Saturday
Mar062021

iOS 14 might use Find My to prevent you from being stalked

Source: 9t05Mac

Apple's Find My feature is useful for locating lost Apple devices. Now, it looks like it could be used to prevent someone from using trackers or other accessories from stalking you. Item Safety Alerts feature makes a reappearance in the iOS 14.5 beta, which will inform you if an unknown device being tracked on Find My is "moving with you." It seems to be your safety net for when a Find My-compatible device is kept in your person or in your belongings so someone else can track your movements.

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Saturday
Mar062021

hayu is now available on Shaw TV

NBCUniversal

If you're a fan of reality TV shows, you might know hayu. hayu is now available on Shaw TV. Those based in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and northern Ontario can now access hayu within the Shaw TV platform. The streaming service has over 300 shows and 8,000 episodes you can binge-watch.

"Knowing that Canada has a huge reality TV fanbase, we're excited that Shaw TV customers can now access hayu directly from their content provider," said Hendrik McDermott, Managing Director, hayu. "Partnering with Shaw to make hayu's breadth of ad-free reality content more easily accessible across the prairie provinces and Ontario, builds on our ongoing growth strategy in Canada.""

You can subscribe to hayu for $5.99 per month.

Source: NBCUniversal International

Friday
Mar052021

Twitter is reportedly testing 'Undo Send' option

Photo by Claudio Schwarz | @purzlbaum on Unsplash

While it's still not an edit button, Twitter is supposedly testing a new Undo Send option for tweets. That feature is reminiscent of the Undo Send option on Gmail. App researcher Jane Manchun Wong shared on Twitter a first look for the feature, which has a timer that lets you take back any hot takes or questionable or erroneous comments you're about to make on the social network. It gives you around five seconds to retract a sent tweet.

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Friday
Mar052021

TikTok rolls out Q&A feature to all creators

Source: TikTok

After initial tests with some TikTok creators, the company is now rolling out its new TikTok Q&A feature to all of its content creators, making it easier for them to engage with their audience. 

If you want the feature and have a Creator account, you can turn it on by heading to your settings and privacy page, select Creator, tap Q&A, and hit the Turn on Q&A to activate the feature. Make sure you've updated to the latest version of TikTok to access this function.

If you aren't a TikTok creator yet and want to be one, head to the Manage account in your option in your settings and choose the Switch to Creator Account option.