Apple’s most awaited iOS event for the year 2018 is here. The event will be held in the Steve Job’s theatre which is a part of Apple headquarters that is in Cupertino, California. The event will start with a keynote address and in India, it is scheduled to telecast at 10:30 pm IST or 10:00 am PDT.
It is the first time Apple iOS event will be going live on Twitter. It’s just like a big fair of knowledge for all the people in the technological background.
Today Apple is fully geared up to launch all there new products, software etc. The things which are expected to launch today are new 4 iPhones, 2 iPods pro. An updated version of the Mac book or MacBook air 2, updated AirPod or AirPods 2, and Apple smartwatch series.
Keeping these devices apart, the new operating system iOS 12 and Apple A12 chip that is expected to be present on new iPhones are expected to be launched.
The event will host live on all the Apple devices like iPhone, iPod, Mac, iPad. One can even watch from an Apple television. Or even the Apple users can search in Safari browser. And connect to the Official Apple website and can easily watch the live event going on. For others, those who have Windows 10 can also watch the live event from edge browser.
Below mentioned are some of the things that are expected to be updated in the Apple iOS 2018 event:
iPhone Mobiles – iPhone XR, iPhone Xs, iPhone Xs Max
It is expected to launch a line of 3 different iPhone mobile phones. These are being denoted as iPhone Xs, iPhone Xs MAX, and iPhone XR. These three phones will have iOS 12 as the operating system. Will run on Apple A12 chip. There will be OLED or Organic Light Emitting Diode screens.
And stainless steel frames for iPhone Xs and iPhone Xs MAX which will have the screen size of 5.8 inches and 6.5 inches respectively. Whereas both iPhone Xs and iPhone Xs MAX both will have the dual rear camera as similar to iPhone X. These both the phones are very strong, durable with high water resistance.
As it is anticipated to run on Apple A12 platform so it may have a higher RAM storage which may exceed up to 512GB. It is also believed to have some new and exclusive features in the new Xs models as following the iPhone pattern from S devices- Like introducing Siri, 3D touch, Touch ID.
These mobiles may include an updated processor, eSIM support, lightening potential to USB cable type C and more. The cost of iPhone Xs and iPhone Xs is expected to be $1000 and more.
(Source: Apple)
While coming to iPhone XR which is 6.1 inch in screen size it has an LCD screen display. Which will have a notch and is expected to have a single rear camera. This mobile is anticipated to be the cheapest of the normal iPhone launched. The display here is edge-to-edge.
It can replace the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus models. The name of this model is not yet been leaked. Whereas some of the features such as OLED screen, stainless steel frames, 3D touch may not be present in this model of iPhone.
All these phones will have Face ID to unlock the mobile. And the front camera for all these three mobile will have a Truth Deep Sensor. It is being rumoured that for the first time Apple will incorporate dual sim slot in the mobile phone.
APPLE WATCH SERIES 4
Apple smartwatches were released in the year 2015. After which repeated upgrading of the watch with new technologies have been done.
Things changed a lot between the first launched Apple smart band and the present smart band that is available in the market. It is rumoured that a major redesigning of the smart band since the original was launched would be done now.
The leaked images of the band show that it will have a wider display screen with edge to edge display. With wider the display and slimmer the size than the previous one. Even though the previous bands were compatible we can find an updated and better version of it.
It might have an inbuilt EKG that will help in checking the health of the wearer. And checks about any heart or cardiac issue as early as possible and informs about it.
In the leaked image we can see that the display became wider and as such the complications and applications in it. The screen will be able to handle 8 widgets at a time. And it may ditch the physical button and opt for SSD. That is Solid State Drive button which will run on the basis of haptic feedback.
The series 4 is anticipated to have the LTE model present in it. Similar to the Apple Watch Series 3 which also has the red ring below on the crown of the digital network to represent the cellular signal. It is also expected to have a longer battery backup than the watch series 3.
This Apple smart band may come with a watch OS 5. Which will have features such as automatic detection of the workout, a walkie-talkie mode, UV detection and a better option to show the notifications.
MAC BOOK AIR
Apple was expecting to release the low-cost MacBook air. And the company also indicates that an upgraded MacBook Air will be introduced. It may contain the Intel 8th generation processor along with the wider display screens.
It is reported to have the 13-inch Retina display and can feature the ports which are trending now, like USB-C. The main focus for this laptop would the consumers and schools. This low-cost laptop may help to regain the market of Apple in the PC world.
About the laptop, nothing much is known or leaked except that the price may range from $1000 onwards. It is uncertain about the cost and when it is going to be released. But it is rumoured to release by the end of this year.
MAC MINI
Apple may be planning on the upgrading of the Mac Mini. Because it is high time to do the updating as the last time when it was updated was in the year 2014. Basically, it is desktop without monitor, mouse, and keyword. It is useful for the graphic designers and other professional users.
It requires a lot of performance upgradation to meet the professional’s needs. Apple might adopt the eighth generation Intell chips and can remove the outdated version of the hard disk.
In place of that, it can opt for the solid state options. It may not completely refurbish the design but can update the major things in the device such as the port selection or the USB-C port.
This Apple product is also uncertain that when it will release. But can be anticipated to be in the market until the end of the year. Whereas the price of the MacBook Air and Mac Mini are expected to be almost nearby or same that is $1000.
iPAD PRO 12.9 2018
Yet, other rumour came up about the Apple innovations is upgrading the iPad Pro which was launched last year only. This upgrading is supposed to be huge as it is expected that Apple will give the iPad a full treatment of iPhone X.
That will contain the slimmer bezels around the display. Also will have an updated A-series processor and is also presumed to have a larger RAM storage.
The new iPad pro may don’t contain the power button instead will have the Face recognition that means the Touch ID may be removed. Or maybe both of them will be present. But when the Face recognition is being considered it will work only on the vertical mode.
That means the face recognition will not work if the iPad is being connected with the keyboard. The smart connector which was always above will move below the iPad. So, the manufactures here gets a challenge to build a new keyboard that will support the iPad pro.
AIRPOWER, AIRPODS AND ACCESSORIES
Last year Apple announced about the AirPower charger but was not released last year. So, it is expected to launch in the present Apple event. Whereas, the airpower will be able to charge three devices at a time. Which means you can charge your iPhone, Apple smart band, AirPods at a time.
All the three will be charged at a time which will be time saving and ready to use at the same time. It has the unique technology and software which will detect the amount of energy required for the device and charges it accordingly.
Apple is expected to launch the newer version of the wireless Airpods. With new wireless chip and activating Siri handsfree. This will support the wireless charging and the rumours are made around that Apple is working on the Non-branded headphones which will have the unique character or noise cancelling. Which is being delayed for a long time.
A minor change that is expected is the change in the charger. Earlier the charger used to be 5W USB which was available with the phone. Now it may be replaced with the 19W USB-C that will charge the phones even faster along with the USB-C lightening cable.
Virtual and Augmented Reality are the two words that might have been ringing in your ears since a time. It isn’t something that you can escape from. Such is going to be the future as well. Let’s get in deep about these two!
Augmented Reality
What is the augmented reality and what does it do?
A digitalised image represented to interpret as a real-life object for the easy understanding of the viewer is called Augmented reality. Augmented reality enables users to have the real-time experience of the objects. These AR creates a computerized object to be displayed in front. This representation would go a long way in experiencing different objects and products. Hence this has a great scope in the field of technology and sales.
Who invented augmented reality?
Ivan Sutherland was the one who made the equipment and fed it with the computer design to make out an augmented reality. He hanged a device out from the ceiling and the device was put over the head. Although the Augmented Reality was invented by Ivan Sutherland, Tom Caudell was the one who coined the term “Augmented Reality”. This augmented reality was expected to be a huge thing but wasn’t in talks as much. But now, with the implementation of new things day by day, augmented reality is back in talks again and has quite a promising future.
Who uses and benefits from augmented reality?
Augmented Reality is an invention, that still has a really broad scope and has a number of places to implement it on. The augmented reality gives us an experience of a non-existing object. These objects might cost us millions or might consume a lot of time to try on. But with the AR, that has become a not so tough job. Hence, there’s a dire need for every industry to upgrade their equipment towards AR. Let’s just read further about this in order to have a good view on the advantages of AR.
Who are all investing and working on augmented reality?
E-Commerce:
The e-commerce industry that is still the giant in selling products, has been trying hard to keep its place in the market. How does an industry survive in the competition? Yes, by updating themselves again and again. That’s what these industries are trying to do as well. If you operate an E-commerce and deliver products to your customers, and they don’t like it. What are you going to do? Accept their return! Yes, in order to fulfil their needs, you need to have those products returned back to you and send the new ones. This causes a huge loss for these industries.
What if the customers can try on the products sitting at home itself? Wouldn’t that be amazing? It not only saves the time but also E-commerce industries will save a lot on all those pickup and delivery charges. I wouldn’t say that the concept of returning the products will be wiped out completely. But I’m pretty sure that it’s going to go down to a great extent. Read more about how e-commerce attracts the customers here.
Source: Wikipedia
Facebook has also introduced their own version of AR marketplace to make the purchases right there. The users have the liberty to see how the product suits them using the AR experience. There’s a large scope for this ahead of this. You can experience it live after logging in to the facebook here.
Games:
Pokemon Go
2 years back from now the idea of Augmented reality was so oblivious to people but with the introduction of pokemon go, augmented reality took a great leap in connecting with the audience. The audience started playing the game as if it was the task of their life. They made it a part of their lives, traveling as far as possible in the anticipation to find their favorite pokemon. Not just that, with the announcement of iPhone X, there were a few other sets of applications launched. Few of those were the AR games. These AR games, though haven’t garnered as popularity as the pokemon go could, still they have a long way to go in the future of gaming.
Apps:
Wikitude
Source: Wikimedia Commons
AR applications also came out with the IOS 11 last year. A few of the games that would display your star position in the sky. All those zodiac signs that can be interpreted through the stars could be navigated easily. Not just that, Google, in their i/o conference 2018, explained how they are going to incorporate AR in their maps. It’s going to be displayed in their Android P once it comes up. You can read about the Android P features here. If you’d turn your camera on, you can actually see a digitalized creature that would guide you to your destination. It’s just like having a travel guide but even more interactive and fun to watch.
Architecture:
IKEA
Source: Wikimedia Commons
This is another field that has been trying really hard on the Augmented Reality. The architects have a great vision, but the vision is not as easy to express as it is to think. In this case, augmented reality comes to the rescue. With augmented reality, one can have a real-time experience of the object that an architect is trying to show. The person can, in fact, put the digitalized object at the right place and the suitability can be experienced as well. Not just that, a good understanding would require the measurements too. Augmented reality also offers you the feasibility of showing the dimensions of the products. Can you imagine, putting a furniture of your choice digitally, to see if that suits the corner of your bedroom? Yep, that’s possible and has brought to use as well. Houzz, DecorMatters, Homestyler are few of that kind of applications.
A new device ARveo Augmented Reality microscope helps the doctors with the surgery with AR. It generates some visual overlays that help the surgeons during brain and spinal surgeries. The Uconn health hospital in Connecticut was the first to incorporate such kind of technology into their field. You can read further about it here.
Advertising and Promotions:
Well, this is the age of Marketing. No matter how you market, all that you need is a proper marketing technique to be able to reach your customers. The marketing can be easily done and even more sophisticated techniques can be incorporated into AR. You can make your viewers see how those glasses from Ray Ban would fit you or how the luxury from Zara would suit your newly purchased top. That’s not it, you can actually feel their presence looking at your front camera while they do their cheapest and the most efficient way of marketing. So if you think the augmented reality might not grab the attention through these ads, then you got to wait and see.
What devices does augmented reality support?
Augmented reality currently supports the mobile phones. The mobile phone with the cameras are the ones where you can experience this AR for yourself. Although AR is a great experience, still it doesn’t excite the millennials as much due to its battery consumptions. the applications use a great amount of your phone’s juice to be able to show what you see on the screen. This would cause a great deal of battery to drain.
How can augmented reality be used in the future and how can it change the world?
Augmented reality has a great future. You must have understood by this time looking at all the industries craving to have it. This is just the beginning, there’s still a lot to come in this field and we’re all waiting what wonders can it pull. With the introduction of Pokemon go itself, everyone was in awe of what AR could do. But let me assure you one thing, Pokemon Go is just the beginning. There’s still a lot of this to come and you can be pretty sure it will. New advances that would change the way we do things will change and yes, it’s for good.
Virtual Reality
What is the Virtual Reality and what does it do?
A 3-dimensional environment created, by wearing a headset where the person could feel the environment is called virtual reality. A reality experience that’s created virtually to be interpreted as real. This experience can be created by creating a digital environment that would appear as real for the viewer. Although many of you might have already experienced it one time or the other, still it’s always a delight to have such experiences.
Who invented Virtual Reality?
Morton Heilig, who is known as the “Father of Virtual reality” for his works and research on this field was the innovator. He innovated the “Experience Theatre” also known as Sensorama Stimulator, as a first step towards the progression of Augmented reality. This theatre would show the digitalized objects on the screen when put over the head. So that’s how the great step towards the augmented reality was taken.
Who uses and benefits from Virtual Reality?
Multiple industries are already investing in virtual reality. It has started as a gaming experience and now is expanding to multiple fields. These fields are trying their best to make the most out of this and provide their own share of virtual experiences. This helps them stand out from the rest. With virtual reality talks being everywhere, a number of industries are willing to use this feature.
The FIFA world cup app had the VR feature in it to allow the fans to have a real-time game experience. The virtual reality application has the feature of displaying a 360 view of every game. This not only helps the viewers have a great experience but will also cheer all those who couldn’t make it to Russia in order to watch the game live. You can read further about it here.
A number of application developing agencies are using this feature in their own special way to offer an exquisite experience to their customers or clients. The applications can be used to help the users experience the real-time situation of a location or an area. This would give them a practical understanding of what they are getting into. t’s like helping them see the real version of it, without having to change their respective locations. They can stay right at home and enjoy the experience of saving both their time and energy.
Games:
Batman Arkham VR
Source: Flickr
The gaming world is going to change completely with the initiation of this virtual reality. Almost every game that has come out recently have this features in them. Even in the recreational and fun parks, you can see a number of stores helping you experience their own virtual reality games. Have you seen people wearing those headsets and moving every possible way? Some of them tend to shout and get startled by what they see on their device. Some of these games could include roller coaster or have an experience of a dangerous ride. There are a number of computer games as well that give a real-time environment to take the game experience to a new level. You can get your hands on or read more about this game here.
Travel:
YouVisit
Source: Flickr
The travel industry is booming and hence no one wants to back out from all the technological advances that they can make. SO the travel industry is going down the same path as well. Incorporating VR into their applications. How would you feel if you can give your customers a glimpse of what they can see in after traveling there? Instead of pictures, it would be more like a real visit and experience. that’s what the travel industry has been doing to help their customers see all these things. Not just that, recently a ziplining agency, used the VR to give the users a feeling of ziplining at very high altitudes. These guys have made a 30-second ziplining feel like a 3 minute one. mark my words, VR is a big deal when it comes to creating delusions.
Therapies:
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This is the best part. When you come home from all that long day of work, what would you need the most? A little time in the mountains? Experience a beautiful sunset? Watch and count the stars in the sky? Well, that isn’t really an all-time happening thing but you can make that happen. With VR, you can experience these things in the real time and keep the stress away from yourself. You can also surround yourself with all the funny jokes and positive people in order to calm yourself and find some new faces.
The virtual reality is also being incorporated in the field of surgery to take this to a next level and help the people in their surgeries. This will also prepare the doctors on their surgical advances.
Real Estate:
Smart2VR
Source: Smart2VR
This has changed the life of many people who are looking for a new home. The virtual reality feature has been utilized by a number of organizations to show their own homes or by the broker industries that want to sell their client’s properties. It saves time and the buyers don’t even have to visit the home. They can have a real-time walkthrough of that respective flat and can explore it the way they want. They can walk and switch from room to room and understand the kind of ambience they have there. Thre are a number of real estate brokers incorporating this into their applications.
What devices does Virtual Reality support?
Virtual reality is supported in almost every mobile phone that has a wide screen. Though you need to have a smartphone in order to see these things. If your phone has the gyroscope sensor, then you’re good to go. Get yourself a good headset that is comfortable to you and has a good view capacity. Make sure the headset fits your phone. Now put the phone in the headset and you’re good to go. Find yourself a good cardboard video which is frequently available on youtube in order to experience this.
Which is the best headset for Virtual Reality?
Well, there are a number of devices have this feature. From cheapest of the headset starting at $1-2 to one of the costliest in the field, you can find the right headset based upon their specifications. But do understand that there might be the different headset for different phone sizes. The most reputed and one of the first VR headset to come into the market is the Oculus Rift. It has been purchased mostly by the gamers for a great gaming experience.
How can Virtual Reality be used in the future and how can it change the world?
Virtual reality has a number of applications. They have already been used in a number of applications, games, devices etc., and there’s a lot of need to explore its limitations. As a matter of fact, there are a number of new ways that have been coming up and been surprising us with its innovation. Just like AR, VR has its own innovative ways to amuse us.
Mixed or Hybrid Reality:
The mixed reality often referred to as Hybrid reality, is the mixture of both the augmented reality and virtual reality. This will be a great step towards the digitalization of experiences. The early mixed reality experiments were practised at the US Air Force Laboratory. This feature was developed in order to provide a flight simulation for the pilots.
Key Take Away:
All these reality devices are on the verge of becoming something really big in the near future. There is a constant need for the betterment of all these practices in order to see a better-digitalized world. But one thing is not to be forgotten, though there’s a great need for this to be incorporated, still, you need to make sure the usage is up to the limits and doesn’t go beyond the permissible usage.
Google has always tried to improve the user experience for mobile phones. Even the recent algorithm updates have been concentrating upon the mobile phone usability. So what does this score mean? What does it have to do with the website’s reputation? Let’s find out here.
What’s a “Mobile Speed Score”?
A mobile speed score is introduced in order to calculate the efficiency with which a site loads. Not just that, it also ranks a website based on its webpage load time. Though a few websites load quickly still some of the pages tend to take more than the average time, which eventually is an unpleasant experience for a viewer and is uncalled for. Hence, Google has taken this additional measure for websites to concentrate upon their internal pages as well.
The more time a website takes to load, less is the score given to that particular site. According to a statistic, around 51% of the users have been using Mobiles for their internet needs. In such cases, Google had to introduce this feature to enhance the viewer experience. Though there’s a rapid growth in usage of mobile phones, still the site load time is at an average of 15 seconds. While it should be less than 3 seconds. Hence, there’s a high need for this.
The slow load time of the mobile phone has other reasons to be worked upon. When a mobile site takes more than 3 seconds, the bounce rate increases rapidly. This is the reason why most of the advertisers back out from advertising on the mobile sites. They also show a lack of interest in using such websites for their marketing purposes. This update would not only help the websites receive enough advertisers but also would help them provide a great site experience.
What can be done?
Google has suggested for all these websites to use the AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) version that has been having a great response if they would like to increase their mobile speed score. These AMP pages load the mobile sites in about a second. That is almost a negligible time for any user. These AMP pages refuse to use the javascript which the usual websites use and load them just with the AMP elements. These custom AMP elements can be made of javascript at the core. They have to be specially designed to make sure that it doesn’t cause any changes in the core part of the website.
How should I go about this?
If you’d like to gauge your mobile site speed, click here.
If you’d like to compare your site to other pages, visit here.
After this, if you’d like some insights on your page, do click here.
What are the advantages?
With Mobile speed score, websites would have a significant increase in load time
individual page performance can be increased
There would be a recognition for people who work harder on their website’s mobile performances
Users will have a better experience and will have an idea about which site to visit
Time and effort of the viewer is saved
Advertisers would know which website to invest in
Google ranking would be enhanced for the ones working for this and their efforts won’t go unnoticed.
Artificial Intelligence has come a long way from being just a science fiction dream to a reality which we see today. The world is evolving at a rapid pace and with it the technologies are being upgraded and are getting better too. Today we have more power in our pocket than we had in our homes in the 1990s. Not long ago, holograms and smartphones were just science concepts but now the smartphones can check our health as the technology is evolving. Some of the application areas of artificial intelligence are health, education, entertainment, services, security and many other domains but these fields are specifically the most to benefit from this technology.
People are beginning to explore the benefits of AI and how it can ease their life. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning go hand-in-hand so that machines can learn about critical programs to gain knowledge and respond to demands to perform similar human-like tasks. Artificial Intelligence enables a machine to self-learn from experiences and human intervention which finally provides us with human-like capabilities for interaction and problem-solving potential. From chess-playing computers to self-driving cars, AI is present in many areas which we not might have thought of. AI makes use of Deep Learning and Natural Language Processing (NLP) to accomplish tasks like these which drives automation and intelligent processes.
Various Technologies will Lead in Coming Days
Recently the most progressed fields are Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Voice Assistance and Artificial Intelligence, and people are beginning to wonder what the future might be like with this kind of technology. To explain these technologies in 2 lines I would like to start with Augmented Reality, which combines virtual objects with the real world which gives an interactive experience by computer-generated perceptual information. Another one is the Virtual Reality which is a computer-generated simulation of a 3D image which can be interacted in a real or physical way through an electronic device which has sensors. Last but not the least is the Voice assistance which has been with us for many years now but the enhancements in AI has provided more room for improvement in voice-assisted technology.
There are many examples of AR which are being used by individuals and industries like;
IKEA uses the application Place, which they have recently released so that customers can
check how different types of furniture look in their home which simplifies purchase decisions for the customers. Niantic’s Pokemon Go, an Augmented Reality based smartphone game, enables the player to catch Pokemon on real-time locations. Automaker Company Ford uses Microsoft’s HOLO LENS to design cars and experiment with new designs. Other automakers, Audi and Cadillac use Virtual Reality to enhance the customer experience so that the buyers can see the car model and the features. So in short what I mean to say is that nowadays industry giants have started implementing technologies like AR and VR in their fields and are experiencing a much better way to run their business.
Examples for Voice Search technology are Apple’s Siri, Samsung’s S Voice, Microsoft’s
Cortona and Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa. A lot of development has been made in the field of AI in the last few years which has motivated developers and companies to create more products and services around it.
These are some of the points which suggest why Artificial Intelligence is important:
1. Repetitive Learning though data
AI carries out continuous computerized tasks which are high volume and automated. Through Deep Learning, AI seeks to get in-depth information about a problem or a query raised by an individual. Human enquiry is still important to ask the right question so that the learning is in the right direction.
2. Adding Intelligence
Products which are already in use are improved through the integration of AI capabilities. Different types of components like automation, learning bots and conversational platform can be merged together along with huge amounts of data to improve the product or the service through AI.
3. Adapting to newer algorithms
AI continuously learns newer algorithms through structured data available to it where a new skill is acquired in order to provide newer experiences. An algorithm is important to solve a certain case or a problem. When new models are introduced, AI automatically learns through training and added data.
4. Deeper Insights
More and more analysis of data leads to a deeper understanding of the database available to AI and through neural networks many hidden layers can be uncovered. With the highest compute power, various models can be trained to go deep into data to get more relevant out of it.
5. Incredible Accuracy
The most appropriate example to define this point will be Google search and Google photos which gets better as we continuously use them. Through deep neural networks, AI achieves higher accuracy to dive deep into data and select patterns of the users which can be helpful in providing similar results.
6. Proper utilization of data
The algorithms are self-learning and the data is used appropriately and excessively by AI which helps bring out the best results out of the big data. Since the data is important now than ever before, it creates a competitive advantage because many newer techniques or solutions and be uncovered through proper analysis.
Conclusion
Artificial Intelligence can benefit the lives of each and every individual because it has the potential to offer a technology which can be implemented in day-to-day life and would make their lives easier. There are multiple areas which can benefit from AI and this will result in the reduction of human efforts, costs, and labor. Industries and Enterprises are already using AI in their business processes and have started seeing the difference through high efficiency, lower operating costs, and faster decision making.
You must have come across on the news lately, one has to change from HTTP to HTTPS if they would like to avoid the insecure warning. Yes! Your website will be termed insecure when you don’t change yourself for this secure one. If you don’t have much exposure to this, let me help you with the understanding of this and for all those looking to rank higher on Google and bring multiple traffic here, this would be a must-read for you.
1. What exactly is HTTPS:
If you want an answer to what an HTTPS is then this would be your read. An HTTPS is a secure version of HTTP ( Hyper Text Transfer Protocol), an S is added as an abbreviation for Secure. This security makes sure that all your data transfer to the receiver(browser) is secure and has no exposure to third parties. Previously almost every website used to have HTTP but with the time, with an increase in the number of hacks and stealing of data, it has been made sure that the connection has to be secured to experience a safe and encrypted share of data. That’s the very reason why HTTPS has been introduced and has been widely used these days.
2. Why HTTPS, why pay for it?:
HTTPS is the secured version of HTTP and can be really helpful when there’s a possibility of being exposed to illegal practices. It protects the websites from its vulnerabilities and makes sure your website is secure. Especially when it comes to the websites that have the buy and sell facility, this would be the must-have feature on their sites or else there’s a high possibility of theft. That’s the very reason why most of the e-commerce or any other websites dealing in online purchases have upgraded their websites to HTTPS to ensure their customers a safe and a protected transfer of money. Not only this, but there’s a whole other reason, one should upgrade to this.
3. The Google Factor!:
The first and foremost reason for all the websites to upgrade to this is here. Google has confirmed in the year 2014 that the rankings on Google would consider the HTTPS factor. All those who have not upgraded to HTTPS would be named in a quite lower position of ranking. The other most important thing that Google might effect is by using the word “Not Secure”. This word is the one that’s going to take multiple websites down as from July 2018, the whole story of HTTP is going to change. They will be named Not Secure. Imagine the kind of loyal audience and newly visiting traffic it might hurt. All those traffic that has driven your website will stop visiting and that’s when the depreciation starts. Hence, if you haven’t updated your HTTP website to HTTPS, this might be the time.
4. How do I change it to HTTPS:
If you’re wondering how you can change the website to HTTPS, then we’ll guide you through. In order to get that “Secure” tag after your HTTP, you need to get an SSL certificate from your host or other hosting sites. These prices can vary from no cost at all(Free) to about 1500$. First of all, you need to make sure that yours is not a shared IP address. It should be a unique one. Most of the hosting sites have a basic plan where the IP addresses are not unique. The website owners who have just started don’t mind this factor much. So you need to get your own unique IP address and the next step would be to purchase a certificate. In order to do this, you need to find some sites such as instantSSL that provide an annually based certificate. These are available for free as well, but those aren’t as secure. So, learn about your preferences and depending on the kind of a website you’re running, choose your plan.
In the next step, you have to activate the certificate. You can request your web host would do that for you. Then in the final step, update your site to use HTTPS.
If this doesn’t do it for you, here is a link for an even better explanation here.
Advantages of using SSL:
Here are a few advantages related to this, that might convince you why it’s a must to upgrade to HTTPS.
HTTPS secures your site from a vulnerability from the third parties.
It ranks you higher on the Google ranking
Shows your website is genuine and worth visiting
You can earn your customer’s trust with the Secured status before the URL
Transactions would be done without any insecurity from the customer
Ranking higher means higher traffic, more the traffic, more is the business.
The customer’s confidence is increased and in time you’ll be regarded as a trustable site through the mouth talk.
Slack, a fundamental and widely used messenger program for company purposes is allegedly crashed down. “We’ve received word that all workspaces have problems connecting to Slack. We are currently exploring the matter, and will have updates soon,” said the company. This was displayed on their website on Wednesday. This dilemma from Slack has left each company communication using its program numb.
In another statement, it wrote: “We’re aware of the connectivity issues and having a look as we speak. So sorry for disrupting your day.”
Last year slack spanned roughly 6 million users. It has become one of the highest messengers for internal company communications. There are approximately 50,000 companies paying for its support that accounts for two million paid users. This includes 43 percent of the largest 100 firms in the country by revenue. These users are estimated to work at least for two hours a day on slack. Another 4 million consumers enjoy its services with limited accessibility.
A lot of revenue for these companies might go down in no time if slack doesn’t start operating soon. A lot of information and knowledge share is put to halt. Let’s see how quick Slack manages to get over this glitch.
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