Top 5 inventions from Israel (Tech check)

hello and welcome to our latest edition of tech check where we bring you all the major developments from the world of tech I'm salmonella and I will take you through everything tech that happened over this week so this week also saw Prime Minister Modi's visit to Israel and in the process making history by becoming the first Indian Prime Minister to do so therefore we decided to celebrate this milestone by getting you the top tech innovations from Israel a country known for making great inventions in fact did you know that the USB flash drive was invented in Israel [Music] that's right Israel invented the USB flash drive you know that little stick of joy that can store all your documents files and movies probably used by everyone on the planet it's surely one of the most useful inventions out there in the year 2000 the first USB was sold at that time it only had 8 MB capacity and went on to quickly replacing CDs [Music] Israel also developed the fill cam a pill that can be swallowed to record images of the digestive tract launched in 2001 pill cam is now considered the most accurate way of doing endoscopy and is widely used in the field of medicine the capsule is said to have more than 1.5 million users in over 75 countries worldwide next on our list is ReWalk a wearable exoskeleton that enables individuals with lower limb paralysis to walk again invented in 2011 by dr. Ahmed Gaza and Israel entrepreneurs ReWalk simulates the natural style of walking to powerful motion sensors though this technology users can't even climb stairs since its launch the V walk device is being used by more than a thousand people in the world today [Music] where does probably one of most popular Israeli innovations in fact no Israeli startup list would be complete without mentioning it it's basically a GPS based travel app that gives you seven by turn navigation using complex algorithm and real-time data it was launched in 2008 in Israel and is now owned by Google Waze is used in over 100 countries and is likely to play a major role in the development of Google's self-driving cars and cysts on our list is viber the instant messaging and free calling app was developed in Israel you can download the app on any smartphone and make calls across the world for free using Wi-Fi in 2013 viber had more than 200 million users Bureau report beyond known an interim to crack down on spammers Facebook will start hiding public posts from users sharing vast amounts of content per a day using a new algorithm Facebook will determine which posts are seen from friends advertisers and other sources the social network first said that it wants to make their feeds more informative by filtering and hiding posts from pesky users who use clickbait and temporary live articles who call spamming other Facebook's new policy does not apply to videos for those checking and status updates apart from fixing the oversharing dilemma Facebook is also expected within your any new discover tab from the sender in order to show better user engagement like chat BOTS and traffic around with everyone else to do the other things that they're doing adapted babies to patient now a car manufacturer Volvo is going all-in on clean cars the Swedish film announced this week that all cars load from 2019 will be partially or completely battery-powered and in the process it will the historic end to building models that only have an internal combustion engine between 2019 and 2020 one the firm will introduce five 100% electric models and insure the rest of this lineup will have some form of hybrid engine Volvo is of course the first major manufacturer to make such a move seen by many as bold but risky especially considering electric cars make up only a small fraction of the bottle according to reports the force of all those electric cars will be built in China but others would be made in Europe and the US have another major car makers including window and BMW have also declared ambitious plans for electric cars after pressure from government bodies which they see as a key way of tackling air pollution and [Music] I'm talking about electric cars Tesla's long-awaited model 3 is now in production the sleek four-door sedan takes Tesla striking design language in a new direction and it's aimed at well-established players in the luxury segment like the BMW 3 Series and the mercedes-benz c-class seriously of James word ever decided to go green then this will probably be the car he would write the 3 is also set to benefit from advances in battery technology and gets an updated cooling system the basic motor will start at $35,000 nearly half the price of Tesla's current cheapest car making it the company's most affordable electric vehicle today according to CEO and founder Elon Musk the production should reach 20,000 cars in months by December or near this year Tesla overtook General Motors and Ford as the most valuable US car maker even though it only built 84,000 cars in 2016 [Music] Quadrant reports of a giant Microsoft is all set to lay off thousands of employees around the world in an attempt to reorganize its sales force the company is planning to make the job cuts as part of a restructuring that will focus more on cloud services last year in July microsoft announces plans to cut an additional 2,850 jobs over the year last year related to its exiting the smartphone business this year in January Microsoft shared its plan to get 700 jobs part of the previously announced restructuring it seems like Microsoft now may be specifically focusing on its artificial intelligence easier products as Israel's revenue nearly doubled in the company's fiscal third quarter with 93 percent sales good after Amazon Google and Apple it seems Samsung is now all set to enter the smart speaker race according to a report by The Wall Street Journal Samsung's building a smart speaker based on its digital system Bigsby the report also went on to say that the speaker is currently being brought up under the codename Vega and is still in early stages of development so that means Samsung fans shouldn't break their banks just yet because it will take a good amount of time till it comes to production the reason behind this is because Bigsby itself which lacks functionality of its prime feature basically ones of course Samsung will have plenty of competition to contend with if it's because makes it to store shelves besides their coverage there is Google home Microsoft's Cortana based in bulk and Apple's home for more companies like HP and Intel are also expected to join this much weaker risk by the end of this year so the question is how will the South Korean tech giant convince people to choose the Vega over the rest [Music] and in some more Samsung news that company the fire prone smartphone that sparked the global crisis is making a comeback it was very smart phone maker says it's a restructuring the Galaxy Note seven by selling it cheaper refurbish religion in South Korea starting Friday Samsung will over 400,000 phones dubbed the Galaxy Note seventh an edition in its home country and he'll be priced at six one hundred and eleven dollars devices will be made from recalled unseen note 7 handsets and I'm using no certain components kind of calling for Samsung um new batteries for the refurbished devices will have a lower capacity and those of the original note 7 that passed new safety measures implemented following the record now Samsung lost force to hold sales of no 7 in October roughly two months after its launch due to fire prone batteries from two different suppliers the incident caused Samsung over five billion dollars in operating profit and damaged his reputation so the firm has since recovered with the successful launch of the Galaxy S II bar now Motorola is betting big on the future of modular phones and motor modes during a press event in Ghana Africa the company announced its upcoming Moto 360 camera motor mode for the motors edge smartphones unfortunately little is known about the Moto 360 camera mode itself not even the price or potential launch date for that matter but what we do know is that like the existing motor modes the new access we can be attached to the rear of the Moto Z by a 16 pin connector and will allow you can shoot 360 degrees photos and video Motorola's new camera also resembles essentials upcoming 360-degree camera which attaches to the essential phone through a modular system that will likely be one of the biggest competitors to Motorola's mode systems now Romney has announced a list of 14 phones that qualify to get an Android look at update according to the reports there are floating cell phones that are going to be upgraded the list goes on to say that 10 out of 14 Xiaomi phones will get Android 7.0 update and only 4 are legible for an Android 7.1 update in the days to come as pointed out in the report the devices that will be able to do Android 7.0 are the xiaomi red 4x showing me max we know to read we know 4x need next me 5 me 5s and me 5s plus meanwhile the devices that will be upgraded to under 7.1 nubert include some v6 me max to me 5c and read me 4x although it was very surprising to see that the redmi note 4 is nowhere on the list leading to widespread speculation because the phone is already on Android 7.0 new go to preview [Music] well that's it for this edition of tech set 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Length: 10min 57sec (657 seconds)

Published: Fri Jul 07 2017