Innovations

April 10, 2020 - 12:28 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Facebook announced an all-new “Quiet Mode” for its main mobile app on Thursday, April 9, which will pause “most” push notifications and remind you that it’s turned on when you try to open the software on your phone while the mode is still active, The Verge reports. It’s not clear exac...

April 10, 2020 - 10:51 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - The management staff of Armenian mobile network operator and internet service provider Ucom have resigned, CivilNet reports. Co-founders Hayk and Aleksandr Yesayan are also among those who resigned, the source says. The resignation reportedly comes amid disagreements between the seni...

April 7, 2020 - 17:24 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - WhatsApp is imposing additional restriction on how frequently a message can be shared on its platform in its latest effort to curtail the spread of misinformation, TechCrucnh reports. The Facebook-owned instant messaging service said that any message that has been forwarded five or mor...

April 7, 2020 - 11:44 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Facebook has unveiled new tools within its Data for Good program to help researchers better and earlier identify Covid-19 hotspots. Facebook says researchers and nonprofits are already using the tech giant's maps on population movement to understand the coronavirus crisis, using aggreg...

April 6, 2020 - 16:55 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Suspicious accounts — some of them likely hacked or inauthentic — spread disinformation in several Armenian Facebook groups on March 30–31 2020, the Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab said in a new study. The accounts allege that COVID-19 has spread through an Armenian mi...

April 6, 2020 - 12:46 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - The rash of bogus conspiracy theories tying the COVID-19 pandemic to 5G has led to cell tower arson and threats against engineers, and YouTube is planning to crack down on that misinformation, Engadget reports. The Google-owned service said it will remove videos that try to make the un...

April 3, 2020 - 13:30 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Facebook Messenger now has its own desktop app, making it easier to message and video chat with friends and family from your computer, The Verge reports. The app, which is now available on the Microsoft Store and Mac App Store, lets you message friends and start video calls, just like ...

April 3, 2020 - 12:21 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Astronomers have long studied supermassive black holes and smaller black holes that form when massive stars implode, but they have searched for intermediate-mass black holes for years. Now, thanks to observations by the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have found their "missing link...

April 2, 2020 - 16:34 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Viva-MTS has announced a new offer for #LikeU, an app created to give users the chance to make new friends and acquaintances. The company said on Thursday, April 2 that those who subscribe to the service by April 14, will get 30 days to try it instead of the previous 14 days. The app ...

April 1, 2020 - 13:51 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Facebook is rolling out a new tool that lets its users offer or request help from their neighbors during the coronavirus pandemic, CNN reports. On Tuesday, March 31, the social network announced the "Community Help" feature, where people can volunteer to pick up groceries, ask someone ...