It might seem that Instagram is trying to keep up with the Joneses. The photo-sharing app will be introducing a new ‘live video streaming’ in their next update. The app allows their 500-million users to share broadcast events of their lives in real time.
Live streaming is something their parent company, Facebook, has already provided for their users. And many have used at concerts, protest, and for anything else they want their friends to experience.
Apple is offering a free battery replacement for some iPhone 6s users. The company says the affected phones abruptly shut off for no-apparent reason.
Apple says the number of phones that need a replacement battery is a “very small number”of devices but this is not a safety issue.
Virtual reality headsets by be on your child’s Christmas wish list this year but some doctors are worried if this system could possibly lead to health problems, especially in young children.
The virtual reality takes the user into a 3-D world, such as sports, different adventures and even some danger while using the headset. Some users have fallen while using the virtual reality headset.
While using virtual reality, the only input that the brain is receiving is from the eyes and doctors don’t know how that will impact the other senses.
Since the technology is still so new, even the makers can’t decide on the recommend age for their users. Samsung says for kids 13 and up while PlayStation says 12 and up. But no one really knows the impact playing these virtual reality games will have on growing children. It’s up the parents to allow their children to use the system or not.
