Author: Henry R. Lares

Henry Lares is still early into his career as tech reporter but has already had his work published in many major publications including Tech Crunch and the Huffington Post.  In regards to academics, Henry earned an engineering degree from Apex Technical School. Henry has a passion for emerging technology and covers upcoming products and breakthroughs in science and tech.

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New WhatsApp Update Enhances Messaging Group with New Features

We have some amazing news for WhatsApp fans who love using the app. The developers who are in charge of WhatsApp have recently announced that a major update is coming and that it will include a bunch of features which are going to enhance group messaging. With that being said, let’s see what these new group messaging features are all about.

iOS and Android Update

The first thing we need to mention about this upcoming update is that it will be available for everyone. WhatsApp’s developers have confirmed that both iOS and Android users will be able to get their hands on it once the OTA (over the air) rollout begins.

Group Messaging

WhatsApp is regarded as being the best messaging app in the world and the reason behind this is that WhatsApp is packed with tons of innovative features. One of those features is group messaging and this makes WhatsApp the ideal app for people who want to create groups in which they can talk with their friends, work colleagues or family members.

Nonetheless, group messaging is now being enhanced and this is surely going to help take WhatsApp’s services to the next level. Without any further ado, here are the new features:

  • Group Description

The first feature that’s being added alongside this new update is group description. Group admins are going to be able to set descriptions to their private groups and this is going to prove to be quite useful for admins who love notifying their group participants about the latest news.

  • Searching for Participants

WhatsApp users are going to be able to search for individual group participants after the new update arrives. This is a great feature because previously, users had to manually scroll through the list of participants and look for the person they want.

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Will Surface Hub 2 Revolutionize the Way we Work?

Microsoft is almost ready for the second generation of Surface Hub, and it appears that the company has prepared a lot for the release. Microsoft announced the device on Tuesday and we were able to learn about some of its features and specifications.

Design

It appears that the new Surface Hub will be smaller than the previous one, and it will weigh less as well. According to Ryan Day, a Microsoft spokesman, the company made some adjustments when it comes to the design of the giant tablet. The weight of the device will be between 25 and 35 kilograms.

Impressive display

The display will be a 4k plus one, that will have a 3:2 ratio. If the previous Surface Hub impressed us with its display, the Surface Hub 2 has its surprises as well. For example, you will be able to mount four Surface Hub 2s next to each other. This means that you will be able to create a massive video wall, which is something that can change the way we use it.

The Surface Hub 2 can also be used on a rolling easel stand, which makes it very easy to use and move around. In an office, this new addition can change the way meetings go.  If you are tired of the classical whiteboard, the Surface Hub 2 can replace it and bring everything you need in one place.

When it comes to conference calls, the giant tablet is ideal for Skype, as this was one of its original go-to apps. Surface Hub 2 managed to evolve even more, and, according to Microsoft, it will be an important element of the “intelligent edge”. The Surface Hub 2 will also be an essential tool for teamwork, as it enables “immersive collaboration”.

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Rippled 1.0.0 Officially Launches On Github – Big Future

Rippled 1.0.0 has now been released on Github. Analysts are marking the launch on Github as the “hold status” of the product and even though Rippled just came out of the alpha and beta phase, the product is available to use by all of Ripple’s customers. “A large part of the @Ripple C++ team is at #Consensus2018. But that didn’t stop us from releasing rippled 1.0.0” said Nik Bougalis in a recent tweet.

Rippled

In case you didn’t know, Rippled is the product name of the network that XRP Ledge runs on. The servers that Rippled uses connect to a network of peers, relays cryptographically signed transactions and they maintain a local copy of the shared global ledger. Moreover, Rippled is fully written in the famous C++ programming language.

xRapid Is Ready and Available

The xRapid product is functioning on the XRP Ledger which means that the finished 1.0.0 version of Rippled is now ready and available for commercial use. We should mention the release of Rippled 1.0.0 comes right after David Scwartz conducted a live demonstration of how xRapid works.

This is how a cryptocurrency enthusiast who saw the live demonstration of xRapid describes the process: “Just watched a live demo of xRapid by @ripple. $100 was sent from NY to Mexico in 2 minutes, which included 2 different conversions in which the result was Pesos in a Mexican bank account. IN 2 MINUTES! The XRP part was done in seconds. #xrpthestandard”.

Successful Demonstration

From the looks of it, David Schwartz’s demonstration was more than successful and it left a good impression on everyone who was present during that time. While Rippled 1.0.0 took a long time to become available for Ripple’s customers, we think it’s to assume that the waiting for it has been worth the time.

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WhatsApp and Paytm: Is This the Disruption in the E-Payment Business?

Demonetisation was the boost that released the digital payments business in India. Many non-banking money individuals filled the hole of rare cash with simple to-utilize applications or apps, and the public grasped names like FreeCharge, MobiKwik, PayU, Paytm, PhonePe and others to facilitate the torment of paying for a large group of administrations from cabs to smartphone recharge to door deliveries of suppers and food.

They tried to make a platform for this

Once the trade was pulled outflow, vast numbers of these administrations saw the reduced use of their online installment portals. However, there was sufficient stickiness to make a thriving new ecosystem of small paperless payments. Also, the administration ventured in yet after some false begins to create a common platform and administrative system for all these private activities, such as the Universal Payments Interface (UPI). It additionally revealed a vigorous digi-pay application of its own, called Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM) and poked banking and non-banking payments answers to coordinate with BHIM.

Inside its buildup cycle (language advanced by Gartner to evaluate new tech patterns), electronic payments in India had settled from a pinnacle of desires into a time of enduring consolidation. Global biggies joined: Google went ahead load up, with its India-particular payment application, Tez, and Samsung Pay.

Facebook’s WhatsApp, the world’s most significant messaging application (with a 200-million users crosswise over India) has had numerous valuable learnings in this nation: dissimilar to anyplace else, it noticed, India’s base-of-the-pyramid ventures (to utilize C K Prahlad’s critical characterisation) had changed over WhatsApp into a free and intense instrument to develop their business. If you can’t battle them, join them, thing that shows precisely what WhatsApp did a couple of months prior, revealing a little endeavor centered symbol, WhatsApp Business, which is an allowed to-download Android application that would make profit in different ways.

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Snapchat 10.32.2.0 Beta Available – New Software Improvements and Bug Fixes

Facebook and Instagram were considered to be the best social media platforms in the world until Snapchat appeared. Unlike Facebook or Instagram, Snapchat decided to feature a unique system when it comes to uploading content. What we mean by this is that everything that gets uploaded on Snapchat eventually disappears.

Hilarious Photo Filters

Even though being able to share photos and videos without having to worry that someone might save them is one of Snapchat’s biggest strengths, the best thing about this social media platform is its photo filters.

Taking photos on Snapchat is a great experience because users get to choose from a wide range of filters that make their photos look amazing or hilarious, depending on what type of filter people choose. To make things even better, these filters get updated every day.

Snapchat 10.32.2.0 Beta

Talking about updates, Snapchat’s developers are constantly looking for new features which can improve the app. In fact, a brand-new update arrived and it changes the app’s version number to “10.32.2.0 Beta”.

As the update’s name implies, beta testers are the only ones who can get their hands on the update right now. On the bright side of things, enrolling in Snapchat’s beta program is not that complicated.

All that Snapchat users need to do is to create a special account and download the beta version of the app. Although, we do need to warn readers that becoming beta testers means that they will need to provide developers with feedback about issues that they might encounter.

Bug Fixes and Improvements

The new update doesn’t contain any cool or innovative features and its focused towards improving the stability of Snapchat instead. Therefore, beta testers who decide to download this latest update are going to receive bug fixes and software tweaks.

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