Accessibility (A11y) Engineering at LinkedIn aims to streamline accessible product development and maintenance. We think about how tooling can help achieve accessibility success and increase the efficiency of our fellow engineers across the organization. We design tools and the infrastructure necessary for engineers to build products that are accessible, elegant, ... Read More »
HIGHLIGHTS For streaks, Messenger shows a lightning bolt icon and days counter Streaks provides a glance to ‘fun facts’ about the most active contacts 4K resolution support is rolling out in limited regions Taking on the competition, Facebook is testing a ‘Streaks’ feature in Messenger that is also used by Snapchat. The ... Read More »
We’ve heard about the WhatsApp recall feature on several occasions in the past this year, but most of its traces were found in the internal code, and no real evidence was there of its arrival, up until now. According to a fresh leak, the Facebook-owned chat app has finally started testing the ... Read More »
Online movie ticketing service BookMyShow is among the first batch of businesses to sign up for WhatsApp, India’s favourite messaging app with over 200 million active users, as it looks to turn many of the traditional texts digital. The move, the fruition of which is likely to take a few months, would help ... Read More »
After offering a slew of “Reaction” buttons for posts last year, Facebook may soon add a new reaction “Dislike” for Facebook Messenger, a media report said. According to a report in TechCrunch, Facebook was testing out a “thumbs down” reaction in addition to the already available reactions. “We’re always testing ... Read More »
For a new independent vehicle testing center point more than quite a long while, Canada’s BlackBerry Ltd plans to contribute C$100 million ($75 million or generally Rs. 508 crores). The organization’s CEO said on Monday, as the fallen smartphone pioneer searches somewhere else for development. John Chen told columnists at ... Read More »
Former smartphone maker BlackBerry is planning to set up a new self-driving vehicle testing hub, reports Fortune. The company will spend most of the money on engineering jobs to develop the automated platform. The company currently owns QNX, a real time POSIX-supported OS which it will use to develop automated ... Read More »
How will Microsoft respond? It appears that the PlayStation 4K is a thing. What was part of speculation just a few weeks back could actually turn out to be a reality, as Sony explores the possibility. This is, of course, a new version of the PS4 console that is supposed ... Read More »
