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YouTube’s Mobile Website Supports Picture-in-Picture on iOS 14, Again Following thelaunch of iOS 14, there has been a lot of hubbub with the OS’ newbuilt-in picture-in-picture (PiP) not working on YouTube. First, users found that they can access the feature on their iPhones when they opened any YouTube video via Safari. Then the video platform removed support for PiP from its mobile website on Safari, however, it still worked fine with its desktop website....

7 Best Tips to Speed Up iOS 14 on iPhone and iPad iOS 14has checked off most boxes thanks to a host of exciting features likeApp Library,home screen widgets, and a new compact design that has sort of transformed the look of the entire UI. For all the lavish praise, the latest iteration of iOS is not immune to issues like its predecessors. While therapid battery draining issuehas turned out to be a nightmare for some iPhone users, the sluggish performance of the OS seems to have irked others....

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Bags “Game of the Year” at the Tokyo Games Show 2020 Since the release of Nintendo’s Animal Crossing: New Horizons earlier this year, the game gainedmassive popularity in the market. You know it’s really peaceful to just farm a bunch of turnips and design your island how you like it. This life-simulation video game became Nintendo’s one of the most successful titles of all time in a very short time....

Flipkart ‘Big Billion Days’ Sale to Run From October 16-21 Flipkarthas announced the dates for its ‘Big Billion Days‘ sale ahead of the upcoming festive season.The six-day event will run from October 16-21and will offer a wide range of products across several categories. In a press release, the company said that the event will offer great value propositions to existing and new consumers while providing growth opportunities to MSMEs and sellers across the country....

Google Play Pass Now Available in 24 More Countries In September last year, Google launched its apps and games subscription service ‘Play Pass‘ in the U.S. The company has nowexpanded the service to 24 countries across Europe. Before this expansion, Play Pass was available in the US, Germany, the UK, France, Italy, Spain, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Take a look at the list of newly-added countries below: Play Pass is now available in a total of 34 countries....

Google Switches off Face Retouching by Default on Pixel Phones Google recently conducted studies to analyze the effect of filtered selfies and found a negative impact on people’s wellbeing, especially when the user is not aware that the app has applied a filter. To tackle this situation,Google has switched off face retouching options in theCamera appby default, starting with thePixel 4a, Pixel 4a (5G), andPixel 5. According to Google, there is a significant majority of people who use the selfie camera on their Android phones....

Google Tests Sign Language Detector to Switch ‘Active Speaker’ in Video Calls With most of us holed up in our homes and coordinating work over video calls due to the COVID-19 pandemic, you might have become well-acquainted with thevariety of video conferencing software. A great feature of these video calling apps isautomatic switching between video feedsof the person talking in real-time. This, however, doesn’t work with sign language users and they could feel left out of the conversation....