Top 5 Tech Reads: Aug 7–13

via The Verge

Uber adds in-app messaging, rumors of a new Samsung Note camera, and the launch of the official Hamilton app. Check out our top tech reads from last week!

1. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton now has an app where you can score $10 tickets. Posse and the Hamilton Team collaborated to launch the official app of Hamilton! The first ever broadway musical app is packed with cool features from a lottery entry interface, to stickers, to a snapchat-esque “HamCam”. The app is now available on iOS and Android. (The Verge)
2. Uber adds in-app messaging between riders and drivers. Last week, Uber started rolling out a new in-app chat feature that will allow riders to send text messages directly to their driver once they book a ride, and vice versa. Now, when you call an uber, a chat option appears that lets you message your driver directly. (Techcrunch)
3. Dual-Lens Camera Revealed in Leaked Note8 Images. According to rumors, the next Samsung Note phone may have a dual lens camera. The latest photos posted to Twitter show an edge-to-edge display across the width of the device and thin bezels at its top and bottom. (Tech News World)
4. How A.I. Is Creating Building Blocks to Reshape Music and Art. Project Magenta, a team at Google, is crossbreeding sound from different instruments based on neural networks and building networks that can draw. (NYT Tech)
5. Google’s voice typing tech adds support for 30 more languages, reaching further into Africa and India. Google expanded its speech recognition capabilities to support dozens of new languages, particularly those in emerging markets in India and Africa. Now more people around the world will have the ability to search the web by voice as well as type via voice using Google’s keyboard app, Gboard. (Techcrunch)

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