Instagram first added support for polls in Stories two years ago, and today the feature is being updated with support for multiple choice questions. The new “quiz sticker” allows users to ask their followers multiple choice questions directly though Instagram Stories. Instagram announced the new Stories feature in a post on Twitter this afternoon. Instagram shows the quiz sticker being used to quiz your friends on various things about yourself....

Instagram has been working on a lot of new features over the past few months. Now, reverse engineer Alessandro Paluzzi has posted a few updates about some of the features the platform is hoping to bring for iOS users in the future. One of the features Instagram’s been working on is the ability to add moderators to live videos, as we covered here. With this, the moderator will be able to turn off comments, requests to go live, questions, and more....

Some of the best features of Laravel are, it is easily customizable, the great authentication system, and a huge collection of packages created by the community. In this article, I will walk you through how to install the Laravel framework in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS or Linux Mint 20. This should also work for any other Ubuntu version or Ubuntu derivatives. If you are thinking about deploying your Laravel application, then you can use massiveGRID or digitalocean....

Today, Intel announced a new version of its Thunderbolt technology that will ship with devices in 2014. The new Thunderbolt technology supports up to 20Gbps throughput, which is up from the 10 Gbps supported by the current version of Thunderbolt. Notably, the new technology supports 4K resolutions, which could open the door for even higher-resolution Mac displays. Perhaps, this is the technology that Apple needs to work with in order to begin a Retina display rollout for its all-in-one desktop computer, the iMac, or even Mac Pro compatible Thunderbolt displays....

Leveraging more than two decades of experience in the tech industry, you currently serve as NetIQ’s senior director of solution strategy. What exactly does this role entail? Yes, that was the most recent position I held (for about 3 years) at NetIQ, which was ultimately acquired by Micro Focus, a UK-based software company late last year. Today, I serve as Vice President, Product Marketing and Solutions Strategy – so a broader and deeper role that includes the NetIQ product portfolio in addition to others under the Micro Focus‎ brand....

Jonah comes to AppDynamics with a diverse background including 15 years as an IT practitioner at several startups and larger enterprises focused on infrastructure and operations, security, and performance engineering. These included running tactical and strategic operational initiatives, going deep into monitoring of infrastructure and application components. In 2011 Jonah changed careers, moving to Gartner to focus on availability and performance monitoring and IT operations management (ITOM). Jonah led Gartner’s influential application performance monitoring (APM) and network performance monitoring and diagnostics (NPMD) magic quadrants and research as a research vice president....

Less than two months after the announcement of ARKit with iOS 11 and we’ve seen a plethora of great uses of the tech from developers. From gaming to creative, humorous to utility, there are a lot of use cases. The latest useful example of ARKit shows off how informational augmented reality can improve navigation and Maps. While Apple is still months away from introducing its AR features to users worldwide, there are already high expectations for ARKit....

IMAI was created by Leaders, an Israeli ad tech agency that goes all the way back to 2009. This was a year before Instagram was launched, but Facebook and Twitter were making enough of a splash at the time that Eran Nizri saw a future for social-focused ad agencies. As Nizri tells it, he viewed social media as a game-changer for the advertising world, and he could see the influence that certain online personalities were cultivating with their audiences....

Incase is known for its high-quality bags and sleeves, and the company today has uncased its latest offering: the IconConnected Power Sleeve. This sleeve takes the traditional Incase Icon sleeve and combines it with a 14,000maAh battery capable of charging your MacBook Pro or any other device… The IconConnected Power Sleeve is something that feels like it should have existed for years, but nevertheless here it is in 2018. The sleeve includes both a USB-C port and USB-A port, so you can charge your MacBook or any other USB powered device....

It’s all part of a broader push to get more creators and users harnessing the Reels format. In the same announcement, Adam Mosseri (Head of Instagram) shared a stack of updates including the ability to upload your own audio to Reels and even add interactive stickers to your Reels. After the skyrocketing success of TikTok, it’s clear that Instagram is doing everything it can to keep up with this booming social media platform....

In this tutorial, we will show you the steps to install Google Apps or GApps package onto your Nubia Red Magic device. The device was launched some years back, and it came with quite a decent specs sheet. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chipset coupled with up to 8GB of RAM was enough to easily meet your everyday needs. Along the same lines, it had a solid scratch/shock resistant glass protection. But while all these are commendable, an Android device without the Google ecosystem isn’t....

HTC One S (codename: villec/ville/ville_u) was launched in the year February 2012. Recently this device has received the official TWRP recovery support. So, on this page, we will guide you to install the TWRP Recovery on HTC One S. This guide contains both the written instruction and video tutorial to help you install it quickly. Make sure to download the files required and then jump straight into instruction on how to install TWRP Recovery and Root your HTC One S....

Instapaper for iOS has been updated with new features and polish on the latest iPhones and iPads. Instapaper version 7.7 includes support for the new displays on the 2018 iPad Pros, keyboard shortcut support, and a true black theme for iPhone X and iPhone XS. The read-it-later app is now optimized for the new 11-inch display size and updated 12.9-inch display shape, and Smart Keyboard Folio users (and Bluetooth keyboard users alike) can now use a variety of keyboard shortcuts for tasks in the app....

iOS 12.2 beta 3 just dropped and contains a few user-facing tweaks as we reported here. For developers, there are new discount options for auto-renewing subscriptions. Apple has also released a set of design resources for Siri Shortcuts, for iOS and watchOS. The company also released the SF Compact Rounded font to developers, which is used in several places inside watchOS. Before now, developers could offer introductory discounts or free trials when signing up for a subscription....

Earlier this year, Apple’s WebKit team proposed a change to the format of SMS one-time passcodes to make two-factor authentication more secure. Apple confirmed today that developers can already implement these changes with iOS 14 and macOS Big Sur. With iOS 12, Apple has allowed websites and apps that require two-factor authentication to auto-fill codes sent via SMS. And now, the company is making this process even easier and secure by implementing something they call “domain-bound code....

However, they are not always controlled by browser stores, hence, there may be problems. This is what is happening now in Chrome and Firefox, with a much-needed extension, Stylish. This extension exists for both Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome browsers and allows users to customize the pages they visit, giving them a unique image by changing the many elements of these pages. These features made this extension an option for many users, who seek to personalize their navigation, giving a new image to the sites they visit....

Tomorrow night, Apple Stores across the country will be refreshed with new posters, layouts, and accessories for the summer. This store refresh follows some minor changes to Apple Retail Store layouts due to the new Back to School offers. One of the new focal points of this upcoming Apple Store layout refresh is the promotion of third-party printers. This promotion will include new selections of HP and Epson printers. Notably, the promotion will instantly save customers $50 on select HP models:...

Lin-Manuel Miranda is the toast of Broadway and pop-culture following the massive success of his stage musical smash hit Hamilton. But while the hip-hop inflected retelling of the life of one of America’s Founding Fathers is likely the first time many mainstream audiences are hearing his name, Miranda was previously making theatrical waves with his debut project In the Heights - a musical about a Dominican-American bodega owner in Washington Heights....

Avengers: Infinity War directors Anthony and Joe Russo have wiped their social media accounts ahead of the movie’s release - except for one video, which heralds the arrival of Thanos. The big purple supervillain has been in the background of the Marvel Cinematic Universe for almost ten years, but Infinity War sees him finally taking matters into his own hands as he comes to Earth to claim the Infinity Stones, with the goal of wiping out half of all life in the universe....

What Is an Information Security Manager? Since an information security manager has many shifting roles and responsibilities, the ISACA (formerly known as the Information Systems Audit and Control Association) established a set of guidelines for executives and management. It lists some of their requirements as: Overseeing the establishment, implementation and adherence to policies and standards that guide and support the terms of the information security strategy. (This could be in the form of creating “best practices” guidelines and materials for new hires or specific department protocols) Communicating with executive management to ensure support for the information security program Overseeing and conducting risk management activities (risk assessment, gap analysis, business impact analysis and so on) to help the enterprise reach an acceptable level of risk Advising and making recommendations regarding appropriate personnel, physical and technical security controls Managing the information security incident management program to ensure the prevention, detection, containment and correction of security breaches....