Posts Tagged: limit
Google Meet’s 60-minute limit on free calls won’t kick in until 2021
Google expanded Meet’s availability earlier this year to give more people access to the video chat service in the midst of coronavirus-related lockdowns. The tech giant didn’t just make it available to everyone with a Gmail account, though, it also m…
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Twitter ‘rate limit’ messages are due to an error, not your bad tweets
If you’re one of the many people seeing some weirdness with Twitter.com, the apps or Tweetdeck right now, it’s not just you. We’ve seen those “rate limit exceeded” messages too, and contacted Twitter to find out what’s going on. A spokesperson tells…
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Android Q will heavily limit apps’ ability to scan for WiFi networks
With Android Pie, Google instituted a more heavy-handed approach to how apps can scan for WiFi networks. That irked some developers in some very legitimate use cases, since the limit effectively broke how some apps worked if they relied on multiple WiFi scans. Google isn’t backing down from that, either. Those WiFi scanning limits are […]
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Live Albums on Google Photos gets a bump up to a 20,000 item limit
Earlier this year Google announced a new feature for their Google Photos services called Live Albums. When initially released, Live Albums came with a limit of 10,000 photos and videos. In a recent change, Google has bumped that limit up to 20,000 items, which matches the limit on shared albums. Live Albums are private albums […]
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Facebook will limit data advertisers can use to target ads
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Double up on Tweets with Twitter’s new 280 character limit
Social media platform Twitter distinguished itself early on when it imposed a limit of 140 characters on the messages – tweets – posted by users. This resulted in much creativity on the part of users and help spur a drive for brevity when posting messages. Over time that limit turned into a bit of a […]
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Viber for Android updated with public group chats, 7,000 character limit & more!
Earlier today, mobile messaging platform Viber took delivery of a rather nifty update via the Play Store. In terms of added functionality, the upgrade carries the facility for user to like individual messages, join public group chats and send text up to 7,000 characters long.
The full changelog can be seen below:
- Group Likes – ‘like’ messages in group chats and see who’s loving your vibe
- Forward Public Chat messages – share content with your friends more easily
- Write freely – text messages can now be up to 7,000 characters long
- Better video messaging – new features improve the experience
- Public Chats – now available on Android
To install the update, simply open up the Play Store, toggle the hamburger menu by swiping in from the left-hand side of the screen, select ‘My Apps’ and click on ‘Viber, then hit the update button.
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