Music Streaming, a domain currently ruled by Spotify and Apple Music is now ready to be conquered by YouTube. YouTube, whose music products and streaming capabilities are considered abit over complicated and continuously changing is yet again being updated and is revamping itself as a standalone streaming music service. Youtube Music – Features https://music.youtube.com/ Whether it’s listening to audio music …
Google has officially introduced many new features for its services including Gmail, news and, photos. This happened at the developer festival of Google I/O 2018 occurring a few days ago. Most of the Google’s products have, now, a vast and deeper integration of Al. Ahead of this many of the changes were made in Gmail which upgraded it to a …
In the previous article, Web Scalability – Series / Part 1, we discussed the basics of web infrastructure scalability and how it can be used. Realizing the importance of fast paced apps with tons of data to process, we will cover this time, the basics of asynchronous processing. What is Asynchronous Processing? Imagine if you send a request to a …
As the world moves towards automation, there are a lot of buzzwords thrown around in executive communication. If your job is remotely linked with technology, you might be hearing about deep learning, neural networks and machine learning, amongst many others on a daily basis. It is ok if you get confused hearing these terms. In this post, we will take …
There comes a point in data analytics where Big Data fails to make the “big” picture, a clear picture. First off, Big Data is – large amounts of data. When we dig deep into that data using various programmatic ways, we find find hidden patterns, understand insights and optimize the valuable associations in that data that in normal circumstances are difficult …
There was a time when single machine would host a web server with a database and all you need after that was a perfect network connectivity to run your website. I won’t continue without saying – it’s still true! What changed afterwards is part of the history. No single business can think of using that infrastructure if they want to …
Brief Overview Ethereum is a blockchain based open source application platform. Vitalik Buterin, a cryptocurrency researcher and programmer, is the co-creator and inventor of Ethereum. The idea behind Ethereum platform is to create a web of decentralized apps, they call it The Next Generation Internet or simply “New Internet”. Almost any type of decentralized application can be built on top of the platform …
Some landmark events in the history of Bitcoin Aug 2008 Bitcoin.org registered Nov 2008 Whitepaper is published by Satoshi Nakamoto “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System” Jan 2009 First bitcoin client came into existence Jan 2009 First bitcoin is generated by Satoshi – (genesis Block: 000000000019d6689c085ae165831e934ff763ae46a2a6c172b3f1b60a8ce26f) Jan 2009 First transaction happens between Satoshi and Hal Finney. Hal receives 10BTC from him. Aug …
The team at Certify.pk is onto something big. They aim to change how educational degrees are verified in Pakistan for good. No more lining up in queues. No more delays. If you are from HR department of a company and want to hire a candidate you have now a solution to verify their degrees. And, if you are from an …
Sounds like a conundrum from a corporate cracker, don’t you think? In fact, this question was put to me by a potential customer just last week. And not for the first time, either. Sometimes ‘Big Data’ is replaced by the latest technological acronym – that week’s panacea for all corporate ills – but the sentiment’s the same. So, what did …
If you are into technology, #fintech or related industry, chances are you’ve heard about BlockChain recently. The whole world is talking about this disruptive technology which is going to change how we interact and transact online. Fascinated by the potential of this disruption, I tried to learn a bit about it and would like to share with others how I …
