A lot can happen in the tech world in a week! Which is why, to make your life easier, every Friday we hand-pick a selection of the best and biggest stories from the digital world, sharing them with you in the form of a short (but sweet) weekly digest. Following a particularly busy seven days this week’s edition is full to bursting with news from Apple, Google, Snapchat, Facebook and more. Here we go…
**Snapchat lets users permanently save snaps**
The ephemeral nature of Snapchat is changing with the introduction of their new ‘Memories’ feature. This will allow users to save ‘personal moments’ forever for sharing beyond the stream. Your Snapchat Memories will live just under the camera button, accessed via a swipe upwards.
**eBay goes AMP**
If you’re an avid reader of The Share, this week you’ll have seen Josh’s AMP explainer blog. (If not, check it out!) Now you definitely know what we’re talking about, this next news item will make a little more sense…
In a surprising move, this week eBay has adopted AMP for their transaction-based site. It’s been suggested that this move indicates plans by Google to push AMP out beyond article and news-orientated content.
**Touch feedback is coming to mobile ads**
Immersion have released what they’re calling the ‘first haptic design toolkit’. Its TouchSense Design Cloud allows marketers to create their own touch feedback for mobile video ads. Read more about the possibilities this opens up in (link: http://marketingland.com/now-feel-immersion-releases-first-haptic-design-toolkit-182749 text: this piece by Marketing Land.)
**Apple to block iPhone cameras at gigs?**
Apple has patented a technology that sends data to the iPhone’s camera, sparking rumours that it could be deployed at gigs to stop people recording them. Less people blocking your view with their phones? No bad thing surely…
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**Smartwatch users beware**
Worringly, an app has been developed that can spy your card’s PIN number by interpret the hand motions of Smartwatch users using ATM machines.
**Another week another robot**
Last week we had the world’s first robot lawyer, this week we have the news that Uber has replaced the guard at it’s San Francisco car park with this guy…
**Twitter livestreams Wimbledon**
Livestreaming – all the major social media platforms are at it. This week Twitter made its first serious foray into the broadcast of major sporting events with the livestreaming of selected Wimbledon matches. The feed from the HD live stream appears in a video window at the top of the page, with related comments below and, if the user opts for desktop full screen, a column of tweets to one side. The hashtag #Wimbledon is automatically added to tweets that users post.
**Apple Pay could be coming to desktop**
We read that Apple has been testing Apple Pay within the new Safari browser.
**Firefox overtakes Internet Explorer**
The (link: https://www.w3counter.com/globalstats.php?year=2016&month=6 text: latest browser and platform market shares) have been published, showing Firefox to have overtaken Internet Explorer for the first time to become the third most used browser globally (Chrome and Safari sit comfortably in the top two spots).
**Facebook unveils Opencellular**
Opencellular is a new a new open-source wireless access platform for remote areas from Facebook designed to bring a more affordable wireless access platform to remote areas.
**The tech fallout from Brexit is beginning**
This week there has been plenty of further speculation about the long-term impact on the UK technology sector that Brexit will have including a prediction that (link: https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2016/06/30/brexit-security-implications/ text: there may be some serious cyber security implications) as the nation’s experts are tempted to leave. Shorter term, we’re already seeing both hardware and software prices steadily increase. We no likey…