Personal Tech: What Geeks are talking about from Tech World

Here is the latest Personal Tech News from TechWorld.

Five platforms for developers to build chatbots

Opera VPN up close – is this browser now the world’s best free privacy tool?
Opera might have stolen a march on Chrome and Firefox

Here’s how Ravn Systems is harnessing the power of AI
Techworld spoke to Ravn System’s CEO Peter Wallqvist about Ravn ACE, its data crunching robot.

Here’s how to make your website more accessible for blind people
Making sites accessible tends to make them better for all users. Let’s see more businesses start to make their tech user-friendly for the blind and partially sighted.

Millennials “aren’t looking to get married” – Tinder CEO Sean Rad
The recently returned CEO of the popular dating app Tinder sat down for a conversation about his exile from the company he built, marketing to millennials and how Tinder categorically is not a hook-up app

9 of the best free VPNs 2016

Inside Nutmeg: the fintech upstart that hopes to democratise investing
Here’s what its like to be one of the 80 staff that go to work at Nutmeg’s headquarters in Vauxhall every day.

What is a chatbot, how do you build one, who is building them and are they good?
Tech giants like Facebook and Microsoft can’t stop talking about chatbots right now, but what are they, are they any good and how do you start building them?

What is a tech unicorn? And where did the term come from?
The term has been around for just a few years now but is already one of the most [over] used in the world of tech. We break it down for you.

Quiz: Can you answer these five questions about chatbots?
Chatbots are all over the news, but how much do you know about them? Take our quiz to find out

11 ways virtual reality could take off beyond gaming

Meet Ding: the company taking on the mobile top-up market
Ding is available in 130 of the world’s 196 countries, giving it a reach of 3.5 billion phones: roughly half of all those in existence today.

Why “there’s actually no reason to go public” for tech unicorns like Uber
The CEO of tech unicorn InsideSales.com Dave Elkington explains how the funding model fundamentally changed a year ago for tech companies, and why it is best to go it alone

Meet Hero: the startup that hopes to revolutionise the way we talk to businesses
Hero, launched last November, is a new app that aims to make waiting for 30-minutes ‘on hold’ a thing of the past.

Quiz: Can you answer these five questions about encryption?
With WhatsApp rolling out end-to-end encryption, could you answer these five questions about encryption? Take our quiz to find out!

Six of the best high-tech futuristic skyscraper concepts

Here’s how tech brands can engage with Millennials without looking stupid
Here’s how Gillette, Netflix, Dollar Shave Club and AT&T managed to market themselves to millennials without patronising them or making themselves look ridiculous.

Bitcoin and beyond: Which banks are investing in the blockchain?

Featurespace: can machine learning and maths help banks detect digital fraud?
Fist came Autonomy, then DeepMind. Is Featurespace the latest Bayesian star?

WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption explained: What is it and does it matter?
One billion app users get credible messaging security

11 best free business apps for smartwatches

Teaching students to build apps gives them far more than just coding skills
Teaching students to create apps provides them with skills such as coding. However it also encourages them to become entrepreneurial thinkers and teaches them the value of teamwork.

Meet the startups trying to take blockchain beyond fintech
The difficult-to-explain technology is already being feted as the future for secure transactions in the fintech space, but can it be applied to other industries…or even help save the world?

The huge impact driverless cars will have on parking and urban landscapes
The many wasted hours people spend trawling around cities looking for parking spots are set to become a thing of the past, thanks to new driverless car technology.

16 best uses of drones in business

The Panama Papers – how big data blew the lid on elite’s financial secrets
“There is no place to hide.”

Elon Musk: 9 ideas that aren’t so crazy

Who are you? How Yoti wants to solve the digital world’s identity crisis
Identity theft, impersonation, fraud – could a humble app be the answer?

QUIZ: Who tweeted it? Microsoft’s AI chatbot Tay or Donald Trump
Can you tell the difference between the tweets of an AI chatbot and the man running for US presidency?

Five times Donald Trump and Microsoft’s AI chatbot Tay agreed on things

Nu Skin’s ageLOC Me uses third-platform tech to improve your skin
Global skincare company Nu Skin believes that its use of third-platform technology is the way for you to stay young forever. Here is how Nu Skin brought together multiple technologies, suppliers and products to provide a single product with a seamless customer experience.

8 best IoT starter kits for developers 2016

10 biometric technologies that will kill passwords – fingerprints to selfies

The FBI’s 10 most wanted cybercriminals

Best 7 online privacy tools 2016 – VPNs, anonymous search, browser secrecy
Achieving Internet privacy is possible but often requires overlapping services

Five brilliant ways 5G will be used in the future

What is quantum tech – and could it take off in the UK?
Quantum effects like superposition and entanglement could vastly improve technologies like cryptography, imaging and computing. Here’s how.

Quiz: How much do you know about Facebook?
Think you know a lot about Facebook? Test out your knowledge here!

Eight unexpected ways Li-Fi could change the world

These 5 recruitment startups will help you hire the best talent

14 best Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox add-ons for developers

Eric Schmidt: Machine learning will be basis of ‘every huge IPO’ in five years
Machine learning and crowd-sourced data will underpin new business models for a new breed of successful startups, according to Google’s Eric Schmidt.

Google Campus London launches Future Founders programme for young entrepreneurs
With just 22 percent of young people wanting to set up their own businesses, startup hub Google Campus London is starting a Future Founders programme. Here is how young people can learn how to start a business.

London is the third biggest Airbnb city: The UK and Ireland GM explains why
Techworld.com sat down with James McClure, the UK and Ireland general manager at Airbnb, to talk about London hosting stats; lagging behind Paris and New York, and why the government is doing plenty to help the Airbnb community.

Quiz: How much do you know about LinkedIn?
Think you know a lot about LinkedIn? Put your knowledge to the test here

Twitter & Instagram algorithm changes: What brands need to know
Here’s what brands should do in response to both Twitter and Instagram implementing Facebook-style algorithm changes to their timelines.

DueDil Connect bypasses LinkedIn so you can find that next thousand customers
Fintech startup DueDil has released its latest feature Connect, and it is helping businesses bypass LinkedIn when looking for the right customers.