IT&Software
WhatsApp intros colorful text-based status features for Android and iOS users
Colored backgrounds on status updates are supposed to increase engagement, and while many users find them annoying, Facebook clearly believes they are working given it is pushing them out across its apps. Web users will not be able to update their own status via the interface but will be able to view other people's statuses. Whether or not you actually use this feature is another story, but at l... [Full Article...]
Google introduces Android 8.0 Oreo
With the Android Oreo OS update, users would be able to snooze their notifications for a particular period of time after which they would be reminded about these notifications again. Even Evan Blass, a popular tech tipster, said that Android O will stand for Android Oreo . Google said the same thing past year about Android Nougat, and over-the-air updates rolled out a few weeks af... [Full Article...]
Android O officially arrives on August 21
The latest version of Android Oreo is now available via Google's Android Open Source Project, where developers can download the new OS source code. And stay tuned as the "final" version (which is essentially what you're getting in the Beta now) is released in full to your unique device. Pixel and Nexus devices will be the first to get the update . [Full Article...]
Microsoft's sharper speech recognition tech should supercharge Cortana
Microsoft's speech recognition system has "reached a new industry milestone" and notched a 5.1% error rate, beating the levels of professional human transcribers. Notably, they also enabled its speech recognizer to use entire conversations, which let it adapt its transcriptions to context and predict what words or phrases were likely to come next, the way humans do when talking to one another. [Full Article...]
Mercedes-AMG GT-R And GT Roadster Launched In India
While the former will cost you Rs 2.19 crore, the latter is priced at Rs 2.23 crore (both prices , ex-showroom). Prior to the launch of Mercedes-AMG GT R and Mercedes-AMG GT Roadster , the German automaker Mercedez-Benz has already launched the GLS 63, G 63 and the GLC 43 4 MATIC Coupe in the country. [Full Article...]
Bioshock Celebrating 10th Anniversary with $200 Collector's Edition
If you're going to be at PAX West in Seattle on September 2, you're invited to attend the " Return to Rapture " fan party . Join us as we bring Rapture to life like never before, complete with Splicers, Big Daddies and Little Sisters, themed food and drinks worthy of Rapture's finest hotspots, plus music from DJ Kristina Childs. [Full Article...]
Woman stuck in swimming pool turns to Facebook for help
Even though most of the time members of Epping Squawks post complaints, there are good people there who will help without hesitation, Kahn told the Union Leader. Leslie Kahn, 61, said she swims every summer in backyard pool in Epping, in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. 'I'm serious. I don't have the agility to climb out any other way. [Full Article...]
United States All Set to Witness The Great American Solar Eclipse
The images will also be used to study the Sun's outermost atmosphere. "Here in Connecticut, later today , we're only going to see the sun be covered by about 67 percent, so we won't see a total eclipse , but it should still be pretty spectacular", said Andrew Fotta, Connecticut Science Center. [Full Article...]