BIT-SIZE
NEWS
Snapchat
outrage
is under fire after the release of their new update
which has mainly affected the way users see their Snapchat friends ‘stories’. Snapchatters are voicing their outrage after the update came in earlier this year, multiple petitions are being created and signed urging Snapchat to bring back the old ‘stories page’. The friend's page now displays the ability to snap a contact quickly and view stories on one page, Snapchat claims the page is dynamic and will push up people you interact with more often than the people you do not. They also added that ‘it might take a little while for the Friends page to learn the best way to display your friends, but the results are worth it’.
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is the first robotic hamburger flipper employed by the
Caliburger restaurant. costing between $60,000 and $100,000, Flippy is able to handle 12 burgers at a time using image recognition and head imagining to flip the perfect burger. The higher end models will even clean the grill making this robot the perfect employee. It is hoped that Flippy will reduce turn over caused by human employees leaving grill jobs due to its uninteresting nature.
Samsung
Snapchat
Flippy
has released their new and exciting phones, the S9
and the S9+. The tech company have primarily focused on redesigning their new Dual Aperture camera, which adjusts between f/1.5-f/2.4, meaning you can take great photos in super low light conditions. Their super slow motion feature will allow you to shoot videos at 960 frames per second. Following suit to Apple’s Animoji feature in their new iPhones, Samsung has also released a new AR emoji feature which morphs a selfie into an animated version. You are then able to send your AR emoji across messaging apps; this feature is argued to be very similar to Bitstrips ‘Bitmoji’ app which currently usable on iOS, Snapchat and Google Chrome. The new smart phone will be launched in three colours, Midnight Black, Lilac Purple and Coral Blue. Samsung have kept the similar edge to edge, button less display as the S8, but have moved the finger print recognition to a more suitable spot below the centered camera on the back. Bixby Vision has had an upgrade advertised to provide live translation, use location aware and even tell you the calories the food on your plate has. Costing around £739, phone providers are taking pre orders before its release on the 16th March 2018.