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By this time next year, Microsoft 365 apps and services will no longer support Internet Explorer. The tech giant is bidding farewell to IE 11 as well as Microsoft Edge Legacy.

The company will be withdrawing support for the browser in a phased manner. Starting November 30, the Microsoft Teams web app will no longer support IE 11. By August 17, 2021, the browser will no longer be supported by the remaining Microsoft 365 apps and services.

Meanwhile, it is also ending support for the Microsoft Edge Legacy desktop app on March 9, 2021. After this date, the desktop app will no longer receive new security updates.

In a fresh bid to allow cross-messaging among its family of apps, Facebook has reportedly started merging Instagram and Messenger chats. First spotted by The Verge, the update is for both iOS and Android devices.

The update comes with the message: "There's a New Way to Message on Instagram". "Once you hit the update, the regular DM icon in the top right of Instagram is replaced by the Facebook Messenger logo," the report mentioned. Currently, the functionality to message Facebook users from Instagram is not possible. Facebook acquired Instagram for $1 billion in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014 for $19 billion.

In another step to integrate its family of apps that are being used by 3.14 billion users globally, Facebook has also integrated Messenger rooms with WhatsApp on the Web. People can now access Messenger Rooms which allow group video calls of up to 50 people with no time limit via WhatsApp on the desktop.

New Delhi: Twitter has kicked off a new survey for its upcoming paid subscription service that will give users options like "Undo Send" button (like an edit button) and ability to tweet longer and high-quality videos, among other features. The micro-blogging platform hinted last month it is planning a paid subscription platform that can be reused by other teams in the future.

Twitter is building a subscription platform with a team codenamed "Gryphon". According to TechCrunch, the company has started the survey towards the service that would give users paid features like "support for profile badges, auto responses, additional social listening analytics and the ability to run brand surveys about ads". Also Read - Facebook unveils 2 'Accelerator' programmes to nurture startups the 'Undo Send' will provide a 30-second window for users to recall or withdraw a tweet with typos and other errors before anyone can see it.

New Delhi: After going through disruptions in supply chain and curtailed domestic production, the India smartphone market is now showing encouraging signs of revival that sets it on a potential course for market recovery for over 40 per cent in the second half this year, according to a new report. Over the short-term, the mobile market will improve in mid-Q3, spurred by early online sales festivals, setting the smartphone market on a potential path to recovery towards the all-important festive season.

During this period, smartphone brands will focus on showcasing their consumer-centric value propositions, focusing more on hyperlocal delivery models, and launching more 5G-ready smartphones, according to market research firm CMR's 'India Mobile Handset Market Review Report.' Crowd Play CMR's current estimates point to a better performance for the India smartphone market in H2 2020, with the market anticipated to recover by more than 40 per cent in comparison to the first half.

Social media giant Facebook is reportedly testing a new design for Pages. The new Page layout appears more like an Instagram and Twitter with the absence of the Like count, Like button and clutter-free design. Pages are generally used by public figures and businesses who create a separate space for themselves to interact with their followers. The feature was initially tested with a few public figures but now more people are getting to test the new design.

As per a TechCrunch report, Facebook is modifying its Pages section, which is used by influencers, politicians, businesses, organizations, and actors among others. In the pictures, we can see that the new layout doesn't feature the Like count. This means that you cannot see the exact likes on your Page, you can simply see a round-up figure. For instance, the current layout shows the exact number of likes on the page, let's say a Page has 2,307, 772 likes but the new design will not show that, it will simply show that you have 2.5 million followers.