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Oct 25

Parrot Launches Drones Aimed At Professionals

While there are more than a few drone makers out there, it’s safe to say that DJI has the market pretty much cornered. The company makes drones for all sorts of users, ranging from the hobbyist, the enthusiast, and even professionals who might need drones for site inspections. However Parrot isn’t letting DJI hog all that market share.

The company has recently announced that they will be launching new drones aimed at professional users. One of the drones that was recently announced is the Bebop-Pro Thermal. This is a drone aimed at small-medium businesses and as its name suggests, will come with a thermal camera made by FLIR, and this will cost $1,500.

However for companies that might need something a bit more robust, Parrot has you covered as well with the Bluegrass. This is a drone aimed at agricultural businesses that comes equipped with a multispectral sensor that helps capture image data at specific frequencies. There is also flight planning software that will allow farmers to monitor their fields without having to go out there in person, or send someone else as the Bluegrass drone is said to be capable of cover 74 acres on a single charge.

It is clear that these drones are aimed for very specific uses and not general use for consumers. Both drones are expected to be made available this coming November.

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Oct 25

iOS 11.1 Appears To Dramatically Improve Battery Life

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While iOS 11 was meant to improve a bunch of new features and improvements to Apple’s iOS platform, it seems that it has had a pretty buggy launch, with quite a few users reporting various issues. One of the main issues seems to have to do with battery life, in which it was found that iOS 11 seems to be causing worse battery drain than before.

However the good news is that Apple could have fixed it. In the iOS 11.1 beta that was recently seeded to developers and beta testers, it looks like the update has improved upon battery life dramatically. In the test above conducted by iDeviceHelp, it shows that prior to iOS 11.1 and on various iPhones running iOS 11.0.3, users were getting around 4 hours or so of usage.

With iOS 11.1, that has jumped considerably to about 8 hours or so, doubling what was offered before. Of course your mileage may vary and how these tests were conducted could hardly be considered scientific, but it does seem to represent some pretty impressive battery gains. Interestingly enough the iPhone 7 Plus seems to have the shortest battery life out of the three devices tested, with the iPhone 8 Plus sporting the longest battery life.

In any case we expect that iOS 11.1 should be released to the general public soon, so if you have been holding off on updating to iOS 11, then perhaps waiting to iOS 11.1 might be a better idea.

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Oct 25

Twitter Will Now Make Political Ads More Transparent

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Sometimes you see various political ads being posted onto social media websites, and while sometimes the topics raised might be legitimate, it is probably a good idea to question who the ad came from, and what their angle might be. Unfortunately usually these ads aren’t very transparent, but that’s something Twitter wants to change.

The company has recently announced that moving forwards, they will take greater efforts into making ads more transparent. This means that users will be able to tell who these ads came from and who might have paid for them. According to Twitter, “To make it clear when you are seeing or engaging with an electioneering ad, we will now require that electioneering advertisers identify their campaigns as such. We will also change the look and feel of these ads and include a visual political ad indicator.”

Twitter will also disclose how much money has been spent on the ad campaign by the advertiser, which can usually symbolize how keen that party wants to get their message across. In addition to political ads, Twitter will also be addressing issue-based ads. Twitter has announced that these changes will be initially rolled out and applied to the US before making its way to other parts of the world.

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Oct 25

Firefox For Android Will Let Users Add Web Apps To Their Home Screen

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One of the problems with developing apps for specific mobile platforms is that you have to choose who you want to develop it for. For small time developers who might not have the resources, they might be forced to choose one to start, which mean neglecting an entire potential user base.

This is why sometimes there are some apps that exist as web apps which can be accessed by anyone on a mobile browser. Now in an announcement by Mozilla, it seems that the company wants to make it easier for Firefox users on Android to add progressive web apps onto their home screen.

According to Mozilla, “When a Firefox 58 user arrives on a website that is served over HTTPS and has a valid manifest, a subtle badge will appear in the address bar: when tapped, an “Add to Home screen” confirmation dialog will slide in, through which the web app can be added to the Android home screen. When launched from there, the web app will be shown in the configured view mode and orientation, and it will appear as a separate entry in the app switcher.”

Now Firefox is not the first mobile browser to support the feature. In fact Mozilla actually points out that the folks at Google and their Chrome browser were the ones who have been spearheading the PWA experience, but we guess this is good news for those who might prefer Firefox over Chrome.

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Oct 25

Safari Now Reportedly Consumes Less Memory Than Before

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While Google’s Chrome browser is feature rich and packed with functionality, it is a bit of a memory hog, or at least that’s the reputation that it has gotten over the years, although to Google’s credit they have been improving it on that front. However if you’re a Mac user looking for a relatively light browser, going native could be a good idea.

In a report from Kirkville, it seems that Kirk McElhearn has discovered that in the latest version of the Safari browser that is shipped with macOS High Sierra, the browser seems to be taking up much less memory than before. Based on his observations, Safari now uses about 3GB of RAM with more than a dozen tabs open and running for about four days.

Prior to this, McElhearn said that it used to consume anywhere between 5GB to 9GB of RAM. Safari has never really been known to be a memory hog, but we suppose any improvements to how efficiently it uses your computer’s RAM will always be welcome, especially when using it with older Macs or MacBooks that do not come with a lot of RAM.

Of course memory management is just one of the factors users have to decide when choosing a browser, but like we said if you run an old Mac computer and would like a more memory-friendly experience, Safari seems to be a good idea.

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