Hasta La Gadget!

With all the focus on smart speakers like Amazon Echo, Google Home, and soon Harman Kardon “Invoke”, the original smart appliance has seemingly been pushed out of the picture. Either that or smart TVs and set-top boxes have become so common that they’re no longer exciting. Apple, however, isn’t done giving its Apple TV some love and apparently has some … Continue reading

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BEFORE YOU GO

• What the proposed tax cuts could mean.

• In case you missed it ― the first trailer for “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” dropped.

• The last known person to be born during the 1800s has died.

• Sounds like Radiohead’s Coachella set did not go as planned.

• We don’t know how we feel about the new Oreo flavor.

• What is this clear coffee magic?

• Now that’s our kind of Easter Egg hunt: A helicopter dropped over 45,000 eggs from the air.

• The “Survivor” contestant who outed another contestant claims he has been fired from his job because of it.

• A rotating restaurant killed this 5-year-old after he became stuck.

• A suspect has been arrested in the killing of 27-year-old jogger in Massachusetts.

• “Meet the Catholic priest whose Twitter puts Trump to shame.”

• The death of the allure of Facebook instant articles for publishers.

• Instagram stories have turned out to be a nightmare for Snapchat.

• What happened to Curt Schilling?

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Driving tests haven’t really changed that much over the years, simply because for the most parts, cars are still operated the same way, and the rules of the road haven’t changed that much either. That might be a different story when self-driving cars come into the picture, but until then things should remain roughly the same.

However over in the UK, it seems that starting this December, students who want to take the driving test will be required to demonstrate their ability to navigate using a sat nav system. Drivers will be asked to drive independently for 20 minutes, which is double the current length, and four out of five candidates will be asked to follow directions shown on a navigational device.

The idea is to help inexperienced drivers get acquainted with roads and how they can rely on technology to find their way around, as opposed to getting lost and getting distracted while trying to get their bearing which could prove to be dangerous for other drivers on the road, so this inclusion is kind of a win-win situation.

According to a spokesperson for the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, “Using a satnav goes some way to addressing concerns that inexperienced drivers are easily distracted, which is one of the main causes of crashes. We’re moving with technology and the technology that new drivers will be using.”

UK Driving Tests Will Now Include Sat Nav Skills , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.

Thanks to a photo tweeted by Evan Blass the other day, we managed to catch a glimpse of the HTC U “Ocean” handset which is supposed to be HTC’s flagship handset. Details about the phone were a little scarce, but now a tweet by @LlabTooFeR has revealed some additional details about the handset.

According to the tweet, it seems that HTC will be following in the footsteps of Apple and some other Android OEMs by removing the headphone jack. This means that users who want to connect headphones to the handset will either have to rely on Bluetooth connections, or a pair of headphones with a USB-C connection (assuming the HTC U uses USB-C, which we reckon it probably will).

… and no 3.5mm jack…
this year Samsung might get one more user…

— LlabTooFeR (@LlabTooFeR) April 17, 2017

Based on the feedback of this rumor, users aren’t too happy with HTC’s possible decision. While it is possible that in the future USB-C will become the standard and will ultimately replace headphone jacks, at the moment there just aren’t that many USB-C headphones or speakers which makes it rather inconvenient for users.

Other rumored details include an IP57 rating which means it will have moderate water and dust resistance. There is no word on when the HTC U will be unveiled but we’ll keep an eye out if more details emerge.

HTC U ‘Ocean’ Rumored To Drop Headphone Jack , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.

President Donald Trump spent the weekend with his favorite people: the dues-paying members (and their friends) of his Mar-a-Lago Golf Club, where it costs $200,000 to join.

Over the weekend, Trump was reportedly spotted golfing at the Trump International Golf Club and greeting Mar-a-Lago guests. He attended an Easter service on Sunday at the Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea with his wife, Melania, son Barron and daughter Tiffany before returning to Mar-a-Lago to join his eldest sons, Donald Jr. and Eric, and their families for the club’s annual Easter brunch and egg hunt.

Pictures of wealthy Mar-a-Lago guests, standing with or near the president, made the rounds on Twitter, sparking quite a bit of commentary:

Although the White House Easter Egg Roll is scheduled for Monday, it will likely take place without all the parked Bentleys, Rolls Royces, Jaguars and Ferraris.

Due to his many visits to Mar-a-Lago, Trump has racked up an estimated $22 million travel tab in less than three months and is well on his way to spending more in a single year than Barack Obama spent on travel during all eight years of his presidency. CBS News reported last week that the Secret Service also spent $35,000 on golf cart rentals since the inauguration just to follow the president.

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