Video-sharing platform TikTok is reportedly working on a new landscape mode which is now being tested with select users in different parts of the world.
This feature will make it compete directly with its competitor video platforms like YouTube. Viral videos that are shot in portrait mode have actually helped make TikTok one of the world's most popular social media apps even as the US and Australia are planning to ban it regarding allegations of national security threat.
TikTok has also announced recently about hosting videos which are up to 10 minutes long. Earlier the Chinese-owned platform only permitted videos of three minutes duration or shorter. With 10-minute videos it is planning to soon surpass YouTube in popularity. The idea is to appeal towards a mature audience.
Can Emptying Inbox Help Fight Climate Change?
There are many reports these days of massive carbon footprint being left due to emails. This is also being widely discussed by the media, which is often even exaggerated.
According to the French minister of energy transition, Agnes Pannier-Runacher, by reducing the number of emails which are sent as well as deleting the old ones will help in reducing an individual’s carbon footprint. There is some support for this idea in some new studies.
Few iconic digital functions such as sending email, reportedly contribute marginally for the annual carbon footprint generated by regular communication technology users. This was proposed by Mike Berners-Lee's book 'How Bad Are Bananas? The Carbon Footprint of Everything' where according to him a person's average annual email usage consumes about three to 40 kilograms of carbon dioxide as well as few greenhouse gases or Carbon Dioxide Equivalent (CO2e).
