Infosys Campus Connect Daily K10 : 2019/024

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 Study shows we’re spending an insane amount of time online Are we all addicted to the Internet? Maybe. The latest Digital 2019 report, from Hootsuite and We Are Social, shows we’re spending on average 6 hours and 42 minutes online each day. Half of that is spent on mobile devices. Email attacks increasingly using compromised accounts It's more believable if you're using a real, hacked account, than creating a fake one yourself. New 3-D printer shapes objects with rays of light A new 3-D printer uses light to transform gooey liquids into complex solid objects in only a matter of minutes. Programmer News for the Day C# 8 using declarations Visual Studio 2019 preview 2 was released a few days ago and I took the time to install it. Visual Studio itself is actually rather uninteresting to me, however the inclusion of the next C# 8 preview got my attention. Announcing TypeScript 3.3 If you’re unfamiliar with TypeScript, it’s a language that brings static type-checking to JavaScript so that you can catch issues before you even run your code – or before you even save your file. Boffins debunk study claiming certain languages (cough, C, PHP, JS...) lead to more buggy code than others Hard evidence that some coding lingo encourage flaws remains elusive Word for the Day wake verb \ ˈwāk  \ : to be or remain awake The hikers were instructed to follow the wake of the chief mountaineer. More Puzzle for the Day Anagram for the Day Birthday Puzzle The day before yesterday, Alex was 27. Next year they will be 30, how? Solution (Previous Puzzle): ....nst >> against ....nip >> parsnip ....fth >> twelfth ....rno >> inferno ....dox >> paradox ....sil >> utensil ....nac >> almanac ....iem >> requiem ....arb >> rhubarb ....ior >> warrior ....bey >> disobey ....van >> caravan ....ipt >> receipt ....dth >> breadth ....nox >> equinox An anagram is a word made by using letters of another word in a different order. Example: shot à host Find the anagram for the following: Sore Sown Star Solution (Previous): SHOE : HOES, HOSE SILO : OILS, SOIL SKIN : INKS, KINS, SINK Innovation of the Day In 1825, housewife Hannah Lord Montague (1794-1878) at 139 Third Street, Troy, N.Y. took her scissors and created the first detachable collar on one of her husband's shirts in order to reduce her laundry load to the collar only. In 1850, the first U.S. patent for push-key operation for an adding machine was patented by Dubois D. Parmelee of New Paltz, N.Y. (No. 7,074). His "Calculating Machine" patent diagram showed 9 keys. In 1850, Gail Borden of Brooklyn, NY, was issued a U.S. patent his process that baked a combination of extracts from meat with flour to produce a meat biscuit capable of long term storage (No. 7,066). Video for the Day Podcast for the Day Do animals have language? - Michele Bishop All animals communicate. But do they have language? Michele Bishop details the four specific qualities we associate with language and investigates whether or not certain animals utilize some or all of those qualities to communicate. Sharing economy : BBC 6 Mins English Need some extra cash? Why not rent out your spare room? Or let people park in your driveway? Many websites are bringing people together to do just that as part of what's called 'the sharing economy'. Rob and Finn discuss this new trend and teach you some vocabulary about making money. Idiom for the Day be up on be well informed about Cassie you should be up on what you are learning in the class, so concentrate. More Quote for the Day “Relentlessness and discontent are the first necessities of progress.” Thomas Edison Thanks & Regards, Team Campus Connect, Infosys Limited