Weekly Tech Roundup for June 21 2019

“Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.” – Bertrand Russell
“What is now proved was once only imagined.” – William Blake. Every minute, someone comes up with a new idea, someone is implementing it and we all know we haven’t really started yet. Check out these technology trends to find what’s moving the world right now.

We also included some snippets from our daily knowledge development sessions, just to give you a little extra knowledge. After all, knowledge is never enough. Take your time and digest every one of them. The world is fast evolving and so should your mind.


Tech Snippets

WaveApps: Aiding You In Financial Services

Wave is a company that provides a suite of financial services and online software for small businesses. Wave is headquartered in the Leslieville neighborhood in Toronto, Canada. WaveApps is a fast, simple and incredibly capable way of managing your small business accounting online.
WaveApps takes care of: Accounting, Invoices, Payroll. Additionally, WaveApps connects with many banks and credit unions nationally, making it easy to sync transactions and balance your books. – GM


Facebook: Libra Coin Unveiled

Facebook and 38 other tech giants of same caliber introduces the Libra Coin.
A crypto currency built on the blockchain network. New app will be built to power Wallet services. And wallet services will be accessed on Whatsapp and Facebook messengers.. Be in the know.
Crypto is more potent than ever. – OA


Women In Tech: Programming Languages Created By Women

The tech world seems to have been a familiar place for some women way before some of us were born. Women in Tech appear to have been making the heading lines for some good reasons including creating some programming languages.- G


MacBook Pro Battery Hazard

Do you happen to have a MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015) with you in use? You are in bit of danger as Apple is recalling these device as the battery is in danger of exploding on you. It tends to overheat and they are willing to replace the battery for free for you. – EE


How Optic Fibers Work

Cable network transmit information via certain means.. check out optical Fiber Cables and how they work, How light pulses are carried to its destinations. – CC


Are You Clever At Debugging Too?

Everyone knows that debugging is twice as hard as writing a program in the first place. So if you’re as clever as you can be when you write it, how will you ever debug it?
– Brian Kernighan. “The Elements of Programming Style”, 2nd edition, chapter 2. – BN


Adobe’s New AI Detects Manipulated Photos

Adobe, recognizing the usefulness of their creative software (both bad and good use) decided to come out with an AI to help resolve some of these pressures. The AI primarily for detecting fake and manipulated images was able to correctly detect a manipulated image 99% of he time while human was able to detect correctly 53% of manipulated photos. – G


Goggles for Sight, What Next?

With tech, we can be sure to put and end to some limitations in life and give some people a chance to be happy… – G


Knowledge Development Sessions

Brain Control and Stress Management

The brain is one of the most important organs in the human body. It controls all that happens to us so we want to avoid giving unnecessary stress. But how do we manage our everyday life with all the issues without giving our brains to much stress. Join Adebayo Solomon as he gives us tips about brain control and stress management.


About Weekly Tech Roundup by Bincom Dev Center

You probably already know that Bincom ICT‘s core is Best Use of Technology. This initiative is a compilation of some of the things the people at Bincom Dev Center found interesting during the week in review. Bincom Dev Center is the Training & Development Arm of Bincom ICT. In this weekly publication, You will find various pieces ranging from ideas to trends, to random thoughts. They are here because we found them interesting. We also include some knowledge development pieces and where to get more information about these topic. We aim to publish an edition every Friday at 5:00pm (with exception of Holidays). We are working hard to keep ourselves updated and we think you should too! Time for some Shameless Advertising:

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One more thing, Credits for this edition goes to :

  • Contributors: All_of_us @ Bincom Dev Center
  • Compiled by: Ejiofor Ekene
  • Edited by: Osahon Ohomina
  • Senior Responsibility Officer: Bade Adesemowo

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