Author: Stephanie Beck

Alexa voices will no longer include celebrities like Samuel L. Jackson

Stephanie Beck
Alexa voices Celebrities

The smart gadget will also no longer be able to sound like Melissa McCarthy is speaking to you. Amazon has announced that it has stopped the sale of celebrity Alexa voices in the form of “personalities” for the device. The e-commerce giant posted a note on the product pages that used to include celebrities for personalities. According to Amazon’s note, the celebrity Alexa voices are no longer available for purchase. Melissa McCarthy and Samuel L. Jackson aren’t the only celebrities whose “personalities” are being removed from the availability list. Others…

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WhatsApp opens limited text message editing window for users

Stephanie Beck
Text message editing - Person using WhatsApp app

The popular messaging app is providing users with a 15-minute window in which to correct what they send. WhatsApp is rolling out a new feature in the popular messaging app that allows text message editing to become possible within the first 15 minutes after a message has been sent. For anyone who would like to make immediate corrections to a message, this is a welcome addition. It’s exceptionally commonplace to want to take back an unpleasant wording, correct a misspelling or typo, or otherwise correct details sent to friends, family,…

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Secret chats available in massive WhatsApp update

Stephanie Beck
Secret Chat - WhatsApp

The new feature will make it possible to hide private conversations in a locked folder in the messaging app. WhatsApp has announced that along with a major update, a new feature will be rolled out that makes it possible for them to create a locked folder into which they can keep their most secret chats. The Chat Lock feature was recently announced by Meta, the app’s parent company. The new secret chats feature will only be accessible to people who have provided a password or biometric identification such as a…

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TikTok social media platform value now 11 percent higher than Facebook

Stephanie Beck
Social Media Platform - TikTok Value Increase

The short video app is also valued at 65 percent higher than Instagram according to a new report. TikTok has now overtaken Facebook as a considerably more valuable social media platform, as a new report from Business2community.com has indicated that the former now has a value 11 percent greater than the latter. This makes TikTok the most valuable brand in its category, based on the statistics in the new report. The analysis was based on data from Q1 this year, naming TikTok the most valuable social media platform in the…

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Apple and Google collaborate on digital privacy effort to address unwanted tracking

Stephanie Beck
Digital privacy - Partnership

The technology giants are accepting input from advocacy groups and industry participants. Location-tracking devices have become extremely commonplace as consumers use them to make it easier to find everything from luggage to their car keys, but digital privacy has become a serious concern. These gadgets can relatively easily be misused by wrongdoers for unwanted tracking of others. As a result, Apple and Google submitted a joint proposal for industry specifications that could help to combat the misuse of tracking gadgets using Bluetooth technology for unwanted tracking and threatening personal and…

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