What College/University Students want for back to school

Heading back to school is an exciting time especially for first year college and university students. Moving away from home opens a whole new world of independence. We already know that they need to make sure they start each fresh year with making sure they've got their laptops and smart phones ready. But what else do they need?

We unofficially asked a few students who've experienced at least a year of being away from home to let us know what else they would recommend. And no, you don't need a drone. 

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Google Trends reveals most searched jokes on International Tell A Joke Day

"Amaze-ing Laughter" sculptures in Vancouver by artist Yue Min Jun. Photo credit: Sonya Davidson

We've learned that August 16th is International Tell A Joke Day and while we're trying to remember a few good punch lines, we've taking to Google Trends to find out what's funny for Canadians. Are Canadians funny? You bet! We love a good laugh and we don't need Google data to know that Canadians have a good sense of humour! Is it because of the unpredictable weather and the change of seasons? Who knows!

Apparently "Tell a Joke Day" has been celebrated worlwide since jokes began. According to daysoftheyear.com that goes wayyyy back to 1900 BC and apparently it was a fart joke.

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Breaking: Google Home now offers multiple user support and voice calling in Canada

Google Home, the AI-powered speaker and assistant is finally getting multiple user support today which means that various users in a household or office can get tailored responses based on voice recognition. Google Home will also be able to be used for voice calling to millions of phone numbers in US and Canada. 

"You can also make calls to your own personal contacts, as well as millions of businesses across Canada and the U.S..* Calling the bakery around the corner, ordering flowers from the nearest florist, and wishing grandma a happy birthday, are now as easy as “Hey Google.” Google explains.

*Google Home by default can call businesses and your Google Contacts. Learn more at our Help Center about how your other contacts stored on your phone can also be used on Google Home. Calls to 911, premium rate numbers as well as international numbers are not supported.

Learn more about Hands-Free Calling here, and multiple user support here.

Instagram finally introduces threaded replies

Instagram has answered our prayers. It's finally introducing threaded replies into its app. Now you'll be able to see comment threads within the app. If you have friends and followers who like to interact with you a lot, it gets confusing to follow conversations before because even when you hit Reply to a comment it just tags the user you're talking to but the comments just appear chronologically. Version 24 of Instagram will group replies underneath each thread and when there are multiple replies already, you'll just see how many have replied first before you see the full conversation. Facebook has adopted this approach before so it's about time it made its way to Instagram. The feature is rolling out globally in the coming weeks to both Android and iOS users.

Source: Android Authority