WhatsApp Dropping Support for iOS 8 and Android Gingerbread from February, 2020 WhatsApp is dropping support for a number of old and legacy mobile operating systems, starting February 1st, 2020. While support for all versions of Windows Phone will end for good on December 31, 2019, some older versions of iOS and Android will also lose support just weeks later, the company has announced. That includes Android 2.3 Gingerbread, which was first released in 2010, as well as iOS 8, which debuted in September 2014....

YouTube Music Replaces Google Play Music as Default Music App on Android YouTube Music will replace Google Play Music as the default music player on all new Android devices going forward, Google has announced. The new policy will be applicable to all new Android smartphones running Android 10 and Android 9 and, will be applicable with immediate effect. In an officialblog postover the weekend, the tech giant said:“Music fans on Android phones can now easily unlock the magic of YouTube Music, which will come installed on all new devices launching with Android 10 (and Android 9), including the Pixel series”....

Australia Installs AI Cameras to Catch Drivers Distracted by Their Smartphones These days, the number of accidents caused due to “text and drive” seems to be increasing at a rapid pace, thanks to social media apps and busy schedules triggering the fear of missing out on people. In order to tackle this, the Australian government has announced theworld’s first mobile phone detection AI camera programin New South Wales. The government has partnered with a Melbourne-based company named Acusensus to make this possible....

Google May Let You Try OTA Updates Before Installing Android 10came with a whole lot of features and improvements, one of them being Dynamic System Updates(DSU). It appears like Google has realized the actual potential of the feature and might let you apply OTA updates from OEMs without affecting the existing installation. In case you’re not aware, DSU lets users boot into Android builds by creating temporary system partitions. This way, developers can easily boot GSI’s as a guest OS without interfering with the primary OS of the phone....

How to Install AltStore on Your iPhone or iPad An iOS app developer named Riley Testut has developed an alternative to Apple’s App Store named AltStore. The developer describes the app as a“home for apps that push the boundaries of iOS.” The coolest part of this alternative store is that it comes with aNintendo emulatordeveloped by Testut himself called Delta. This will allow iPhone and iPad users to play classic games straight from their Apple devices....

IKEA’s AR App Now Lets You Preview Multiple Furniture Items IKEA has just stepped up the game with its augmented reality app “Place”. For those unaware of Place, it is the mobile app of the Swedish furniture giant that allows people to make use of AR to bring in the furniture right to their living room in order to get a rough idea of how it would look like after installation....

Instagram Reportedly Threatened Users with Removal of Verified Status for Posting Snapchat Content It appears likeFacebook-owned Instagramis facing some serious criticism from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigators regarding the tactics the social media giant has adopted over the years to tackle competition. According to a report from theWall Street Journal, Instagram influencers were asked not to share anything related to Snapchat, including the Snap handles in their bios. Snapchat lawyers were so frustrated over Facebook with this move that they straight-up named the internal document dealing with this issue“Project Voldemort”, a reference to the antagonist in the Harry Potter series (for the non-Potterheads out there)....