Daily Byte from Infosys Campus Connect : 2018/242

Dear Professor, Greetings from Infosys Campus Connect Team!!! Please find below links for the information related to latest technology and trends. This could help your faculty members and/or your college students. Tech News for the Day Google Chrome wants to stop back-button hijacking Chrome's back button will skip those shady redirects, actually go back. What a Newfound Kingdom Means for the Tree of Life Neither animal, plant, fungus nor familiar protozoan, a strange microbe that sits in its own “supra-kingdom” of life foretells incredible biodiversity yet to be discovered by new sequencing technologies. Microsoft unveils Windows Sandbox: Run any app in a disposable virtual machine First leaked a few months ago, the new feature should be coming to insiders imminently. Programmer News for the Day Why you should learn F# If you were thinking of learning a new programming language in 2019 then I would highly recommend to have a close look at F#. The Functional Side of React If you're a web developer, odds are you'll need to know a little bit about React. Read on to learn how to write functional-oriented JS code with React.js. When to Use ''Var'' as a Type There are two important ways of declaring data types in C# and .NET, 'var' and 'int'. Read on for a look at when to use each one. Word for the Day annuity noun an·​nu·​i·​ty | \ə-ˈnü-ə-tē,  -ˈnyü-\ : a sum of money payable yearly or at other regular intervals Part of her retirement income will come from an annuity. More Puzzle for the Day Words Puzzle Can you find three words which... ...contain EE twice? Solution (Previous Puzzle): Still 9 feet because the ladder will rise with the ship! Innovation of the Day In 1999, a U.S. patent was granted for making a “Sealed Crustless Sandwich,” (No. 6,004,596), to David Geske and Len C. Kretchman of Menusaver, Inc. In 1937, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Walt Disney's first full-length (83 minutes), animated film opened in Los Angeles, California. it was the first commercially successful film of its kind. In 1933, dried human blood serum was prepared for the first time in the U.S. at the school of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. Video for the Day How did feathers evolve? - Carl Zimmer To look at the evolution of modern bird feathers, we must start a long time ago, with the dinosaurs from whence they came. We see early incarnations of feathers on dinosaur fossils, and remnants of dinosaurs in a bird’s wish bone. Carl Zimmer explores the stages of evolution and how even the reasons for feathers have evolved over millions of years. Wiki for the Day SSS*: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSS* Quote for the Day “If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not doing anything. I’m positive that a doer makes mistakes.” John Wooden Thanks & Regards, Team Campus Connect, Infosys Limited