Snapchat Launches Spectacle V2 Cameras

Snapchat has launched its new wearable camera - Spectacles V2. Launched by the same company that creates the messaging app; the glasses can take HD photos & videos, and upload the content straight to the app via your smartphone. They're available to order now through Snap's website.

So what’s new about these glasses? For a start, these specs can take photos too. They’re water-resistant, so you can swim with them.

Rumors of Spectacles 2 have spread for some time, but it was never certain the product would be released, given the massive volume of unsold pairs of original Spectacles the company was rumored to have hidden away. However, this new model may prove more popular among customers. You can buy the Spectacles 2 in three colors: onyx, ruby, and sapphire.

In addition to still photography support and water resistance, these new wearables also feature two microphones, which should help up the ante on audio quality for far-field voices, and should also aid in canceling out extraneous noise.

Spectacles are developed separately from the Snapchat app, allowing the two to evolve without interference. The startup was always about communicating visually, and what better way than to lend someone your perspective of the world. Snap may have broken the Google Glass curse.

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Tech Cabals Instead of Tech Eco-Systems?

I've grown tired of hearing the word "Tech Eco-system" what does it really mean? my friends at bite.tech helped me understand it better;

"a tech ecosystem is an interconnected, interdependent network of various players that combine to create innovative products and services in tech. These players primarily include tech startups; more established tech companies; tech company founders; investors and investment groups; mentors and organisations that provide business support. A successful tech ecosystem allows for many smaller companies to bring innovation to market. "
after reading this it becomes clearer that we're far from having a tech eco-system in Nigeria, though a few people like Mark Essien (boss at hotels.ng), OO Nwoye (the Nigerian) and a few others are endlessly trying to build such environments, our inherent nature to have cabals keeps diminishing the efforts of these great men.
I'll give you a personal account; I attended a "tech party"…

YCombinator Declares Intention To Start Up In China

High-profile U.S. startup accelerator; Y Combinator is making a push to bring more China-based startups into its program after it announced its first official event in the country. The company has announced plans to enter China and welcome startups in all phases to join their program whether it's at concept phase, product testing phase or fast-growing phase.

Y Combinator said that they are looking forward to meeting and working with more Chinese entrepreneurs and announced the launch of their Startup School on May 19th at Beijing Tsinghua University. The event will be free to attend — though attendees might apply for a ticket — with the goal of showing the benefits of participation in its U.S. program.
Participants of the program will have the chance to work with YC partners, president Sam Altman and founders of YC-invested US startups such as Airbnb and Stripe as well as China-born Raven Tech and Strikingly. Raven Tech; a Chinese AI startup, was acquired by Baidu in 2017.
YCombinato…

Has Mark Zuckerberg Forgotten About Our Satellite?

I have an unconditional love for Mark Zuckerberg (oh Zuck my man, if you've never heard of him, you may now rest in peace), he's one of our most celebrated Tech Heroes for all his accomplishments and immense contributions to new media and the tech community at large. He's recently taken a philanthropic view with his corporate social responsibility projects at Facebook, Africa included.

He Posted this on his Facebook page on the 5th of October, 2015:

He promised to launch a satellite called Amos- 6 in collaboration with Eutelsat to help beam Internet connectivity to large parts of Africa (especially sub-saharan Africa) so people living in remote regions can equally have access to the internet (and grandma can finally signup on facebook lol).
Space X (a rocket company owned by the batman of Tech; Elon Musk) which was contracted to launch this satellite into space so we can start enjoying "beta Internet", unfortunately, accidentally destroyed this Satellite during one…

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