Facebook Live Adds Cool Features
Facebook Live shared with live-streaming fanatics alike that they will have more opportunities to share what they are doing at any moment with their friends on the web. In a Facebook group with your yoga studio? In a Facebook event for the festival? Now you can go live in the group and keep them up to date on your whereabouts and what you’re up to. Facebook is also creating a dedicated place in the app for you to discover live videos from around the world. Live streaming is here to stay. (Source Mashable)
What to Say When Your Friend Tries to Read Your Text Messages…
Swerve. Yesterday, WhatsApp completed an end-to-end encryption rollout. But what is end-to-end encryption? A lot of tech words short – WhatsApp will not be able to access your messages and calls. WhatsApp can’t see what you’ve been sending to your friends abroad or hand out information to the Feds. The WhatsApp encryption comes in good timing with the Apple vs FBI privacy battle and keeps people talking about privacy. (Source TechCrunch)
TSA and the “Randomizer”
Follow the arrow. If you have flown recently you may have seen the TSA Randomizer app in all its glory. The app used by the people everyone loves to hate points pre-check flyers into the left or right lane – aka the random search lane or normal lane. The app idea is simple, the TSA member stands with an iPad and touch the screen as passengers arrive. But people aren’t talking about the random searches in this case – they are talking about how much cash was dropped. IBM created the app for $1.4 million. $1.4 million for arrows to point right and left. Technology, man. (Source CNET)
