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Additional security comes to WhatsApp: How to enable two-step verification
Facebook Inc.-owned messaging service WhatsApp is providing the ability to enable additional security for your account. Last April, WhatsApp rolled out end-to-end encryption for all its users by default. The feature ensures all messages, photos, videos, files and voice messages sent on the service are protected from any third parties, including WhatsApp. The latest optional ...
Cortana uses email content to provide ‘suggested reminders’
Microsoft Corp. has introduced a new Cortana feature that will allow the digital assistant to offer up “suggested reminders” based on information you promised in your emails. For instance, if you tell someone via email that you will send them a specific presentation or schedule dinner plans, Cortana will use machine learning to automatically remind you ...
Here’s what to expect from Bixby, Samsung’s AI assistant due out next month
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.’s 2017 flagship smartphone – the Galaxy S8 – is set to be unveiled next month, if the rumors are to be believed. In addition to a rumored increase in RAM and storage, the Galaxy S8 will also possibly have an edge-to-edge display, upgraded wireless charging and more. One of the features ...
Windows 10 Creators Update is now complete, with Compact Overlay, Dynamic Lock and more
Microsoft Corp. has released its latest Windows 10 Preview Build for Insiders in the Fast ring. Build 15031 includes a new Compact Overlay feature, similar to Apple Inc.’s and Android’s picture-in-picture mode. Other features include Dynamic Lock, which automatically locks your computer when your Bluetooth-paired phone is no longer in range and other smaller updates. ...
How to use PayPal’s new P2P payment bot for Slack
PayPal Holdings Inc. has launched its first Slack bot that allows users to send peer-to-peer payments directly in the Slack messaging platform. Person-to-person payments is one of the most-used features on PayPal, which has 5 million daily active users, with the company processing $41 billion in P2P volume across PayPal, Venmo and Xoom in 2015. ...
Google debuts Cloud Search to let enterprise users search across G Suite services
Google Inc. on Tuesday announced Cloud Search, formerly known as Springboard, which uses machine learning to search across the full range of G Suite products, including Drive, Gmail, Sites, Calendar, Docs and Contacts. Google announced a preview of Springboard in June, following a name change, Google Cloud Search is now rolling out to G Suite ...
Automation service Microsoft Flow adds Team flows, Gmail support and more
Microsoft Corp. has announced new features for its Flow service, which includes Gmail support and the ability to share custom application programming interfaces. The update also includes the launch of Team flows, which allows multiple people in an organization to own and manage a flow. Microsoft Flow, which became generally available in October, is a cloud-based ...
Google Maps for Android puts real-time information front and center
Google Inc.’s latest update for its Maps app for Android adds a new navigation bar to the bottom of the home screen, where users can explore the area around them. In this section, users will be able to see restaurant recommendations, real-time commute details and more. Download the latest version of Google Maps for Android from the ...
Rumored features for iOS 11, due out at WWDC in June
Releases for iOS 10 are still in full swing, and Apple Inc. released iOS 10.2.1 to the public and iOS 10.3 beta at the end of January, but none of that hasn’t stopped the many rumors for what we can expect in iOS 11. Here’s some of the rumored features for iOS 11, including group ...
Watch live: Stanford’s Women in Data Science conference on theCUBE | #WiDS2017
Within the widespread effort to bring more women into the field of tech is the very particular goal of connecting women with the world of data science. Kicking off today at Stanford University, the second annual Women in Data Science Conference is a one-day event that looks to educate all data scientists on the latest research, with ...