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See-Through Technology Features New Possibilities
Previously Published to TalentZoo’s Digital Pivot In the shade of misfortune, not many are able to take a sports injury and use it to influence the world of technology. Inspired by a tennis injury, our world has been given the gift of see-through technology. Handscape, a company passionate about innovation, has created a case for Apple’s iPhone and iPad devices. The world got a chance to see this technology live on The Sabir Bey Show, Friday, October 9, 2015. We watched as Tong Luo, Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Handscape, turned an ordinary iPad device into see-through technology. He demonstrated the uses of Handycase, playing a game, reading a…
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Facebook Announces Major Design Changes
Previously Published to TalentZoo’s Digital Pivot Stay tuned. Facebook is getting a major facelift, and we will start seeing some of those changes within the next few weeks. According to Wednesday’s public announcement on Facebook’s blog-style newsroom, Facebook is changing the way that we currently view Facebook pages…especially on a mobile device. With a claim that Facebook profile pages are accessed over four billion times daily, it’s no wonder that they would want to keep their users engaged and open to new experiences. They realized that accessing a standard Facebook page has led to a very limited encounter and not-so-intimate experience. Fed up, they went back to the drawing boards.…
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Facebook making changes, improving mobile profiles and design
PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED ON EXAMINER With the claim that Facebook profiles are accessed over four billion times daily, they have decided “the best place for people to curate their Online identities and connect with others” is directly through their profiles. That said, today, Sept. 30, Facebook announced that within the near future they will be unveiling some “new, mobile-friendly features for Facebook profiles.” This will give users options in showing the world just who they are and what they are made of. This will also allow them to control what is highlighted on their profiles. Soon, users will be able to display 7-second videos as their profile “photo.” They can even…
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Microsoft Releases Office 2016 Today, New Features Aimed at Collaboration
Previously Published to TalentZoo’s Digital Pivot Microsoft Office 2016 is released today, September 22, 2015, aimed at staying ahead of trends relating to virtual workers and globally dispersed teams. Their reason: “How people work has changed dramatically. But, one constant is that everyone wants to get more out of every moment of their life — after all, our time is the scarcest commodity.” Thus, the “reinvention of productivity,” as they proclaim it. Understanding that most professionals are mobile and that many are even workaholics, Microsoft has vowed to continue making allowances for cross-device platform access in allowing freedom from previously bound means of productivity. No one will be stuck “waiting to get…
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Facebook Wants to Be the Middleman for Your News Outlet
Previously Published to TalentZoo’s Digital Pivot Facebook is working hard to improve how social media is consumed and keep users engaged, satisfied, and interacting. Since the beginning of August, Facebook has been making announcements left and right, talking about the new features they have in store for us. Yesterday they had newsrooms everywhere abuzz, including Business Insider (who broke the story) and The Hullabaloo, over some discoveries select users came upon Wednesday afternoon. Apparently, Facebook is going head-to-head with Twitter and Apple to be the source of breaking news. As a matter of fact, they are utilizing push notification features to send updates right to your cell phone. They do…
