Reels Tab is Now Front and Center The upload and activity (shows likes, comments, and followers) tabs have today been moved to the top right. They sit next to the Messenger icon and well, you will have to stretch to reach two of the most important features on Instagram. The company aims to direct attention to its Tiktok competitor, Reels, by offering it a prominent front and center placement. Instagram had previously replaced the ‘Explore’ tab in the navigation bar with Reels but it is now back to its original spot, which is amazing....

7 New Instagram DM Features Introduced Firstly, Instagram will now let you multitask on the app while messaging someone. So say, if you are scrolling through the Explore section and receive a new message, you can simply reply to it from there itself without heading to the DM section and ultimately not forget which post you were checking out. Sharing an interesting reel or post with friends has now been made easier as you will have the option to quickly share content with your close friends....

Text-to-Speech and Voice Effects on Instagram Reels “We know that using sound and audio are one of the funnest aspects of creating a 🔥 Reel! So today we’re launching two new audio tools called Voice Effects and Text to Speech. Swipe through to learn more about how to use them to take your Reels to the next level,” wrote Instagram. With Instagram’s text-to-speech tool, you can easily turn text into an auto-generated voice....

Instagram Reels on Facebook Reels will be available in Facebook’s News Feed and Groups. You get all the standard Reels features, including music, AR effects, and more. Users will have the option to follow creators directly from the video, just like what you will find on Instagram. The company is also testing the possibility of letting creators share Reels from Instagram to Facebook. To further drive adoption, Facebook revealed its Reels Play bonus program to help creators monetize their Reels....

The bug was originally reported by 9to5Mac, which claims that all links embedded with apps start opening in Safari following a reboot on iOS 14 devices even after specifically setting Chrome as the default browser. The anomaly is also being pointed out by many on Twitter, with some even suggesting that the user-set defaults are not working uniformly across all apps, either. Ideally, all links across all apps and services should open in the browser chosen as default by the user, and the setting should remain unaffected by any number of reboots....

iPhone 14 CAD Renders Leaked The latest iPhone 14 Pro Max CAD renders come from the reputable tipster ShrimpApplePro who recently took to Twitter to share a few images and measurement details of the device. As per the latest schematics of the iPhone 14 Pro Max, it will replace the infamous notch with a “hole + pill” design, which has also been repeatedly tipped previously. Here are the images of the cad file and full measurements of iPhone 14 Pro Max that I obtained....

48MP Camera on iPhone 14, Periscope Lens on iPhone 15 According to a recent 9To5Mac report, Apple will likely include a 48MP camera on the iPhone 14 Pro and the iPhone 14 Pro Max. This is similar to what was suggested by Jeff Pu, who revealed that the 48MP main camera on the Pro models will be accompanied by 12MP ultra-wide and telephoto cameras. This information surfaced earlier this year too....

iQOO 7 Specifications Starting off with the design, iQOO 7 sports an aluminum frame for added durability and AG Glass back panel. The device features a 6.62-inch Full-HD+ AMOLED panel with a 120Hz refresh rate and up to 300Hz touch response rate. The display also boasts a 2400 x 1080-pixel resolution, 91.4% screen-to-body ratio, 105% NTSC color gamut, HDR10+, and more. iQOO 7 is powered by the 5nm Snapdragon 888 chipset, paired with up to 12GB of LPDDR5 RAM and up to 256GB of UFS 3....

iQOO 9 Series Coming to India Soon We still don’t know when the iQOO 9 phones will be launched in India. Although, it could be just around the corner and we might get more information on this soon. As for the upcoming iQOO 9 series, it will succeed the iQOO 7 and the iQOO 7 Legend and will fall in the premium segment. The iQOO 9E, however, might be more of a mid-range phone....

Jio Now Offers 4G Services in Ladakh Jio recently built a 4G mobile tower in the Spangmik village near the Pangong Lake region in Ladakh to offer high-speed voice and data services in the region. This marks the first time that a telecom operator has established a 4G service-providing mobile tower in the high-altitude region of Ladakh. The new Jio Mobile Tower in Spangmik village was recently inaugurated by the Lok Sabha member from Ladakh, Jamyang Tsering Namgyal....

Jio Updates JioPhone Recharge Plans in India Starting with the highest-priced JioPhone All-in-One plan, the company will now charge Rs 899 for the recharge plan that was previously priced at Rs 749 in India. The plan will offer 2GB of data per 28 days (total of 24GB) along with unlimited voice calls, 50 SMS/28 days, and subscriptions to Jio apps like JioTV, JioCinema, JioSecurity, and JioCloud. It will be valid for 336 days....

According to recent reports, Apple might add the 2014 15-inch MacBook Pro and the iPhone 5c to its “vintage and obsolete products list”. The leaked memo, procured by Macrumors, revealed that the said products will be added to the list in all countries on October 31. Earlier this year, we saw Apple add the 5th-gen iPod Touch to the aforementioned list. Now, the cheap and plastic-build iPhone that came alongside the iPhone 5S, back in 2013, will probably make its way to the list with the 2014 MacBook Pro....

As per the Geekbench listing, the new MacBook Air scored 1,687 in single-core and 7,433 in multi-core tests, both of which are higher than what the Intel Core i9-powered 16-inch MacBook Pro managed. While the single core score for the Intel model came in at 1,096, the multi-core score only hit 6,870. It is worth noting, though, that synthetic benchmark scores can hardly ever accurately predict real-life performance, but they still give you somewhat of an idea about what to expect from the machine....

SellCell, a popular smartphone-selling platform, recently conducted a survey, asking a small batch of 3,000 Apple device users about how excited they are to install and use iOS 15 on their devices. Amongst the respondents, only a few said that they were excited about using iOS 15 and iPadOS 15. The majority of them, however, are “slightly” or “not at all” excited about it. As per the survey report, only 19....

Meta’s New Headset Is Coming! This year’s Meta Connect will be a virtual event and will be live-streamed at 1 pm ET (10:30 pm) via the Reality Labs Facebook page. Meta says that it will talk about updates on the Metaverse and the next era of social computing. It’s that time of year again Quest fam. Join us to hear from experts and innovators on their vision of what’s to come....

Announced almost a year ago, Microsoft has been testing the Vertical Tabs UI on the Edge browser for quite some time now. It was announced alongside new features such as Smart Copy and a new Password Monitor last year. It has been available on the Edge Canary version since then. And now, the company has started rolling it out to the general public with Microsoft Edge’s new version 89.0.774.45. Now, if you are unaware of the feature, the new Vertical Tabs UI puts all your open-tabs in a dedicated side-bar instead of displaying them up at the top....

The data comes from Statcounter, which shows the market shares of some of the popular desktop browsers in the market. As per the data, Google Chrome sits comfortably in the top spot with a 67.76% market share as of June 2021. The data also shows that Edge is gradually moving to surpass Apple’s Safari in the coming days. Back in April 2020, Microsoft Edge became the second-largest desktop browser in the market by surpassing Firefox....

New Games Panel in Microsoft Edge The new Games panel in Microsoft Edge was recently spotted by a Chromium/ Chrome tipster named Leopeva64-2. The tipster took to Reddit to share a few screenshots, showcasing the feature in action. As per the above screenshot, the new “Games button” toggle will reside in the Appearance section in Edge’s Settings menu. The tipster says that it is turned off by default and users would be required to manually switch it on by heading to the Settings menu -> Appearance -> Games option in the browser....

How is that possible you ask? It is all thanks to the compatibility of Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass app with Samsung’s TizenOS that the creator of the said video was able to run the xCloud service on his smart fridge. The video was recently shared by popular YouTuber, VapingwithTwisted420, on his Instagram profile. The creator shared this short video ahead of releasing a longer, in-depth video on the topic for his YouTube subscribers....

The leak comes from a tipster on Twitter named Sam (@Shadow_Leak), who recently shared the image of the retail banner. Furthermore, the tipster mentioned some of the key features of the upcoming Microsoft device ahead of its official launch. You can check out the tweet right below. Microsoft Surface Pro 8 Exposure ✅– Intel’s 11th-generation Core processor– 13" 120Hz High Refresh Rate Narrow Border Screen– Windows 11– Dual Thunderbolt Interfaces– Replaceable SSD Hard Drives#Microsoft #Surface #SurfacePro8 pic....