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WhatsApp is allowing users to make video and voice calls on their desktop for the first time. The messaging service plans to rival the likes of Microsoft 's Skype and Apple 's FaceTime by offering people the chance to voice or video call on a larger screen. WhatsApp said it made the move following a "significant increase" in people making calls on the platform during the coronavirus pandemic, when other video calling services like Zoom have also seen huge spikes in popularity. Group calls will still have to be made on mobile devices, but the Facebook -owned app has confirmed it is planning to expand its desktop offering to group calls in the future. "Answering on a bigger screen makes it easier to work with colleagues, see your family more clearly on a bigger canvas or free up your hands to move around a room while talking," a WhatsApp spokesperson said in a blog post. Advertisement "To make desktop calling more useful, we made sure … [Read more...] about WhatsApp introduces video and voice calls on desktop version

SINGAPORE: Residents will be able to alert social service agencies to people in their neighbourhood who may require social assistance, using a new feature in the OneService app that is being piloted from the second half of this year, said the Municipal Services Office (MSO) on Thursday (Mar 4). The new Help Neighbour feature will enable residents to “be additional ‘eyes’ and ‘ears’ on the ground”, flagging cases of residents who may need social assistance, MSO said. The trial is a collaboration between the Ministry for Social and Family Development (MSF), MSO and the Agency for Integrated Care (AIC). Announcing the initiative in Parliament, Senior Minister of State for National Development Sim Ann said: “This is especially important during this pandemic, where residents may find themselves having fewer interactions with their usual social networks.” READ: Growing preference among elderly residents to ‘age in place’: HDB survey The feature will also allow AIC, MSF and … [Read more...] about New OneService app feature allows users to request social assistance for neighbours in need

SINGAPORE: The Municipal Services Office (MSO) has launched an initiative to simplify the way residents can report issues. Under the programme, called OneService Lite, QR codes can be scanned at places where residents frequent, such as HDB lift landings. They can then send their complaint through an online form, without having to download the OneService app, announced Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Grace Fu. “We are improving accessibility to services, by bringing our mainstay reporting function to where residents are,” said Ms Fu at the Ministry of National Development’s (MND) Committee of Supply debate on Wednesday (Mar 4). Since February of this year, OneService Lite has been piloted at 20 blocks under the Aljunied-Hougang and Jurong-Clementi town councils, MSO said. It will subsequently be rolled out to neighbourhoods under the Choa Chu Kang, Holland-Bukit Panjang and Pasir Ris-Punggol town councils. Residents will soon be able to submit feedback via social … [Read more...] about New QR code initiative to speed up process of providing feedback on municipal issues

PMC chief gives his nod to bureau to probe allegations of disproportionate assets of the said officer In what may be a first for Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), the commissioner has given his nod to investigate a case of disproportionate assets against assistant municipal commissioner Vijay Landage of Yerawada-Kalas-Dhanori ward office. It has been alleged that the officer amassed an estimated wealth of Rs 20 crore in the past couple of years, during his tenure at the ward office and the Pune unit of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) had sought the civic chief’s permission to investigate these allegations a month ago. Now, Mirror is in possession of a copy of the letter from the commissioner giving permission to hold the inquiry. It has been alleged that Vijay Landage amassed an estimated wealth of Rs 20 crore in the past few years, during his tenure at the ward office; FILE PHOTO Local social activist, Jyoti Ram Parihar, who was frustrated when her … [Read more...] about Asst municipal commissioner from Yerawada ward under ACB scanner

DAREDEVIL Dick Sheppard, a stunt driver and showman who worked on the Italian Job and James Bond films, has died at the age of 90. The dad-of-nine boasted that he had wrecked 2,003 cars, appeared in 500 films and held 18 world records during his career. His death on March 1 was announced by his family on his Facebook page today. They said "Fondly known by many for his obsession with cars and motorbikes he was truly a larger than life character who caught the public's attention with his daredevil stunts and world records. "His final wishes, however, were that we his family might grieve in private so we can reflect on his other roles as husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather." At one point in his career, he held the most records in the Guinness World Book Of Records, though the title was later claimed by New Yorker Ashrita Furman. Sheppard was said to have destroyed over 2,000 cars while filming his mind-bending stunts for film and television. Starring … [Read more...] about Dick Sheppard dead: Italian Job and James Bond stuntman who held 18 world records during iconic career dies, aged 90