Twitter gives up chronological order
of tweets
Twitter has announced that users’ tweets will be
grouped together and will not appear according to the
time they were tweeted. This will make it easier to fol-
low conversations.
The micro blogging site announced this update will be
applied on Twitter.com as well as its iOS and Android
apps.
Up to three tweets in sequence will appear in the time-
line and the user can expand the conversation to see
all the replies. Through a blue line, the user will be able
to identify tweets that belong to each other.
Besides that, Twitter is letting users report individual
tweets as abusive or spam from the Android app and
Twitter.com. This feature is already available on the
iPhone app and will be “gradually” rolling out to An-
droid and the web.
NASA communicates via Instagram
The American National Aeronautics and Space Admin-
istration (NASA) has extended its social media reach
by launching a new Instagram account.
The space agency’s first posts shared glimpses of the
launch preparations for the Lunar Atmosphere and
Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) probe. LADEE
will gather detailed information about the lunar atmo-
sphere, conditions near the surface and environmental
influences on lunar dust.
NASA said the account will provide a “comprehensive
view of the agency by sharing new and historic images
and videos.”
Qualcomm unveils its Toq smart
watch with Mirasol screen
Qualcomm has unveiled its Toq smartwatch. Like other
smartwatches, Toq doesn’t have the full functionality of
a smartphone but it syncs with users’ smartphones
With Networked Storage Units,
Data is in safe hands
Network Attached Storage units (NAS) automatically
create back-up copies of data, allow music and mov-
ies to flow throughout the home and remotely retrieves
documents and photos.
According to the German magazine Computer Bild,
German experts prefer NAS units to include two hard
disks in order to protect data from being lost. Data
stored on two or more disks are better protected
against loss. The user has to configure the NAS units
to copy the data on the second hard disk (RAID 1).
Experts explain that new NAS units could have the 3.5
inch desktop hard disks already fitted in them. Howev-
er, if the hard disks are not there, they could be fitted
inside the units very easily.
The installed software helps configure the units. The
installation CD often has programmes that can be
used later to automatically back-up data from other
computers connected to the network.
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