Month: December 2016

360-Degree live streaming video makes its way to Twitter

Just this week, Tech Crunch reports that Twitter introduced the 360-degree live streams through Periscope. Periscope 360 only has a limited number of partners, Twitter is now one of them. This is a great addition to Twitter, as live streaming is on the rise and is becoming increasingly popular on social media platforms like Facebook. […]

Uber & Snapchat Team Up

As 2016 is coming to an end, Uber has announced some new features to its service. You can now directly uber to people in your contact list, according to TechCrunch. You can even access custom Snapchat features during your Uber ride. Uber’s new location feature allows you to request a one-time location share from your […]

Instagram Now Lets You Save Posts For Later Viewing

Instagram will now let you save your favorite post from its service for later viewing via a new bookmark button that appears below the posts in your feed. The idea is that there are times when you’ll encounter content you’ll want to revisit and now by simply tapping on the bookmarking button, you’ll be able […]

New App For Millennial Women

    Hope, a new app for millennial women has just been announced and is available now on iOS. This new app aims to keep millennial women close to their BFFs, but not too close, according to Tech Crunch. Basically, the Hope app is a “virtual BFF and concierge” meaning that it want to be […]

New Launch of the Present Giving App Snappy Gifts

Gift cards are impersonal and buying the wrong gift leads to annoying returns. With Snappy Gifts, the receiver gets to choose exactly what they want, reports TechCrunch. Snappy Gifts is a new startup offering a fresh new approach that takes the guess-work out of gift giving. You go to Snappy Gift’s app, choose a price […]

New Instagram Updates

Once again, Instagram is in the spotlight. Recently, the social media platform has been receiving a lot of backlash and after their latest the abuse continues. According to Tech Crunch, Instagram will now give its users more control over their accounts and how they interact with other people. The new feature now allows you to […]

Twitter Lets Mobile Users Make Their Own Moments

Earlier this fall, Twitter opened up access to its storytelling feature “Moments” to all Twitter users, allowing anyone to create their own stories using photos and tweets uploaded to the service. The Moments application was only available on the web, but Twitter promised that mobile support would arrive soon and it has. Twitter has announced […]