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New app Honk targets Gen Z with real-time texting

New app Honk targets Gen Z with real-time texting

Honk is attempting to corner those weary of Facebook’s monopoly on mobile communication, offering real-time texting more akin to Snapchat than Messenger. Ever sent a friend or potential love interest a risky message and regretted it? Perhaps a meme on the group chat that went down like a lead balloon? We’ve all been there. A new mobile app called Honk is hoping to offer Gen Zers a happy medium between...

By Bristol, UK
Instagram ups its creative tools for Reels and Stories

Instagram ups its creative tools for Reels and Stories

Following on from September’s convenient updates, Instagram is swiftly rolling out the next batch of creative features for Reels and Stories. It’s no secret that Instagram is dead set on challenging TikTok to become numero uno in the vertical video space, and this week’s tweaks to Reels and Stories, minor as they may be, are designed to maximise users’ creative options on the platform. Having drastically improved the trimming and deletion...

By London, UK
Google’s integrity is brought into question over research bias

Google’s integrity is brought into question over research bias

Google, the ubiquitous search engine we all use for reliable and impartial research, could soon start to oust information on ‘sensitive topics.’ Is this a censorship storm waiting to happen? Alphabet’s flagship platform Google is under serious fire this week regarding censorship measures, and concern is growing that bias could soon discredit the platform as a reliable search engine. Sparked by the forced resignation of Dr Timnit Gebru, an AI...

By London, UK
Is VR technology set to take over the videocall space?

Is VR technology set to take over the videocall space?

Are virtual reality meetings the next logical step from videocalls in a post Covid world? While the coronavirus pandemic has decimated certain job markets, it has inspired tech companies to innovate and keep businesses thriving from a remote setting. In a radically shifting 12 months, we’ve adapted into something of a Zoom-centric society where people are accustomed to living out something close to their ordinary lives through the guise of...

By London, UK