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Bytesized | 4/11/16

Have you ever seen a bat swimming? If not, you’re in for a treat. We say goodbye to the butt emoji, Nando’s gets what state capture is all about, SA banks embrace smart contracts and cryptocurrency and more in Bytesized.

Go back in time: Let them eat carbs, a model quits instagram, what LinkedIn connections are really like and also Weezer.

RIP the peach emoji

The recent iOS updated made some changes to the emoji stable. Don’t worry the eggplant is still the same, but the peach emoji no longer looks like a butt. Some say it is a booty from a different angle, but it really isn’t the same.

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Now and then

[via Buzzfeed]

State Capture: Nando’s says what we’re all thinking

 

 

 ICYMI watch as Sam takes you on a tour of the YouTube London studios

A new smartphone for photographers 

The Kodak Ektra has a 21 megapixel camera and a 13 megapixel front facing camera. The built in app allows you to edit photos and has all the manual features that photographers will love. Best of all you can see what the changes will look like before you take the photo.

[via My Modern Met]

Geek Alert: blockchain contracts are here 

The country’s major banks managed to circulate a smart contract on an Ethereum based blockchain private network.

The proposed blockchain solution for syndicated loans will be based on cryptocurrency, but linked to legal tender. Banks will be able to form syndicates and trade on an electronic exchange with smart contracts.

WTF are blockchain contracts? Read all about it here. 

[via iAfrikan]

A bat swimming 

 

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