Gmail’s New “Top Results” Category — A Highly Requested Feature
Gmail’s New Machine Learning Models Gmail is simple. Even if you can use third-party clients for your Mac or iPhone, you would still want to use the native app. You would continue to do so considering that the company is using machine learning models to search your inbox for the most relevant emails while you are looking for them on the go. According to Google, you will now see “top results” on your mobile Gmail app each time...
Reddit’s API Pricing Proposal — Developers Need to Pay Thousands
Reddit Will Charge Developers Thousands of Dollars to Access Its Data and Content With the new API pricing, developers would have to pay thousands of dollars to access Reddit’s data and content. This decision of Reddit would help diversify its source of revenue. The company asked developers to pay $12,00 per 50 million requests according to a post. “I’ll cut to the chase: 50 million requests costs $12,000, a figure far more...
End of Cortana Support on Windows — Bing Chat Thriving
Microsoft Ends Support for Cortana on Windows Microsoft states that it will stop supporting Cortana in Windows as a standalone app. This will start later this year. It is not surprising, though. In May, the company announced that it was going to introduce the Windows Copilot tool. Windows Copilot will be integrated into Windows 11. And it will also be available from the taskbar across all apps. Copilot uses AI to assist you in...
WhatsApp Reportedly Working on Usernames
WhatsApp May Introduce Usernames as an identity for Accounts Since its inception, WhatsApp relied on phone numbers as an identity for accounts. That is, to register an account, you need a phone number. It means that when someone wants to message you, that person can see your phone number. But this might change soon. According to WABetaInfo, the latest beta version of this app suggests that it could introduce this feature. The...
TikTok Tests AI Chatbot Tako in One Country
TikTok Testing AI Chatbot in the Philippines Image Source Tako is TikTok’s latest AI chatbot. It can recommend videos based on what you ask. Since it is still in its testing stage, there is no way to tell how good it is. But it may change search and navigation radically. This new feature is on top of the TikTok profile icon. When you tap it, it opens up a chat screen. Then, the bot appears that can answer a range of queries. ...