Signal, the messaging app, is providing a new service to Android users who want to limit spam: A tool that will block the person’s profile photo in response to a message from someone outside their contact list. The app has hit 50,000 installs on Play Store. 

Consumers are increasingly holding banks, retail stories and mobile providers accountable for scams perpetrated against them, a Callsign study shows. That includes 42% of mobile network users and 33% of all bank customers.  

Microsoft has added to its Dynamics 365 portfolio, the company announced and its Ignite 2021 conference. These include the Microsoft Customer Experience Platform, a solution that helps brands personalize and orchestrate customer journeys. And Microsoft Connected Spaces helps firms leverage observational data. 

Google’s Compose button, is returning to Gmail due to user demand, effective November 3  There will a larger button and other design changes. 

Apple’s app-tracking transparency feature on its iOS14.5 has cost apps such as Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat about $9.85 billion, according to Financial Times. Facebook lost the most because of its sheer size.