does it compare against Safari or any other ...

Recently we reported that Microsoft has rolled out an update for Bing App on Android. The app brought a couple of changes including Better Map support. Reading this we decided to give it a shot and test what new features Microsoft had in store for us. To our surprise, the latest update made Bing app open the Google Maps website when searching for any destination, place or anything that involved location.This was strange considering the fact that Microsoftdoes have its own Maps service called as Bing Maps. What’s more surprising is the fact that Bing uses Bing Maps on web searches on the desktop but opens Google Maps when searched using Android App.To determine the exact cause of this, we che...

Despite no longer being supported by a streaming music service or even allowing you to buy music, the Groove Music Player is still the native music playback app on Windows 10, and I suspect to the surprise of many Microsoft has continued to push out updates to the app.A new update has just arrived for Insiders on the Fast Ring which brings significant changes to the design of the app, in particular, the Playback bar.The Playback bar is now slightly translucent in line with Fluent Design, higher and the playback controls are now above the timeline, as can be seen in the screen shot above. The old design can be seen below:The update is rolling out now and will presumably come to regular Window...

In May 2017 we reported a major win for the Windows Store (now the Microsoft Store) when Apple said they would be bringing their iTunes music and phone management app to the Store “soon”, or at least before the end of the year.The Cupertino company, of course, failed to deliver, but promised: “We have been working with Microsoft to deliver the full iTunes experience to our customers and we need a little more time to get it right.”Now the first concrete sign of the work has shown up in the latest Windows Desktop version of the app.ITHome.com have noticed the build now includes a component called iTunesUWP.dll which will presumably mediate the store requirement and features for the Centeial ap...