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Epic Games is consistently adding new limited-time modes to Fortnite: Battle Royale, and it seems like there is more in tow. After a month of teasing, Epic Games has finally released the new update for Fortnite, and with it comes the Playground Limited Time Mode (LTM for short). The new LTM mode is designed to drop the competitive aspects of Battle Royale andallows players to team-up and create and build structures in a relatively safe zone....

Despite its popularity, Snapchat has suffered falling revenue and to make up for the losses, the social media will beworking on games within the app,in addition to other changes such asshoppable AR experiences. While there is no information about the type of games that will be added to Snapchat but there is a good chance that these areaugmented reality gameswhich the company has been testing for quite some time now....

Has your Google Home speaker stopped responding to you? Is it stuck in a loop talking about a glitch? Well, you’re not alone as Google Home and Chromecast devices are suffering an outage across the globe. Google hasconfirmed that its smart speaker and streaming dongle is suffering from an ongoing problemthat affects ‘some’ users worldwide. On being called out for help, Google Home speakers have been spewing out errors like, ‘Something went wrong, try again in a few seconds’ or ‘There was a glitch....

Google aims to bring services such as Google Maps and YouTube to KaiOS-powered feature phones such as theJioPhoneandNokia’s 8110 ‘Matrix Phone‘. And it’s putting money behind the platform too. Google has invested $22 million in KaiOS Technologies, the Hong Kong-based company which develops the feature phone platform in a Series A round of funding. Aside from the investment, Google has also agreed to work with the KaiOS team and optimize services such as Google Search, Google Maps, YouTube, and Google Assistant for the KaiOS platform....

Huawei sub-brandHonorhas announced the second edition of its ‘Honorgraphy Workshop’ that will provide photography enthusiasts in India a chance to learn the finer nuances of the art from the best professional photographers in the country. The three-month-long workshop is scheduled to start July 1 in Delhi, and will cover various themes including, outdoor & action, street, portrait, heritage, architecture, food, silhouette -golden hour and landscape. The Honorgraphy Workshop will be held in 22 cities across India, including Delhi, Chennai, Agra, Lucknow, Pondicherry, Srinagar, Coimbatore, Kochi, Madurai, McLeod Ganj, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Jaipur, Udaipur, Pune, Kolkata, Ajmer, Mumbai, Manipur, Indore, Surat and Bhopal....

Instagram just launched a ‘Lite’ variant of the popular image and video sharing app to the Play Store today. The ‘Lite’ app follows in the footsteps of other popular Lite apps, including some from Instagram’s parent company, Facebook. However, the company has currently only launched the app in Mexico, and will be launching it in other developing countries “later this year.” So, if you want to check out the Instagram Lite app outside Mexico, here’s how you can install Instagram Lite right now....

With Instagram’s skyrocketing popularity in most mature markets, the company is now looking to court new users in developing countries. And to do so, it’s followingFacebook’s leadand has now quietly launched ‘Instagram Lite’ app for Android. Instagram hasn’t officially announced the Lite app for Android but we can see it listed on theGoogle Play Store.Instagram Lite is said to be only 573 KB in size as compared to the around 32MB packageof the main Instagram app....

Instagram may have started as a photo-sharing platform, but recent growth is all down to Instagram Stories. The company has added many new features to drive users to interact with and post Stories,be it their own or others. The latest feature which Instagram appears to betesting is a sticky Stories bar that will enable you to watch Stories from anywhere in your feed. This feature will further increase usage time of Stories, and gives users an easy way to view new Stories as and when they appear....

One can expect Jio to launch its broadband offerings at heavily subsidized prices, just like the Reliance Jio mobile service. Earlier reportsalso suggest that users will be required to pay a security fee of Rs. 4,500, which instead of being refunded after disconnection, will be refunded back to the user as cashbacks or other rewards, so that service becomes “effectively free”. Meanwhile, Airtel is gearing up to compete against Jio and is ramping up its coverage, especially in non-urban areas....

Popular messaging app ‘Kik’ hasannouncedthat its users will now be able to earn ‘Kin’ cryptocurrency as part of the company’s efforts to start a ‘crypto-economy’. According to Kik Interactive, a thousand randomly selected users of the app will now get to play around with Kin tokens as part of a beta test, although, the company admitted that the digital asset is still a long way away from hitting primetime. In its press release, the company said that users will have to take quizzes, work on tutorials and answer polls to earn the cryptocurrency that can only be spent on cosmetic upgrades within the Kik app, such as premium versions of the new chat themes feature....

LG’s V-series smartphones have also been known for their camera prowess, but the Korean giant is now working on aV30-successor, the LG V40, and it is expected to be the very first smartphone with five cameras on board. There is currently no word on what all of them will do, but this rumor appears to be true. According to anAndroid Police report, sources aware of the developments say thatLG V40 could sport dual cameras on the front of the phone....

The only flagship smartphone in HMD Global’s arsenal currently is theNokia 8 Sirocco, which is a premium iteration of last year’sNokia 8. However, if latest reports are to be believed then the Finnish giant leading Nokia’s revival journey is planning to release a brand new flagship, codenamed Nokia A1 Plus, in the coming months. The fresh leads on Nokia’s next flagship device come from Roland Quandt of WinFuture, who hasgotten his hands on a document with HMD Global’s next plan of action....

While there aren’t many hardware launches coming our way atMWC Shanghai, it’s still a pretty big event for the Chinese and Southeast Asian market. All the major Chinese brands have a presence here in one form or the other. Since we are on the cusp of 5G, one of the questions was about 5G support in OnePlus phones and when consumers can expect them. The OnePlus co-founder said that 5G will be revolutionary, but the impact will only be felt in 3-4 years....