Twitter Overcounted Daily Users By Almost 2 Million For Three Years

According to the official report (via), this miscalculation happened due to a technical error related to linked accounts. In March 2019, Twitter rolled out a feature that allowed users to link multiple separate accounts together so they can quickly switch between them. But the company then started counting all linked accounts as mDAUs if the primary account was active. That’s regardless of whether other accounts were in use. From Q1 2019 through Q4 2021, Twitter overstated the mDAUs in its quarterly earnings report....

February 9, 2023 · 2 min · 357 words · Kevin Holloway

Unreal Engine Is The Popular Choice For Next Gen Games Development

CD PROJEKT RED is one studio making the decision to use Unreal over other options. The studio announced earlier this year that it would be entering a “multi-year partnership” with Epic for its upcoming games. Currently titles like Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt use the studio’s own REDengine. Other big studios like Square Enix are planning to use UE5 for its next-gen games as well. Both Kingdom Hearts 4 and Dragon Quest 12: The Flames Of Fate are confirmed to be using it....

February 9, 2023 · 2 min · 274 words · Tracy Cain

Wear Os Is Finally Getting A Screen Rotation Feature

Mishaal Rahman managed to find an entry on the Google Issue Tracker suggesting that ambidextrous use of its wearables could be coming soon. “Our development team has implemented the feature you have requested and will be available on future new devices,” said the update by Google (via Android Central). The mention of “future new devices” also indicates that existing Wear OS users likely won’t see this feature. This feature has been a long time coming, however....

February 9, 2023 · 2 min · 332 words · Megan Cooke

What Apps Are Being Purged From The Google Play Store And Why

Currently, there are 2.8 million apps in the Play Store, which is 2 million less than in September last year. A decline of these proportions was last recorded in 2018 when totals went from 3.6 million to 2.8 million. At first, android users were confused as to why their apps are being removed from Play Store, however, when Google made the announcement, things became much clearer. Google has been removing apps from the Play Store that are: In general, controlling the quality of Play Store titles has been a long-accruing and seemingly intractable problem....

February 9, 2023 · 3 min · 633 words · Karen Ross

Whatsapp To Bring Chat History Migration Between Android Ios

WhatsApp has been very newsworthy for the past few months, and we are constantly hearing about the development of its new features. The Meta-owned messenger already allows users to migrate chat history from iOS to Android. The leaked screenshot clearly shows the whole process for transferring chats between devices. First, it needs your permission to start the process. Of course, it’s essential to have the Move to iOS app installed on your phone....

February 9, 2023 · 2 min · 317 words · Sarah Jones
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