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Unicode Consortium has approved 2019’s final list of Emojis with 230 new characters. Deaf person, ringed planet, blood drop, people holding hands and more are the new emojis that users will get to compose expressive text messages with. In addition, new birds, animals, worship places, food, clothing, updates to older emojis with new colors and more have made their way in the updated Emoji 12.0 specs. …

A Google Pixel 3 Lite phone has been leaked in a new YouTube hands-on video. Google has not announced nor has ever released a ‘lite’ version of their Pixel phones, or even Nexus phones before so this would be new territory for the company. The phone does not have a notch like Pixel 3 XL and looks like a smaller version of the regular Pixel …

Google is working on adding a system-wide dark mode, revamped privacy permissions for apps and other minor UI tweaks to Android Q, the next version of their popular smartphone operating system. This information has been revealed thanks to a leaked Android Q AOSP build running on a Pixel 3 phone, obtained by XDA. Google usually unveils the upcoming version of Android in March as a …

WhatsApp for iPhone has received a new update which brings a number of useful new features to the app. Users can now 3D touch to view updates (Stories), private reply to people in group chats, and add stickers to images and videos right from within the app.

Instagram app for iPhone and Android has received a new update which allows users to publish the same post to multiple accounts at the same time. This should help users who have multiple accounts logged in on their Instagram app and want to share the same photo or video on all their accounts. Users can manually select which accounts they want to publish their content …

Cloudflare has launched apps for iOS and Android to allow users to use its fast DNS servers on their smartphones and tablets. Cloudflare is one of the biggest content delivery networks in the world therefore they have a huge network which provides fast and secure DNS access with 1.1.1.1. It is easy to use it on a Mac or Windows PC but users on cellular …

Snapchat has announced a few new features for their smartphone app. The first is Friendship Profile, which are private profiles that contain photos, videos, links and other messages exchanged between friends. The second new feature is the Bitmoji merchandise store, which will let users buy customized products t-shits, mugs and so on, with their Bitmojis on them. The third new feature is Bitmoji Stories, which will be …

Google has announced a new update for its popular Gboard keyboard app with support for smart GIF and Emojis suggestions. When you type a sentence using Gboard, it will now automatically suggest relevant GIFs and Emojis with the tap of a button. Google says that it is using on-device AI processing to provide private suggestions.

Spotify has finally launched its music streaming service in Middle East and North Africa. Users in countries from this region can now use Spotify’s free and paid subscription on web, desktop and mobile. This is a major expansion for the popular music streaming service as it has historically been limited to just a few countries, compared to the wide availability of its biggest competitor, Apple …

A few months ago, Google rolled out Mini Stickers through Gboard. With the help of machine learning algorithms and a selfie, you could get a sticker pack that looks just like you to use in different apps. Thanks to the latest update to the app, you can now create customized emoji packs through Gboard.