Welcome to another edition of our Dreamers Digital Digest. With stories ranging from Google to our favourite subject, Uber, our post is full to the brim of digital stories to entertain all week long!
Google finally rollout Penguin 4.0
The big SEO news of the past two years is that Google have finally released the latest Penguin 4.0 update. With sites waiting for what seems like an eternity since the last Penguin update, the latest version is more granular meaning it will impact certain pages on a site rather than the whole site. It is also in real time making it easier to get a penalty on your site as well as recovering from it. For more information on Penguin, read our latest (link: https://www.superdream.co.uk/penguin-finally-lands/ text: blog post )which tells you all the facts you need to know.
Blackberry to stop making phones
Following the success of a number of touchscreen smartphones from Apple, Samsung and the like, BlackBerry have (link: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/sep/28/blackberry-to-stop-making-phones-handsets text: announced) that they will now cease to manufacture and make hardware and phones. Once the go to choice for a number of professionals, the competition proved to be too much compared to touchscreen smartphone makers and the Canadian firm will now focus on making software instead.
Russia to dump Microsoft in favour of domestic software
Authorities in Russia have (link: https://www.rt.com/business/360821-microsoft-outlook-moscow-government/ text: announced their plans) to scrap US computer software and replace them with locally produced software. The first step in this massive plan is replacing Microsoft Outlook with another email provider called MyOffice Mail. Currently 6,000 Moscow officials have will begin to use this instead. The move comes from Vladimir Putin himself due to security concerns. The bigger plan will be to abolish the use of Microsoft Office and Windows further down the line.
Apple to move London HQ to Battersea
Apple are currently (link: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/sep/28/apple-moves-british-hq-into-battersea-power-station-boiler-room text: planning) to move their British HQ to Battersea power station following an £8bn regeneration of the building. With around 1.400 apple employees being moved, the main European Apple HQ will remain in Cork in Ireland. Saying this, the new British HQ will be one of the biggest Apple offices outside of the US.
DJI create smallest drone
With drones becoming more and more popular and the need for tech to be as small as possible, DJI has created and released a (link: http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/27/13058722/dji-mavic-pro-drone-foldable-4k-gesture-control text: new mini drone) which fits into the palm of your hand. If its smaller, it must not be as good would be the normal consensus but in fact, the drone doesn’t sacrifice any of the advanced technology that made its flagship product, Phantom, so popular. With the same sensors, the drone shoots 4k video with a 12-megapixel camera with a top speed of 40mph.
UberEats to launch globally
With delivery firms such as Deliveroo making a huge impact on people day to day lives, Uber are looking beyond their taxi service to join the takeaway deliver firms with (link: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-food-delivery-idUSKCN11W2LX text: UberEats.) The firm are gearing up to release UberEats in 22 countries across the globe as well as the current 6 it operates in currently including United Arab Emirates, Japan and Sweden.
Reddit implements AMP
With Google rolling out Accelerated Mobile Pages globally the other week, Reddit is (link: https://redditblog.com/2016/09/20/a-faster-reddit-with-accelerated-mobile-pages/ text: one of the companies fully utilising )this and creating pages which load almost instantly. By being so savvy from the off, Reddit are certainly getting into Google’s good books as well as improving their own site and user experience.
Facebook to launch its own Slack
After two years of planning, Facebook are finally looking to execute their (link: https://www.engadget.com/2016/09/27/facebook-at-work-slack-competitor-launch/ text: Facebook at Work social network) for businesses around the world. Similar to Slack, the tool will have aspects such as messenger, events, groups and a news feed to communicate with colleagues within your place of work instead of your friends and family.
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