Instagram is mostly focused on celebrities that made it big by using Instagram as an outreach platform. In other words, the focus is more on homegrown celebrities rather than traditional ones. Apart from helping Instagram increase its engagement, the newer videos will also shift the spotlight on the creators. Perhaps this will help the creators leverage their reach in a whole new way. The IGTV hub can also be accessed via a standalone app....

Instagram might soon launch a feature that many users have been calling for it to add (back) for years. According to Adam Mosseri, who serves as the head of Instagram, the company is actively exploring adding a chronological feed option to the app. As we reported would happen last week, Mosseri testified before Congress today, focused on how Instagram affects kids. One of the topics that repeatedly came up during the testimony is how Instagram might be addictive for users....

Sony Xperia XZ2 Compact (xz2c) launched in February 2018. The handset came with Android 8.0 Oreo. In this tutorial, we will guide you to install the latest Lineage OS 19.1 on the Sony Xperia XZ2 Compact (xz2c) smartphone. We have given the complete instructions, downloads, and useful updates in the future. As we all know, Lineage OS 19.1 is based on Android 12 which is the 12th major release by Google and brings many new features and improvements....

Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra launched in January 2021 which came out of the box with Android 11. In this article, we will guide you on how to install the TWRP Recovery on Galaxy S21 Ultra. TWRP recovery is probably the most used and most popular custom recoveries that we all know. For those who are quite accustomed to rooting and flashing custom ROM, etc. then, they know what TWRP Recovery is....

His coaching services can be found at JeffSnyderCoaching.com. You’ve been a technology and executive recruiter since 1990. What hard and soft skills do you need in order to do the sort of job your clients expect? For the 25+ years I’ve been in the search business doing both technology and executive recruiting. The skills that have served me well (in no particular order) include: sales skills, psychology skills, intuition, the ability to ask questions that generate information that doesn’t appear in my client’s job descriptions and the ability to see the big picture....

Screen Time is Apple’s new software in iOS 12 to help with providing more intentional device use and removing distractions. It will also serve to help parents manage and guide their children’s tech use. Follow along for how Screen Time works… There’s quite a bit to unpack with the new Screen Time, it’s really more of a new platform than just a set of new features. For this post we’ll dive into how to use the basic features of Screen Time and will dive into more specifics like using Downtime, App Limits, managing iOS devices for kids and more in future posts....

We’ve been testing the developer beta of iOS 12.2 since its first release back in late January. Since then, we’ve learned that the new version includes support for unreleased AirPods with “Hey, Siri” support and also found evidence of the rumored Apple News subscription service. In this post, I’ll highlight some under-the-hood changes that may or may not end up in the final release, but are interesting nonetheless. ECG limitation by geofencing The ECG feature is currently only available in the US, where it’s been cleared by the FDA....

Docoss X1 is a 3G Android Smartphone which is priced at R.s 888. Pre-bookings for this smartphone has begun and the company promises to deliver the smartphone by May 2. The company is not familiar in smartphone making. Docoss X1 is having 4 inch display, 1GB Ram and 4GB inbuilt storage which can be expanded up to 32GB via SD Card. It has dual core processor, Android 4.4 KitKat, 2MP rear camera and 0....

Avengers: Infinity War co-director Joe Russo opened up about the Black Order’s role in the film and addressed complaints about the foursome’s limited screen time. While the Russos did a great job juggling several dozens of characters while also telling a cohesive story, there are still several components in the film that arguably could’ve been better. This inclueds the big screen portrayal of the Thanos’ minions, the Black Order consisted of Ebony Maw, Proxima Midnight, Cull Obsidian and Corvus Glaive....

A new poster for Injustice 2 showcases playable character Brainiac. With just about every major villain from DC Comics already on display, Injustice 2 will also allow players to control the Superman villain. In just one month, the sequel to the smash game Injustice: Gods Among Us will be released for consoles and mobile devices and allow players to command their favorite heroes and villains in fierce combat. Over the past few months, details on the game have been steadily released, with new looks and trailers coming weekly....

The changes were announced on the Instagram blog, if you’re looking for new features, you’re going to be disappointed. The app doesn’t really do anything it didn’t do before, it just does it faster, on more phones. Instagram promises that the app is now half the size, you’ll load up your profile page twice as fast. If you’re rocking the latest high-end Snapdragon 800-powered monster phone, you may not notice the difference, but usability on low-end phones should be a lot better....

Instagram has started to roll out a mute feature to its users starting today. While many may feel like the feature has been a long time coming, it’s great to see an alternative to unfollowing. Detailed in a blog post, Instagram says the new mute feature “will be rolling out over the coming weeks” and will offer the option to “Mute Posts” or “Mute Posts and Story”. Users will still be able to view profile’s of friends and family you’ve muted and they won’t know you’ve done so....

Motorola One G 5G Ace (codename: kiev) launched in January 2021. The phone came out of the box with Android 10 Q. In this tutorial, we will show you how to download and install Lineage OS 18.1 on Motorola One G 5G Ace (kiev) device. The Google-owned OS is open source in nature. This allows the userbase to try out tons of customizations and modifications onto your devices. For the starters, they could install themes, icon packs, and launchers from the Play Store....

April 2018 was a dark time. From a Mac power user perspective, it was pretty desolate. As I said, the Mac Mini had gone four years without an upgrade. The Mac Pro had gone five years without an upgrade, and that five-year-old upgrade was the “trash can” Mac Pro. The MacBook Pro, Apple’s most popular Mac, had been upgraded the previous year, but the much-maligned butterfly keyboard was still gnarling everyone’s fingers while the lack of ports was causing teeth to gnash....

Two weeks after the second beta, iOS 12 beta 3 has arrived. We’re hoping to see some useful bug fixes and stability improvements as well as the first roll out of Apple’s in-house mapping data for the Bay Area in Maps. iOS 12 includes several significant changes for iPhone and iPad including performance improvements, especially on older devices; ARKit 2.0 with shared experiences; refined search and sharing in Photos; more Siri access in third-party apps and Siri Shortcuts based on Workflow; updates to Stocks, Voice Memos, Apple Books, and Apple News; use management features including updates to Do Not Disturb, more manageable notifications, and Screen Time parental controls; Memoji in Messages; FaceTime between up to 32 users; and much more....

There’s a new App Privacy Report included in the update that shows how which apps are accessing your private data and how often that access is happening. For example, I can see that the Invoxia GPS app accessed my location 51 seconds ago, along with a long list of apps below it that access other parts of my private data. Another example is that the Mail app accessed my contacts six seconds ago, even though I wasn’t actively using the app....

As we learned in the earliest part of the 21st century, though, digital technology is the peanut butter to performance marketing’s chocolate. They’re two great tastes that taste great together. Actually, they taste better together, because a peanut butter cup doesn’t come with in-depth analytics proving how good the taste really is. In 2010, a group of marketing veterans banded together to launch impact Radius, a performance marketing platform with an aim to take the practice to the next level....

OMG! Chinese Govt Is Now Banning Apple Products In China The US ban on the world’s second largest smartphone manufacturer Huawei could simply further complicate the tech giant Apple’s previously complicated operations in China, hence, as a result, this could simply lead reducing iPhone sales in the world’s largest smartphone market and disrupt the company’s supply chain in China. As we all know very well that last week, the President of the United States, Donald Trump banned all the US companies from working with the Chinese giant Huawei....

The Black Order created for Avengers: Infinity War were seriously disappointing for comic fans, but the directors do have a reason for so dramatically de-powering the so-called Children of Thanos. The average Marvel movie fan may simply take the four henchmen - Ebony Maw, Proxima Midnight, Corvus Glaive, and Cull Obsidian - as typical goons of any comic book villain. That’s the minor role they ultimately play in the movie, after all....

Marvel TV is on the verge of overtaking its film division in terms of output, with 2017 and 2018 looking to produce a number of new projects. Netflix will gain Iron Fist, The Defenders, and The Punisher this year. Meanwhile, Cloak & Dagger and Runaways are both filming now and will presumably appear in 2018 on Freeform and Hulu, respectively. Finally, Inhumans will be coming to ABC (by way of IMAX theaters) following a number of years of languishing as a potential film....