Category: Biz Tech

Another day, another Snapchat Stories copycat arriving on another messaging app. Facebook launched a new feature for its stand alone messaging app on Thursday called Messenger Day, which allows users to capture photos and videos, add stickers and effects, and share their "day" with their friends. Those who are fans of Snapchat or Instagram Stories will feel right at home with Messenger Day. The feature is also extremely easy to master for those loyal Facebook users who haven't branched out to use

Account takeover (ATO) is the downstream effect of a worrying rise in massive data breaches and phishing attacks. Criminals have easy access to billions of credentials, which they systematically test on sites and apps

Businesses could very well soon be able to chat directly with customers in WhatsApp. According to Reuters, the Facebook-owned messaging app is reportedly testing out a version of its platform designed for businesses. Not only would it allow businesses to communicate with its customers and vice-versa, but this premium chat feature could be a revenue source for the company. WhatsApp is currently free to download, with users able to send unlimited texts and calls for free. The platform previously charged $0.99 as annual

The best iPhone may actually be the one Apple seems to have forgotten about. I've had this conversation with taxi drivers, friends, and even other smartphone experts. The iPhone SE's invisibility shows how important Apple's marketing is to its sales: if it makes a great product but doesn't talk about it, nobody knows it exists. But there's a reason Apple keeps the iPhone SE in the shadows. Fun-Sized Fun Phone The iPhone SE puts the iPhone 6s's processor and the iPhone 6's modem

HTC announced the U Ultra in early January and as it starts to ship to early pre-order customers the press is getting a chance to spend some time with the device. An evaluation device arrived

On Tuesday Republicans initialized the first step in rolling back the Federal Communications Commission's internet privacy rules, with 25 U.S. senators introducing a new resolution that would cause their reversal, and even forbid the commission from passing anything similar in the future. Introduced last year, the privacy rules were an addendum to the net neutrality order, which required the FCC to handle enforcement of privacy protection form the Federal Trade Commission, although the FCC needed to pass clear rules in order

Cisco's Jasper is making a big play into connected cars, a sector the company currently sees as its largest growth industry in the Internet of Things (IoT) space.According to Jasper MD for Cisco ANZ Tom Fisher,

First teased in 2016, the latest version of Microsoft's Visual Studio has been released on March 7 as a digital download. The company describes its latest integrated development environment as a "faster and more responsive IDE from startup to shutdown." Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 is used to develop programs for Windows, as well as web apps, websites, mobile apps, and web services. It supports HTML, JavaScript, and CSS languages. 'Redefined Fundamentals' According to a blog post by Karan Nandwani, program manager for Microsoft, they focused

Christopher Lutz of IBM Research Almaden standing with the IBM microscope used to store data on a single-atom magnet

Kakao has launched a wire transfer feature in its chat app that allows users to send funds to the bank accounts of others in group chats.KakaoTalk users can press "To Bank Account" on the Kakao Pay

For the teaser video of Age of Triumph, the last update to Destiny before developer Bungie focuses on its sequel, it was hinted that players will be returning to the Vault of Glass. The Vault of Glass was the very first raid for the massively popular space shooter, with many players considering it as the best raid ever released for Destiny. However, as Bungie released all the details for Age of Triumph, it was revealed that the Vault of Glass is not the only

There are efficiency gaps between the startup ecosystems in Singapore and Silicon Valley, which the former can address by introducing simpler and clearer investment terms.Doing so would, in turn, attract more mature startups to their fold

Are you a woman who feels like you are always interrupted by a man? Well, there's now an app that will prove just how much a user gets "manterrupted." Inspired by none other than President Donald Trump, Woman Interrupted is the app that lets users know the rates in which men cut off and overpower women while they are speaking. Launched this week in celebration of International Women's Day, Woman Interrupted works by using the smartphone microphone to detect voices in a

POS terminals remain an attractive target for hackers.

Even though the Nintendo Switch is flying off of shelves, many gamers are disappointed that the home and portable gaming console doesn't include support for Netflix and other streaming services. But all that is about to change—in time. President and COO of Nintendo of American Reggie Fils-Aime revealed that streaming services could launch on its console in the future. The reason why support for Netflix and the others was not a feature included on the console is because Nintendo just simply didn't see

Confide, a messaging app used inside the White House and touted for its ability to allow staffers to privately leak to the press, isn't as secure as the company claims.The multi-platform app, which first broke onto

Researchers have identified 24 compounds, including caffeine, that showed potential in boosting levels of a brain enzyme exhibiting protective benefits against dementia. For a study published in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers from Indiana University screened more than 1,280 compounds to identify which substances could influence production of NMNAT2. The brain enzyme's protective effect was discovered just last year. "This work could help advance efforts to develop drugs that increase levels of this enzyme in the brain, creating a chemical ‘blockade' against the

Based on new leaks you'd think we live in truly Orwellian times, but the authorities building the surveillance state still can't do anything to stop actual crimes.

Nvidia has now unveiled the latest generation of the Jetson platform for edge-of-network devices, dubbed the TX2, which is capable of doing a handful of things, including powering commercial drones, factory robots, and smart cameras. The credit card-sized platform comes with the "embedded AI supercomputer" Jetson TX2, which is able to power 4K drones that use up only about 7.5 watts of power. Video drones with the TX2 can even operate two cameras at the same time. The Jetson TX2 can cough up

Salesforce has built in its Einstein artificial intelligence platform and the upshot is that the move appears to be a smart way to grow organically and hit its revenue growth targets.

Under Australia's data retention laws, the number of enforcement agencies able to warrantlessly access customer call records, location information, IP addresses, billing information, and other data stored for two years by telecommunications carriers is restricted to

The two Fortune 500 companies, International Business Machines corp. (IBM) and Salesforce, have agreed to integrate their artificial intelligence platforms and some of their software and service components. As part of the deal, Salesforce customers could make use of the data from IBM's Watson artificial intelligence platforms whereas IBM would be deploying Salesforce Service Cloud for internal use, more or less a sign of good will. The value of the new agreement nor the pricing details are disclosed. Similar to many

Security is still the most important aspect of network digitisation, Cisco has said, with the networking giant now focused on embedding its security technology into its "next generation" of products."The best digital offence starts with the

After the calls to scale back the buffs on Bastion and the introduction of Orisa as the game's 24th hero, Blizzard has released an update to the Overwatch PTR that applies changes to several heroes. The changes, which will affect Ana, Junkrat, Sombra, Winston, Zenyatta, and the new hero Orisa, will likely shake up the Overwatch competitive meta. 'Overwatch' Buffs And Nerfs In a post on the official Overwatch forums, principal designer Geoff Goodman detailed the buffs and nerfs to the affected heroes. The heroes that received

Samsung Pay users can now directly purchase products from local online shopping malls in South Korea on the payment service's app, Samsung Electronics has announced.Users don't need to subscribe or log in to respective shopping mall

Shanghai is regarded as the leading hub outside of Silicon Valley for technology innovations for the next four years, according to a KPMG report released on Monday.The report, claiming to reflect the viewpoints of over 800

Now fitness lovers can further tap into the power of having a personal trainer in their pockets that provides customized workouts thanks the latest update to Sworkit. The popular fitness app announced a new feature on Tuesday that provides flexible workout plans that are tailored to each its users. Called the Sworkit Workout Builder, this first-of-its-kind feature allows users to build the ideal workout plan that best suits them. "Other apps let you favorite your workouts into a list, but we've taken it

Google Cloud on Tuesday unveiled a series of steps it's taking to strengthen its partner program, such as simplifying requirements, creating new partner incentives, and introducing new partner specializations -- along with a new collection of

A ground-breaking research in the field of neuroscience offers an in-depth analysis of the brain's reward system, highlighting its influence on the decision-making process. The study encompasses three decades of investigation into the role of dopamine in everyday life choices and shows how the brain perceives different options, prioritizing those which prompt a better reward. For their outstanding merits, Professors Wolfram Schultz, Peter Dayan, and Ray Dolan received this year's Brain Prize, in the sum of 1 million euros (over $1.05 million). Granted by

Mozilla has released the latest version of Firefox, which it says will allow complex apps to run much faster in the browser.Firefox 52 adds support for WebAssembly, which Mozilla said allows for "near-native performance for games

Thousands of documents said to be from the CIA's Center for Cyber Intelligence, a senior elite hacking unit within the US intelligence agency, have been leaked.The documents, released Tuesday by the website WikiLeaks, could not be

Alzheimer Association released an annual report on March 7, which suggests that number of Americans diagnosed with the disease is likely to increase with around 10 percent people being affected every 33 seconds.The study suggests that by 2050 more than half the Americans aged 65 years and over will suffer from Alzheimer's disease. This data is also applicable globally. Reports estimate that around 47 million people suffered from dementia in 2016. Alzheimer's Disease: Prevalence By 2050 The number of people diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease is

GoldenEye ransomware targets human resources departments because they're used to opening emails and attachments from unknown sources.