Dec 26
Dem In Tied Virginia Race Tries To Stop Winner From Being Picked Out Of A Bowl
Posted in: Today's ChiliShelly Simonds filed a motion to stop a state official from drawing a name to break a tie between two candidates.
Dec 26
WhatsApp has called time on BlackBerry 10 and Windows Phone 8.0, confirming that it will cease supporting the smartphone platforms at the end of the year as it focuses its development attentions elsewhere. The decision won’t mean instant death for the WhatsApp app on those platforms, but it does mean the end is in sight. According to WhatsApp, the decision … Continue reading
Dec 26
The early days of cell phone ownership were rife with conspiracy theories about major health effects caused by exposure to radio frequency (RF) energy, or as it is more generally referred to, radiation. While many of those warnings were overblown or outright nonsense, the idea of limiting exposure to the RF energy from a cell phone isn’t a bad one. … Continue reading
Dec 26
It doesn’t seem odd anymore that governments might want to save Twitter archives for historical purposes, what with all the attention our president gets for his contributions to the platform. The UK has been saving tweets and YouTube videos as histor…
Dec 26
India is the world’s second largest smartphone market, second only to China. It makes sense, then, that Google would want to push hard to sell its Pixel 2 phones in the region. According to a new report at The Economic Times, the company is planning…
Dec 26
The Library of Congress started collecting every single tweet published on Twitter back in 2010. It even retroactively archived tweets dating as far back as 2006. This was part of a program to create a single searchable archive of every public tweet. The program was stalled for a few years due to budget and software issues. It’s being amended now as the Library of Congress has confirmed that it will no longer archive every tweet posted on the network.
When the Library of Congress detailed this plan, the number of tweets posted daily was around 55 million. That surged to more than 500 million in 2012 which made it even more difficult to proceed with the program.
The Library of Congress has published a white paper confirming that it will no longer continue this program. While it’s proud of its collection of tweets from the first 12 years of the microblogging network, it will only archive tweets now that are believed to be historically significant.
It only archived tweets with texts and didn’t collect those that had photos or videos. Another reason behind this decision is Twitter change to 280 character tweets instead of the 140 character tweets that the network was launched with.
As far as the searchable archive is concerned, the Library of Congress has said that the archive will remain unavailable until it’s able to resolve access issues. It’s unclear when that’s going to happen.
Library Of Congress Stops Archiving Every Single Tweet , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Dec 26
Word on the street is that Apple is cutting iPhone X production due to low demand for its flagship smartphone. Some even believe that the company is going to cut the price of the iPhone X next month in order to improve demand for the handset. Not everyone is buying this, though. One analyst believes that these reports have confused Apple’s production cuts for the iPhone 8 with the iPhone X.
Analyst Jun Zhang claims that their firm’s research shows that Apple has actually trimmed orders for the iPhone 8 which a section of the media has confused with the iPhone X. They actually expect Apple to ramp up iPhone X production this month.
The iPhone X is said to be seeing stable sales in North America throughout the holiday season. Moreover, it’s also claimed that the iPhone X demand has likely increased in China over the last two weeks.
The firm’s industry research with Chinese operators shows that iPhone X sales have likely crossed iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus sales combined so far.
If these claims are accurate it would mean that the concerns about the iPhone X are overblown. Unfortunately, since Apple does not comment on supply chain chatter, it’s going to be difficult to decide what’s accurate in the absence of an official confirmation.
Analyst Claims iPhone 8 Production Cuts Confused With iPhone X , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Dec 26
“My dad was a big practical joker, so I grew up with that whole kind of sense of humor,” Chris Olson said.
Dec 26
John Oliver: Confronting Dustin Hoffman On Misconduct Allegations ‘Unavoidable’
Posted in: Today's ChiliBut the host of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight” regrets that “it didn’t really go anywhere constructive.
Dec 26
The first lady made the call after learning that the Jackson Magnolia, planted in 1835, was a safety hazard.
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