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This news item is part of the weekly top 5 news bulletin (from Week 2, Sep 2023) specially packaged for leaders of Nonprofits, Churches, and Faith-based Social Ventures.
Last week, Google announced multiple new enhancements to Android’s branding. The branding enhancement includes logo makeover. The logo looks a little more modern, 3Dish. And also Google says that the colors of the logo matches overall color palette of Google. The announcement also talked about new features that are coming to Android. Couple of features that stood out to me are assistant at a glance widget. So it’s a widget that is AI enabled and gives you relevant information as you look at your phone. And Google Wallets on Android phone also gets a new feature called photo import where you can simply take a photo of a pass like a library card or something and along with the QR the device will store a digital version of that pass so that you can quickly pull it out when you need to.
Here is the full list of the Top 5 News Items from Week 2, Sep 2023 with source links from Android, WhatsApp, Snapchat, Threads, Metamask, Web3.
🗞️ News 1: Android Gets Logo Makeover, Branding Enhancements & New AI Features
🗞️ News 2: WhatsApp Mac App gets an Upgrade with Group Video & Audio Calling
Source: WhatsApp
🗞️ News 3: Snapchat Launches ‘Dreams’, a New Generative-AI Powered Avatar Feature
Source: Snapchat
🗞️ News 4: Threads App Starts Testing ‘Keyword Search’ Feature for Posts Content
Source: Instagram
🗞️ News 5: [Web3] MetaMask Adds Bank WithDrawal and PayPal Cash-Out Options
Source: Metamask
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Author of The Connected Church. Social Media and Digital Marketing Consultant for Nonprofits, Faith-based Organisations, Churches, and Ministries.
