Make Your Own Memes - Whale App

Facebook, a social media gaint has introduced a meme making app called ‘Whale’. This app is available only on the Canadian App store. This app was developed by Facebook’s New Product Experimentation (NPE) team which was set up earlier this year to develop and test new apps for social media networking platforms.

Whale app is quiet easy to use. You can either take a new photo from your phone camera or you can choose a picture from your camera roll. Then you can begin a journey of meme making with images, texts, emojis and effects. They are different layouts available like blank 2 grid, 3 grid and 4 grid canvas layouts you can choose. If you need to draw your own meme you can use freeform drawing tool.

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50 Fastest Growing Companies of the year 2019 by The Silicon Review

The Silicon Review “50 Fastest Growing Companies of the year 2019” recognizes organizations that are dedicated to sustaining high-trust cultures among their customers. These companies are distinguished by their extraordinary levels of trust, pride, and technology know-how. Putting their customers first is a key priority for these companies.

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50 Fastest Growing Companies of the year 2019 by The Silicon Review

50 Most Admired Companies of The Year 2019

The Silicon Review's 50 Most Admired Companies Of the Year 2019

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Best Startups Magazines by The Silicon Review

Best Startups 2019

Best Startups 2019

Idealization of a Startup may sound easy, but development of the same is just next to impossible.

Building a multi-million dollar company within a couple of months simply isn’t the case for the majority of startup businesses. Even multi-billion dollar companies which are ruling the business world today stories flew under the radar for several years before reaching their

goal. 

So,how to build a successful startup? You have to be passionate, committed and willing to work for the long haul. Many startups don’t fail. Rather, the entrepreneurs just tend to give up too soon. Set realistic goals for growth and development and take your startup journey one step at a time. Understanding the market and openness to innovation might be the difference between a failed startup and a very successful one.

Here we introduce you to The Silicon Review ‘10 Best Startups of the Year 2019"

https://thesiliconreview.com/magazine/cover/10-best-startups-to-watch-2019

The MRAP and Beyond: Contending with the Threat of IEDs in the Battlefield

For all the high-tech innovation that takes place with military weaponry, no weapon has shaped the past two decades quite like the improvised explosive device (IED). These low-cost bombs defined the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. 60% of American fatalities and 50% of those in Afghanistan are deemed to have been the result of IEDs. 

In turn, IEDs have changed the way that modern wars are fought. They defined the era of asymmetric warfare, giving poorly trained insurgents a tool for attacking superior trained, more heavily armed soldiers without having to engage them directly. IEDs meant that troops who might otherwise have travelled on foot or in smaller, lighter vehicles do so instead in large armored vehicles like the iconic Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle (MRAP). 

The heavy duty, four-wheeler MRAPs were first rolled out by the Pentagon in 2007, as part of a program valued at around $50 billion in total. They were highly survivable multi-mission vehicles that were capable of surviving IED attacks, alongside other explosive assaults such as rocket-propelled grenades. Capable of carrying out the job of Armored Personnel Carrier (APC), armored ambulance, convoy protection and more, these versatile armored vehicles performed an invaluable service during their tenure in Iraq and, later, Afghanistan. In addition to protective elements like their armored MRAP seats, their unique selling point was their V-shaped hull, which allowed the vehicles to disperse the blast from improvised explosives that could otherwise injure or even kill troops inside. According to those who rode in MRAPs, sometimes they were unaware they had even driven over a homemade bomb. 

Picking up where the MRAP left off 

Thanks to the MRAP Armor Weight Reduction Spiral (MAWRS) Program, later MRAP models gained armor that was significantly lighter. MRAP production officially ended in 2012, after roughly 12,000 of the vehicles had been deployed in the field. However, the need to contend with the threat of improvised mines on the battlefield has continued ever since.

 The initial MRAP models were succeeded by the MRAP All Terrain (M-ATV) vehicle, a lighter series of vehicles which applied many of the lessons about IED protection from the larger, heavier MRAPs — but offered greater levels of mobility. Another vehicle was the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV). These lighter mine-resistant vehicles were developed to replace aging Humvee vehicles when a multirole light vehicle was called for, while still meeting the rigorous blast test protection standards for IED-protected vehicles.

 Heavier vehicles were used, too. For instance, vehicles such as the Caterpillar D9 large track-type tractor have been called into service to help clear paths and operational terrain of IEDs. Because of the immense size of these vehicles and their highly durable construction, they were capable of surviving blasts that may have crippled even main battle tanks. In some instances, these heavy-duty tractors were operated by remote control to further reduce the risk of their crew being injured in a de-mining mission. 

Not just vehicles 

There were multiple models of each of these classes of vehicle released. However, this is far from the extent of militaries’ attempts to counter the threat posed by IEDs. Robots have also been used to combat improvised explosives. The TALON robot is controlled remotely by an operator who can be up to 1,000 meters away. Weighing under 100 pounds (a far cry from the heavy armored vehicles mentioned above), these robots are equipped with cutting-edge optics, sensors and other tools for seeking out and disabling IEDs. In doing so, TALONs have become the most widely used counter-IED robots in the world, destroying upward of 50,000 IEDs in Iraq and Afghanistan, and proving themselves to be a valuable asset to armed forces in the process. 

Other technologies include the likes of the Counter Remote Controlled Improvised Explosive Device Electronic Warfare (CREW) Duke system, which neutralizes remote control IED devices by blocking signals that would otherwise trigger the improvised explosives blowing up. 

Meanwhile, soldiers who would ordinarily be the most vulnerable to IED attacks have benefited from advances in personal armor. While dismounted troops remain at more risk, the development of new types of armored plate, designed to safeguard the body, can help protect individuals from the fragments emanating from IEDs. 

Working to solve the problem

 Thanks (or no thanks) to their low barrier to entry, both in terms of cost and the lack of skill needed to deploy them, IEDs continue to be an unfortunately widespread part of modern warzones. Fortunately, technologies such as those mentioned here are helping armed forces fight back. There’s still far more work to be done — and even a single death in the battlefield is one too many — but efforts like these are helping nullify the impact of IEDs. 

Here in 2019, improvised explosive devices remain a problem that’s impossible to ignore. Fortunately, the right people are paying attention to it.

4 Good Reasons to Use a Drone for Security in Your Industrial Facility

Considering the level of technology powering an automated industrial drone, it isn’t hard to imagine that one would make for an excellent addition to your industrial security. These drones fly without a pilot for both scheduled and on-demand missions, they perform their own maintenance like battery charging and swapping and changing sensors, and they’re always ready to respond. If you’re wondering exactly how security drones can impact your organization’s security, there are a number of reasons they are about to become an inexorable part of nearly every industrial organization’s security plan, and the next four are some of the biggest.

#1. Your CCTV system is good, but it isn’t perfect 

Considering the cost-efficiency of CCTV systems and the wide swathes of visibility they provide, CCTV security systems are frankly quite good in most industrial settings. They do have a couple of significant downfalls, however. One is the blind spots they suffer from, and another is that though some systems have moving cameras, they really aren’t dynamic solutions.

Industrial security drones are the perfect complement to CCTV systems because they provide visibility into all the areas that aren’t reached by CCTV, like behind objects, around structures and in tight spaces. Industrial security drones are also a dynamic security solution that can react to emerging or suspected situations to provide additional awareness wherever necessary, whenever necessary, including intruder detection and tracking.

#2. Not all your facilities are centralized

 When you have uncentralized or even remote facilities, sites or assets, it can be either cost prohibitive or logistically impossible to include those sites in your standard security plans and protocols, and it can seem unreasonable to station security personnel so far from your main operations. 

These are the types of sites that are made for industrial drone security, particularly the kind provided by automated drones that can fly both VLOS and BVLOS missions without requiring a pilot. Having an automated drone flying regularly scheduled and on-demand security rounds at these facilities provides your security team with a dynamic and responsive security tool, one that can provide essential information in the event a security or police response is required

#3. You worry for your security personnel 

Security personnel in industrial facilities face a number of risks. Intruders, thieves, terrorists and saboteurs have the potential to strike at any industrial site, not to mention the risks that stem from equipment, emissions, falls and other hazardous conditions. 

It isn’t reasonable to think that most industrial organizations can simply eliminate security personnel due to the risks they face. Most sites and facilities require a human response on a regular basis. However, an industrial drone can fly ahead of your security personnel to any emerging or unfolding incident and immediately begin transmitting the kind of essential information that gives personnel the upper hand when approaching dangerous situations. 

For example, when entering a room where an intruder is hiding, instead of attempting to search the room themselves to locate the suspect who may or may not be armed, an industrial drone can transmit the intruder’s exact location as well as his actions and any visible weaponry through a live video feed. 

#4. There are high stakes for your emergency response 

Maybe it goes without saying that there are high stakes for any emergency response. However, with the kind of materials and equipment in use in many industrial facilities, many incidents have the potential to become disasters, and they have the potential to do so quickly. 

When a situation is unfolding, responders need to know exactly what the problem is, where it is, and how it can be fixed before it reaches a critical stage. The visibility into these issues that can be provided by an automated drone that is always ready to fly at a moment’s notice can be the difference between life and death and the difference between a minor issue and a catastrophe.

 Automatic security upgrade 

Upgrading an industrial security system used to be a daunting proposition, one that would require major equipment and infrastructure upgrades and the accompanying costs. With an automated industrial drone for security an organization can improve nearly every aspect of its security with just one smart solution that – for the most part – takes care of itself. If that isn’t an automatic upgrade, what is?

The benefits of using a translation company

You need a translation and the first question that comes in mind: Translation agency, Freelance translator, expensive service, cheap, fast...? In this article, we inform you of the advantages of choosing a translation company in order to facilitate decision making.

Espresso translations is based in London, UK and offer the following benefits: 

Professional and specialized translators

A translation company offers a wide range of language combinations as well as a wide range of specialties. There are many good freelance translators, but obviously, they do not cover all topics. Each translation needs a certain professional; it can already be in the legal, technical, health sector, etc. Do not forget that the translation must be done by a native translator of the language, to which you translate, the latter is essential. Speaking or having knowledge of several languages ​​does not allow us to translate.

Translating requires a perfect command of both the source language and of course the target language, in addition to specialization and experience that is acquired over the years of work. He distrusts the professional who claims to be able to make both direct and reverse translations of several languages ​​and several fields. Let's face it, it's impossible to know everything and do it well!

A reliable documentation job

Automatic translators work according to their own database, which often draws on the unreliable universe that makes up Internet web pages. But the professionals of a translation company also have their own databases, much more reliable in this case: beyond the vocabulary they already have internalized, good translators turn to sources of documentation of recognized prestige in their respective languages.

'Human' and revised syntax

The most flagrant mistakes of the automatic translators are given in the final text. However sophisticated the tool may be, it will always be noted that it is the mere union of words made by a machine. Instead, the professionals of a translation company take care of the final wording so that it sounds natural and in the same style as the source text, reviewing each phrase so that it is absent from grammatical, spelling or syntactic errors.

Deadlines

In the case of large-scale translation projects, an agency offers you the possibility of assigning several translators, which means that the work can be delivered in a short period of time. The project manager will be in charge of communications within the team of translators and other professionals saving you time and making the project more efficient.

Quality review and verification

Correcting our own work is almost an impossible task, even in the case of highly qualified translators. It is very difficult to discover each spelling or grammar mistake when we have written the text ourselves. Most translation agencies offer correction and quality control service, which means that your translation will be reviewed by a second translator, and when several translators are used for large projects, the translation will be standardized to ensure uniformity.