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“If we lose the teen foothold in the U.S. we lose the pipeline,” an internal memo said. This memo is from October 2020 and was accessed by The New York Times (via). In 2018, Instagram reportedly directed almost the entirety of its annual worldwide marketing budget towards promoting the app among teens. Marketers told NYT that focusing on a particular age group on that scale is unusual. The report also mentions that the final spending included messaging directed towards parents and young adults....

So, why would people complain about the desktop version of Instagram when the mobile version exists? Well, people often use the web version of Instagram in order to multitask. This is for more serious Instagram content creators- or more addicted Instagram content consumers. The Instagram for web redesign makes it more user-friendly obviously, The previous design for Instagram web wasn’t well-optimized for computers. It was just Instagram slapped on a larger screen....

Instagram removed the Recent tab from hashtags and replaced it with some interesting choices The company posted a tweet thread explaining the changes that it made, and it’s as you’d expect: a lot of PR speak. Basically, where you would usually search a hashtag, you’d get the results starting with the most recently posted content. This is what people really like to see, but that changed. In the thread, Instagram told us that, for a small group of people, it removed the Recent tab for hashtags and replaced it with a Reels tab and a Top tab....

This operating system has been in development for several years now. The 1st gen Nest Hub was the first device to get the OS in May this year. Fuchsia differs from operating systems such as Chrome OS or Android. It runs on a microkernel known as Zircon and not a full-blown Linux kernel like Google’s other popular operating systems. These job listings give us an idea as to where Fuchsia OS is headed....

As per usual, this update is rolling out in stages. So, you may not get it straight away. It may take OnePlus a couple of days, maybe even over a week to roll it out to everyone. Well, if everything goes to plan. New OnePlus 10 Pro update brings November 2022 security patch, and a number of fixes This update weighs 655MB, and the full build is ‘NE2211_11_C.22’. Now, in addition to the November 2022 patch, the changelog reports entries in System, Connections, and Camera sections....

The images come courtesy of regulatory filings, a process that manufacturers have to undergo before a device launch. It’s not uncommon for such filings to contain photos of the devices, which is how these images were accessed, as per SamMobile. It’s hard to tell if the Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra will have a front camera notch based on the leak here unless you look closely enough. Multiple reports have said that this would be a core feature of the flagship tablet, while the standard Galaxy Tab S8 and the Tab S8+ would settle for conventional single front cameras....

With this new lineup of devices, Lenovo is focusing on “elevated design and sustainability.” Though not necessarily both of those things on all three laptops. While the Lenovo Yoga 7i and Yoga 9i carry the elevated design, it’s the Yoga 6 which takes a big approach to sustainability using recycled materials to achieve its eco-friendly build. if being eco-friendly is something that matters to you and you aren’t too particular about specs, the Yoga 6 may be right up your alley....

An abstract strategy game traditionally played in person, Mahjong can today be played anywhere, at any time, thanks to Mahjong Club—a free Mahjong solitaire game that can be downloaded at the App Store and Google Play Store. With more than 1,000,000 downloads on Android devices alone since it launched recently, what makes Mahjong Club such an exciting and absorbing game? How to play Mahjong Club The mahjong board has a maximum of 144 tiles, and your primary goal in the game is to ultimately match all identical tiles....

The revelation was made by a tipster on Weibo (via), effectively suggesting that Qualcomm’s 4nm chipset will make its smartphone debut first. Rumors suggest that the Xiaomi 12 could break cover in December bearing Qualcomm’s latest silicon. Moreover, phones like the Galaxy S22, the OnePlus 10 Pro, and others are coming in early 2022, so MediaTek’s advantage is seemingly short-lived. MediaTek unveiled the Dimensity 9000 last week, touting it as the world’s first 4nm-class mobile chip....

A senior adviser to the FCA, Liza Lovdahl Gormsen, said this lawsuit is on behalf of British citizens that used Facebook between 2015 and 2019. The Competition Appeal Tribunal in London will soon hear the case. Meta has reportedly been notified of this lawsuit by a law firm called Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, representing Lovdahl Gormsen. The suit alleges that Meta generated billions in revenues with unfair terms and conditions....

Priced at $4 per user per month, Microsoft claims Teams Essentials is the “most affordable all-in-one solution” available in the current market. It offers unlimited one-on-one and group video calls for up to 30 hours. You can host up to 300 people at once. By comparison, the free Teams plan has a 60-minute time limit for meetings. It also only allows a maximum of 100 participants. Teams Essentials comes with 10GB of cloud storage — twice as much as the free plan — so you can view, edit, and store Office 365 files with the peace of mind....

Dates back to February, we reported that Google is updating the Chrome icon after eight years. However, the changes to the new icon weren’t so drastic. Google said that the new icon aims to better “align with Google’s more modern brand expression.” The designer said they tried to simplify the icon by “removing the shadows, refining the proportions, and brightening the colors.” However, there are more changes to the new Chrome than a new icon....

Sensor Tower predicts that global mobile market spending will grow at an average annual rate of 12% over the next five years. This implies that the rise in mobile game users could be a cause for concern for gamers and developers alike. On the one hand, the sheer number of game users will inevitably affect the way players are treated in the mobile game industry and make it difficult for game developers to monetize their games....

These new MSI computers will have top-of-the-line specs MSI’s new laptops use the 12th generation Intel H series CPUs. As for the GPUs, there will be multiple options. The highest-end GPUs that will come to the computers are the NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti GPUs. This means that you will be getting top-of-the-line performance. MSI also has its own proprietary technology on display. The company uses a Phase-Change Liquid Metal Pad to help with cooling the computers....

First spotted by 9to5Google, the first-gen Nest Hub shows a new “Bluetooth” menu in settings following the latest update. It lists all previously paired devices and lets you pair a new Bluetooth device. The menu also houses an option to use the smart display as a Bluetooth speaker. Interestingly, these features are not available on other Nest Smart Displays, including the latest ones, all of which run Cast OS. Google switched the operating system of the first-gen Nest Hub to Fuchsia OS last year....

The pandemic changed the patterns of collaboration and reinforced remote working worldwide. Most of the collaborative apps and services worked hard to offer more remote-driven features to their users. Google Meet is one of those apps that experienced massive growth during the pandemic, along with Zoom. According to the latest Google announcements, the Nest Hub Max users and other certified devices will soon be able to receive Google Meet’s second-screen Companion Mode....

Disney+ will expand to a lot of other countries in 2022 It should come as no surprise that Disney+ is a smash hit. Being able to access all of the movies and cartoons from a nearly 100-year history for only about $8/month is a heck of a deal. Since the service launched back in 2019, a lot of the world couldn’t really partake in it, however. There is good news, as, according to The Hollywood Reporter, Disney+ will expand to a bunch more countries this year....

The Galaxy S21 FE gets Bluetooth certification, with its launch coming soon As most of you know, the Galaxy S21 FE was supposed to launch on August 11. That’s when the company hosted its ‘Unpacked’ press event, and announced the Galaxy Z Fold 3, Z Flip 3, Watch 4, Watch 4 Classic, and Buds 2. The Galaxy S21 FE was originally in Samsung’s plans to launch alongside all those devices, but its plans got messed up....

Alan Friedman of PhoneArena recently received an email from “Google Security” featuring the company’s iconic “G” rainbow icon. “WARNING! Your Pixel 6 Pro is severely damaged by 13 Malware!” the email’s header reads. Unsuspecting users will panic on reading this, not least because it claims to come from Google Security. And that’s what the attackers want. That you panic and act immediately without thinking much. The rest of the email further tries to create this sense of urgency inside you....

Two new POCO phones launched at MWC 2022 When Xiaomi first introduced the POCO phone back in 2018, it shocked tech users by bringing the latest Snapdragon SoC at the price of a mid-range device. Since then, POCO has continued the trend of offering “flagship killer” phones while Xiaomi proper would offer the more pricey phones. At MWC, the company pulled the veils off of two new POCO phones that will offer some great value for their prices....