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Ello is coming to Windows Phone soon
Ello has made waves last year as it openly attacked the ad-policy of Facebook and advertised itself as the only ad-free social media platform for those who don’t like advertisements. Many of us are aware that ads are revenue for the companies that bid on various sites to publish them, and they are a source of revenue for sites that publish them. But Ello proposes a different construction of its social media platform, completely ad-free.
Now, it seems Ello will be migrating and expanding. The trend has caught up, but Ello is still rather small compared to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other social media platforms online. But the company wants to grow and expand, and has announced that it will be creating dedicated apps for iOS and Android devices in the near future. Ello added later on that they will also create an app for Windows Phone, which is good news.
Ello’s current philosophy revolves around the idea that a social media network shouldn’t exist purely to exploit its users. By that, Ello means that the data their users publish online will not be sold to advertisers, like it is with Facebook and it won’t be used for targeted advertising either. The company behind the hip new social network is confident that venture capital investments and t-shirt sales will be enough to keep it going. Ello is still an invitation-based system, so if you want an account, you’re going to have to dig deep to get an invitation from somebody who already has an account on the network.
Even though Ello is still in beta, the team is working on making the service better for the future. We don’t know when the invite system will be removed, but until then, you can always request for an invite directly from the site and hope for the best. The premises of an ad-free social network is appreciated, and it would certainly be a breather to be in a network that doesn’t target you with ads and your data isn’t being sold to companies, as Ello explains it. Social networks should be only that, since we’ve got ads everywhere already, at least our “playgrounds” should be free of them.
Google has recently used CES as a platform to present its philosophy of “Better Together,” the notion that all devices should get along with one another. Typically, this entails making announcements regarding new Cast compatibility and features like Fast Pair. The business revealed that it is collaborating with Spotify to incorporate the Connect streaming capability into the Android UI at CES 2023. Additionally, it showed a sneak peek at an audio handoff tool that would recommend various devices to shift your music to based on your preferences and location.
However, CES is a significant vehicle event, and Google also sells items for cars. Additionally, it said today that the Polestar 3 would receive its higher-resolution maps, and it debuted the most recent Android Auto user interface for the first time since it was revealed at I/O 2022.
Two vehicles, a Volvo EX90 with Google preinstalled and a BMW i7 with the new Android Auto experience, were at the Google stand in the trailer lot of the Las Vegas Convention Center. We had never seen the Volvo before, and we’ll be posting a separate hands-on on that experience shortly. The new Android Auto is the main topic of this article and video.
The redesigned interface will support larger screen sizes and have a split screen layout, as we discovered at I/O. Google has eliminated the status bar and inserted a row of shortcut keys below it, along with some indication icons in a small area to the top left. When we were in the car, the Spotify app was located on the left panel, and we could access a list of suggested playlists by swiping in from the right side.
Alerts that you won’t have time to respond to while driving are likewise stored in this left pane. For instance, you can swipe right on a notification to move it to the dock, where it will wait until you’re ready to deal with it.
Check out the video up top for more of our experience with the updated Android Auto in the BMW i7! And be sure to pay attention this week as there will be a ton of news at CES 2023.
Additionally, stand-alone groups will now have access to 32-person video chats.
One of the new features that WhatsApp is introducing is one that aims to group together related group chats. The Communities feature, which was introduced earlier this year by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, aims to let users consolidate group chats “under one umbrella with a structure that works for them.” For Facebook and Instagram, comparable technologies are under development.
In the upcoming months, communities will be accessible to all WhatsApp users. To discuss topics that are important to you, you can create smaller group chats inside a community and easily switch between them. WhatsApp will provide administrators with “strong new capabilities” to govern communities, including the capacity to select which groups to include and the option to broadcast announcements to all users.
WhatsApp suggests that communities may be created through local areas, workplaces, and parents with children attending the same school. To begin, select the Communities tab from the menu at the top of the Android app or the bottom of the iOS screen. You will have the option of building a community from scratch or expanding an existing one.
The Communities feature has some similarities to Facebook Groups (as well as Nextdoor and Discord), but it is protected by end-to-end encryption. Making group chats more like Facebook Groups, where false information has thrived in recent years, may have some drawbacks, even though Zuckerberg has been eying a community-driven model to lessen the reliance on feeds across Meta’s applications. Due to the platform’s focus on encryption, WhatsApp generally has fewer moderation capabilities, which may make it harder to keep a lid on fabrications.
In other places, WhatsApp is giving groups—including those that aren’t connected to a community—new functionality. Group polls are also being added, along with support for the 32-person encrypted video conversations that Meta has been beta-testing over the past few weeks. Furthermore, groups now support a maximum of 1,024 people.
Numerous apps are available for music, which has the power to uplift individuals. The top Android music player apps are listed here!
Nowadays, private music collections are uncommon due to music streaming. A personal music collection is still beneficial to many people, though. Higher-quality music is available; it is offline-compatible and doesn’t require a subscription. Thankfully, there are several options available for grooving out to your favorite music. Here are our top choices for Android music player apps.
The best music player apps for Android
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