Twitter rolling out personalized recommendation feature

Twitter wants to make your use of the social network “more personally relevant” with a new discovery feature that recommends Twitter handles you should be following and tweets you should know about. The new tool took inspiration from an experimental account called @MagicRecs, which examines Twitter users’s network and sends out occasional recommendations of accounts to follow via direct message. Mobile Twitter users, particularly Android and iOS users, will get recommendations through push notification. 

Google Constitute: a tool for government creation and comparison

Google wants to do their part in country unification and government building with the introduction of a new site called Constitute. Built with the support of the Comparative Constitutions Project, the website features constitutions from around the world that can be searched by country or topics ranging from general themes, like “Foreign Policy,” to specific material, like “Judicial Autonomy and Power.”  

The internet giant hopes the site is used by drafters in creating and writing their constitutions and to help citizens become aware of their constitutions and those of other countries.

Huawei opens new Regina office, SaskTel commemorates opening by offering Ascend Y300

Huawei Canada officially opened a new office in Regina today to serve as the brand’s sales and support center in Saskatchewan and help strengthen their business with SaskTel. The Canadian telecoms firm commemorated the opening by announcing that they will be offering the Huawei Ascend Y300 for the first time in SaskTel stores in the province on Friday.

The Ascend Y300 is an Android 4.1-powered smartphone with a 4-inch display and 5-megapixel shooter. It will be available in white for $99 without contract or $0 on a two-year contract. The phone will be available on SaskTel’s 4G network.

Samsung introduces new image sensor tech

Samsung looks to be ditching Back Side Illumination (BSI) in favor of its new imaging sensor technology they call ISOCELL. The new pixel tech is expected to increase light sensitivity and control effectively the “absorption of electrons” that would bring about higher color fidelity and 30 percent less electrical noise in low light pictures. ISOCELL technology will form a barrier between each pixel that will reduce the noise and allow for a wider field of light to enter the sensor. This also helps reduce the height of the camera module, which would allow manufacturers to create slimmer and smaller mobile device form factors.

The first sensor to adopt the new tech is the 8-megapixel S5K4H5YB, which they are sampling to hardware partners at the moment. Expect high-end devices unveiled in the fourth quarter to feature the new sensor technology.

Source: Android Central