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Facebook’s New App ‘CatchUp’ Wants to Compete Against FaceTime Audio Facebook has released a new app called ‘CatchUp’ today. The app allows users to make audio calls over the internet with up to 8 people at a time. That might not sound like it’s anything different from WhatsApp Audio calls, or FaceTime Audio. However, CatchUp aims to differentiate itself from other apps with a couple of key features. Most importantly, the appallows users to mark themselves as ‘Ready to Talk’ or ‘Offline’....

Google App Testing Compact Weather Bubble on Android Google has reportedly started testing asmall bubble for weather updateson Google app’s Discover section. The changes are apparently live with the Google app’s latest beta version on Android. With this visual change, the card for weather updates – typically placed below the Search box, gets removed.Google will relocate weather to the top-left corner of the app, as you can see below.Image: 9to5Google...

Google Launches ‘Soli Sandbox’ App for Pixel 4 on Play Store One of the unique features of the Pixel 4 series has to be thepresence of the Soli chip. However, Google didn’t add new functionalities that would take advantage of the chip, except theair gesture to control music playbackin the March Pixel feature drop. Now, the company’s research team (Research at Google) has released an app named ‘Soli Sandbox’ to create new Soli workflows....

IIT Roorkee Student Develops TikTok Clone ‘Mitron’; Crosses 50 Lakh Installs on Android Looking for a homegrown alternative to TikTok? Well, worry not, Mitron has emerged as the newest competitor to TikTok in India. It has already amassed awhopping 50 lakh downloadsand peaked at number 2 on the ‘Top Free’ apps chart on the Google Play Store. Is the app any good? What’s all the hype about? Should you install it?...

Indian Government Open-Sources Aarogya Setu Android App Code In a bid to put an end to theincessant privacyand security concerns, the government of India has open-sourced the Aarogya Setu Android app. The source code for the app is available publicly on GitHub, giving Android developers and privacy enthusiasts to sift through the code and suggest updates that would make the app better for itsover 100 million users. Thisannouncementwas made on Tuesday evening by MeiTY secretary Ajay Prakash Sawhney on YouTube....

Latest macOS Update Brings Better Battery Life to MacBooks Among Other Improvements Apple has released the macOS Catalina 10.15.5 update today to all users in the stable channel. The update brings a bunch of tweaks and improvements, including a promise for improved battery life on MacBooks. The macOS 10.15.5 update brings a new battery health management feature to Apple’s laptops. When enabled, the feature will reduce the peak capacity of your battery down to a level that’s “optimised for your usage”....

Nokia Shutters Tamil Nadu Factory After 42 Workers Test Positive for COVID-19: Report Nokia has suspended operations at a telecom gear manufacturing plant in Tamil Nadu after dozens of employees there tested positive forCOVID-19. The company’s plan has been shut down since last week, just a few days after it reopened. While Nokia isn’t saying how many employees were positive for COVID-19, Reuters claims that the number is at least 42....