Top five news from the tech world you just cannot miss
Digital technology has witnessed great leaps in the recent years and continuous innovations have been changing the way we live and work. Here are top five things that happened in the tech world in the past week that can affect your business and personal space.
- May 24, 2016,
- Updated May 24, 2016 3:00 PM IST
Digital technology has witnessed great leaps in the recent years and continuous innovations have been changing the way we live and work. Here are top five things that happened in the tech world in the past week that can affect your business and personal space. You just cannot afford to miss them.1. Twitter is considering to finally make changes to its 140-character limit.
According to a report in Bloomberg, Social media giant Twitter Inc. is considering to remove photos and links from its 140-character limit, a restriction it has had since its inception in 2006. Currently, links and photos take up to 23 characters each of the total 140 characters available. Since a long time, Twitter has been considering to increase its character limit and has not been successful but this new speculated shift might just be the new possibility.
The move will give the users more room to compose their messages and in turn, help to provide more information to their followers.
2. A translation earpiece that will help you understand languages that you've never learned.
Waverly Labs, a New York-based start-up, seems to have developed the first smart earpiece that will help its users to translate different languages in real-time. It will help users who speak different languages to communicate with each other via this translator.
Language becomes the major barrier between people if they do not speak the same language and the new Waverly Labs Pilot will soon prove to be a magic wand for such people. Finally, your dream to own that universal translator from Star Trek can be accomplished.
3. Amazon Echo has a new competitor: Google Home
Amazon Echo has garnered a lot of attention lately because it has proved to be a very efficient device that can provide information and perform functions on voice commands from across a room. It has been a perfect example to demonstrate the functioning of the upcoming smart home industry.
But, Google has launched Amazon Echo's competitor: Google Home. Google's smart speaker will be efficient enough to handle basic tasks and answer simple questions. It would be interesting to see how it fares against the much-liked Amazon Echo.
4. Instagram now allows longer videos and more ads
Instagram carousel ads will now include videos also. Originally, the ads were just allowed to have multiple photos of the same post and the user could flip through them.
The new feature will enhance the way of story-telling via photos by improving the way a message is sent across to the consumers. As the videos are becoming the latest trend, the shift will enhance the way the photo sharing app will work.
5. 117 million LinkedIn emails and passwords are on sale on the Dark Web
The modern-day hacker, who goes by the name Peace, has been selling the credentials of 117 million LinkedIn on the Dark Web identity, The Real Deal, for around $2200. Though LinkedIn accounts not necessarily contain personal information, but still the hackers can breach your privacy by gaining access to any information that you might have provided.
Trying to figure out if your profile is hacked or not? Do not fret, just change your LinkedIn password immediately.
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Digital technology has witnessed great leaps in the recent years and continuous innovations have been changing the way we live and work. Here are top five things that happened in the tech world in the past week that can affect your business and personal space. You just cannot afford to miss them.1. Twitter is considering to finally make changes to its 140-character limit.
According to a report in Bloomberg, Social media giant Twitter Inc. is considering to remove photos and links from its 140-character limit, a restriction it has had since its inception in 2006. Currently, links and photos take up to 23 characters each of the total 140 characters available. Since a long time, Twitter has been considering to increase its character limit and has not been successful but this new speculated shift might just be the new possibility.
The move will give the users more room to compose their messages and in turn, help to provide more information to their followers.
2. A translation earpiece that will help you understand languages that you've never learned.
Waverly Labs, a New York-based start-up, seems to have developed the first smart earpiece that will help its users to translate different languages in real-time. It will help users who speak different languages to communicate with each other via this translator.
Language becomes the major barrier between people if they do not speak the same language and the new Waverly Labs Pilot will soon prove to be a magic wand for such people. Finally, your dream to own that universal translator from Star Trek can be accomplished.
3. Amazon Echo has a new competitor: Google Home
Amazon Echo has garnered a lot of attention lately because it has proved to be a very efficient device that can provide information and perform functions on voice commands from across a room. It has been a perfect example to demonstrate the functioning of the upcoming smart home industry.
But, Google has launched Amazon Echo's competitor: Google Home. Google's smart speaker will be efficient enough to handle basic tasks and answer simple questions. It would be interesting to see how it fares against the much-liked Amazon Echo.
4. Instagram now allows longer videos and more ads
Instagram carousel ads will now include videos also. Originally, the ads were just allowed to have multiple photos of the same post and the user could flip through them.
The new feature will enhance the way of story-telling via photos by improving the way a message is sent across to the consumers. As the videos are becoming the latest trend, the shift will enhance the way the photo sharing app will work.
5. 117 million LinkedIn emails and passwords are on sale on the Dark Web
The modern-day hacker, who goes by the name Peace, has been selling the credentials of 117 million LinkedIn on the Dark Web identity, The Real Deal, for around $2200. Though LinkedIn accounts not necessarily contain personal information, but still the hackers can breach your privacy by gaining access to any information that you might have provided.
Trying to figure out if your profile is hacked or not? Do not fret, just change your LinkedIn password immediately.
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