After a lot of rumors and speculation, Apple finally rolled out the invitations to its October 22 event recently. While the company hasn’t divulged what exactly it aims to unveil at the event, we have a fairly good idea what it’s gonna be. Below is a quick recap of the product launches we are expecting from Apple on October 22.
In the recent past, we have seen a number of tech companies go public. Freelancer, the popular jobs marketplace online, has decided to join the fray. The company has now filed for a $14.2 million IPO, hoping to offer $0.50 AUD shares to the public.
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Search giant Google and space agency NASA launched their Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab in May of this year with hardware from the Canadian quantum computing company D-Wave. At then they just merely said something about the work as well as the long-term goals of Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab. But now, the two organizations have made a 6.5-minute short film to explain Quantum Computing Lab.
In recent months, we have seen a number of DNS poison attacks. These attacks typically involve meddling with the DNS of a given site so that it is redirected by the hackers to a different page. A similar attack has now been used to hack and redirect Google’s Malaysian site.
Google Maps have long allowed users to trace their path between their current location and any given destination. Now, Google Maps for desktop have been updated so that you can get directions for multiple destinations, all at the same time.
It’s been more than two years since Google launched its music streaming service, Play Music All Access, but so far only Android and desktop Web users have been able to tune into the music. But the sources familiar with Google’s plan have mentioned that Google is preparing to launch Play Music All Access for iOS users later this month.
Google has recently brought an update for its GMail app on Android. With this new update, Google is ready to start showing ads in its GMail app on Android smartphones. Google may roll-out this country-by-country.
When Microsoft launched Windows 8, a major concern for the users was the sheer absence of the ‘Start’ button in the OS. Apparently, the company has taken a cue from the customer feedback. The new Windows 8.1 ad dished out by Microsoft hints at the return of ‘Start’ on Windows 8 platform.