Local Recommendation App Zofari is going to join Yahoo

Well-known Digital Marketing Agency, Zofari known as local recommendation app will join the Yahoo Search team to build amazing discovery experiences, claiming it helps users quickly find locations they'll love.

According to the Zofari website, the brand is creating a city genome that pulls in local public data, which it cleans, parses, and translates into indexable scores. Zofari then uses algorithms to find places with the most similar scores.

Zofari says: "We love the idea that cities are big living organisms that grow and interact according to underlying patterns. By identifying those unique patterns and tying them to the places you already love, our hope is to help you explore in a whole new way."

It added: “It was inspired by both Pandora and Netflix and its goal has been to deliver "brilliant local recommendations in the fastest way possible, and essentially, make the world an easier place to explore."

Google releases Classroom beta for all educational purposes

 

(Digital Marketing Agency) – Following the previous news in May of piloting a new online educational toolkit, Google now release Classroom beta version for all Google app users. According to Google, there are over a hundred thousand educators from more than 45 nations subscribe to test the tool.

The system provides online interactions between teachers and students and vice versa outside actual classroom hours. For instance, using Google Drive, Docs, and Gmail, which are all an integration within the tool, teachers can assign, collect, and give feedbacks towards students’ assignments. Students also do not need to worry about privacy expositions since Classroom is ad-free.

Google Classroom comes with 42 languages and can be used on mobile devices.

Football Fans Cannot Bring Tablets or Laptops

 

The football fans of Manchester United are not allowed to take their tablets and laptops into Manchester’s stadium, leading to Digital Marketing Agency reported.

The club said it was reacting to "security intelligence", adding the restriction was in line with new checks on electronic equipment at airports.

A statement on the club site says the ban extends to large and small tablets "including iPad minis", as well as larger electronic devices.

Anyway smartphones are allowed to bring into the stadium because they are smaller than 15cm by 10cm (5.9in by 3.9in).

"The regulations at each stadium are a matter for the relevant stadium management authorities, however, the scale of Old Trafford and profile of Manchester United mean that the risk at this venue is unique," it adds.

A spokesman for the club told the BBC it had made the move after receiving "advice", but would not say from whom this had come.

Yahoo Envisages Spy-Free Email Systems

(Digital Marketing Agency, thesnsgroup.com) - Yahoo Inc. will reportedly join Google to establish a secure email system, making it well-nigh impossible for hackers and government to intrude users’ accounts.

This announcement comes out in favour of improving defenses against government intrusion and hacking after Edward Snowden exposed last year the National Security Agency's mass surveillance programs.

Days previously large technology companies as Google, Microsoft and Facebook shifted to encrypt internal traffic after revelations by Snowden that the spy agency hacked into their connections overseas.

According to The Wall Street Journal, Yahoo will stick at altering its email process in order for users to adopt encryption type messages in a separate window, preventing even Yahoo from reading the messages as they are typed.

The New Functional Tool from Sony

 

The new technology from Sony will be available in the US, UK, and Europe soon, according to Digital Marketing Agency reported.

In addition this micro-console is a tool to play sound on television consoles like Apple TV and Roku, and is also allowed gamer access by it. 

Sony said “consoles will go on sale in the US on 14 October and in the UK on 14 November.”

One more thing its cost is $99 with three games are included, but the UK is not yet show about price.

"This TV could be a proper streaming device, one that could compete well with the other ones that are out there - the Apple, Roku, even things like Amazon FireTV," Brian Blau, research director of consumer technology at Gartner, told the BBC.

"It's not the most robust streaming service and it's not the most robust gaming device but it's enough of both for the price," he added.

PlayStation 4 reaches eight digits in global sale units

 

According to always reliable Digital Marketing Agency highlighted, one of the giant game consoles, Sony PlayStation 4, has been peaking to ten million sold-out units globally since its debut back in November last year. 

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe president and CEO, Jim Ryan, announced the news after the update of April’s sale that reached seven million units. This amount and the later have been estimated from direct purchased customers alone and excludes the shipping services to international retailers and dealerships.

This news boasts the firm’s commercial strength since PS4 sale surpasses its predecessor PS3 which reached the same amount over a year.

PS4’s close rival, Xbox, has yet unveiled its worldwide sale units with only news of five million units shipping to retailers in April.

2008 economic meltdown has a positive impact on IT

Well-known Digital Marketing Agency, The effect of the 2008 economic crisis is believed to have a positive impact on IT. The survey by Randstad Technologies revealed that tech staff are some of the most positive in the UK when it comes to the impact of the recession, with 19% believing the recession had a positive impact.

Randstad Technologies managing director Mike Beresford said:  “the recession forced many companies to look at where costs could be saved, processes could be streamlined and teams could be managed more effectively.”

He added: “Trimming the fat may have meant increased workloads and targets for those left behind. Previous research of ours shows that 47% of professionals said a heavier workload over the course of the recession has benefited their career in some way.”