Facebook Messenger’s ‘Photo Magic’ feature automates photo sharing with your loved ones

Too lazy to send the shots you took with your friends? A new feature for Facebook Messenger that’s being tested on Android in Australia can scan the shots in your smartphone for you to look for your Facebook friends and then suggest to send these to the people it finds. It makes sharing quite easy but it might not sit well with people who think Facebook is encroaching a bit too much on your privacy yet again by going through your photos.

How it works is once you take a photo (and you have the feature enabled, of course), a notification will pop up to ask you if you want to send the photo to your friend—right from the notification. Facebook Product Manager Lexy Franklin says you will have full control of the feature. You can turn off facial recognition for yourself and disable notifications if you want. It’ll still be up to you how to use the feature once it makes its way here, which it probably would.

Source: TechCrunch | Via: 9to5Mac

Microsoft helps filter out spam reviews on Windows Store

One way to get people to use your app is for them to read useful reviews about it. But if your page is filled with “spam” reviews that add nothing to the conversation, how will you get people to pay attention to your app? Microsoft is helping out its developers by letting them report questionable reviews to the Windows Store support team. If the review violates store policies, the support representative can take out the offending review. Microsoft also put up a new anti-spam technology to help “detect and remove a large majority of the spam reviews.”

Source: WinBeta | Via: PCWorld

Google Calendar lets you restore deleted entries

If you accidentally deleted a calendar entry, Google’s latest update for its Calendar is your new friend. It adds a trash feature where you can restore your deleted entries. It’s available for both individual and recurring events you have deleted in your calendar or other calendars you have editing rights to.

To access your junked events, simply click on the drop-down arrow next your calendar. Just like in Gmail you can also permanently delete items from your trash bin, too. This feature is coming to Google Calendar on the web in the coming days.

Source: Google Apps Updates | Via: Lifehacker

Chronos brings smart functionality to traditional chronographs

A traditional watch fan that wishes you can get some of the capabilities of a smartwatch? Your solution is a device like device like Chronos. This small disk fits into the underside of a watch and sticks to it using micro-suction. It can fit into roughly 80 percent of watches out on the market.

It brings with some of the core smartwatch functionalities and has a companion iOS and Android app. It makes use of Bluetooth 4.0 to feed you notifications. It buzzes slightly when you get a new email or text message and lights up if you need the visual reminder. It also comes with an accelerometer so it can do light fitness tracking. The battery is said to last for about 36 hours. The Chronos retails for US$99 and is available for pre-order at the moment. Shipping is expected in the Spring of 2016.

Source: Chronos | Via: The Next Web