1. Fight sensing cameras are now a reality
Fight cams — super smart CCTV cameras that
automatically alert the police before a crime takes place has now become a
reality.
2. Cisco
reports better than expected results
Network equipment maker Cisco Systems reported
stronger-than-expected quarterly revenue and profit as demand for switching
equipment and routers helped make up for weak spending by the company's
traditional telecom customers.
3. 'Digital dark age' could leave historians with no
records of the 21st century
As the way that we store information about
ourselves develops, memories stored in files that use older technology are
becoming harder to access, Dr Vinton "Vint" Cerf, vice president of
Google, has warned.
4. Apple is about to change the way you log in to
iMessage, FaceTime
Apple has introduced two-factor authentication for
iMessage and FaceTime, which makes the services much more secure and trickier
to hack into.
5. India has highest
number of cricket lovers on Facebook
According to Facebook's internal data, 45% of the total people interested in cricket on
Facebook come from India, which comprises of 81% males and 19% females, the
US-headquartered company said in a release.The United States
may not be taking part in the World Cup beginning tomorrow but the country has
the second highest number of Facebook users interested in cricket.
6. TV will be central to Apple’s 2015 plans:
Piper-Jaffray
While Apple CEO Tim Cook has spoken several times
about the company's interest in TVs, there is no word on the company working on
a HDTV yet. However, Piper-Jaffray analyst Gene Munster says that the Apple TV
set-top box will get a major upgrade this year and become a core product for
the company.
7. Facebook pays Indian $12,500 for finding
photo-deleting bug
Laxman Muthiyah from India has received a $12,500
bounty for discovering a Facebook bug that allowed hackers to arbitrarily
delete photos from accounts.
8. Apps crash more on
iOS 8 than Android 5.0, iOS 7
According to analytics firm Crittercism, the crash
rate of apps is relatively higher on the latest version of iOS than Android
5.0. The firm says that the crash rate for Android Lollipop is 2%, while iOS 8
trails behind the newest Google mobile OS at 2.2%.
9. Apple just gave you
a reason to not buy a 16GB iPhone
Apple has bumped up the size limit of iOS apps from
2GB to 4GB, it confirmed to developers. This is to "provide a more
complete, rich user experience upon installation", said Cupertino. The 2GB
limit has been in place since the App Store launched in 2008, so the impact of
this is going to be pretty significant.
10. Apple could take
time to reach $1 trillion valuation
Activist investor Carl Icahn thinks Apple is
already worth over $1 trillion but others on Wall St think it will take a few
more years for the iPhone maker's stock value to get there.
CEO, Meteora Gaming
www.meteoragaming.com
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