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Tinder to Add In-app Video Chat This Year A significant number of dates have moved online via video calls due to the coronavirus pandemic situation. Onepopular app in the online dating space, Tinder, is planning to facilitate onlineone-to-one video calling as an in-app feature in the second quarter of this year, as announced by Tinder’s parent company Match Group in an earnings release today. “Tinder clearly remains a go-to app for meeting new people, which has become aneven more critical service with so many people stuck at home, and Tinder plans tolaunch one-to-one live video late in Q2....

Twitter Rolls out New Design for Threaded Conversations Twitter has today announced that it is rolling out a new design for threaded conversations on the platform based on testing it performed in the “twttr” app. According to Twitter, the new design makes it easier for users to understand who they are replying to, and the overall flow of the conversation. The company has been testing the new design in its prototype app called “twttr” for over a year....

Twitter Testing New Feature That Warns Users Against Posting Offensive Tweets As part of itscontinuing efforts to bring back civilityin online discussions, Twitter has started testing a new moderation tool that will warn users before they post replies containing language that the company deems ‘harmful’. The micro-blogging platform describes the feature as a ‘limited experiment’ that’s available to select users on iOS, but one would expect it to be rolled out more widely and on more platforms in the days to come....

Wunderlist Founder Announces Productivity App Superlist Microsoft acquired popular productivity-focused app Wunderlist in 2015 and announced last year that it wouldshut it downon May 6, 2020 (today). While there are a lot ofWunderlist alternativesout there, Wunderlist fans can now rejoice as a new productivity app named Superlist from Christian Reber, the founder of Wunderlist is on its way. Reber took to Twitter to announce Superlist as a “fresh new take on supercharged team productivity”....

Xiaomi Granted Patent for Under-Display Camera Phone Chinese smartphone giants Oppo and Xiaomiteased their under-display camera smartphone prototypeslast year. But we haven’t heard about any new developments ever since. Now, a new patent that got filed in April last year and approved this April has been spotted byLetsGoDigitaland got envisioned in concept renders by Jermaine Smit, better known asConceptCreator. The concept renders show off a smartphone with flat edges, unlike the curved edges or waterfall displays seen on modern smartphones....

Xiaomi Teases ‘Mi Box’ Smart Set-Top Box India Launch for May 8 Xiaomi is set to launch theMi 10in India on May 8. It’s the first Mi-branded flagship smartphone to make its way to India in a long time. Alongside the Mi 10, Xiaomi has already teased the arrival of theMi True Wireless Earphones. There’s one more thing though. The company has posted a teaser for yet another IoT product on Twitter today and it looks like theMi Box smart set-up boxmay finally be launching in India the day after tomorrow....

‘Mi Commerce’ Lets You Buy Xiaomi Devices From Offline Stores Without Leaving Home With people expected to remain apprehensive about going shopping even after the lockdown is lifted, Xiaomi is looking to make it easier for its customers to buy its smartphones andother smart home products. The company has launched a new e-commerce service calledMi Commercethat will enable people tobuy its smartphones, TVs and more from nearby offline stores without ever having to leave the comfort of their homes....