Bits in Technology 🖥️ - Week 02: January 8, 2018 - January 14, 2018
First in-display fingerprint
The first phone with in-display fingerprint is showed at CES and surprise surprise it isn't from one of the big American companies. It uses technology from Synaptics and it is from the Chinese company Vivo. Vivo is not well known in America and Europe but it has big market in China. The big 5 there accounting for 91% of the total market are those:
- Huawei
- Xiaomi
- Apple
- Vivo
- Oppo
As it is not an invention from a mobile company it is open to be licensed and used by other phone manufacturers. It was rumored that it was going to be used for Galaxy S8 but it wasn't ready on time. Time will show if it will get more adoption in the future with obvious choice for it being phones with no bezels like iPhone X etc.
Facebook news feed to become more friend focused
Facebook announced that it will make changes to the news feed so the time spend there is time "well spend". It will focus more on showing news and updates from real life friends and less from companies and advertisers you liked. Many people were complaining that their news feed had more top news from advertisers than real news from friends. Zuckerberg said in a post of his that he wants to help us have "meaningful social interactions".
Toyota and Pizza Hut partners for autonomous vehicles for deliveries
At CES Toyota and Pizza Hut showed off a concept vehicle hoping to be in production during the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. The list of partners includes:
- Pizza Hut
- Mazda Motor
- Didi Chuxing
Source: Pizza Hut Twitter
Kodak announces KODAKCoin
KODACCoin is hoping to be a crypto coin for image rights management. Its goal is to provide photographers with an extra source of revenue and also give them the ability to secure their work. It is based on the Ethereum blockchain platform. Even if it isn't a success it make wonders for its stock value.
Kokak Stock: Last 5 days
For more info see @skapaneas article here: https://steemit.com/crypto/@skapaneas/kodak-is-joining-the-crypto-sphere
Jamie Dimon regrets calling Bitcoin a fraud
Jamie Dimon president of J.P. Morgan Chase speaking on Fox Business says that he regrets callong Bitcoin a fraud. He was even have called his daughter "ex-smart" cause she has bought bitcoin. While he said that the price of Bitcoin fell from at the time 4000$ to 2800$ and his bank was buying bitcoin at low price. He then said that he isn't going to talk about Bitcoins again.
Telegram to launch its own crypto
The Telegram Open Network (TON) with its own native cryptocurrency is rumored to follow a strategy similar to WeChat in China. WeChat started as a simple chat platform and evolved to have many payment options. TON want to achieve that not with fiat money but with its own crypto. Accourding to sources TechCrunch has acquired, 52% of the entire supply of token will be kept by the company to protect the coin from speculative trading. TechCrunch is the only publication as of today that claims to have access to the white paper.
Here is the leaked announcement:
Have a great week! - Chris Myll @coolmyll
Dimon will call Bitcoin a bubble, fraud , ponzi again when finish his crypto projects! hehe what a jerk
An interesting comment, but it is more profitable to start a new day every day ;)
such a good post but wonder why such a low no of upvotes.
Interesting enough those are some subjects me and a steemian friend where talking recently about. among others.
re-steemed, so I will remember to get you a good up-vote from Monday on this one. Nice one @coolmyll
Interesting! Greetings from Athens/Greece!