Rich Communication Services, or RCS, is the next-generation messaging standard from Apple in iOS 18, which is designed to transform the messaging experience between iPhone and Android users. It is an upgraded version of SMS, packed with advanced features for modern communication. Read Also: Apple is reportedly building a more conversational Siri powered by LLMs…
Italian tech company Bending Spoons is purchasing Brightcove, the cloud platform for managing and monetizing video content, in a $233 million all-cash deal that values it at $4.45 per share or 90% above the 60-day average. Founded in Boston in 2004, Brightcove supplies tools for the creation, hosting, streaming, and marketing of videos to many…
Pestle, a recipe app developed by Will Bishop in 2022, is now allowing users to transform TikTok recipe videos into step-by-step instructions using AI. The tool analyzes the video captions of creators where they usually post ingredients and steps. Unlike other tools, Pestle relies on on-device machine learning rather than third-party AI, which ensures faster…
This means the photo-sharing platform now includes live location sharing directly into Instagram’s direct message capabilities, as reported by Facebook, for competing with service giants Apple’s Find My and Snapchat’s Snap Map in its real-time map share offerings. However, in this case, compared to all of its major competitors, Instagram only supports the capability for…
OpenAI, currently being sued by The New York Times and Daily News for allegedly using their copyrighted content without permission to train its AI models, revealed an accidental deletion of critical data related to the case. The incident has added complexity to an already high-profile lawsuit over AI training practices. Read Also: How to Tell…
iOS 18 introduces a new feature to help you determine when your iPhone is charging slower than it should. In Settings, under the Battery section, it lets you know if your charging configuration is less than ideal. Messages appear when a slow charger has been identified: orange bars surrounding the slow charging sessions show up…
Apple is working on overhauling Siri with an advanced version that will utilize the advanced LLMs, which are said to make Siri much more conversational and, hence, usable. With this move, Apple hopes to catch up on its train of ideas in the AI space, where Google has already presented features such as Gemini Live,…
YouTube has released a new update to its Dream Screen feature for Shorts, enabling users to generate AI video backgrounds. For a long time, Dream Screen relied on supporting just image backgrounds. Still, with Google DeepMind’s AI video-generation model, Veo, in play, users can now generate video clips in cinematic formats with resolutions up to…
Meta’s app Threads, often called the “Twitter alternative,” is constantly working on feature advancements to keep itself at a viable spot in the social media axis. Meta’s Instagram chief, Adam Mosseri, revealed that it is now piloting AI-generated summaries of trending topics in the “Trending Now” section for users in the United States. The idea…
WhatsApp has announced voice messages with text transcription, a new feature designed to increase communication convenience. The new functionality will be rolled out to users worldwide on Android and iOS devices over the coming weeks. Voice messages posted in Messenger will be automatically transcribed into text, thus solving situations where it won’t be possible to…
