Tech Roundup: FBI Tattoo Profiling, Snapchat's Rise & More

[A recurring feature on the latest in Science & Technology.]

Alphabet/Google:

• Revamps web version of Google Keep with a new look, and adds smart autocomplete features.
• Adds a Play Store uninstall manager; will intelligently suggest infrequently used apps for uninstall so as to clear up space.
• Father of iPod and founder of Nest, Tony Fadell, departs the company; will move to an advisory role under Alphabet.

Is Google testing a new layout for Google News search results?

Facebook:

• Plans to incorporate optional end-to-end encryption on Facebook Messenger a la Google's newly announced messaging app Allo, which comes with built-in incognito mode, reports The Guardian.
• Shuts down its Notify news alert app just seven months after launch.
• Begins rolling out non-chronological feeds to all users of Instagram.
• To disable Messenger on Facebook mobile website; will redirect the user to install the app for "best experience".

Others:

• ​China, the US, Japan, UK and India led investments in green energy, the 2016 Renewables Global Status Report finds, adding lower costs have led emerging economies to focus on renewable sources of energy.
• Former US attorney general Eric Holder admits whistleblower Edward Snowden "did a public service by raising the debate (over mass surveillance, government secrecy, and the balance between national security and information privacy) we engaged in and by the changes that we made."
• United States Federal Bureau of Investigation is reportedly developing a software to profile and track citizens by their tattoos.
• India surpasses the United States to become the second largest user of internet.
• Iran's Supreme Council of Cyberspace orders foreign messaging apps to store all data on its citizens within the country's borders, Reuters reports, giving the companies one year to comply.
• Nearly 420 million people worldwide, mainly from emerging markets like China, India and Pakistan, use ad-blocking software to block ads on mobile web, as debate surrounding ad blockers and their potential to undermine the very revenue models of digital media continues.
• 65 million users' login credentials were stolen (and put up for sale later) in the 2013 Tumblr data-breach, new audit shows; MySpace's June 11, 2013 hack similarly netted over 360 million user credentials, LeakedSource reveals.
• OnePlus to launch OnePlus 3 smartphone on June 14; says "it's about time we stopped giving excuses" as it does away with the invitation system.
• Xiaomi and Microsoft announce a new deal that lets the former buy 1,500 patents from the U.S. tech giant in exchange for bundling Microsoft apps on Android phones, in what Xiaomi hopes will lend it more arsenal in navigating the prickly patent-driven minefield for expansion into Western markets.
• Indian Android OEM Micromax to start selling phones in China from next year, as Xiaomi and other Chinese handset makers dominate Indian market.
• Snapchat surpasses Twitter in daily usage, with 150 million people using the service every day as opposed to Twitter's less than 140 million users.
• Microsoft updates Bing app with support for image search and barcode scanning (something Google added and removed for unexplained reasons on its own app).
• Apple's upcoming iPhone 7 may come with 32GB of base storage, new reports suggest.