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Understanding Abbott Molecular Solutions: Transforming Diagnostics with DSS Image Tech

Abbott Molecular is the world leader in the field of diagnostics, providing innovative solutions and revolutionizing the detection and monitoring of diseases. DSS Image Tech is proud to collaborate with Abbott Molecular to provide state-of-the-art diagnostic technology to healthcare professionals and institutions, thereby ensuring precision, accuracy, and reliability in diagnostic testing to provide a better outcome for the patient.

What Is Abbott Molecular?

Abbott Molecular specializes in high-tech diagnostic products that are aimed at detecting and tracking genetic disorders, infectious diseases, and cancer. Through molecular technology, the solution enables healthcare providers to make rapid and accurate decisions. DSS Image Tech offers a comprehensive line of products for Abbott Molecular, with solutions tailored to meet the needs of individual labs and clinics.

Important Services of Abbott Molecular

Abbott Molecular has a portfolio that is vast, with diagnostics that deliver accuracy and speed. Some of their notable offerings are available through DSS Image Tech, including the following:

RealTime PCR Technology

Abbott's RealTime PCR systems are highly advanced and ensure reliable detection of DNA and RNA markers. These solutions are crucial in diagnosing infectious diseases and cancer.

FISH (In Situ Hybridization) Assays

Their FISH assays offer deeper insight into genetic aberrations, assisting in early detection of cancer and targeted therapies.

Oncology Diagnostics

With solid cancer detection tests, Abbott Molecular equips healthcare providers to tailor the treatment plan based on the genetic nature of the disease.

Infectious Disease Panels

Diagnostic panels from Abbott Molecular help identify infections caused by viruses and bacteria precisely, thereby leading to timely and accurate interventions.

Why DSS Image Tech for Abbott Molecular Products?

At DSS Image Tech, we bring the latest in diagnostics to our clients. That's why healthcare providers and laboratories rely on us

Trusted Partnership: Our collaboration with Abbott Molecular ensures delivery of world-class diagnostic solutions supported by expert support.

Comprehensive Product Range: We provide access to a wide range of Abbott Molecular products with specific laboratory needs in mind.

Expert Support and Training: Our professionals seamlessly integrate our Abbott Molecular technology into your workflow with easy and hands-on training for full benefit.

Quality Assurance: We practice the highest benchmarks and ensure all our products, services, fit the high-tech standards of modern diagnostics requirements.

How Abbott Molecular is Building Modern Healthcare

Beyond walls of the labs, Abbott Molecular solutions empower medical professionals to achieve:

Determine diseases at much earlier stages allowing for better probabilities.

Develop individualized treatment plans according to genetic findings.

Track the efficacy of treatments currently in place with accuracy.

By partnering with DSS Image Tech, healthcare institutions can access these transformative tools to elevate their diagnostic capabilities.

Abbott Molecular's applied technologies are changing the landscape of diagnosis with precision and speed never before seen in the detection and monitoring of disease. DSS Image Tech is proud to partner with such esteemed and sought-after solutions within laboratories and healthcare providers in the realm of cancer, infectious disease, or genetic testing, bringing both reliability and precision to healthcare professionals.

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Engage Your Audience with Interactive Web Solutions

Stand out in the online world with interactive web solutions that captivate your audience. From quizzes to games, engage and convert visitors into loyal customers. Contact us Dss Image Tech.

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Heart Nebula - 11-20-2020 My second attempt at the Heart Nebula. This time I decided to use a broadband filter to try and cut down on some of the light pollution. I think the image ended up better, but there is still a lot of ambient color and I'm not sure if it is just because I am in a bortle 8 zone with a lot of ambient light or if it is my imaging procedure. Regardless, I am happy with how it came out. This was also the first time I tried using Astronomy Action Tools and Topaz Denoise (free trial) in processing. I honestly had no clue what I was doing, just made layers and tried things after I did my initial levels, stretches and gradient . 50x150s at 800 ISO 15 darks 50 biases 50 flats 50 dark flat . PHD2 & APT for guiding / capturing Stacked in DSS Processed in Photoshop & Topaz Denoise . Meade Series 6000 80mm Triplet APO Sky Watcher EQ6-R Pro Canon EOS Ra Astro-Tech 0.8 Reducer/Field Flattener Orion Skyglow Broadband LP filter ZWO 30mm f4 MiniScope (guide) ZWO ASI224MC (guide) . . . #astrophoto #astronomy #astrophotography #highpointscientific #earliestlight #IAmSkyWatcher #heartnebula #heart #nebula #photography #photooftheday #igworldclub_astrophotography #ig_astrophotography #stars #nightskyphotography #nightphotography #nightsky #cityastronomy #canonusa #canonphotography #meadeinstruments #rhodeisland #space #science #nasa #spacephoto #apod #oriontelescopes #telescope (at Providence, Rhode Island) https://www.instagram.com/p/CH25oLIJxBP/?igshid=18861g07nrkbp

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SUCCESS FACTORS FOR PLATFORMS

Creating a gravitating platform with millions of users is still one of the most attractive business propositions in the tech industry, but as Matthew put it centuries ago; “For many are called, but few are chosen”. So, what does it take to make the grade of creating a successful platform business? And what separates the good from the great? Some of the most successful tech companies are platforms. It´s probably not a coincidence that three of the “big four” are platforms and even Apple has a substantial part of their revenue coming from platforms like AppStore, iTunes and Apple Tv. Facebook, Google and Amazon of course have non-platform business areas as well, but the core of their business is their platforms.   The five factors Being in the platform business myself, as CPO for the ID platform Freja eID, I´ve given this topic quite a lot of thought, both from the product perspective but also from an investors point of view. So, if you are aspiring to build a platform business or looking into investing in one, here are five factors to evaluate in order to assess the potential. 1. Stickiness Stickiness is basically about two things; user retention and frequency. To make a very far-fetched example, the e-service at the Tax Authority is extremely sticky on the retention side – I´m forced by law to hand in my tax return once a year – but five minutes once a year does not score very high on frequency. User retention can be created either by a high degree of either relevance or reward. Google is probably the most obvious example of relevance; the service solves the problem of finding information better than anyone else. Facebook is much less of a relevant utility in that sense. Yes, your life would probably be a bit more boring without the social network but you´d still be able to connect with your friends or find news. But the dopamine reward you get from getting a bunch of likes or from discovering something interesting while scrolling the feed keeps you coming back for more. Frequency is about the total time the user spends on a service. This can be achieved by either many short sessions – like Google - fewer longer sessions – like Facebook - or both. Snapchat has tuned every inch of their UX around frequency, most notably with their streaks feature where you build a score by snapping at least once a day with a particular friend. If you miss just one day, your streak falls. Services like Pinterest and Instagram are building heavily on dopamine rewards by the way they present images and stories in the bottomless scroll feature. 2. Positive interaction A platform needs to have a value proposition for both sides and what you should be looking for is a positive interaction between the two. In a platform like AirBnB, both sides benefit from the total growth; each host that joins the platform adds a value to the tenants and each tenant that joins adds a value to the host. Facebook on the other hand has a negative interaction. The more users that join the platform is extremely beneficial for the other side, the advertisers. However, from a user’s point of view if the four million advertisers that are currently using Facebook increase to five million, it is not necessarily adding to a positive user experience. It´s more likely that the opposite is true. 3. Margin There is a general assumption that all platforms are extremely profitable by default, as long as they are digitally scalable. But when you look into the details you will discover that there are huge differences in the potential profitability for different platforms. Spotify is as much of a poster boy in digital disruption as it gets. The current market cap of 28 billion dollars assumes that there is a lot of money to me made here. Still Spotify has, with few exceptions, been losing money quarter after quarter since its inception in 2006. The losses accumulate to billions of dollars. And when you crunch the numbers it not very surprising. For each dollar in revenue that Spotify generates, 75 cents walks straight out the door to the record labels and artists. A 25% gross margin is not very impressive in any digital business and obviously not enough to make Spotify profitable. Google on the other hand has a close to 100% gross margin. So, if you click on an ad word like “Casino” you would generate 55 dollars in revenue for Google, where pretty much all stays within the company. For Spotify to generate 55 dollars in gross revenue, you would have to pay a premium subscription for about two years. This is not black or white and if you are looking at a low margin business, you should investigate whether there are ways to increase the margins. Netflix, that basically has the same model as Spotify, shows gross margins of around 35%. Why? If you wonder why they push their “Netflix Original”-content so hard, you´ll find the answer; owning the content adds hugely to the bottom line. My personal guess is that Spotify´s move towards podcasts is a strategic move along the same lines; I would not be surprised if the rev-share to podcasters are substantially lower than to record labels. 4. Moats The fact that many of the businesses in the digital era is characterized by a winner-takes-all evolution does not mean that the winner takes it all for ever. Before Facebook there was a Swedish social network called LunarStorm that had a close to 100% penetration among teenagers in Sweden. When Facebook came, they lacked moats to keep the competition at bay – in their case the predominant reason being the focus on Swedish users. In general, having a dominance in terms of users is a pretty effective moat. For me to change from Facebook to a competing network would mean that the network would need to convince all my friends to move as well, in order for them to be on par with Facebook. Product excellence is an effective way to keep competitors at bay. Google taking over the search market and keeping the leadership is all about product superiority. Forming habits is another moat building on our human aversion of change. I know that my bank is not offering me as good a service as many competing banks, but I´m just too tied in to my habits to do something about it. In a sense, stickiness and moats are two sides of the same coin. Dependency is a great example. As long as we are using Skype within our company for video calls, I will keep it, whether I like it or not. On the other hand, as soon as IT decides to change to some other service, the moat will instantly dry out. A very rigid moat is regulatory compliance. The reason why you don’t see competitors to MasterCard and Visa making a run for their margins is regulations. Becoming PCI/DSS compliant is no trivial thing and if you add the obstacle of integration with payment terminals on a global scale you´ll find that the two giants have created a pretty deep moat. 5.  Scalability Discussing scalability in tech without separating China from the equation is like discussing Einstein´s general relativity without separating it from quantum physics. Google ticks off more points on the platform scoreboard than any other company, including the scalability factor – if we disregard the blocking from China. However, China is not the only country that limits the space for platforms based on regulation and – just like quantum physics – we will just have to live with regulations even if we do not understand them. So, if we focus on the observable tech universe there are some interesting factors underpinning the overall scalability of a platform. The first one is physical limitations. A platform like Uber cannot offer more ride services than there are individuals prepared to be an Uber driver in a certain geography. The Same thing goes with AirBnB; the number of hosts are limited to those individuals who are willing to sublet their home to strangers. Disregarding regulatory constraints, platforms like Instagram, Facebook and Snapchat – where the content is co-created by the users – are scalable without constraints. The only limiting factor is the number of users with a smartphone. However, the revenue side of the business has constraints as there is likely a limit for any user on the amount of targeted advertising he or she can cope with. A service like Netflix does not face these limitations, not even factoring in the current cultural constraints, where the content of today is aimed at a predominant western audience. Finding the opportunity Applying the factors above to an investment or to your start-up is a good guidance to assess the basic platform qualities of a business. Obviously there are much more to factor in to make a fair evaluation of the company´s potential, such as management skills, market potential and funding.   Of course, factors can change over time. Today Google is one of the most profitable companies in the world but in the beginning they struggled to find a source of revenue. It was not until they introduced AdWords in 2000, two years after the company´s inception, that they figured out how to make money. This is an important lesson in terms of the approach you will need to hace when starting or investing in a platform; you need patience. As opposed to, lets say a software company where you can genereate revenue from the first day you ship your product, a platform can only start generating revenue when a critical mass of players on each side has been established. This means that platform busniesses normally need a longer runway to take off. On the other had the potential gain is enormous if you manage to create a digtially scalable platform with a critical mass on both sides. And to find that potential, the five factors is a pretty good place to start. 

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CES 2020: MediaTek Dimensity 800 Series 5G-Enabled SoCs Announced for Mid-Range Smartphones

Taiwanese fabless semiconductor company MediaTek on Tuesday launched Dimensity 800 Series chips for the premium yet mid-price range 5G smartphones. The Dimensity 800 5G chipset family offers powerful system-on-chips (SoCs) with integrated 5G modems, the company announced at the CES 2020. The first devices featuring Dimensity 800 Series SoCs are expected to launch in the first half of this year.

"MediaTek has already launched its flagship 5G smartphone solution, the Dimensity 1000, and with the 800 series 5G chipset family, we are bringing 5G to the mid-tier and mass market," TL Lee, Head of MediaTek's wireless business unit, said in a statement.

"The Dimensity 800 series will power the new premium segment for 5G, bringing consumers flagship smartphone features and performance at midrange price points," Lee added. The single chip solutions are claimed to offer an unrivalled combination of connectivity, multimedia, AI and imaging innovations packed into an ultra-efficient 7nm chip.

As per the company, the Dimensity 800 series integrates MediaTek's 5G modem in one compact design, delivering significant platform power savings compared to two-chip alternatives. It is designed to support both standalone and non-standalone sub-6GHz networks, apart from two carrier aggregation (2CC CA), and Dynamic Spectrum Sharing (DSS).

The Dimensity 800 Series is an octa-core SoC featuring four ARM Cortex-A76 cores clocked up to 2GHz, and four ARM Cortex-A55 cores clocked up to the same frequency.  It also bears four Dimensity 1000-class GPU IP cores, combined with the company's HyperEngine gaming tech. The APU 3.0 unit on board is meant to process AI-specific tasks, while the SoC supports up to 64-megapixel camera sensors, and large multi-camera options such as 32-megapixel + 16-megapixel dual cameras. MediaTek is also touting multi-frame 4K video HDR capabilities, and support for up to 90Hz full-HD resolution displays.

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CES 2020: MediaTek Dimensity 800 Series 5G-Enabled SoCs Announced for Mid-Range Smartphones

Taiwanese fabless semiconductor company MediaTek on Tuesday launched Dimensity 800 Series chips for the premium yet mid-price range 5G smartphones. The Dimensity 800 5G chipset family offers powerful system-on-chips (SoCs) with integrated 5G modems, the company announced at the CES 2020. The first devices featuring Dimensity 800 Series SoCs are expected to launch in the first half of this year.

“MediaTek has already launched its flagship 5G smartphone solution, the Dimensity 1000, and with the 800 series 5G chipset family, we are bringing 5G to the mid-tier and mass market,” TL Lee, Head of MediaTek’s wireless business unit, said in a statement.

“The Dimensity 800 series will power the new premium segment for 5G, bringing consumers flagship smartphone features and performance at midrange price points,” Lee added. The single chip solutions are claimed to offer an unrivalled combination of connectivity, multimedia, AI and imaging innovations packed into an ultra-efficient 7nm chip.

As per the company, the Dimensity 800 series integrates MediaTek’s 5G modem in one compact design, delivering significant platform power savings compared to two-chip alternatives. It is designed to support both standalone and non-standalone sub-6GHz networks, apart from two carrier aggregation (2CC CA), and Dynamic Spectrum Sharing (DSS).

The Dimensity 800 Series is an octa-core SoC featuring four ARM Cortex-A76 cores clocked up to 2GHz, and four ARM Cortex-A55 cores clocked up to the same frequency.  It also bears four Dimensity 1000-class GPU IP cores, combined with the company’s HyperEngine gaming tech. The APU 3.0 unit on board is meant to process AI-specific tasks, while the SoC supports up to 64-megapixel camera sensors, and large multi-camera options such as 32-megapixel + 16-megapixel dual cameras. MediaTek is also touting multi-frame 4K video HDR capabilities, and support for up to 90Hz full-HD resolution displays.

Will OnePlus Concept One be the most exciting announcement from CES 2020? We discussed this on Orbital, our weekly technology podcast, which you can subscribe to via Apple Podcasts or RSS, download the episode, or just hit the play button below.

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Enhancing FISH Diagnostics with DSS Image Tech Instruments

Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH) is a pivotal technique in molecular diagnostics, enabling researchers and clinicians to identify genetic abnormalities with remarkable accuracy. DSS Image Tech, a leader in advanced diagnostic solutions, offers state-of-the-art instruments and reagents for FISH diagnostics, setting new standards in precision and efficiency.

What is FISH and Why is It Important?

FISH is a molecular cytogenetic technique used to detect and localize the presence or absence of specific DNA sequences on chromosomes. It plays a crucial role in:

Cancer Diagnostics: Identifying genetic markers linked to cancer progression.

Genetic Disorders: Detecting chromosomal abnormalities in prenatal and postnatal diagnostics.

Research Applications: Assisting in studies of gene mapping and structural variations.

DSS Image Tech’s Innovative FISH Instruments

DSS Image Tech offers cutting-edge tools designed to enhance the precision of FISH diagnostics. Key features include:

High Sensitivity and Accuracy: DSS instruments ensure precise hybridization, minimizing errors.

Automated Workflow: Simplified processes increase throughput and reduce manual intervention.

User-Friendly Interface: Designed for ease of use, making complex diagnostics accessible.

These instruments cater to laboratories of all scales, ensuring that professionals have reliable tools to deliver accurate results.

FISH Reagents by DSS Image Tech

In addition to instruments, DSS provides a comprehensive range of FISH reagents, ensuring compatibility and consistent performance. Their reagents:

Offer superior signal-to-noise ratios.

Enable reproducible results across diverse sample types.

Meet rigorous quality standards for clinical and research applications.

Advantages of DSS FISH Solutions

Time-Efficient Diagnostics: Streamlined processes allow for faster turnaround times.

Cost-Effectiveness: Optimized resource utilization reduces operational costs.

Wide Applications: From oncology to genetic counseling, DSS solutions support various diagnostic needs.

Applications in Clinical and Research Settings

DSS FISH diagnostics empower professionals in:

Oncology: Identifying HER2 amplifications or ALK rearrangements in tumors.

Prenatal Screening: Detecting aneuploidies like trisomy 21.

Genetic Counseling: Providing actionable insights for inherited conditions.

Why Choose DSS Image Tech?

With a commitment to innovation, DSS Image Tech combines expertise and technology to revolutionize diagnostics. Their focus on quality, precision, and customer support makes them a trusted partner in molecular diagnostics.

Conclusion

Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH) continues to transform diagnostics, and DSS Image Tech remains at the forefront of this evolution. By offering advanced instruments and high-quality reagents, DSS empowers laboratories to achieve precision in genetic analysis.

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Best of Google Database

Google Cloud Database By

Google provides 2 different types of databases i.e google database

Relational

No-SQL/ Non-relational

Google Relational Database

In this google have 2 different products  .

Cloud SQL

Cloud Spanner

Common uses of this relational database are like below

Compatibility

Transactions

Complex queries

Joins

Google No-SQL/ Non-relational Database

In this google provide 4 different types of product or databases

Cloud BigTable

Cloud Firestore

Firebase Realtime database

Cloud Memorystore

 Common uses cases for this is like below

TimeSeries data

Streaming

Mobile

IoT

Offline sync

Caching

Low latency

Google relational Databases

Cloud SQL

It is Google fully managed service that makes easy to setup MySQL, PostgreSQL and SQL server databases in the cloud.

Cloud SQL is a fully-managed database service that makes easy to maintain, Manage and administer database servers on the cloud.

The Cloud SQL offers high performance, high availability, scalability, and convenience.

This Cloud SQL takes care of managing database tasks that means you only need to focus on developing an application.

Google manage your database so we can focus on our development task. Cloud SQL is perfect for a wide variety of applications like geo-hospital applications, CRM tasks, an eCommerce application, and WordPress sites also.

Features of Cloud SQL

Focus on our application: managing database is taken care of by google so we can focus on only application development.

Simple and fully managed: it is easy to use and it automates all backups, replication, and patches and updates are having 99.955 of availability anywhere in the world. The main feature of Cloud SQL is automatic fail-over provides isolation from many types of infrastructure hardware and software. It automatically increases our storage capacity if our database grows.

Performance and scalability: it provides high performance and scalability up to 30 TB of storage capacity and 60,000 IOPS and 416Gb of ram per instance. Having 0 downtimes.

Reliability and Security: As it is google so security issue is automatically resolved but the data is automatically encrypted and Cloud SQL is SSAE 16, ISO 27001 and PCI DSS v3.0 compliant and supports HIPAA compliance so you can store patient data also in Cloud SQL.

Cloud SQL Pricing:

Google Cloud SQL Pricing -Image From Official Google Site

Cloud Spanner

It is a fully managed scalable relational database service for regional and global application data.

Cloud spanner is the first database who takes advantage of relational database and non-relational database.

It is enterprise-grade, globally distributed and strongly consistent database service which built for cloud and it combines benefits of relational and non-relational horizontal scale.

By using this combination you can deliver high-performance transactions and strong consistency across rows, regions and continent.

Cloud spanner have high availability of 99.999% it has no planned downtime and enterprise-grade security.

Google Cloud Spanner Features:- Image from official google site

Features of Cloud Spanner:

Scale+SQL:– in today’s world most database fail to deliver consistency and scale but at their, Cloud Spanner comes what it means? It means Cloud Spanner provides you advantage of relational database structure and not relational database scale and performance feature with external consistency across rows, regions and continents.

Cloud spanner scales it horizontally and serves data with low latency and along with that it maintains transactional consistency and industry-leading availability means 99.999%. It can scale up arbitrarily large database size means what It provides it avoids rewrites and migrations.

Less Task– it means google manage your database maintenance instead of you. If you want to replicate your database in a few clicks only you can do this.

Launch faster: it Is relational database with full relational semantics and handles schema changes it has no downtime. This database is fully tested by google itself for its mission-critical applications.

Security and Control:- encryption is by-default and audit logging, custom manufactured hardware and google owned and controlled global network.

Multi-language support means support c#, Go, Java, Php, Python and Ruby.

Pricing for Cloud Spanner:

Google Cloud Spanner Pricing – Image from official google site

Non-relational Database by Google

BigTable

This Bigtable database is created by Google, it is compressed, high performance and proprietary data storage system which is created by Google and is built on top of google file system, LevelDB and other few google technologies.

This database development is starting in 2004 and now it is widely used by google like web indexing,google maps, google book search and google earth, blogger, google code, youtube.

The google is designed its own database because they need high scalability and better control over performance.

Bigtable is like wide column store. It maps 2 arbitrary string values which are row key and column key and timestamp for 3-dimensional mappings into an arbitrary byte array.

Remember it is not a relational database and it is more kind of sparse, distributed multi-dimensional sorted map.

BigTable is designed to scale in petabyte range across hundreds and thousands of machines and also to add additional commodity hardware machines is very easy in this and there is no need for reconfiguration.

Ex.

Suppose google copy of web can be stored in BigTable where row key is what is domain URL and Bigtable columns describe various properties of a web page and every column holds different versions of webpage.

He columns can have different timestamped versions of describing different copies of web page and it stores timestamp page when google retrieves that page or fetch that page.

Every cell in Bigtable has zero or timestamped versions of data.

In short, Bigtable is like a map-reduce worker pool.

A google cloud Bigtable is a petabyte-scale, fully managed and it is NoSQL database service provided by Google and it is mainly for large analytical and operational workloads.

Features Of Google Cloud BigTable:

It is having low latency and massively scalable NoSQL. It is mainly ideal for ad tech, fin-tech, and IoT. By using replication it provides high availability, higher durability, and resilience in the face of zonal failures. It is designed for storage for machine learning applications.

Fast and Performant

Seamless scaling and replication

Simple and integrated- it means it integrates easily with popular big data tools like Hadoop, cloud dataflow and Cloud Dataproc also support HBase API.

Fully Managed- means google manage the database and configuration related task and developer needs only focus on development.

Charges for BigTable- server: us-central

Google Bigtable Pricing- Image from official google site

Cloud Firestore

It is mainly serverless. Cloud Firestore is fast and serverless and fully managed and cloud-native NoSQL. It is document database which simplifies our storing data, syncing data and querying data from your IoT devices, mobile devices or web at global scale. It also provides offline support and its security features and integration with firebase and googles cloud platform.

Cloud Firestore features are below:

You can increase your development velocity with serverless: Is a cloud-native database and Cloud Firestore provides automatic scaling solution and it takes that advantage from googles powerful infrastructure. It provides live synchronization and offline support and also supports ACID properties for hundreds of documents and collections. From your mobile you can directly talk with cloud Firestore.

Synchronization of data on different devices: Suppose client use the different platform of your app means mobile, tab, desktop and when it do changes one device it will automatically reflected other devices with refresh or firing explicit query from user. Also if your user does offline changes and after while he comes back these changes sync when he is online and reflected across.

Simple and effortless: Is robust client libraries. By using this you can easily update and receive new data. You can scale easily as your app grows.

Enterprise-grade and scalable NoSQL: It is fast and managed NoSQL cloud database. It scales by using google infrastructure with horizontal scaling. It has built-in security access controls for data and simple data validations.

Pricing of Google Cloud Firestore:

Google Cloud Firestore Pricing – Image from official googles site

FireBase

By tag line, it stores and sync data real-time. It stores data in JSON format. Different devices can access the same database.

It is also optimized for offline use and is having strong user-based security. This is also cloud-hosted database with a NoSQL database. It syncs In real-time across all clients and remains available if you go offline.

Capabilities of FireBase:

Realtime

Offline

Accessible from client devices

Scales across multiple databases: Means if you have blaze plan and your app go grow very fast and you need to scale your database so you can do in same firebase project with multiple database instances.

Firebase allows you to access the database from client-side code directly. Data is persisted locally and offline also in this realtime events are continuous fires by using this end-user experiences realtime responsiveness. When the client disconnected data is stored locally and when he comes online then it syncs with local data changes and merges automatically conflicts.

Firebase designed only to allow operations that can execute quickly.

Pricing of Firebase

Google Firebase pricing-image from official google site

Cloud MemoryStores

This is an in-memory data store service for Redis. It is fully managed in-memory data store service which is built for scalability, security and highly available infrastructure which is managed by Google.

It is very much compatible with Redis protocol so it allows easy migration with zero code changes. When you want to store your app data in sub-millisecond then you can use this.

Features of Cloud memory stores:

It has the power of open-source Redis database and googles provide high availability, failure and monitoring is done by google

Scale as per your need:- by using this sub-millisecond latency and throughput achieve. It supports instances up to 300 Gb and network throughput 12 Gbps.

It is highly available- 99.9% availability

Google grade security

This is fully compatible with Redis protocol so your open-source Redis move to cloud memory store without any code change by using simple import and export feature.

Price for Cloud MemoryStore:

Google Cloud Memorystore price – image from official site of google

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Could Cryptocurrency Be a Red Flag for U.S. Workers Seeking Security Clearances?

Technology and military experts suggest that candidates for defense jobs may not be able to obtain a necessary security clearance if they own Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies. 

The Struggle for Tech Talent in the Defense Sector

The Pentagon is struggling to hire new tech talent. Unlike the private sector, the Department of Defense and certain other government agencies require a candidate to obtain necessary security clearances in order to be hired. This leaves a very shallow pool of tech candidates. Now a new question has arisen that could drain that pool even further.

Is Owning Cryptocurrencies a Potential Security Risk?

A recent article by Bloomberg Quint reports that the Defense Department and other agencies are debating whether owning cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum or Ripple may trigger a red flag for a security clearance. According to the report, there are currently around 4 million individuals that have some form of security clearance.

The director of the PNC Center for Financial Services Innovation at Carnegie Mellon University, Param Vir Singh, stated:

There are a lot of good things about cryptocurrencies, but at the same time there are these security risks. Think about a knife: It could be used for good things and it can be used for bad things as well.

Experts fear that workers could, in theory, sell classified and highly sensitive US information to enemies anonymously using cryptocurrencies. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis has set cyberspace operations as Pentagon’s top priority. Singh fears that if the US government decides that owning cryptocurrencies is a security risk, it could have a “huge negative impact” on the industry.

Retired Air Force general Greg Touhill stated following regarding the situation:

If we’re going to say that if you’ve got a Bitcoin or another digital currency account that could be a signal or shoot up a red flag for a security clearance, guess what? Those people aren’t going to sit around waiting to try to onboard for a government job.

He also noted:

It would grow the backlog considerably, in my view.

The Defense Security Service published a statement on its website regarding the classification of cryptocurrencies.

There is no current Department of Defense guidance related to the reporting of ownership of cryptocurrencies. DSS is working with DoD policy offices for further clarification and once such guidance is issued, DSS will ensure the widest dissemination to industry.

Some analysts believe that Bitcoin could be considered a foreign currency and thus may be required to be stated on the SF-86 security form.

What are your thoughts on cryptocurrency ownership potentially triggering a red flag for a security clearance? Do you think that the DoD may class ownership of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple or other cryptocurrencies as a risk? Let us know in the comments below! 

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Unless you're from another planet then I'm sure you know we at Techknowng gives the best tips for Android smartphones, Lifehacks and all things tech.

Today on our top 5, we are sharing 5 very useful apps you don't know about.

1. Shazam

Shazam is one of the world’s most popular apps, used by hundreds of millions of people each month to instantly identify music that’s playing and see what others are discovering. All for free.

And that’s just the beginning: One-tap access to video clips, song lyrics, related tracks and streaming services, where you can listen to your Shazams in full or buy them. 

Top artists like Wizkid, Davido, Adele, Kendrick Lamar, Efe (of course I love him) Demi Lovato, are using Shazam to find new music, and you can follow them to share in the thrill of discovery. 

What's interesting about shazam

MUSIC DISCOVERY

• Identify music with one tap

• Sing along to songs with music lyrics, or watch their videos

• Preview songs and add them to Spotify playlists**

• Shazam Offline: Identify music even when you’re not connected!*

• Check out recommended tracks to find new music

• Stay in the loop with Shazam’s real-time charts

• Simply log in to sync all your Shazams across all devices

• Launch Pandora radio based on artists you Shazam**

• Buy your Shazamed songs in Google Play Music with just one tap

CONNECT & SHARE 

• See what your friends are Shazaming when you connect your Facebook account

• Follow your favourite artists to see what they’re Shazaming

• Share your discoveries through Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Pinterest, Google+ and more…

MORE THAN MEETS THE EAR

• Shazam visual recognition: Tap the camera icon to Shazam posters, magazines, books and so much more! Use it anywhere where you see the Shazam camera logo

• Visual recognition also works as a QR code reader

• Launch Shazam on your Android Wear smartwatch to see the artist and song appear.

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2. Zoto

ZotoPartner app helps you in getting extra income from your customers and growing your business easier than before. By allowing business in Nigeria to recharge airtime for their customers ( Airtel, Etisalat, Glo, MTN) every day, ZotoPartner is successfully helping businesses to provide extra services to their customers.

Recharge airtime 24x7, in less than 5 seconds. Get commissions instantly and attractive rewards with every recharge. Fast. Safe. Secure. Use Your Own Phone. It’s free to download on your own Android device

How it Works? Switch on the ZotoPartner app whenever you want to recharge airtime for your customers. Just enter the mobile number and amount to recharge and get recharge done in less than 5 seconds. Get paid / earn commission instantly for airtime recharge.

How to get started?

- Download the app on your phone and fill in the details required to start the registration process. - One of our super quick agents will contact you in the next 1 hour after your registration process. - Once you are registered and approved, recharge and earn commissions whenever you want.

KEY FEATURES

- 100% Secure: ZotoPartner is PCI-DSS certified and one of the few secure recharge applications. All your transactions are 128 bit SSL secured with trust seal from industry leaders such as VeriSign

- Great customer support to handle any kind of unexpected issues. We promise to get back to you within 24 hours.

- The app is small size, fast and light on your mobile phone and network. Works very well on slow data connections as well. To know more, visit our website www.zoto.com.ng

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3. WPS Office 

WPS Office is the smallest size (less than 35MB) and all-in-one complete free office suite on Android mobile and tablets, integrates all office word processor functions: Word, PDF, Presentation, Spreadsheet , Memo and Docs Scanner in one application, and fully compatible with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Google Doc and Adobe PDF format.

The aim of WPS Office is to provide you one-stop working solution since 1989. Various of office tools and unique and intuitive UI design ensures you enjoy the best mobile office experience. You could easy to do all office word processing on-the-go on phone, tablet and other portable devices. WPS Office allows you can create, view, edit and share office word documents and homework as handy as you need while out of office, in class,traveling, before bedtime or whenever and wherever you want.

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All-in-one Complete Free Office Suite App • Integrate with Memo, Document, Spreadsheet, Presentation and PDF • Fully compatibility with Microsoft Office( Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Txt), Google Docs, Sheets, Slide, Adobe PDF and OpenOffice.

Free PDF Converter, PDF Reader and PDF Editor • Convert all office docs ( word, text, excel, PowerPoint,doc ) to PDFs • Scan paper docs to PDFs/images using mobile camera • Support PDFs viewing, Add bookmarks and Annotations Viewing • Support PDF Signature,PDF Extract/Split, PDF Merge, PDF to Word

Make Presentations on-the-go • Dozens of new Presentation layouts, animation and transition effects • Make presentations using WIFI, NFC, DLNA and Miracast • Touch controlled laser pointer, Ink feature lets you draw on slides while in presentation mode

Easy to Use and Powerful Spreadsheets • Complete predefined formulas makes you do basic data and digital operation more conveniently

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Documents Encryption&Recovery • Support documents encryption, keep your office documents &data safe • Easily recover deleted documents in 30 days as you want

Easy to Share/Transfer Documents • Easy to share office documents via WIFI, NFC, DLNA, Email, Instant Messaging, Whatsapp, Telegram, Facebook and Twitter

Fully supports Multi-window mode • Allows you easy to deal with different tasks at the same time

Unique and Intuitive Mobile Office Experience • Special Night Mode and Mobile View mode for Documents viewing and PDFs reading

Supports 51 languages and All Office File Formats • File Formats: doc, docx, wpt,dotm,docm, dot, dotx / xls, xlsx, xlt, xltx, csv, xml , et, ett / PDF / ppt, pot, dps, dpt, pptx, potx, ppsx / txt / log, lrc, c, cpp, h, asm, s, java, asp, bat, bas, prg, cmd, Zip

Ensure Hardware Device’s Power Saving • The unique software coding promises never lagging the operation of your mobile operating system.

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4. Google Classroom 

Classroom is a free service for schools, non-profit organsations and anyone with a personal Google account. Classroom makes it easy for learners and instructors to connect with one another – inside and outside of schools. Classroom saves time and paper, and makes it easy to create classes, distribute assignments, communicate and stay organised. 

Google Classroom Features 

There are many benefits of using Classroom:

• Easy to set up – Teachers can add students directly or share a code with their class to join. It takes just a few minutes to set up.

• Saves time – The simple, paperless assignment workflow allows teachers to create, review and mark assignments quickly, all in one place.

• Improves organisation – Students can see all of their assignments on an assignments page, while all class materials (e.g. documents, photos, videos) are automatically filed into folders in Google Drive.

• Enhances communication – Classroom allows teachers to send announcements and start class discussions instantly. Students can share resources with one another or provide answers to questions on the stream.

• Affordable and secure – Like the rest of G Suite for Education services, Classroom contains no ads, never uses your content or student data for advertising purposes, and is free.

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5. Photomath

Simply point your camera toward a math problem and Photomath will magically show the result with a detailed step-by-step instructions.

Photomath provides:

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Photomath supports arithmetics, integers, fractions, decimal numbers, roots, algebraic expressions, linear equations/inequalities, quadratic equations/inequalities, absolute equations/inequalities, systems of  equations,  logarithms, trigonometry, exponential and logarithmic functions, derivatives and integrals.

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Reliable Drone Technology is Adding Value to Agriculture Industry

A drone is an autonomous and arousing technology that is bringing all the significant changes in several industrial applications. Owing to this innovative technology, many industries are gaining a whole new sky-high perspective. Drones are developed to serve in an endless number of applications - few to mention such as photographic purpose, pro film, business marketing, real estate, search and rescue, security, inspection, land surveying, and many more. Likewise, the agriculture industry is one of the top five industries where drones are serving in multiple applications. In addition to basic functions like spraying fertilizers or seeding, drones help in giving a sky-view to farmers in order to monitor the growth of the field and get a clearer picture of their fields. Adding to it, farmers can sense dried parts of fields and need moisture. Also, spraying fertilizers with the help of drones allow equal and variable rate dispersion, which keeps the fields healthy. Apart from that, agriculture drones is comparatively less expensive than other field tools and equipment.

Factors Supporting the Global Agriculture Drone Market Growth

Reliable drone technology is adding value to the agriculture industry all through the flourishing season, ranging from monitoring crops development all over to before harvest yield prediction as well as planning for the upcoming season. Undoubtedly, the global agricultural drone market is witnessing a consequential growth across the world. The giant ventures capitalist and investors are undertaking high investments in analytics and software start-up companies which functions to digitize the information gathered by a drone. Such start-ups are mainly focused on data analytics software, imaging, and mapping. Attributed to such a major factor, the agriculture drone market is boosting rapidly in the whole worldwide. Other major factors propelling the growth of global agriculture drone market are the number of applications in which drones serves its utility such as allows farmers to monitor the overall field growth and a precise view of growing crops, helps in assessing soil's moisture, fertility, and temperature, ensures crops safety, helps in irrigation and drainage systems and allows planning for harvest and upcoming years.

Moreover, the latest idea of precision farming is proving beneficial for the agriculture sector as well as it is contributing in more and more expansion of the agriculture drone market globally. The idea of precision farming is based on closely observing and monitoring the intra and inter-field volatility of crops. Precision agriculture results in determining a decision support system(DSS) for overall field management, ultimately to optimize returns on inputs as well as maintaining resources. The substantial growth of the concept of precision farming is projected to drive the market growth of agriculture drones across the globe. Apart from it, the continuously increasing demand for food, globally, is also contributing in the rise in demand of healthy crops and field productivity, conclusively enhancing agriculture infrastructure growth and escalating the growth of the global agriculture drone market.

Market Segmentation

The global agriculture drone market is initially segmented on the basis of product into hardware and software and services. Then, the market is divided on the basis of type into Fixed-Wing Drones, Multi-Rotor Drones and Hybrid Drones. Then, the market is segmented on the basis of components into frames, Controller Systems, Propulsion Systems, Camera Systems, Navigation Systems, Batteries, and Other Components (Wires, connectors, power systems, carry cases, sprayers, and sprinklers).

Further, the market is bifurcated on the basis of applications into Precision Farming, Livestock Monitoring, Precision Fish Farming, Smart Greenhouse, and Others (Horticulture, orchids, and forestry applications).

The geographical analysis of the global agriculture drone market is studied for North America, Latin America, Middle East, Asia-Pacific, Africa, and Europe.

Some of the key participating players of the global agriculture drone market are AgEagle Aerial Systems, Agribotix LLC, HoneyComb Corporation, GoPro, Inc., Dow Jones Industrial Average, Parrot SA, PrecisionHawk, Sentera, LLC, Delair Tech SAS, Insitu Pacific Pty. Ltd., Drone AG, and others.

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 768 SoC Launched With 5G Support: Check Full Detail Here

Qualcomm Snapdragon 768 SoC Launched With 5G and 'Elite Gaming' Support: Here Is All Info You Need To Know

Qualcomm Snapdragon 768G increases graphic performance by 15% compared to the Snapdragon 765G.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 768G has been launched, along the revealing of the first smartphone to feature it - the Redmi K30 5G Racing version aka Redmi K30 5G intense version. The 7nm Snapdragon 768G is a comply with-up to the 7nm Snapdragon 765G and aims to make 5G greater accessible globally. Qualcomm says the Snapdragon 768G is designed for “next-degree overall performance that permits clever, immersive gaming reviews with the mixing of really international 5G.” It SoC brings some overall performance upgrades over Snapdragon 765G like higher clock speed and better GPU overall performance.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 768G specifications

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 768G is an octa-core SoC with  Kryo 475 (ARM Cortex-A76) CPU cores. The clock velocity of the top center is up to 2.8GHz, barely quicker than the up to 2.4GHz at the Snapdragon 765G. the second one Kryo 475 middle is clocked at 2.4GHz, Anandtech disclosed, including that the closing 6 cores (ARM Cortex-A55) are clocked at 1.8GHz. In assessment, the Snapdragon 765G's 2nd Kryo 475 middle was clocked at 2.2GHz, at the same time as the six Cortex-A55 cores had the equal 1.8GHz clock velocity.

The Qualcomm Adreno 620 GPU gift inside the Snapdragon 768G offers as much as a fifteen percentage performance boom over the GPU gift inside the Snapdragon 765G. The newer chip additionally helps Adreno updateable GPU drivers, the first 7-series platform to with the support. It has help for 120Hz displays as properly. The Snapdragon 768G comes with Snapdragon Elite Gaming features for smoother gameplay and improved detail. It functions same the Hexagon 696 digital signal processor (DSP) because the Snapdragon 765G.

Qualcomm says the new SoC promises superior gaming overall performance and sensible multi-digital camera abilties. It comes with 5G connectivity and also preserves battery existence.

The Snapdragon X52 5G Modem-RF gadget gift in the Snapdragon 768G helps all key regions and frequency bands “such as 5G mmWave and sub-6 GHz, 5G SA and NSA modes, TDD and FDD with Dynamic Spectrum Sharing (DSS), global 5G roaming and guide for multi-SIM.” this may permit the chipset to connect with 5G networks in a larger number of areas. It supports wireless 802.11ax (wi-fi 6), Qualcomm aptX Adaptive Audio, Bluetooth v5.2, and USB kind-C (v3.1).

In phrases of cameras, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 768G has a Spectra 355 image signal processor (ISP), with up to 192-megapixel digital camera aid. The SoC helps up to 120Hz full-HD+ presentations, and as much as 60Hz QHD+ displays.

The Redmi K30 5G Racing edition aka Redmi 60 5G excessive edition has been released in China with the Snapdragon 768G SoC. The telephone comes with assist for 5G SA/NSA dual-mode, a 120Hz show, and a 64 megapixel number one digital camera.

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Does Your eCommerce Site Accept Mobile Payments?

It wasn’t that long ago when mobile payments were considered a novelty. That’s quickly changed when you consider that by 2020 mobile payment transactions will exceed $314 billion. Even more promising, Vantiv has found that 46 percent of Millennials and 41 percent of Gen Xers already use mobile payments — with 22 percent of Millennials using mobile payments regularly to make purchases. Simply put, mobile payments aren’t going anywhere. As such, if you want to capture a piece of the mobile payment pie, it’s time to start accepting mobile payments on your eCommerce site. But, before you start accepting mobile payments, check out these eleven tips first.

1. Pay Attention to your Demographics

If your business is geared towards Millennials, then it’s a safe bet that they’ll embrace mobile payments — particularly peer-to-peer payments using wallets like Venmo. After all, they’re only the most tech-savvy demographic around. So, it just makes sense for your online business to embrace mobile payments.

At the same time, even if your demographics are older, there’s still an opportunity for you to accept mobile payments on your eCommerce site. The key is that you use the mobile payment option. For example, 22% of PayPal’s user base is aged 55 or older.

2. Align Yourself with the Right App or Software

This is probably the most important tip to keep in mind when accepting mobile payments.

Between our mobile wallet, PayPal, Square, Apple Pay, Samsung Pay, Flint, Checkout by Amazon, PaySimple, and Dwolla, there’s no shortage of top-notch mobile payment options. To narrow down your search, start by looking for options that your customers are already using. This is because they already trust the payment option and don’t have to create a new account.

Additionally, you want to pay attention to factors like processing fees and ease-of-use.

3. Allow Payments without Requiring an Account

Piggybacking off the last point. Do your customers a favor and let them checkout as a guest. I mean do they really need to remember yet another username and password?

Also, since most people are iffy about the security of mobile payments, this reduces that fear.

Furthermore, since your customers are on a mobile device, filling out lengthy forms can be tedious since the screen and keyboard are smaller. Again, if you accept payments via Apple Pay, Amazon, or PayPal, your customers can make a purchase seamlessly.

If you do require additional information, keep it only to the essentials, such as an email address and payment method. Asking for too much information will result in abandoned carts.

4. Leverage Loyalty

“Whether you’re earning cash back, points, or getting offers and coupons from programs such as our Discover Deals platform, your mobile device is now the place to go to get additional value for your purchase,” said Brian Meier, Director of Strategic Merchant Relations at Discover. “Everything a consumer needs to lower transaction costs or speed up the checkout process is now right at their fingertips, and retailers enjoy the benefits of creating closer relationships with their customers.”

The good news is that this can be simple to implement. For example, for every dollar your customer spends at your store, they’ll earn multiple reward points that can put towards a future purchase. You could also make a game of it by giving your customers a chance to win an amazing prize, like a free product.

5. Accept Multiple Billing and Payment Options

According to the 2016 Annual Billing Household Survey, customers use an average of 3.6 different payment methods each month for their bills. What’s more, 42% of smartphone users reported that they’ve paid bills through their phone.

If you want to improve the customer experience, don’t limit your mobile payment options. Allow users to make a purchase using a mobile wallet, credit or debit card, eCheck, or eCash like bitcoin.

6. Pre-Fill Locations

Offering a pre-fill option, which 82% of the top grossing ecommerce sites already offer, will reduce errors and make the checkout precious less redundant. At the minimum, you should have an auto-fill where the address is automatically filled during the checkout process. It’s a simple way to keep your customers satisfied since it saves them a ton of time.

7. Design Mobile-Friendly Clear-to-Action Buttons

Another way to keep your customers happy is by designing mobile-friendly CTAs. This way they can easily and quickly complete the checkout process since they know exactly what to step-by-step.

Here’s a couple of ways to create more effective CTA buttons for your smartphone users:

Keep your messages short and to the point. No need to clutter their smartphone screens.

Use action words that tell what them what to do next and what will happen. This eliminates the guessing game.

Take into consideration “the thumb zone.”

Apple recommends touch screen conversions at 44 x 44 pixels.

Limit your CTAs to just one per given space.

“Stick” your CTAs to the bottom of the page.

Use colors wisely.

8. Make Security a Priority

As mentioned previously, security is one of the main reasons why people are hesitant to use mobile payments. You can reduce those fears by making security a priority.

We already discussed this in a previous Due post, but here’s a refresher on how you can secure mobile payments;

Encrypt all sensitive data.

Use a Virtual Private Network.

Only download files and apps from trusted sources.

No jailbreaking or rooting.

Don’t reveal your IMEI or MEID numbers.

Update your device’s software.

Download anti-virus software.

Don’t forget to verify each transaction by:

Requiring customers to enter their security code or CVV number.

Making sure that there’s an address verification match.

Monitoring customer purchasing patterns for abnormal purchases.

Requiring two-factor authentication.

9. Be Compliant

Speaking of security, if you process any payments online, then you’ll have to adhere to a set of security standards known as the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).

To ensure that your eCommerce site is PCI compliant, visit the official site of the PCI Security Standards Council.

10. Train Your Staff

Whenever you start using new technology, you’ll have to not only train and educate yourself, but also your employees. Start by helping them understand the technology. For starters, when customers use Apple Pay and Android Pay they’re actually transmitting a “token” of data, instead of the customer’s actual credit card number. This is an added layer of security that prevents possible fraudulent activity since the card number isn’t seen.

Additionally, credit card numbers and transaction histories are never held on Apple or Android servers. It’s another security measure that prevents sensitive data from being revealed.

You also want to make sure that your team knows how mobile payments are processed. This way if a customer has a question or concern, your staff can quickly answer or address the question or concern.

11. Let the World Know

Finally, when you’re ready to start accepting mobile payments share the good news. Write a blog post that explains how users can make a mobile payment on your site. And don’t forget to display badges and logos of the mobile payment options you accept throughout your website.

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13 Apr 2018: Facebook - boundaries of data and limits of scale?

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Facebook: boundaries of data and limits of scale?

Mark Zuckerberg has been answering questions at the Senate committee in Washington. Some questions went in the wrong directions (FB doesn’t directly sell user data), much repetition. There’s a definite sense that senators from both parties feel Something Should Be Done about Facebook and perhaps the wider tech industry, and the options might be regulation (which Facebook would probably welcome as it would cement their position as the social media incumbent) or break-up (which FB probably wouldn’t). You’d expect the regulation option might look a bit like the GDPR.

Buuuut where does Your Data start and end? Your messages, yes. Data about when you sent that message (“metadata”), probably. What about data generated by aggregating user behaviour data across the user base and making inferences about what adverts you’d respond to? Is data about your data a different thing? It gets complicated. There are more questions for users: if Facebook changes nothing, will you stop using it? If it started charging, would you pay?

There’s another question, about scale. There aren’t that many technology services with over a billion users/members - Google and Facebook own most of them. How do you manage polities of several billion without unintended negative consequences and some horrible externalities? The evidence from Facebook and non-tech groups at the 2bn scale suggests that it is extremely hard, and perhaps impossible. Maybe there are limits to scale.

Polling this week: by a massive margin, Facebook is the company least trusted with personal information.

Walmart moves

Walmart is partnering with Postmates for grocery delivery in the US.

A rumour that Walmart might beat Amazon to take a stake in Flipkart, India’s largest ecommerce store.

Amazon: home assistants

Amazon is hiring cleaners for its Home Assistants service, which has just launched in Seattle. You could see this fitting in nicely with Amazon’s other home delivery and access control efforts to get into your home. (Amazon already has a marketplace for trade contractors called Amazon Home Services, which is more like a Checkatrade.)

Shopify pays 300 hackers 850k in security bounties

Shopify thanks over 300 hackers, pays $850,000+ to hackers in three years - it makes sense that security testing become an elastic service offered by a marketplace. Question: could you use this data and, say, the PCI DSS specs to benchmark the cost your computer security?

T-Mobile Austria may have been storing user passwords in plaintext - this would be such an infosec no-no.

AI

“When Silicon Valley tries to imagine superintelligence, what it comes up with is no-holds-barred capitalism” - Elon Musk or Bill Gates look in the mirror and see AI in the form of a technology startup, so single-minded that it would ignore unintended consequences and externalities, perhaps inadvertently and indifferently sweeping humanity aside in pursuit of the mission.

Regulation considered helpful: “AI researchers that handle datasets that can result in life or death situations, or at least in very sensitive decision making ones, should have the same framework as doctors (ethics, disbarment, oversight boards etc)”.

UK police are using AI to make custodial decisions - but it could be discriminating against the poor. Algorithms reflect - and you fear amplify - the biases in the data they’re trained on.

Facial recognition AI company Sensetime raised lots of money at a crunchy valuation from ecommerce giant Alibaba.

Chains and decentralised apps

“93% of bitcoins are mined by managed consortiums, yet none of the consortiums use smart contracts to manage payouts. Instead, they promise things like a ‘long history of stable and accurate payouts.’ Sounds like a trustworthy middleman!” - interesting piece on blockchain technology which argues that the core philosophy - that when you can’t trust the actors you can trust the system - of decentralised apps is, er, the weak link in the chain.

There are projects to put Twitter-clones onto the blockchain, which sounds like a terrible thing if it means people shouting at each other but on immutable records.

Are Youtube creators switching to decentralised platforms that are less filtered/censored?

Interesting overview of some “dapps” (decentralised apps) on Ethereum and Blockstack.

French supermarket Carrefour is putting chickens on the blockchain - to improve food safety and make their supply chain more transparent. (Perhaps the immutable record can finally show whether the chicken or egg came first? (sorry).)

Other news

“Get stock while spending with the brands you love” - for the retailer this may be a good way to build brand loyalty. Obviously member-owned organisations already have this mechanism. Another new incentive: Unilever trials ad formats that give to charity if someone watches.

New EU data processing challenges for tech firms on the horizon? - “‘mass indiscriminate processing’ of European citizens’ personal data by US surveillance programs”.

Open Data Manchester’s posters on local social deprivation and political control make the data graspable and thought-provoking.

Farewill is a will service with a pricing model with both up-front and subscription components. And, if you can’t afford it, free.

Two mall owners will bid to save US department store Bon Ton.

Apple is now 100% green energy - in 2010 it was at 16%.

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Ventures - Tue 24 Apr 10am at Federation House 5th floor.

Funeral care - Tue 24 Apr 2pm at Angel Square 12th floor.

Digital update from Heads of Practice - Wed 25 Apr 11.30am at Federation House 5th floor, and 11.45am at Angel Square 13th floor.

Membership - Wed 25 Apr 11.30am at Federation House 6th floor.

Shifts - Thu 26 Apr 11am at Federation House.

TechNW has a useful calendar of events happening in the North West.

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