Most social media platforms have both an app and a desktop version. People tend to use the mobile version more than the desktop version, but it’s nice to have both. Snapchat will let you chat and make video calls on the desktop version Snapchat will let you chat and make video calls on the desktop version Snapchat, much like Instagram, doesn’t really prioritize its desktop version. It’s worse for Snapchat, as you can still view posts using Instagram on desktop....

How many times have you heard that phrase uttered after some sort of upsetting, stressful, or unexpectedly painful experience? Especially in the United States, people routinely say this in an effort to demonstrate some feigned expression of equanimity, often after someone else apologizes for saying or doing something upsetting. People say things like this (or “I’m fine,” or “No problem”) to appear to remain above the fray or to avoid “getting into it,” as if it is possible to be somehow transcendent and untouched by messy human emotions....

Google originally announced Password Checkup for Chrome for Android in may last year. The company had said that the simplified password-changing experience on Chrome will roll out gradually to users over the next few months. However, it took Google a full year to make the feature officially available. It started rolling out to users widely earlier this month. Now, with Google Play services v22.18, Password Checkup on Android should be available globally....

Reports of Google planning to “un-spam” campaign emails from registered political parties in the US first emerged in June this year. The company wanted to distance itself from alleged partisanship. Political organizations complained that it was filtering emails from one party as spam more than the other. Of course, no one believed its claimed innocence on the matter. To prove that its spam filter algorithm is unbiased, it now wants to exempt all such emails from spam filter by default and leave it to users to decide....

Notably, Google has taken the Material You design approach that brings lots of new colors and slight design changes to all of its apps in Android 12. Apparently, Android 12 is among some of the versions of the Android OS that are receiving some big cosmetic changes. Because, over the past few years of Android OS release, Google has stuck to adding minor features or settings, to facilitate user experience. However, users will get to see design changes, new colors, new icons, etc....