Google Maps Android Version Add Follow Features

Google again added new features in its navigation application, Google Maps. This time they added the "follow" feature.

The follow feature is available for Google Maps users on Android. This feature is placed under the description and rating of a place.

With the follow feature, users will get the latest news from favorite places, such as restaurants, shopping centers, cafes, playgrounds and bars. "After you follow a place, you will get news about the program and promos that appear on the tab for you," said Paul Cole, Product Manager of Google Maps, reported by The Verge, Monday (10/29/2018).

Cole said, currently there are 150 million business places registered on Google Maps. He hopes more and more business places are registered on Google Maps. "We will continue to update so that users can more easily interact with their favorite places," he continued.

The follow feature on Google Maps will come gradually on Android. For users who are interested in trying it, make sure to update Google Maps to the latest version.

Whatsapp Users Can Now Send Stickers

Now Whatsapp application users can send stickers in their chats. This Facebook application announced the new feature through its blog on Saturday (10/27).

Users will be able to choose from a variety of stickers, which include tea cup illustrations smiling and broken hearts. The only way is by tapping the new sticker button on their application. Users can also choose the stickers they want to share in their chat.

Whatsapp announced, the sticker feature will be available for Android and IoS users in the coming weeks. Not all users can enjoy this feature. Android users need to get version 2.18.329 from Whatsapp and Iphone users must update the application to version 2.18.100.

Whatsapp also stated, will launch a sticker package made by their own designers as well as choices by other artists. Support for third-party sticker packages has also been added to the application to allow designers and developers from around the world to make their own stickers.

"To do this, we have included a set of APIs and interfaces that allow you to create a sticker application that adds stickers to Whatsapp on Android or Ios," Whatsapp wrote on Channel News Asia on Sunday (10/28).

Republika Soft Launching the Ihram Application

Republika's Ihram application that focuses on Hajj and Umrah information has an effort in the process of transparent and accountable hajj and umrah departure. Now the Ihram application offers various Umrah travel packages.

Pilgrims can easily choose a safe Umrah departure package. Because, there have been many incidents of potential pilgrims who failed to leave due to being deceived by travel or prospective pilgrims have paid in full but did not leave for the Holy Land.

"So this application is for Muslims who want to worship Umrah more easily and safely. We can create an application that hopefully can be used," Republika President Director Agus Yusron said in the soft launching of the Ihram Application at Republika Office, South Jakarta, Thursday (25/10).

Republika's Ihram Project Manager, Suherdi Riki, said this application was a development of the previous Ihram application. The application that launched today is the second stage by including e-commerce functions, namely the Hajj and Umrah package transactions.

Republika will notify prospective pilgrims to make payments. However, Republika will hold the payment. The payment reaches the travel hand after the pilgrims depart by travel.

Snapdragon 675 Strengthens Gaming Phones and Triple Cameras

Today, many new trends are present in the smartphone market. In fact, recently Samsung presented innovative camera features on its mid-ranged cellphone, as seen on the Galaxy A7 and A9.

Based on this, Qualcomm seems to be laying the groundwork for other OEMs to adopt it on mid range phones with the Snapdragon 675 chipset. Reporting from the Slashgear page, Tuesday (10/23/2018) this will promise the processing power needed to implement these features.

Chipsets can do this, thanks to Qualcomm Spectra 200 Image Signal Processor (ISP). Naturally, System-on-Chip also supports AI which has become inherently tied to the camera as well.

Not only that, the chipset will also support gaming. As is known, one of the rising sub-markets in the smartphone industry seems to be a smartphone game.

Razer Phone, ASUS ROG, and several other gaming phones often use the latest high-end Snapdragon chipsets. To provide mobile mid-range fighting opportunities, the latest Snapdragon 675 processor promises to provide higher frame rates for smoother graphics.

No Power Bank, Don't Worry Cellphone Batteries Out

The use of cellphones in large cities, such as Jakarta, has become part of the basic needs of the population.

However, often the convenience of using a cellphone is damaged due to small things, such as the condition of a used battery. In fact, cellphones are a vital means of supporting the smooth running of business for modern society of productive age.

This is a business opportunity for one of the Indonesian start-up companies PT Jalan Tetap Saja (ReCharge) to provide application-based power bank rental services.

Dick Listijono, co-founder and chief executive officer of Recharge, said that Recharge has 200 recharge stations or machines to hire power banks in more than 100 strategic locations in Greater Jakarta. "We are application-based power bank tenants," he said.

The machine is generally located in shopping centers, offices, or other crowded places. For consumers who want to borrow a power bank, they can download the application in the recharge station machine.

Payment transactions can be done online or offline. For consumers who borrow, are charged Rp. 10 thousand for 24 hours.

Whatsapp Do Updates for iOS Devices

Whatsapp made an application update for iOS devices namely version 2.18.100. A number of significant changes, ranging from notifications, voice messages, to replying to messages with documents or pictures.

The latest version of Whatsapp now supports or is compatible with iOS 12, and support has been expanded, including for iPhone Xs, Xs Max, and Xr, according to WaBetaInfo, Monday (10/23).

Not only can you reply (reply) messages with text, images, GIFs, and videos, this latest version can also reply with documents, voice messages, locations and vCards. WhatsApp will also bring a new feature called Notification Extension, which allows you to view images or GIF files, as well as videos.

Then, if the user receives more than one voice message, after playing the first message, the next messages will be rotated automatically in sequence.

VW and Renault Pelopori Use 5G Wi-Fi in Cars

The European Commission immediately approved the rules for using Wi-Fi in cars. This is in line with the steps of Volkswagen (VW) and Renault which are pioneers in the investment of 5G device technology in vehicles.

European Union leaders will announce the bill next month, pending input from member states before implementing it next year, Reuters reported on Friday. The decision is very important for automakers and telecommunications operators and equipment makers because the internet-connected car market is expected to make billions of euros per year of money.

Currently, several connected car models are available in Europe. Policy makers in Blue Continent rushed to make rules that encourage cooperation between producers to produce safer and more efficient cars through these regulations.

The presence of legal protection and technical specifications that become standard on 5G connected cars not only benefits manufacturers, but also convinces consumers to buy the new technology vehicle. The draft rule obtained by Reuters is claimed to open the way for cars that are equipped with Wi-Fi called ITS-G5 to start working in Europe next year.

Could it be that traffic lights are no longer needed

Could it be that traffic lights are no longer needed in the future? May be. This became a new idea from Ford as part of a program funded by the South British government. Launched through Autoblog, Ford is developing vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) navigation concept technology.

This technology will make the car will not collide or stop completely. Ford shows the Priority Management Intersection concept along Milton Keynes Road, which is about 55 miles northwest of London. Ford assured the concept of an 'intelligent crossing', where the car can pass through the intersection safely without having to stop.

However, this technology is still limited between one Ford vehicle technology and another in reading the location of each car. V2V technology is able to read the direction of travel and the speed of the car so that it will suggest the maximum rate so as not to collide with other vehicles at the intersection. Cars also don't need to stop completely when they get traffic lights.

This experiment uses a car with a driver behind the wheel. This application is intended for autonomous vehicles. Later, technology will make road users no longer have to be stuck in traffic lights. Because, based on data drivers in the United States (US) spend 59 hours per year waiting for traffic lights.

Google Chrome Warns Users to Prevent Harmful Sites

Google Chrome can be said to be the most popular internet software today. The browser competes with Firefox and Microsoft Edge for monthly users.

The latest version of Google Chrome, 70, is expected to be released on October 16 and will give a warning to websites that are believed to be unsafe by the browser.

Earlier in May, the technology company outlined its plan to mark the HTTP website as "unsafe". The decision is part of Google's initiative to move the site to HTTPS format.

HTTPS is an encryption standard that provides safer connections between users and online pages, as revealed by Express on Sunday (10/14/2018).

The current Chrome version, 69, has marked web pages using the HTTPS format with keys to show that they are trusted.

However, Chrome 70 will better distinguish between HTTPS and HTTP by labeling the latter as "unsafe" next to the page URL.

BlackRock, Future Economic Forecasting Robot

The role of robots is increasingly felt in the economy. Business Insider reports, said, a giant investment company, BlackRock, realized investors' doubts to invest money. Often stockholders calibrate their economic prospects independently.

BlackRock is aware of this as an aid that can be solved with technology. Companies with a total investment value of 6.3 trillion US dollars offer an exclusive indicator in the form of BlackRock Macro Global Positioning System (GPS).

The role of the robot machine is to predict future economic forecasts and provide information for investors to be considered. Officially, the tool is able to show the forecast of gross domestic product (GDP) for the next 12 months. The prediction is able to survive within three months. In other words, robotic machines help shareholders make decisions about potential economic shifts.

BlackRock Macro GPS specifically looks at indicators, such as stock activities, survey data, and others related to investment. Then GPS will look for models that can be developed by banking institutions to other financial institutions. Currently, GPS is working using the 'Big Data' indicator. The model works using quantitative techniques in processing large amounts of data to make the main analysis.

"We often get conflicting signals from one another," said Head of Economic Research and BlackRock Market Jean Boivin.

Huawei Announces Latest Chip with AI Technology

Huawei expanded its artificial intelligence technology (AI) by launching the latest AI chip, Ascend 910 and Ascend 310. This was conveyed directly by Huawei Chairman Eric Xu in the title of Huawei Connect 2018 at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Center.

Reporting from the Korea Times page, Wednesday (10/10/2018) Xu said that the Ascend 910 chip is able to help data centers to process more data in a faster amount of time than other AI chips.

In addition, the Ascend 3100 which will be used as an IoT device (Internet of Things) has efficiency for low power consumption.

He also added the two chips will be available on the market in the second quarter of next year. Previously, in September 2018 Huawei had introduced Huawei Cloud EI's AI enterprise service platform and the open AI mobile platform Huawei HiAI in April.

Along with the presence of the Ascend chip, Xu said Huawei would be able to provide a full AI business portfolio.

"The full stack is about our technology functionality. Our complete portfolio includes chips, chip activation, training and inference frameworks, and application empowerment," Xu said.

Instagram Use Machine Learning Technology Detect Negative Posts

Many negative things are spread in various social media, such as harassment, unpleasant words, controversial uploads to bullying. This seems to be very much considered by Instagram, which is a platform for sharing video moments, photos and even commenting on a post.

Reported by Ubergizmo, Wednesday (10/10/2018), Instagram is reportedly currently introducing learning features in its application to prevent negative comments from posting. This was previously done by Facebook which has a detection engine against negative things in the application.

Facebook acts in terms of handling inappropriate photos such as pornography and controversial uploads which will later be detected and cannot be uploaded.

The company in this case claims that the machine does not mean that it will automatically pick up posts like that, but rather will be proactive in marking so that human moderators can take faster, where such posts can be lowered much faster than before.

Tips for the Power of the Cellphone to be Filled Quickly

In everyday life, you may often use cellphones for every activity carried out. However, if in an emergency situation your device runs out of power, it will become an annoying thing even more so if the charge lasts a long time.

Reported by Android Pit, there are a number of tips that you can pay attention to in order to charge the device faster.

1. Use the right Charger

First you have to be selective in choosing the right charger for your device. Look at some aspects such as ampere strength and authenticity.

It should be noted, charging the power connected to a PC or laptop is wrong, in addition to slowing down battery charging it will also trigger a virus that will spread on the smartphone.

2. Use Airplane Mode

Tips for Identifying Fake News on Social Media

Fake news has become an alarming phenomenon throughout the world. Moreover, ahead of the general elections in Indonesia, the spread of false news began to flourish on social media.

Facebook, as one of the most social networks with users in Indonesia, is committed to participating in combating the spread of false news. "We want to ensure that people have access to reliable and accurate information on Facebook," Facebook Indonesia said in a written statement received in Jakarta on Monday (8/10).

"Therefore, we are very serious in handling the spread of false news and have put in place efforts to fight misinformation as one of our top priorities," continued Facebook. In an effort to reduce the spread of false news, Facebook uses technology and content review teams, and conducts various educational programs around news literacy.

Here are some tips from Facebook that can be practiced to identify fake news circulating on social media.

Be skeptical of the title

Fake news stories often have bombastic titles with capital letters with exclamation points. If the title seems shocking and untrustworthy, then it's likely that it is.

Yahoo Together Replace Messenger

Yahoo apparently set up an instant messaging replacement for Yahoo Messenger which they closed this year because of the lack of interest. His successor is called Yahoo Together.

Quoted from the Phone Arena page, Friday (5/10), Yahoo Together claimed not to imitate chat applications that are already on the market, including Slack, however, at a glance the appearance of the Yahoo application interface is similar to Slack.

Yahoo Together provides a standard message sharing application function, however, it has not yet offered voice calls, it is believed that one day this platform will support this function.

Yahoo Together was developed by the same team that made Messenger, this application was present in a beta version called Yahoo Squirrel, available in Android and iOS versions.

The user must log in from a Yahoo account, but, still be able to invite people who do not have an account on the platform through unique code that must be entered by the person invited when registering.

Hackers Cannot Login Account Medsos Connect with Facebook

Facebook experienced hacking cases on 50 million accounts of its users recently. The company also provides further updates on the incident.

He said that if he is currently conducting an investigation and trying to offer guarantees to its users.

Reporting from the Beta News page, Wednesday (03/10/2018), Facebook confirmed that hackers cannot access other accounts connected with Facebook, as well as systems that allow it to enter accounts and other services with Facebook credentials.

This was revealed by Vice President of Product Management, Guy Rosen in his blog post.

He continued, "We are now analyzing our logs for all third-party applications installed or entered during the attack we found last week. The investigation has so far not found evidence that attackers accessed any application using Facebook Login".

Rosen also explained if developers using the Facebook SDK and everyone who regularly checks the validity of their user access tokens will be automatically protected when Facebook resets people's access.

New Features, Can Watch Youtube on Whatsapp

After releasing the updated version 2.18.234, Whatsapp will immediately provide the latest update to version 2.18.301 which includes a new Picture in Picture feature.

What can be done with the Picture in Picture feature? With this new feature, users can directly watch (view) videos from other platform links sent by friends.

Thanks to the new Picture in Picture mode, you can play videos hosted on Youtube, Facebook, Instagram and streaming right on Whatsapp, according to WaBetaInfo, quoted Wednesday (3/10).

When the user sends or receives a link from one of the video sharing services or other social media, the user can play the video directly on Whatsapp in Picture in Picture Mode. Simply tap the play (play) icon, Whatsapp will display the video in Picture in Picture mode so you can still navigate in the chat when playing the video.

Unfortunately, Picture in Picture (PiP) will disappear if you switch to another chat. But, this is not the case on the iOS operating system, so updates are expected to come for Android to fix this small problem.

This is the Best Processor for Gaming Laptops, Anything

Laptop manufacturers are starting to launch special gaming laptops. This is in line with the growing popularity of games and eSport.

Special gaming laptops certainly have qualified specifications that are different from ordinary laptops. Graphic components and motherboards, RAM, and storage are some important components.

Likewise with the processor which is the main support power. Then what is the best processor for gaming laptops today? The following is as quoted from the Digital Trends page, Monday (1/10/2018).

1. Processor for Intermediate Level Games

The most popular processors today are Intel and AMD Ryzen. In this category, Intel Core i7-8700K and AMD Ryzen 7 2700X are the right choices. Both have a price range of USD200 to USD400.

Furthermore, Intel chips are slightly better on software with a lower number of threads. This is thanks to higher clock speeds and different architectures.

UNS Students Make Application Check Fruit Maturity

Students of the Sebelas Maret University (UNS) Surakarta created an application called Perfect. This application is to help farmers know the condition of their crops.

Perfect application creator Ratih Rachmatika said that Perfect stands for 'perishable food maturity and freshness detector'. Perfect is an android based application that is able to identify the level of fruit maturity and freshness.

He said the application was made to improve the quality of exports of food products that are not durable in Indonesia. The excellence of Perfect is equipped with three features at once, namely perfect maturity, perfect fresh food, and perfect fertilizer.

According to him, perfect maturity is useful for identifying fruit maturity. "While 'perfect fresh food' to measure fruit freshness and 'perfect fertilizer' can be used by farmers to determine the appropriate fertilizer dose when planting fruit," he said.

He said how to use the application is very easy, namely the fruit you want to check is enough to be photographed using a cellphone camera. Furthermore, the results of the photo are cut to minimize the resolution of the image so that it is easier to determine the level of maturity and freshness of the fruit based on the fruit's skin color image.