Slack update brings call capability to mobile beta apps

Android and iOS beta users of Slack are getting access to calls using their devices. Calls, the Slack term for this feature, has been available for desktop users who activated the feature since last month. Now, to use it on your mobile app, you just need to open an individual or group direct message and then tap on the small arrow icon to show the menu. Near the end of the menu there’s a feature that says “Call (user).” The feature has been made available since late last week.

Source: The Next Web

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With the release of the new plug-in hybrid version of the Volvo XC90, the Swedish carmaker outed a new clever publicity stunt for said vehicle. Seemingly sketchy with the name “Highway Robbery,” what the video shows is actually a contraption of sorts along the southern California highway that pushed water into a generator when a car passed by. This turns the hydraulic power created by the cars passing by into electric power for the car. Alongside the road there is a shiny white XC90 T8 parked that gets all that power. A Jumbotron near the setup taunts driving passengers by displaying messages like “Thanks for the extra miles, Jeep.” A crafty marketing ploy, we have to say.

Source: The Verge

Japan will let tourists pay for goods and services using fingerprints

Worried about cash and credit cards when you’re traveling? Japan wants to ease your fears by letting you pay for things using only your fingerprints. The Japanese government hopes this new voluntary system will alleviate fears of the tourists and also help decrease crime. When you arrive in the country as a tourist, you’ll be able to register your fingerprints, personal data, and credit card information at a kiosk in the airport. This can then be used later for hotels and shops, go through tax exemption procedures, and help verify their identities.

It’s set to kick off this summer in 300 shops, hotels, and restaurants in some of the country’s most popular prefectures and might spread across the country by spring of 2017, if the testing goes well. They aim to make it more widespread by the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Source: Yomiuri Shimbun | Via: Mashable