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Instagram Lite announced at Facebook’s Fuel for India event The Instagram Lite app is made for Android and this new version has improved speed, performance, and responsiveness. Updated: December 16, 2020 2:47:17 pm Instagram says that research conducted in India showed that one barrier to the entry of new products was the size of the app. (Image: Instagram) Instagram Lite, a lighter version of the main app will now be available for testing in India. The announcement was confirmed at the company’s ‘Facebook Fuel For India’ virtual event. Instagram a...

Microsoft 365 apps now run natively on M1 chip-powered Macs In order to get new updates, Microsoft Office users can either enable automatic updates or do it via Mac App Store or Microsoft’s AutoUpdate software. Updated: December 16, 2020 5:32:00 pm Microsoft Office apps will be available for Macs running on both platforms (Image: Microsoft) Microsoft has begun rolling out a new version of Microsoft 365 for Mac apps that will run natively on the newly-released M1-powered Apple MacBooks. The apps that will get new updates include Word, Excel, Outlook, Powe...

Samsung teases S Pen without Galaxy Note, early S21 launch Samsung is gearing up to battle Apple with the Galaxy S21 lineup and cheaper foldable phones in 2021. December 16, 2020 9:00:51 am Samsung is looking to bring the S Pen support to non-Note devices for the first time. (Image credit: Anuj Bhatia/Indian Express) Samsung is making big changes to its smartphone strategy going forward. In a lengthy blog post published on Tuesday, TM Roh, Samsung’s President of Mobile, dropped some hints this week on what to expect from the company in 2021. He first cle...

Twitter makes it official, Periscope is shutting down In 2015, Twitter acquired Periscope even before a stable version of the app was launched to compete against Meerkat, a live-streaming tool for Twitter and Facebook accounts. December 16, 2020 7:54:34 pm Twitter announces that it is shutting down Periscope (Reuters representational image) A few days after rumours of the live broadcasting app, Periscope getting an early retirement surfaced, Twitter announced on December 15 that it is shutting it down as a service citing “declining usage”. Twitter will ...

Oppo’s ‘slide-phone’ concept unfolds in three screen sizes It will be interesting to see if Oppo's "sliding-phone" makes it to the market similar to what LG did with Wing which has a swiveling screen December 16, 2020 12:15:08 pm Oppo's concept "slide-Phone" (Image: Oppo) While foldable phones are still in their second generation and have a lot of room to improve, Oppo unveiled a concept phone that looks straight out of sci-fi movies. The “slide-phone” concept was revealed by Oppo in partnership with Nendo at the fourth China International Indust...