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Google Maps and Search Now Enables Businesses to Directly Message Customers A day afterGoogle Mapsexpanded its social features with therollout of a new ‘Community Feed’that aggregates all the latest reviews, photos and posts submitted to the app bylocal experts, it is now set to get anew direct messaging feature that enables verified businesses to communicate with customers directly within the app. According to Google, business owners can now update their Business Profile directly from Maps or Search to better engage with their customers....

Google Photos Now Lets You Set Memories as Live Wallpapers Building on itsInstagram Stories-style Memories featureintroduced in September last year,Google Photoshas now added a cool new way to let you revisit old memories – live wallpapers. With Google Photos version 5.22,you can set images from your Google Photos memories as a live wallpaper. Set Memories Live Wallpaper from Google Photos After updating toGoogle Photos5.22, you’ll notice a new ‘Memories’ wallpaper in your phone’s wallpaper picker....

Here’s A First Look at the New Samsung Galaxy Buds Pro The SamsungGalaxy S21 series, launching next year, will be accompanied by a new pair of TWS earbuds dubbed the Galaxy Buds Pro. We’ve been hearing rumors and have seen key specifications for these Buds leak via certification listings. And today, reputable tipster Evan Blass (better known as @evleaks) has given us a close look at the Galaxy Buds Pro....

iPhone 12 Series Users Plagued with LTE and 5G Connection Drop Issues TheiPhone 12 serieslaunched back in October. It includes four variants, all of which have 5G connectivity support for the first time ever. Now, some users report that the iPhone 12 series has beenfacing LTE and 5G connectivity issues, mostly while traveling or driving. The owners of the iPhone 12 (talking about all four models) have taken toRedditandApple forumsto complain about how their devices randomly lose signal after traveling a distance....

PhonePe Raises $700 Million at $5.5 Billion Valuation; To Operate as Separate Entity PhonePehas reportedly raised $700 million (~Rs. 5,100 crore) in a fresh round of funding led by Walmart. Announcing the deal on Thursday,Flipkartannounced that the payments company, thus far a fully-owned entity of India’s largest e-commerce firm, was being ‘partially’ spun off into a separate entity and will get a new Board of Directors that should better represent its new shareholding pattern....

Siri Can Now Read and Reply to Telegram Messages on iPhones, iPads The latest beta version ofTelegramnow reportedly supports Siri’s ‘Announce Messages‘ feature, making it the first third-party app to support the functionality that was originally announced atWWDC 2020earlier this year. The feature is already supported by a number of first-party apps and services from Apple, including Messages and Home. However, given that the API is also available for all developers, it should only be a matter of time before more third-party apps and services incorporate the new functionality in the days to come....

Twitter Now Supports Hardware Security Keys on Android and iOS 2020 was certainly not a great year for Twitter’s security team, case in point: the infamous high-profileTwitter Bitcoin scam. To recover from this major setback, the company has been hiring top-notch security professionals including Rinki Sethi and Peiter Zatko. As part of Twitter’s efforts to enhance the platform’s security, the company has nowadded support for hardware two-factor security keys across Android and iOS....