Sep 27
More than 2,300 have signed a petition to calling for the park to honor the artist instead.
Sep 27
Sony’s Xperia smartphone series will get a new design language in 2018 after nearly a half-decade with the same rectangle. The design language they use currently began roughly around the time the first Sony Xperia Z device was released – see our original Sony Xperia X Review from back in 2014 to see what I mean. Now, here in 2017, … Continue reading
Sep 27
Blizzard’s Battle.net app is making the jump to mobile devices. Though most Blizzard fans are already deeply familiar with the Battle.net desktop app, the company wants to ensure that your friends list – and your window into what those friends are playing – is never out of reach. Notably, this app is launching on mobile devices just in time for … Continue reading
Sep 27
Still got any gadget enthusiasm left between Apple’s iPhone X aftermath and Google’s upcoming Pixel 2 launch? Amazon is hoping the answer to that is yes, since it’s holding an unexpected launch in Seattle today. The retail behemoth is playing exactly what’s on the agenda close to its collective chest – though we’re holding out hope for Jeff Bezos spending … Continue reading
Sep 27
iPhone 8 Review
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“Familiarity breeds contempt,” or so the old proverb goes, and never has that been more topical than for the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus. In any other year from the past decade, Apple’s new smartphones would be the topic of endless fascination and discussion. In 2017, though, they’re almost forgotten in the shadow of the iPhone X. While “X” … Continue reading
Sep 27
At one of its Ignite sessions yesterday, a Microsoft spokesman disclosed that the LTE Surface Pro would be available for purchase starting December 1st, according to Neowin. We’ve reached out to Microsoft for confirmation and will update this post wi…
Sep 27
Google Slides is about to make it easier if you want to whip together a polished presentation in a hurry. The productivity tool now supports add-ons that let you quickly drop in content without having to hunt for it in a separate website. You can a…
Sep 27
Amazon hasn’t said anything about it publicly, but today at 1:30PM ET the company is expected to unveil a variety of new products to expand the Echo and Alexa family. The timing makes sense — with the holidays coming up, having fresh hardware to off…
Sep 27
Apple recently launched its new set-top box, the Apple TV 4K. As the name suggests, the set-top box is capable of streaming content in 4K UHD. Apple announced that iTunes users will automatically get their purchases upgraded from HD to UHD at no additional cost. We saw Amazon cut prices for 4K content on Amazon Video after this and now Google has taken a similar step.
It has been possible to purchase 4K UHD content from Google Play Movies & TV however, the titles are normally priced at $29.99. That’s quite a price to pay compared to almost half that for HD titles.
Google has quietly reduced prices for UHD content on its content store. Spider-Man: Homecoming is one of the titles that have received a price cut for the UHD option. The SD version can now be purchased for $14.99 while the UHD version costs $19.99.
The same holds true for Baby Driver as well. Both are fairly recent titles so it’s good to see that this treatment hasn’t just been reserved for older content.
It doesn’t seem like this price cut has been made across the board so there will be many titles that still cost $29.99 for their UHD versions. Nevertheless, something is better than nothing, right?
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Sep 27
Ford today announced a new partnership with ride-hailing service Lyft which will help both companies further their self-driving car ambitions. Ford has invested significant resources in its autonomous driving program and Lyft has been making its own moves. This partnership aims to help both companies progress toward a more affordable, dependable, and accessible future of self-driving cars.
This partnership fuses Lyft’s ride-hailing platform and Ford’s self-driving car technology in a way. That’s where their works begin. They envisage a future when a Lyft user opens up the app during a period of high demand and the software is capable of sending them a self-driving Ford car that can take them to wherever they need to go.
That’s the ultimate aim here and given that Ford has experience with self-driving car technology and large scale manufacturing, it can combine that with Lyft’s fleet management expertise to further their joint cause.
The problems that they will be figuring out include connecting their platforms together to dispatch self-driving cars, deciding which cities to launch this service in, and figuring out what kind of infrastructure will be necessary to service and maintain a fleet of autonomous cars to ensure that they are always available when a customer needs one.
As they continue to build their technology platform, Ford is going to deploy cars with human drivers behind the wheel on Lyft’s network. This will enable the company to test its platform interface to ensure compatibility with Lyft’s ride-hailing platform.
Eventually, Ford will connect its autonomous cars to Lyft’s network. Precisely when that’s going to happen remains to be seen.
Ford And Lyft Announce Self-Driving Car Partnership , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
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