Australia is being used as a test bed for Messenger's newest toy: Photo Magic. The feature scans your photos using face recognition making sharing more streamlined. Say cheese Photo Magic scans your recent photos, looking to match faces to your Messenger friends. Once a match is made you have the option of sending the pic …
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Taking the carrot over the stick approach to new customer acquisition, Google has announced that Google Apps for Work is now free for certain customers. Free lunch? In an official statement, Google explained that customers under an existing enterprise agreement with another provider are eligible for a free ride, until the contract expires. Google is …
Keeping track of your documents and filing receipts when you’re on-the-go can be a headache, to say the least. Helping make sense of the madness is a new update from Documents. Papers, please Documents is an app that has long offered file management solutions, and the recently released version 5.0 has even more features for road …
While Apple is notoriously cagey about releasing hard figures, it has finally swept back the curtain on Apple Music to reveal its fledging service now has over 6.5 million paid users. Tune in The news was announced by Apple CEO Tim Cook, who also confirmed Apple Music has an additional 8.5 million people using the …
Ever at a loss for words? Gmail might have a solution for that: answering your emails for you. First responder The Inbox by Gmail app now scans the contents of your emails and suggests succinct responses. The idea is to help users on-the-go keep in contact with tapping out lengthy missives. Smarty pants? The new …
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Let’s face it, no-one likes the look of a clunky URL no matter how interesting the title. Thankfully Bit.ly has been helping shrink our links into digestible morsels for the past eight years. But there’s much more than link-shortening (and an awesome logo) to Bit.ly. Read on the find out more. Bits and bobs Bit.ly …
Here's something you don't see every day. A bank is encouraging its employees to use Facebook during business hours. Face the music However it's not all kitten photos and Liking your mates's pics from last weekend's party. The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has partnered with Facebook in a landmark deal that will see Facebook at …
New stats have confirmed that in the last financial year the Australian online advertising market posted a record revenue of $5.3 billion. Cashed up The figures, courtesy of the IAB/PWC Online Advertising Expenditure Report, marks a growth of close to 20% from the previous financial year. While every online advertising segment experienced double-digit growth over …
it wasn't so long ago when getting a billion views was kind of a big deal. But that was in the simpler days of 2012, when Psy became the first artist to clock into the billion club with the ubiquitous Gangnam Style. Fast forward to 2015 and 10 songs now occupy this hallowed ground. Top …
Emailing and texting is a double-edged sword. On the one hand we’re able to stay connected almost all of the time. On the other, the rapid-fire nature of email and SMS means tone and meaning can easily be misconstrued. Keeping you on the straight and narrow with e-etiquette is FoxType. Foxy features FoxType works by …