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Tech 2022: January at a glance.

Hey There, Hope you are doing well. I am Mayank and In this blog, I will share the Events which Happened in the month of January 2022 in Shorts. There will be a topic-wise distribution that makes it easy to read and understand. First,below is the timeline of this blog. So, Let me begin…
    • WazirX founder launches new web 3.0 platform meant to solve scaling issues.
    • The largest company in the world is finally jumping on the ‘metaverse’
    • Facebook’s latest metaverse move: Dropping avatars into Instagram
    • Don’t take a screenshot during a Messenger chat: Mark Zuckerberg warns Facebook users

WazirX founder launches new web 3.0 platform meant to solve scaling issues


Wazir X founder Nischal Shetty and blockchain architect Omar Syed have launched a new platform web 3.0 called Shardeum, which has been built to tackle one of the fundamental problems of web 3.0 platforms — scaling. Web 3.0 refers to the third generation of the Internet, which is mainly built using blockchain technology and is powered by cryptocurrencies. According to Shetty, blockchain scalability is one of the biggest barriers to crypto adoption as existing infrastructure is slow and expensive. He isn’t the only one who thinks so either. Platforms like Algorand have been built in order to solve scaling issues in existing ones like Ethereum and Bitcoin.

The largest company in the world is finally jumping on the ‘metaverse’

=> Apple’s price saw an 8% jump after the company’s CEO revealed that the tech giant is “investing accordingly” in the space.
=> During the company’s first quarter earnings call, Tim Cook mentioned that Apple’s ARKit can help design applications that would help users access the ‘metaverse’.
=> Apple reportedly also has an augmented reality (AR) headset in the works, scheduled to launch this year.

Facebook’s latest metaverse move: Dropping avatars into Instagram
  • 3D avatars are coming to Messenger, Facebook and Instagram, along with Super Bowl-themed shirts
  • The existing avatar-creation tools that are already on the Oculus Quest 2 and were updated last year will start appearing on other Facebook apps, but using them beyond profile images will mainly happen through sticker-pack-type emoji for now. Much like Bitmoji or Apple’s Memoji, the avatars will be animated with expressions that can be sent in messages on Messenger, or put into Instagram posts. The update comes alongside some additional avatar customizations that will carry over into Oculus Quest, adding expanded skin shaders, wheelchairs, hearing aids, and cochlear implants.

Don’t take a screenshot during a Messenger chat: Mark Zuckerberg warns Facebook users

Mark Zuckerberg, the founder, and CEO at Meta has given a subtle warning to all the users of Facebook about taking screenshots of chats when Disappearing Message is enabled. The CEO asked the users from refraining from the practice as Facebook will send a notification to the other user about it. For those who are unfamiliar with the ‘Disappearing Message’ feature on Facebook Messenger; it enables users to send a message that will vanish within moments after it is read. However, a user can take a screenshot of the message and keep a copy of it. The platform now alerts the users if such kinds of incidents took place. The change will ensure that users on Facebook do not participate in such kind of activity while chatting on the platform. Mark Zuckerberg even tried to show an example by showing a chat sent to his wife Priscilla Chan when the Disappearing message feature was activated. As mentioned by the Meta CEO earlier about the feature, when his wife took a screenshot, he got an alert. This shows the full functioning of the screenshot alert feature when the Disappearing Message feature is activated.

The Vanish Mode can be activated on Facebook by selecting a few steps
Step 1: Open the particular chat that you want to edit and tap the chat name at the top of the screen.
Step 2: Now scroll down to the ‘Privacy & Support’ section.
Step 3: Click on the Vanish mode.
Step 4: Tap to turn on Vanish Mode for the particular chat.

Thank You for reading till here. These are some major events that happened in Metaverse. There are more likely to be uncovered but will cover them in the next blog shorty. Have a good time. This is Mayank, Logging off. Peace out.

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