10 Things In Tech You Need To Know Today
Aug 28, 2014, 16:33 IST
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- Apple is expected to launch its iWatch on September 9. In fact, Apple may be about to unveil a slew of new products.
- Samsung just announced its new smart watch, the Samsung Gear S. It has a curved display and lets you see notifications and messages on your wrist.
- Samsung also announced another new product, the Gear Circle. It's a necklace that clasps around a user's neck and, when paired with a Samsung phone, it can let the wearer listen to music, take calls and give voice commands.
- With an IPO right around the corner, the founder of e-commerce platform Alibaba, Jack Ma, just became China's richest person. He's worth $21.8 billion.
- LG has released details about and pictures of its new smart watch, the G Watch R. The dust- and water-resistant device comes with a handful of sensors, such as a gyroscope and accelerometer for sensing motion, a barometer, and a heart rate monitor.
- The iPhone 6 is expected to be available in silver, gray and gold, according to new leaked photos.
- The Verge's lead editor Nilay Patel is pretty angry at parody Twitter account, @SavedYouAClick, which answers click-bait headlines in its tweets. "It is bulls---- because [the account] didn't save anyone a click at all - it stole an experience," Patel raged after @SavedYouAClick scooped one of The Verge's 5,000-word features.
- Instagram showed the guts of its latest app, Hyperlapse, and the technology that makes quick time lapse videos possible. It revealed its stabilization algorithm and other issues encountered while building the app.
- Twitter now shows you exactly how many people see your tweets. It has opened up its analytics and dashboard to all users. To view yours, just log in to your Twitter account and go to: http://analytics.twitter.com/.
- There's a good Q&A with top venture capitalist, Bill Gurley of Benchmark. Gurley and his team have put early money into Twitter, Yelp, GrubHub Snapchat, OpenTable and Uber. In it, Gurley shares what his favorite startup trends are right now and what his investment motto is.