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WhatsApp messaging app is testing a new feature on its platform in which certain business accounts. Having a verified account is something that business users and celebrities uses to distinguish themselves from scammers trying to hide under their identity and perform nefarious activities. Other social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook have this feature.
This messaging app which is owned by Facebook plans to release a standalone app which will allow business accounts to chat with their customers. Companies that might want this "verified account" feature will have to undergo a validation process which if successfully done, the account will have a green badge or sticker to show that the account is verified. Also Read: Hackers leak private Photos of Miley Cyrus, Katherine McPhee, Tiger Woods and other celebrities Business accounts will be able to set service times and also an an auto-reply message that a user will get when they try to contact he business account outside of its specified service time. For now, WhatsApp has not made an official announcement regarding this feature which is still in private testing and available to only a few number of pilot test companies. WhatsApp users who are interested in the business account can refer to WhatsApp FAQ page dedicated for the purpose.
HP this month launched the "Z8 Workstation Desktop,"a powerful workstation which it described as the world's most powerful workstation. SPECIFICATION: According to HP, the Z8 workstation is powered by dual Intel Xeon CPUs with up to 56 core processors and a whopping 3 terabytes of RAM...urm, that is 3,072 GB of RAM! The workstation can be equipped with three Nvidia Quadro p6000 graphics cards and it also has 48 terabytes of storage capacity to accommodate whatever the person wants to store. The HP Z8 is powered by a monster 1,700 watt power supply and cooled by invective decting. The Z8 has 9 PICe slots that will help the user in utilizing cores. 7 of those PICe are full size and it has a dual Gig-E ports, support for dual M.2 SSDs for super fast storage, ten USB 3.1 Gen 2 type C port, and an optional thunderbolt 3 port.
PRICING: Well for all these spec, you don't expect the Z8 to come that cheap! The Z8 price will start at $2,439 for the regular models while the top-end fully equipped ones will be priced in tens of thousands of dollars. The HP Z8 would suite 3D analysis, 8k video editing or heavy graphics work. HP also launched other budget friendly Z series (Z6 and Z4) workstation for those that won't be going for the Z8 workstation. The Z6 which has a starting price of $1,919 can hold up to 348 GB of memory while the Z4 which has a staring price of $1,249 can take 256 GB of RAM and a single Xeon CPU. The Z8 and Z6 are expected to be available in October while the Z4 is expected to be available in November.
WhatsApp has finally rolled out the feature that enable users to delete messages sent to other WhatsApp users. This new "Delete for everyone"feature is available for Android, iOS and windows Phone users although WhatsApp announces on its FAQ page that the new feature isnt available to all users for now (even those with the latest version of WhatsApp) although it shouldn't take long before the update rolls out to all users. WhatsApp explained that the Delete for everyone feature will be available for messages sent to groups and individual chats. When a message has been deleted, the deleted message would be replaced with "This message has been deleted" notice. However, WhatsApp warns that you can only delete sent messages within 7 minutes from the time that it was sent. The user wont be able to delete the message if he or she wait longer than that 7 minutes limit. Another factor necessary for the "Delete for everyone" feature is that both the sender and the recipient must have the latest version of WhatsApp, and also have the Delete for everyone feature enabled. One major scare WhatsApp users are having is the fact that WhatsApp warns that recipient might see messages that were recalled , but did not delete successfully. Worse still, WhatsApp won't notify senders that their message(s) wasn't successfully deleted! So i urge those of you who might want to bombard your boss with "whatever it is kind of message" with hopes of deleting it should think twice before embarking on such.
Researchers in Japan have developed a kind of 'healable' glass that can repair itself from cracks and breaks. According to University of California developed a screen material from a stretchable polymer that could heal broken or cracked screen within a period of 24hrs. Yanagisawa told the NHK that he hopes "the repairable glass becomes a new environment-friendly material that avoids the need to be thrown away if broken."
WhatsApp has announced that it will end its support for older mobile operating systems such as Blackberry OS (including Blackberry 10) and Windows Phone 8.0 on December 31, 2017. The Facebook owned company explained that the end of WhatsApp will still work for those device whose platform is no longer supported. However, some features and functionality might stop work at any time for those devices because WhatsApp no longer develops for their platform. "These platforms don't offer the kind of capabilities we need to expand our app's features in the future," WhatsApp said. "If you use one of these affected mobile devices, we recommend upgrading to a newer OS version, or to a newer Android running OS 4.0+, iPhone running iOS 7+. or Windows Phone 8.1+ so that you can continue using WhatsApp."
WhatsApp then dropped a few links to help those who wants to transfer their chat history onto their new device. "There is currently no option to transfer your chat history between platforms. However, we provide the option to send your chat history attached to an email. Learn how to export your chat history on: Android | iPhone | Windows Phone | Nokia S40 | Blackberry | Blackberry 10" WhatsApp made a similar move in 2016 when it announced that it had ended support for older mobile OS including Blackberry (also Blackberry 10) and Nokia. WhatsApp later extended support for Blackberry 10 OS until now. Nokia S40 will receive support until 31, 2018. While Android devices running Android 2.3.7 and older will receive support until February 1, 2020.
More than three decades ago, Apple unveiled the Apple Lisa, the first computer for the work place with a graphical user interface. Apple spent a reported 150 million developing the Lisa but then the computer became a great flop in the market, however, this also set the stage for conflict between CEO John Sculley and cofounder Steve Jobs. According to Business Insider, LISA which stands for Local Integrated System Architecture, will soon be made available in 2018 for free as open source by the Computer History Museum and anyone can try it out, modify and even create something new as it is with other open source operating system such as Linux. The news was announced though the LisaList mailing list for Lisa enthusiasts. The Lisa computer cost $10,000 in 1983; if you factor the inflation, it will cost $24,000. This Lisa operating system was the first OS to bring some advanced features which included protected memory, sophisticated HDD-based OS, etc. However, IBM on the other hand was offering machines that were far cheaper .
Having failed to succeed with the Lisa, Apple launched the Lisa 2 in 1984 which cost half the price of the Lisa 1, but the Lisa 2 failed the same way as its predecessor. Apple later discontinued the Lisa production after launching the Macintosh. To save cash which they would use to pay as tax write-off, in 1989 Apple buried the last 2,700 Lisa computers at landfill in Utah. Despite Lisa not being successful, the Operating system paved way for what became possible on PC at that time -- users could sort individual documents into folders, it required a mouse to operate and also had windows and icons. Lisa operating system was the reason while Apple sued Microsoft over the first version of Windows, with Jobs claiming that Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates stole Lisa's technology. Countering the claim, Bill said "I think it's more like we both had this rich neighbour named Xerox, and i broke into his house to steal the TV set and found out that you had already stolen it."
Researchers in Japan have developed a kind of 'healable' glass that can repair itself from cracks and breaks. According to University of California developed a screen material from a stretchable polymer that could heal broken or cracked screen within a period of 24hrs. Yanagisawa told the NHK that he hopes "the repairable glass becomes a new environment-friendly material that avoids the need to be thrown away if broken."
WhatsApp has announced that it will end its support for older mobile operating systems such as Blackberry OS (including Blackberry 10) and Windows Phone 8.0 on December 31, 2017. The Facebook owned company explained that the end of WhatsApp will still work for those device whose platform is no longer supported. However, some features and functionality might stop work at any time for those devices because WhatsApp no longer develops for their platform. "These platforms don't offer the kind of capabilities we need to expand our app's features in the future," WhatsApp said. "If you use one of these affected mobile devices, we recommend upgrading to a newer OS version, or to a newer Android running OS 4.0+, iPhone running iOS 7+. or Windows Phone 8.1+ so that you can continue using WhatsApp."
WhatsApp then dropped a few links to help those who wants to transfer their chat history onto their new device. "There is currently no option to transfer your chat history between platforms. However, we provide the option to send your chat history attached to an email. Learn how to export your chat history on: Android | iPhone | Windows Phone | Nokia S40 | Blackberry | Blackberry 10" WhatsApp made a similar move in 2016 when it announced that it had ended support for older mobile OS including Blackberry (also Blackberry 10) and Nokia. WhatsApp later extended support for Blackberry 10 OS until now. Nokia S40 will receive support until 31, 2018. While Android devices running Android 2.3.7 and older will receive support until February 1, 2020.
More than three decades ago, Apple unveiled the Apple Lisa, the first computer for the work place with a graphical user interface. Apple spent a reported 150 million developing the Lisa but then the computer became a great flop in the market, however, this also set the stage for conflict between CEO John Sculley and cofounder Steve Jobs. According to Business Insider, LISA which stands for Local Integrated System Architecture, will soon be made available in 2018 for free as open source by the Computer History Museum and anyone can try it out, modify and even create something new as it is with other open source operating system such as Linux. The news was announced though the LisaList mailing list for Lisa enthusiasts. The Lisa computer cost $10,000 in 1983; if you factor the inflation, it will cost $24,000. This Lisa operating system was the first OS to bring some advanced features which included protected memory, sophisticated HDD-based OS, etc. However, IBM on the other hand was offering machines that were far cheaper .
Having failed to succeed with the Lisa, Apple launched the Lisa 2 in 1984 which cost half the price of the Lisa 1, but the Lisa 2 failed the same way as its predecessor. Apple later discontinued the Lisa production after launching the Macintosh. To save cash which they would use to pay as tax write-off, in 1989 Apple buried the last 2,700 Lisa computers at landfill in Utah. Despite Lisa not being successful, the Operating system paved way for what became possible on PC at that time -- users could sort individual documents into folders, it required a mouse to operate and also had windows and icons. Lisa operating system was the reason while Apple sued Microsoft over the first version of Windows, with Jobs claiming that Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates stole Lisa's technology. Countering the claim, Bill said "I think it's more like we both had this rich neighbour named Xerox, and i broke into his house to steal the TV set and found out that you had already stolen it."
Microsoft has released an update to its Android launcher app, adding new support for some of its other mobile app like Sticky Notes, To-Do and Cortana support. This new support added to the v5.1.0 of Microsoft launcher app has been available in the beta version of the app, and has been undergoing test for a while now. For those who don't know what Microsoft Launcher is all about, the Android application allow users to personalize the look and feel of their Android device by customizing the wallpaper, theme, icon packs, gestures, accent and more to give it a different look.
Here are the new update and changes to the Microsoft Launcher app version 5.1.0:
Tack your screen time, app usage and phone unlocks with the new screen time card. You can even use the screen time widget to view this informasi on your home screen;
The Launcher To Do card shows tasks from apps like Microsoft To Do, Outlook and Skype.
The Launcher Notes card now shows your Notes from Sticky Notes on Windows, Outlook, Cortana and OneNote mobile;
Cortana now has an updated card with support for commute/traffic and multi-commitments.
"Hey Ciortana" is now enabled as a beta feature for the en-us market.
Cortana support is now available in the es-ES market
Bing mini-answers now shows you quick answers for stocks and currency in the Launcher Search bar.
Android users with a Microsoft account can access their documents, calendar, and recent activities in their personalized feed. Users can even open documents, web pages, photos on their Windows PC and then access them across any of their device. Click here to download the Microsoft Android Launcher app.
Microsoft has dropped an update to it's Edge browser for mobile, bringing a new feature that warns users when they are reading fake news. The feature which is called "NewsGuard" is off by default. However, when enabled, the user will be warned when they visit a website that isn't news worthy. NewsGuard is a startup company based in New York that aims at fighting the spread of fake news and not part of the Microsoft co-oporation. The company uses trained journalists whose ratings are based on "journalistic standards of credibility and transparency" to evaluate the news websites, To enable the feature, the user is to go to the settings of the Microsoft Edge browser, click on News ratings and then toggle to activate. Now that the feature has been enabled, whenever you visit any site on the web that is rated by NewsGuard, the feature will either indicate with a green shield that has a white check or a red shield with a white exclamation mark in the address bar. As you might have thought, red means the site is untrustworthy while green means the site is trustworthy. Now when you tap on either of the icons, NewsGuard will provide details on its findings on the site. For sites like The New York Times, MSNC, FOX and CNN all have the green shield in the URL kafe which means the sites "generally maintain basic standards of accuracy and accountability." However, for sites such as RT, Daily Kos, Sputnik and the UK's Daily Mail, you will see a red shield with a white exclamation mark in the address kafe with a warning that tells you to "proceed with caution" that the website has failed to "maintain basic standards of accuracy and accountability."
This feature has met some criticism from many site owners who don't agree with the result. For now, the NewsGuard feature is available on the Android and iOS version of Edge browser.
Emojipedia has released the official list of emojis that will be released this year, including a new emoji that mocks men with small pen*s. The rude emoji which is one of the 270 new emojis that will be released in 2019, shows a hand doing a pinching motion to depict a small pen*s. "Emoji 12.0 is comprised of 59 distinct new emojis; 75 when gender variations are taken into account; and 230 new emojis when all skin tone options are also included," the blog post read The announcement which is the sixth major update since 2014 shows a wide scope of people represented, including people with various disabilities, gender couples, and as well emojis with a mix of skin tones for people holding hands.
Thanks to Apple which submitted a number of designs, people with physical disabilities are now represented with emojis that includes a range of wheelchairs, sign language, a blind person, a deaf person, ear with hearing aid, guide dog, etc. However, the one that has grabbed people's attention is the "pinching hand" emoji that depicts a small pen*s. Some people say its a good idea while others think it isn't. In fact, others even argued that if an emoji was made to depict a male small organ, there should be an emoji for females too... maybe one depicting shaggy b**bs. Other emojis includes a yawn, ballet shoes, diving mask, briefs, Auto Rickshaw, etc. This emoji update comes with animals, including Orangutans, Sloths, Otters, Skunks and Falmingos. Users should start seeing update to their apps and operating system between and April and December 2019.
Microsoft is working on a new operating system called Santorini that is aimed to take on iOS on iPad and Google Chrome OS which is focused on the web, and has the advantage of running Android apps, WindowsCentral said. The new Microsoft OS is said to be built on Windows Core OS, and was initially called 'Windows Lite' until Microsoft decided to use the code name "Santorini" because it sees it as. The new OS isn't a lesser version of Windows, but a totally new OS experience that Microsoft has designed for lightweight computing.
Just as it is with the naming of other versions of Windows Core OS such as Aruba, Oasis and others that still being tested internally, Windows doesn't choose the names randomly. Santorini for example, is one of the Greek Cylades islands in the Aegean sea. Also Read:Microsoft Is Working On An Android Powered Device And Might Release It Any Soon Microsoft has designed Santorini for lightweight devices, such as folding computers, and other 2-in-1 laptops. The tech giant is already on working two of these Santorini devices code named 'Centaurus' and 'Pegasus'. While Centaurus is the Santorini version that will work on foldable PCs, Pegasus will work on more traditional laptops and 2-in-1 laptops. One thing in common here is that both runs on Santorini, though the operating system will be adapted differently depending on the hardware in which it is being used. Microsoft is expected to unveil the HoloLens 2 at the MWC 2019. Rumours also suggest that the tech giant might talk about Santorini at its Build developer conference in May, which help unveil many more details about the OS.
Amid growing news of Microsoft releasing a foldable dual screen device codenamed Andromeda, latest news from Microsoft is paying you to use Bing search Microsoft stopped producing its mobile OS last year, with Windows 10 Mobile being its last major update. Ever since then, Microsoft has been releasing builds with security and bug fixes with no update or new extra features. For now, this news has to be taken with a pinch of salt as Microsoft still has the Andromeda project on. Aside from that, the Microsoft employee didn't say anything regarding the specification or whatsoever.
Amid growing news of Microsoft releasing a foldable dual screen device codenamed Andromeda, latest news from Microsoft is paying you to use Bing search Microsoft stopped producing its mobile OS last year, with Windows 10 Mobile being its last major update. Ever since then, Microsoft has been releasing builds with security and bug fixes with no update or new extra features. For now, this news has to be taken with a pinch of salt as Microsoft still has the Andromeda project on. Aside from that, the Microsoft employee didn't say anything regarding the specification or whatsoever.
Microsoft is testing an experimental application called "Your Phone" app which gives users access to files on their Android devices from a Windows 10 PC. This app is aimed towards giving users uninterrupted work experience. Sharing files between PC and your Android device might not sound new to others since there are other third-party apps and cloud services that serve similar purpose, Microsoft however promises that the Your Phone app will give users a more seamless way to access fies across devices.
Though this feature for now is available for those on Windows Insider in the Fast ring, we will look at what this Your Phone app does. The Your Phone app links your Android device to your PC, giving the user access to the phones's text messages, notifications, photos and others files. When you access Your Phone on a computer, you will see the most recent snapshots on your Android device. You will then have to drag and drop them straight into another app, like PowerPoint if you are doing a presentation.
According to Microsoft, you Android device must be running on Android 7.0 and above to be able to use the experimental feature. For iPhone users, the Your Phone app too will help them in linking their phones to a PC. They would be able to surf the web on their phone and then send the web page to their PC to pickup where they left. For now, there isn't any clear date on when the apps will be available for both Android and iOS users. Though, the apps are expected to be made available later this year as the apps are being tested as part of Microsoft's next Windows 10 update, codenamed Redstone 5.
Microsoft is testing an experimental application called "Your Phone" app which gives users access to files on their Android devices from a Windows 10 PC. This app is aimed towards giving users uninterrupted work experience. Sharing files between PC and your Android device might not sound new to others since there are other third-party apps and cloud services that serve similar purpose, Microsoft however promises that the Your Phone app will give users a more seamless way to access fies across devices.
Though this feature for now is available for those on Windows Insider in the Fast ring, we will look at what this Your Phone app does. The Your Phone app links your Android device to your PC, giving the user access to the phones's text messages, notifications, photos and others files. When you access Your Phone on a computer, you will see the most recent snapshots on your Android device. You will then have to drag and drop them straight into another app, like PowerPoint if you are doing a presentation.
According to Microsoft, you Android device must be running on Android 7.0 and above to be able to use the experimental feature. For iPhone users, the Your Phone app too will help them in linking their phones to a PC. They would be able to surf the web on their phone and then send the web page to their PC to pickup where they left. For now, there isn't any clear date on when the apps will be available for both Android and iOS users. Though, the apps are expected to be made available later this year as the apps are being tested as part of Microsoft's next Windows 10 update, codenamed Redstone 5.
It is no news that for years Android users have been using Microsoft's Bluetooth-enabled XBox controller to play games on their droid device. However, the process has always been buggy; others could never get button right, while others had other kinds of connection connection problems. Well, that seem to change. This week, XDA Developers discovered that Google has added full support for XBox controller. The bug which has been around for two years (since August 2016) was finally addressed and yesterday marked by Google's development team as fixed. The controller should now work on Android Pie without issue.
The need for game controllers on smartphone increased after popular battle royale games such as Fortnite and PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) were made available on iOS and Android platforms. The increase in PC and Console game ports to mobile platforms might see other game controllers get the same support as the XBox controller has received. Android Pie's native support for the XBox One controller means Fortnite and PUBG players with the controller should have an edge over other players ....ermm, not until you upgrade device to Android Pie.
It is no news that for years Android users have been using Microsoft's Bluetooth-enabled XBox controller to play games on their droid device. However, the process has always been buggy; others could never get button right, while others had other kinds of connection connection problems. Well, that seem to change. This week, XDA Developers discovered that Google has added full support for XBox controller. The bug which has been around for two years (since August 2016) was finally addressed and yesterday marked by Google's development team as fixed. The controller should now work on Android Pie without issue.
The need for game controllers on smartphone increased after popular battle royale games such as Fortnite and PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) were made available on iOS and Android platforms. The increase in PC and Console game ports to mobile platforms might see other game controllers get the same support as the XBox controller has received. Android Pie's native support for the XBox One controller means Fortnite and PUBG players with the controller should have an edge over other players ....ermm, not until you upgrade device to Android Pie.
Foldable this, foldable that. For years we've been hearing news of foldable devices in the works by different tech companies but we are yet to see any of them make a release. These foldable devices ranges from smartphones, tablets, wearables, PC,e.t.c.
Among those trying to release a foldable device is Samsung. The South Korean electronic giant has been working on a foldable smartphone which is expected to be ready next year. However, news emerging suggests the tech company has plans for other gadgets too. According to Korean media, Samsung's PC division VP for marketing, Lee Min-Cheol, "Samsung is collaborating with display makers to develop laptops and foldable displays that will not just simply fold in and out but create new value value and experience, amid the changing market trends for laptops."
Lee Min-Cheol went on to add that Samsung was also working with other manufacturers in flexible AMOLED display for the bendable laptop. There is little real form of innovation in PC these days, consumers are tired of most of the products which are the same and doesn't add much value. To make things exciting again, Samsung have to go beyond creating a flexible device and make something that consumers can find utility in. "PCs play a centric role among IT products in increasing connectivity with other mobile devices, so we will continue developing innovative PCs with partners like Intel, Microsoft and KT,"Lee Said. The electronic giant sales around 3.2 million PCs annually in Korea, the US, China and Brazil, which cover total of 45 percent of the entire PC market.
