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WhatsApp mobile app adds new login option using email

11/13/202311/09/2023 Jesse Collins

The new option allows users to log in using an email address when a cellular connection is unavailable. The popular mobile app WhatsApp is rolling out a new login feature in which users will be able to use their email address to log in when they don’t have a cellular connection available. Accounts will still need to have an active phone number associated with them to be valid. That said, the new feature makes it possible to link an account on the mobile app that already has a phone number…

Canadian government bans WeChat Chinese app from its devices

11/10/202311/09/2023 Stephanie Beck

Chinese app ban - Image of Canadian federal government building

The country officially announced that the application is banned on all government gadgets. Canada’s federal government has announced that it is banning the popular Chinese app WeChat from all its devices. WeChat, often nicknamed the “everything app”, is like a combination of many other popular applications. The Chinese app is somewhat like a combination of Facebook, WhatsApp, Amazon and Tinder, all in one place. That said, there are some substantial concerns about the application among Western governments. Mainly, this has to do with the potential for the application to be…

Nokia smartphone model shipments rise in India

11/09/202311/08/2023 L. Green

The company’s sales data shows that in Q3 2023, its phone shipments experienced healthy growth in that market. Nokia managed to achieve smartphone model shipment growth in one of the largest markets in the world during the third quarter of this year, based on shipment data released by counterpoint. This doesn’t mean that the units were actually sold to customers but does indicate a brand’s performance. The smartphone model shipments of a brand don’t specifically point to the number of units consumers purchased within a span of time. However, it…

QR code payment tests in Singapore make transactions easier for merchants

11/08/202311/07/2023 John Montgallo

QR code - Merchant mobile payments - Singapore Flag

A new system in the country uses one operator to accept 23 different payment methods. Merchants in Singapore will soon be able to use a single QR code to be able to accept nearly two dozen different digital payment methods in a trial starting this week through the central bank. Stores have been promised that the new system will reduce hassle for them and for their customers. With a rapidly growing number of apps and mobile wallets, merchants are finding it difficult – or even impossible – to accept them…

Google rolls out augmented reality advertising for eye and lip products

11/07/202311/06/2023 Sam Lambert

Augmented reality - Tubes of lipstick shades

The search giant has announced the launch of its AR Beauty ads targeting smartphone users. Google recently announced that it has launched a new form of augmented reality advertising option for eye and lip products in the beauty industry. The AR Beauty ads are designed to let smartphone owners use a “virtual try-on” of advertised products. Though the augmented reality marketing campaigns are initially meant exclusively for eye and lip products, the intention is to expand the availability of AR Beauty ads to include other products of this nature, the…