Apple’s New Venture

Apple is taking on social media. The user friendly company isn’t starting it’s own network but they are making an app to help their iPhone/iPad users design sleeker videos to post on networks like Facebook and Instagram.

The new app is called Clip and it allows users to string together video clips, photos and music to make the videos more personal the user can add filters, emojis and even narration to them before uploading their social media accounts.

The app will be available for free in the app store this April.

Apple’s New iPhone

But something that will be available for pre-order in stores this Friday is Apple’s (Product)RED special edition iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. It’s in commemoration of Apple’s ten year partnership with the organization RED.

This year Apple’s iPhone celebrates it’s ten year anniversary and although there are many rumors as to what the new iPhone Apple will release in that celebration we can all be sure that Apple will not disappoint.

Voice Recognition

USAA is making it easier for their members to log on to manage their accounts. The Texas-based company is one of the first big companies to be on board with voice recognition technology.

The technical term is biometrics, it’s an authentication method to identifying the identity of the member. They system collects the members facial image (by a picture) and voice (by audio recording).

Richard Davey, Security Adviser for USAA Biometrics, says five million members are using the company’s app and that two million members are embracing the company’s biometrics technology.

“We have yet to see an instance of fraud” said Davey, adding that these features provide an extra layer of security. Not to mention that the technology of the members voice, facial scan, or fingerprint is more secure than a password of letters and numbers.

Davey wants to state that if biometrics is too ‘tech-savvy’ for some of the member they can use any of the previous methods of enrollment.