TecQ is our weekly round-up of the top technology news of the week.
Dating on Facebook: Here’s How It Will Work
On 1 May 2018, Mark Zuckerberg made an announcement at Facebook’s F8 event that was music to the ears of many single people.
Zuckerberg talked about the 200 million Facebook users registered as single, after which he said, “There is something to do here.”
That “something” turned out to be something quite big, as the Facebook CEO announced that the social network giant is diving into the online dating space with its own dating feature.
Read more about how will Facebook’s dating feature will work here.
Most Android Flagship Phones Selling in 2018 Will Have a Notch
If you thought Apple launching iPhone X with the notch last year will kickstart a mini revolution in years to come, you were spot on.
We’ve already seen brands like Vivo, Asus, Huawei and LG among others come out with notch-laden phones, and the list is only going to get longer with OnePlus, Samsung and Google waiting to join the ranks. Counterpoint reported that around 300 million smartphones with notches will be sold across the world in 2018.
Read the full story here.
What Happens to Tinder Once Facebook Starts Dating?
If the way the stock price of Match Group Inc, Tinder’s parent company, plunged the moment Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the social networking giant is introducing a dating feature, one would think it was as if Facebook just dumped Tinder.
But if you think about it, in a way it has.
Read the full story here.
iPhone Cases Made From Car Wrecks Caused By Texting While Driving
In what seems like a strong message to drivers who are enslaved by their mobile devices, Volkswagen Stockholm and NordDDB, a brand management company, have collaborated to make special iPhone 8 cases from metal that was salvaged from the car wrecks of accidents caused by texting and driving.
‘Crashed Cases’ is an attempt to remind drivers about the seriousness of the issue, as it’s not only their lives that are on the line, it’s also the lives of pedestrians and other drivers.
Read the full story here.
Huawei P20 Pro vs Samsung Galaxy S9+: It’s a Battle of the Cameras
Ever since news broke that the Huawei P20 Pro had topped the charts in the DxOMark rating, many (including me) have been intrigued about how the camera really performs, and whether Huawei P20 Pro really deserves the crown for the best camera phone in the market!
Since, the Samsung Galaxy S9+ is also vying for the top spot in the camera department, we decided to do a quick camera comparison of the Huawei P20 Pro and the Samsung Galaxy S9+.
I’m not really diving into the nitty-gritty and hardcore specifications of the cameras. Just a photo to photo shoot-out between the Huawei P20 Pro and the Samsung Galaxy S9+.
Read the comparison here.
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