Category: Industry News

From Now On, Control Facebook Messenger’s Data Appetite If you had begun to curse Facebook Messenger for all the data it consumes as compared to other apps, you can heave a sigh of relief. Future versions will allow you to control how data is consumed and downloaded, leading to a reduction in data consumption and probably avoid bill shocks. Mitsuku Wins Most Human-like Chatbot Award Not a day goes without something about chatbots being discussed. Mitsuku, a chatbot created by Steve Worswick won the Loebner Prize for being the most human-like chatbot this year again. Read more to understand what this bot does and why it won the prize this year all over again. Twilio’s Voice Insights Brings Call Quality Tests for App Developers Those of you who have struggled to bring great call quality to your apps can now use Twilio’s Voice Insights, a great analytics solution that helps developers to adjust their apps to bring the best call quality possible. With Twilio’s Voice Insights, you can build an app that has a tried and tested call quality. Gitless Makes Using Git Easier It is no secret that Git is hard to use but it offers great resources to those who are looking for it. Git’s problems lie deeper than its interface, and Gitless aims to change that. Gitless helps you to make using Git easier and build better apps. Google’s Go Rises in Popularity Of all the programming languages that have risen to popularity, the story of Google’s Go has been a remarkable one. Tiobe once again revealed that Google’s Go is now the 16th most popular programming language, with Java, C++ and C# being the most popular on the list.

Facebook launches Yarn for developers If you were getting tired of NPM, Facebook has launched Yarn, an open source JavaScript package manager. It is intended to be faster and more reliable than NPM. The best part is, Yarn is compatible with NPM registry. Read more about it here. Amazon’s new cloud music streaming service hits the market Music streaming is going to reach the next level with Amazon jumping the bandwagon with its Amazon Music Unlimited. At just $4 per month, this new on-demand music streaming service is expected to take on Spotify, bringing cloud streaming services to the mainstream. HP’s Aruba launches mobile first platform If you were looking for a service that accelerates the integration of IoT and mobile, HP’s Aruba has launched Aruba Mobile First Platform. The service will be available in the fourth quarter of 2016 and will provide real-time network insights to improve IoT and mobile user experiences and security. Sprint to give away free internet access and a million mobile devices to students Sprint, the massively popular telecom service provider has promised to provide 1 million high school students in the USA with free mobile devices and internet access. This is part of a program to bring technology to the underprivileged and poorer sections of the society. It would be great to see a similar move in India. Dropbox iOS update brings PDF sign feature and more Dropbox is getting better. You will now be able to sign your PDFs, integrate iMessage with Dropbox and a picture-in-picture for iPad users. The iMessage integration is expected to help business collaborations and workplace communications to become more meaningful.

1. Is Twitter Out of Control? Jack Dorsey has been getting a lot of negative attention lately, as he has not been able to fix the company’s pressing issues. Moreover, latest news suggests it is either Apple or Google which will get to buy Twitter. Twitter’s stock soared following speculation of its bidding. At the moment, all we can say is that there is a lot of drama with respect to Twitter. This one is something to watch out for. #social 2. 68 Million Hacked Dropbox Account Details Can Now Be Downloaded User details of over 68 million Dropbox accounts are available to download, and this is going to be something that’s very concerning. You should probably change your passwords already if you haven’t. These accounts were hacked in 2012 and the details including email addresses and hashed passwords are available now. Another instance of how security is one of the biggest concerns today. #cloud TechRadar | HackRead 3. Is Google Experimenting with Pixel Phones? Google’s Pixel phones had many heads rolling at an event raising the hopes of a lot of people who were looking for an iPhone alternative. Build on cutting edge technology using latest Snapdragon processor, 4GB of RAM and a host of exclusive features, Google hopes to make a real mark in the smartphone segment. However, one also needs to wait and watch to see if this is one of Google’s many expensive experiments. #mobile 4. Amazon to Give Away Thousands of Books for Free If you are a bookaholic, just go ahead and subscribe to Amazon Prime. Amazon Prime Reading is giving away thousands of magazines, eBooks, comics and short stories for free to its US customers. What’s even better, the books can be read without a Kindle device through the Kindle app on iOS and Android. #entertainment 5. Coming Soon: Facebook at Work Gone are the days when Facebook was banned at work. Now, the popular social media tool may soon become the next big workplace collaboration platform. Maintaining the same look and feel, Facebook at Work will let users add and share comments, photographs, videos and information about the company and its offices changing the way we work, and collaborate in our organizations. Certainly, your employees have much to look forward to. #social