As a part of the tech in Techstory, we bring you the latest in the technology from around the world under “TECH THIS WEEK!” every Sunday! This week we saw Google renaming Google for Work to GSuite – Intelligent Apps for Work and the leak of Blackberry’s DTEK 50. We also saw Facebook working on a feature to let business owners tag products on posts, images/videos and Google’s beta release of its Cloud Machine Learning service for others. In case, if you’ve missed any of those, along with France’s self driving shuttle test run, don’t worry just keep reading !
Google Apps For Work Suits Up As G Suite – Intelligent Apps For Work !
Google has renamed its Google Apps for Work as G Suite, the intelligent apps for work. The latest addition to Google’s tech dominance, comes with features, that every business needs for sharing and communication within their team.
Google’s latest move to connect workforce with intelligent apps, is powered by its deep research in machine learning. Google’s features other than smart reply for communication includes smart storage, scheduling, documents, spreadsheets, presentations, drive for teams and meeting for teams.
Source:Â techstory
Facebook is letting businesses tag their products in photos and videos
Facebook is taking product sales to its next level, by letting business owners to tag actual products on images, videos and other posts as confirmed by Business Insider
According to the information, when a product is tagged in any of the posts/image/video, users can engage with it by clicking on the tag and reading further information about the product on a new dedicated page.
According to the company statement, the new feature which is currently in testing, will enable product savvy to organically reach out to more people. “Organically” might intend that Facebook is currently not on any new plans to monetize on this feature.
A company spokesperson said that page owners with their own product catalog or shop section on Facebook will have the ability to tag products in posts.
Source:Â businessinsider
Driverless Shuttle Company Navya Launches Test Run In Lyon !
France’s Lyon became one of the few cities in the world (after Perth) to test run driverless shuttles. The city located in eastern France aims at experimenting the first public transport servicing done by an electric, driverless and 100% autonomous vehicle.
The shuttle service will be provided by Navya, a French company specialising in developing innovative, smart and sustainable solutions. NAVYA develops driverless, automated electric vehicles that are independent of all infrastructure. These vehicles are a smart mode of transport and are therefore for the benefit of all citizens and society.
The NAVYA ARMA is a 100 % electric and autonomous transport vehicle. This innovating and intelligent driverless shuttle can transport up to 15 passengers and safely drive up to 45 kilometer per hour. For the trial period of 1 year, the shuttle is limited to 1350 meters with 5 stops – 2 terminus and 3 intermediary and an average speed of 15 kilometer per hour.
Source: techstory
Google’s Cloud Machine Learning service is now in public beta
Google recently at a small conference in San Francisco announced that its Cloud Machine Learning is available as public beta to businesses. The beta allows users to train machine learning models leveraging Google’s existing power in machine learning where you can process terrabytes in a short span of time.
The two additional services of Cloud Machine Learning include Machine Learning Advanced Solutions Lab and Cloud Start Program. The former allows customers to talk to Google for solving complex problems and the latter is a workshop for businesses to solve their own problem.
Google is also launching certification program for business owners, programmers and data scientists to add value to their Cloud Machine Learning resume and develop the service as partners for the future.
Source: techcrunch
Blackberry DTEK60 Specs, Images Leaked!
BlackBerry is coming up with a upgraded version of DTEK50! According to the pictures, the device DTEK60, will come along with the display edges slightly rounded and the upper and lower ends respectively on the users looking speakers feature.
Since the Android buttons are shown on the screen itself, the design of Alcatel smartphones can again exploit, so it should not matter which way round you hold the device. There’s a finger touch sensor to unlock the phone on the backside of the phone as well.
Source:Â techstory
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