New Ad Tracking Privacy Feature to be Launched by Apple
Apple’s browser engine, Webkit, will be now tracking advertising clicks through a new technology that will be launched soon. As many companies in Silicon Valley have struggled with data privacy scandals, the new technology from Apple will report whether a
Google Trips: All Your Travel Planning in One Page
The new portal of Google for the web has made travel planning super easy. Although most of the features were already available through Google’s website, google.com/travel, now combines everything in a single page. The users can book their plane tickets, arrange
WhatsApp Has Been Hacked
WhatsApp announced yesterday that there are indications that a private company had violated its message application and was immediately reported to the U.S. Department of Justice. According to Reuters "WhatsApp, one of the world’s most popular messaging tools, is used by
Facebook Enters the Crypto Game
A new crypto currency is expected to be introduced to the market by Facebook, as the giant company are currently developing their own blockchain. Online sellers and financial companies are mainly the type of partners that Facebook will be looking
The World’s First Drone Delivery by Google Approved
The green light has officially been given by the Australian Aviation Authority CASA to Alphabet’s Project Wing, the world's first drone delivery service by Google, which is starting its operation in the country's capital, Canberra. Eightpoint has learned that Project Wing,
Google is Introducing New Gmail Features
A number of cool features were announced recently by Google, to celebrate Gmail’s 15th birthday. Here are the top five: The Schedule Send feature allows you to plan ahead of the date and time that your emails will be
Google is Shutting Down Google+
Google’s social network, Google+, has officially been shut down as of April 2, 2019. All Google+ users' profiles and pages were automatically deleted, as well as photos and videos stored in users’ Google+ Album Archive. Other services linked to users’
Slack Mobile gets a Dark Mode
Here at Eightpoint the main workplace collaboration app we use is Slack and it's been announced that it is starting to test a dark mode for users, joining others, like the mail app for Windows 10 and Facebook Messenger. It’s not available
Can you identify a Phishing Email?
Google's Jigsaw unit, an experimental incubator project within Google that’s aimed at tackling broad geopolitical problems in the tech space, recently published a quiz that tests users’ abilities to identify phishing emails. The quiz tests you on a series of emails to see