Weekly Tech Roundup for June 23 2018 – The World is changing, can you keep up?

by Bincom Dev Center · Published June 22, 2018 · Updated June 26, 2018

We are in a fast evolving world where everything is constantly changing and developers are working round the clock to discover better ways to implement changes. To ensure you don’t get lost or left behind, You would have to consciously keep up with Trends.

We have been doing that at Bincom Dev Center. We are also making it easy for you to do. This week and as always, we compiled some Tech Trends that may blow your mind. We also included some snippets from our daily knowledge development sessions. Take your time and digest every one of them. The world is fast evolving and so should your mind.

TRENDS

The Reality of Mind Control
Imagine typing without a keyboard, in fact in thin air. Imagine snapping your fingers to control your device (any device) , this is not a scene from Star wars this is technology that exists today – BA

Microsoft Edge
Switch to Microsoft edge and increase your device battery life – SS

Tinder now tracks a match using your location
Tinder is not here for jokes as they introduce a new feature that tracks your location for better match. – OO

UBeam introduces Wireless Charging for your Smart Phone
The future of wireless charging is already here UBeam claims to have developed a way to charge electronic devices using ultrasonic waves, for truly cord-less charging regardless of what surface your smart phone is touching. – OO

Samsung’s Bixby to match Alexa and Google Assistant
This is something to anticipate knowing that Samsung would prefer customers to use its Bixby voice assistant and I personally hope Bixby 2.0 should help match Alexa and Google Assistant. – OR

PHP 7 Top Features
So what makes PHP 7 so special? Let’s take a look at the top 5 features. – TKO

WordPress’ Core Plugin to aid Customized layouts
WordPress is working on a Post Layout editor that may come as a core plugin in the future release of WordPress. It is a very useful tool if you need to make customized layouts in your WordPress post.I however disagree that this should go in the core of WordPress. Shouldn’t this be simply be a plugin instead? – BA

Facebook’s New Dating Feature
Facebook’s announcement about the “Dating Feature” might not make a difference to you but Match Group Financial Analyst would say different as shares drop by 17% – SO

VPS in place of GPS
Forget GPS, welcome VPS. – OO

Machine learning expert with Google AutoML

Did you think becoming a Machine Learning Expert of the next big thing as a Career Path? Think again! The machines are becoming the machine learning expert with this Google AutoML. – B.A

Union Bank launches Robotics Technology
Union Bank launches robotics technology to automate banking processes claiming it’d make processes faster and more efficient. – S.O

Knowledge Development

Website Creation Using WordPress

By Buchi O

WordPress is web software you can use to create a beautiful website or blog.
It is a free and open-source content management system based on PHP and MySQL.
There are also a huge number of designers, developers & bloggers who share their knowledge through blog posts, tutorials, reviews, videos and the creation of thousands of themes & plugins.
WordPress powers a staggering amount of websites. In fact, it powers over 29% of the whole web! Everything from personal blogs to large corporate websites. Read full post Here

Smart Work Vs Hard Work

By Nnaemeka Nwosu

Hard work involves commitment, involvement and seriousness. Working hard also means working honestly.

Smart work – through brain and mind (Accomplishes the same goal as hard work but with less sweat.)
Hard work – through physic (Involves lots of strain and stress)
Smart working does not mean you start avoiding hard work “There is no substitute for hard work”, it actually means working hard in the right direction.
Smart work is essential to ensure we aren’t wasting our time doing something that in the end, would not yield profitable result, while hard work teaches that no matter how smart we are, ” Genius is 1% inspiration, 99% percent perspiration,”-Thomas Edison.

Mobile App Development Process

By Onyekachi O

There are many stages involved in a project life cycle, especially when it comes to application or software development. Each app is different and our methodologies are always evolving, but this is a fairly standard process when developing mobile apps. This mobile app development process typically includes idea, strategy, design, development, deployment, and post-launch phases.

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 humans 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 the topic. We aim to publish an edition every Friday at 5pm (with exception of Holidays). We are working hard to keep ourselves updated and we thing you should too!

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