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Microsoft has unveiled Windows 11, its “next generation” of operating system with a new User Interface with subtle changes to the design and updated features. The new update comes six years after the company had launched Windows 10, which is world’s most popular operating system, with over 1.3 billion devices using it. Windows 11 will be a free upgrade for Windows 10 users, provided they have a compatible PC. Describing the launch as a” major milestone in history of Windows”, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said, “It’s the beginning of a new generation.” Here are the key highlights of the Microsoft’s Windows 11 launch event 1) Microsoft said Windows 11 will support Android apps through Amazon’s app store. That means popular apps that people already use on phones will be available right on the desktop. 2) The Redmond-based company said the new software will allow users to configure multiple desktops for work, home, and gaming, like on a Mac.Users will be able to use the apps in a smartphone format similar to picture-in-picture mode with a new feature called Snap layouts.  » Read More

on June 23, 2021 at 1:00 pm Twitter has begun allowing some Twitter Spaces hosts to charge money for joining their rooms. The new ticketing feature lets approved Twitter Spaces hosts set prices and room sizes, controls likely to be imitated by the many social audio platforms proliferating this year. Twitter tied the new feature to the unveiling of the new Super Follows option, which lets influencers create a subscription fee for access to exclusive content on their Twitter page. Ticketing Spaces Not just anyone can offer tickets, and the bar is significantly higher than the 600 followers needed to host any Twitter Spaces room. You need to have at least 1,000 active followers and to have hosted a minimum of three Spaces over the last month. Ticketing is also limited to those over 18 who live in the U.S. for now. Those interested in applying can check their eligibility and submit a request in the Twitter app’s sidebar under monetization. Those hosts who Twitter approves can then start creating and scheduling their rooms.  » Read More

Bengalis bond over ghost stories and more on the latest virtual-adda zone   |   Published 23.06.21, 10:38 PM Early this month, a friend put up her monthly ‘looking for recommendations’ post on Facebook: “Who’s binge-watching what?” Curious, I started glancing through the comments only to stop at one. It said: “Not watching. Only listening. Bhooter golpo whole night. On Clubhouse.”Spooky, spine-chilling tales at the dead of the night — that’s what keeping Bengalis across the globe wide, wide awake these days, err… nights — all thanks to the latest virtual-adda zone on the digital space, the Clubhouse app. For the uninitiated, it’s a social media platform where users can connect with each other in voice chat rooms. It’s an audio-only app where one can create chat rooms, follow clubs on different themes (or even create one), and host live discussions, where you can drop in just as a listener, or speak if the hosts (called moderators) allow you to. And this is where adda-loving Bangalis from near and far are flocking and bonding together over hair-raising,  » Read More

(MENAFN - NewsIn.Asia) June 22 (USA Today) – Facebook has officially jumped into the audio space. The social media giant rolled out a suite of Live Audio Rooms and podcasts on Monday, giving its platform a new foothold in a space that has seen a surge of interest following the meteoric rise of audio-only social apps like Clubhouse during the coronavirus pandemic. Clubhouse has drawn more than 10 million users and has amassed a $1 billion-plus valuation, joining the ranks of Uber and Airbnb as a unicorn startup. That's inspired Facebook, Twitter, Spotify and others to develop their own Clubhouse competitors.  Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need to your Whatsapp each morning. “The audio market is fundamentally very fragmented. Every single platform is doing something specific, either the live audio component or the podcast component,” Fidji Simo, head of Facebook's app, told USA TODAY in an exclusive interview. “Facebook, however, is approaching audio as all of the formats working together.” © Facebook Public figures and select Facebook groups in the U.S.  » Read More

In Twitter’s latest appeal to one-up competitors from Clubhouse to Patreon, the company announced today that it will begin rolling out applications for Super Follows and Ticketed Spaces. Twitter first teased the Super Follow feature during an Analyst Day event in February. Super Follows allow creators on Twitter to generate monthly revenue by offering paywalled content to followers who subscribe to them for $2.99, $4.99, or $9.99 per month. To be eligible, users over the age of 18 need to have 10,000 followers and at least 25 tweets in the last 30 days. Twitter will only take 3% of creators’ revenue after in-app purchase fees – but, on the App Store and Google Play, in-app purchase fees are 30%, which means that creators will take home about two-thirds of what their followers are paying. Once they exceed $50,000 of lifetime earnings on Twitter, the app will take “20% of future earnings after fees.” When combined with the 30% in-app purchase fee, that leaves creators with about half of their followers’ payments.  » Read More

Clubhouse — which inadvertently sent every other tech platform from Spotify to Facebook scrambling to build out copycat functionality — seems to be taking its first steps away from pure live audio experiences. How do we know this? The company appears to have accidentally leaked a messaging feature, called Backchannel, to some users late last week.Based on several tweets circulating on Friday (including the below screen recording), Backchannel is an apparent means for users to chat via text instead of audio. Apparently the feature was not referenced whatsoever in the app’s release notes of the version, and what was rolled out looks blatantly unfinished. It’s not clear how long this version of Backchannel existed out in the wild, but Clubhouse seemingly removed it in a hurry.Reached for comment, a company spokesperson would only tell The Sports Grind Entertainment that, “as part of our product building process, Clubhouse regularly explores and tests potential features. These functions sometimes become part of the app, sometimes they don’t. We do not comment on potential features.” They said Clubhouse founders sometimes discuss the product roadmap during weekly Sunday Town Halls.  » Read More

Clubhouse — which inadvertently sent every other tech platform from Spotify to Facebook scrambling to build out copycat functionality — seems to be taking its first steps away from pure live audio experiences. How do we know this? The company appears to have accidentally leaked a messaging feature, called Backchannel, to some users late last week.Based on several tweets circulating on Friday (including the below screen recording), Backchannel is an apparent means for users to chat via text instead of audio. Apparently the feature was not referenced whatsoever in the app’s release notes of the version, and what was rolled out looks blatantly unfinished. It’s not clear how long this version of Backchannel existed out in the wild, but Clubhouse seemingly removed it in a hurry.Reached for comment, a company spokesperson would only tell The Verge that, “as part of our product building process, Clubhouse regularly explores and tests potential features. These functions sometimes become part of the app, sometimes they don’t. We do not comment on potential features.” They said Clubhouse founders sometimes discuss the product roadmap during weekly Sunday Town Halls.  » Read More

Like every weekend, we meet on NextPit for our selection of five free or paid mobile apps and games that caught my eye on the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store. Every week I try to bring you the best possible apps that are not data leeches or microtransaction hells. In addition to my own finds, I also add the gems unearthed by the NextPit community and shared on our forum. Feel invited to take part! :)From mobile games to productivity apps, here are the five free and paid Android/iOS apps from NextPit this week.DaynoteDaynote is an application that the NextPit Community made me discover on our forum. It's a very customizable diary and emotional self-tracking app. The interface has a pastel look that is surely designed to evoke the feeling of a notebook or journal that you decorate yourself.The app offers a lot of options to expand your notes (photos, images, voice notes etc...) and turn them into diary entries while associating them with a dominant emotion via a emoji system.  » Read More

Brazilian digital communication and afro content creator from Recife, Dandara Pagu is the new Clubhouse app icon.You may have noticed that Clubhouse has used various people’s headshots as their product icon. It highlights and brings incredible people/artists under the spotlight from the community and accentuates the app’s hyperlocal resonance. Today, the app is getting a new app icon, and this time it honors a Brazilian Creator, Dandara Pagu.Related | New Clubhouse Series Highlights Up-And-Coming SoundCloud ArtistsBorn in Recife, Pernambuco (Northeast Brazil), Dandara’s story is a familiar one for many Brazilians, one that has seen her rise in the face of poverty and violence, through the strength of her personality, energy, and incredible grace. Dandara Pagu represents the Clubhouse community at its best, and the platform is incredibly proud to have her infectious smile welcoming millions each time they step into the hallways to connect and discover something new.Dandara rose to the top of the Brazilian Clubhouse scene when she began moderating impossibly tense conversations around subjects like economics and race,  » Read More

As per pCloud’s research, food delivery and social media apps share the most personal data with third-party advertisers. And around 80% of people aren’t comfortable with their data being collected and shared without their consent. Therefore, you need to be on the lookout for alternatives to such apps. Surfshark analyzed the data-collection operations of 200 apps to discover which services are guilty of retrieving and selling the most data of its consumers and which ones aren’t. To no one’s surprise, it was found out that the most popular apps tend to be the biggest collectors of personal data. Speaking about social media, Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger harvest all 32 points of personal data flagged by the App Store. Cisco Webex Meetings and Dust are viable alternatives for communication-related purposes; Moreover, these apps do not collect any data. Also, for safeguarding your privacy, you can opt for the Clubhouse social media app. If you are simply browsing the web, checking your emails, or watching videos, it’s time to ditch the services affiliated with Google. Chrome,  » Read More