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Canva’s new glow-up will make your work life so, so pretty

TL;DR: Canva just made designing, presenting, analyzing, and creating easier, cuter, and way more fun.

Published

April 11, 2025

Her

Let’s be real: Your Canva tabs already run deep. But what if we told you they just dropped their biggest glow-up ever?

Yup, Canva just launched Visual Suite 2.0, and it’s not just another update. Now, it’s a full-on reinvention of how we work, design, and collab with our teams (or let’s be honest, just make our IG stories cuter).

Revealed at Canva Create 2025 in Los Angeles, this massive launch adds major main character energy to your everyday tasks. Think spreadsheets that slay, AI that gets you, and websites you can build without sobbing into your keyboard.

Here’s everything you need to know:

One design to rule them all

Forget the stress of juggling a million apps. With Visual Suite in One Design, you can now build docs, decks, websites, and more in one gorgeous, drag-and-drop space. It’s like a digital vision board but only smarter, faster, and way more functional.

Spreadsheets, but make them sexy

Canva Sheets is here to rescue you from boring grids. Think visuals, color, and drag-and-drop magic plus smart features like Magic Insights that literally read your data and tell you what’s important. (Goodbye, analysis paralysis.)

The AI assistant you actually want around

From design prompts to content templates that basically write themselves, Magic Studio at Scale and Canva AI help you go from “I have no idea” to “nailed it” in seconds.

Bonus: you can even talk to it. Yup, Canva now listens (unlike your ex).

You can code now… kinda

No dev experience? No problem. Canva Code lets you whip up interactive forms, quizzes, or flashcards from just a few words. It’s giving tech-savvy without the trauma of actual coding.

Next-level photo edits, no pro needed

Meet your new photo-editing obsession. Canva Photo Editor now includes AI-powered tools that can tweak lighting, swap out backgrounds, and zap away unwanted objects. It’s giving face card energy, every time.

Still ethical AF

With Canva Shield keeping things safe and a $200M Creator Fund paying artists when their work powers AI tools, you can use all these shiny new features guilt-free.

What’s the vibe?

If you ever dreamed of making work actually fun, Canva’s Visual Suite 2.0 just made that dream a reality.

Whether you’re a one-woman brand, a side hustle queen, or running things at the office, this update is the definition of work smarter, not harder.

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The No-Nonsense guide to mid-year shopping

Let AI do the heavy lifting for you this Lazada 6.6 Super WOW Sale

Published

June 5, 2026

MJ Jucutan

The mid-year sale season is here, but the days of mindless impulse buying are over.

Shoppers are shifting toward intentional, value-driven decisions, focusing on quality, authenticity, and actual utility over flashy, low-quality gimmicks.

From 8:00 PM on June 5 until 11:59 PM on June 8, 2026, the Lazada 6.6 Super WOW Sale is dropping major discounts. But the real win is using the platform’s tools to maximize your budget.

Lock in the baseline discounts

Before diving into specific items, map out how to stack the core offers.

You can stretch your money by hunting down LazFlash Deals for up to 90% off, collecting up to PhP 3,000 in stackable vouchers, and ensuring every order qualifies for the free shipping offers available throughout the event.

True value comes from combining these three layers of savings on things you already need.

Jisulife: One of the participating, trusted brands you can get from LazMall

Filter for authentic value

Shopping smart means avoiding the trap of “too good to be true” counterfeits that end up in the trash.

Data shows a massive consumer shift toward trusted quality, with LazMall growth vastly outperforming standard listings during major sales.

To ensure your money goes toward genuine products with real warranties, restrict your browsing to official, brand-certified stores.

If you are upgrading your tech, parenting gear, or wardrobe, look to trusted names anchoring the sale like UGREEN, JisuLife, ANTA, Maserati Watches, Momcozy, and O.TWO.O.

UGREEN: One of the participating, trusted brands you can get from LazMall

Outsmart the noise with built-in tech

Don’t waste hours scrolling through endless listings or guessing which product is better.

The smartest way to navigate a massive mid-year event is to let the platform’s built-in features cut through choice paralysis.

Tools like AI Lazzie and AI Picks allow you to instantly compare similar items, analyze prices, and get personalized recommendations based on actual data rather than generic marketing hype.

Smart Shopper Tip: True value is a mix of the right price, verified authenticity, and a seamless return policy. Use this sale period to stock up on everyday essentials and high-quality upgrades rather than panic-buying items you’ll regret later.

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Meta adds subscriptions for Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp

Published

May 28, 2026

Luigi Leonardo

Is your wallet buckling from the weight of so many subscription services? Well, Meta has a trio of new subscriptions for you to sink your hard-earned cash towards. If you have a few dollars, here’s Facebook Plus, Instagram Plus, and WhatsApp Plus.

All three subscriptions are designed to add new features which can enhance the experience for those who practically live on these apps. Among the three, Instagram Plus is the meatiest. It offers users the ability to view other people’s Stories without showing up as a viewer, create more tailored audiences outside of Close Friends, and extend the duration of a Story beyond 24 hours, among others.

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Since it shares similarities with Instagram, Facebook Plus offers much of the same features. WhatsApp Plus, however, offers more customization options including new themes, ringtones, and stickers.

If that’s not enough, Meta has also released a new subscription system for Meta AI. Though the basic use of the AI is still free, the new Meta One Plus and Meta One Premium plans offer more capacity and performance for power users. The company is also testing new creator-focused plans, Meta One Essential and Meta One Advanced.

Of course, the new AI-based plans are more focused on those who actually use the AI software. Meanwhile, the three app plans are more for regular users. Facebook Plus and Instagram Plus will cost US$ 3.99 per month. Meanwhile, WhatsApp Plus will cost US$ 2.99 per month.

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Meta quietly launches Forum app for Facebook Groups

The app highlights discussions from Facebook Groups.

Published

May 22, 2026

Luigi Leonardo

Since the rise of other platforms, Facebook Groups haven’t enjoyed as much popularity anymore. Despite this (or maybe even to help with this), Meta has unleashed an all-new app called Forum.

Designed specifically with Facebook Groups in mind, Forum collates discussions from Groups that the user might be interested in. Much like the websites of the same name from the 2000s, the app wants to feature conversations, rather than canned content that the algorithm shoves towards users on the main Facebook feed.

Users can also ask questions. Forum will sift through real discussions to find an answer. The closest analog today is searching Reddit for troubleshooting questions to get answers based on human experience. The main feed of the new app, however, feels more in tune with Quora’s concept.

That said, it’s a refreshing way to bring social media back to human-made feeds. It’s also a stark admission that the main Facebook feed (and, frankly, Instagram too) is just too inundated with content that users are not interested in.

Lately, Instagram also made the same admission by launching its own “lightweight” app called Instants. Like Forum, Instants was made to recapture the essence of Instagram before the rise of the almighty algorithm.

Forum, however, was launched with much less fanfare than Instants. There was no announcement. Rather, it’s just a casual drop from out of nowhere. The app is available now on the App Store and the Play Store.