On a rainy September day in Frankfurt Germany, Mercedes-Benz executives and I got in a specially built semi-automated S-Class to track our drive to Stuttgart. It was the first leg in a five-month, five continent training of the automaker’s self-drivi…
Trump said “Americans are Dreamers too.”
Point by point.
All of these things happened in January 2018. No, seriously, they really did.
Android tablets are an endangered species. On one end you have smartphones that are continually growing in screen size but shrinking in bezels, addressing users’ need for more pixels. On the other end you have Chromebooks that can run Android, delivering the productivity that more serious users demand. That said, there are some that believe Android tablets still have a … Continue reading
Depending on who you ask, Millennials might be ruining everything. One of the things they are not buying in droves are motorcycles. Harley-Davidson is one of the brands feeling the pinch as older riders leave the sport and new riders aren’t replacing them. Harley has announced that it will be producing an all-electric motorcycle. The announcement was made recently along … Continue reading
They say all’s fair in love and war, but those that have used Tinder will probably disagree. And that includes Allan Candelore, a man suing the dating app over the pricing of its premium service, Tinder Plus. Candelore and his lawyers argue that char…
If you’ve ever been in a car accident, then you know how troublesome it can be. In some cases a police report needs to be filed before you can file for an insurance claim, and all that paperwork and driving around can be rather taxing, or in some cases inconvenient if the accident is bad enough where your car has been rendered inoperable.
However over in the UK, it seems that the government is now considering a scheme (via Engadget) in which drivers can report car accidents online. With this new system, it is believed that it will make accident reporting quicker and will also reduce the need for people to take time off work to go file a report (in the UK accidents need to be reported within 24 hours).
It also ensures that the police can focus their efforts and resources on other matters as opposed to recording details about the accident at the counter. According to Transport Minister Jesse Norman, “As well as improving the service to the public, more efficient collection of accident data also holds out the possibility of more effective use of that data. By using the data to establish trends, we will be able to develop better informed policy; highway authorities will be better able to think about road design; and the police will be better able to spot fraud.”
Note that this system is not in effect yet and the government is currently accepting consultations for such their proposal. The consultations will run for 12 weeks and will close on the 24th of April.
The UK Plans To Let Motorists Report Accidents Online , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Based on the rate that the Nintendo Switch was selling, it was expected that the console would have no problems surpassing its predecessor, the Wii U, in terms of lifetime sales within a year. Based on Nintendo’s latest financials (via The Verge), it looks like those predictions have come true as the Switch has essentially outsold the Wii U.
According to Nintendo’s numbers, they have managed to sell 14.86 million units of the Switch to date, which is versus that of the Wii U which managed 13.56 million units over the course of five years, where its production officially came to an end in 2017. It also seems that all of this happened within less than a year of the Switch being released, which took place in March last year.
Based on this we can expect that the Switch will continue to move a lot of units in the future, assuming that Nintendo is able to keep churning out exciting titles for the console. That being said, this is actually not the first time the Switch surpassed the Wii U. Earlier this month the Switch’s sales in Japan outsold those of the Wii U, but that’s just the Japanese market, with the latest figures being for the entire world.
It also appears that in addition to the console selling well, its games have also been extremely well-received, with Super Mario Odyssey selling 9.07 million copies, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe at 7.33 million, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild at 6.7 million, and Splatoon 2 hitting 4.91 million copies sold.
The Nintendo Switch Has Already Outsold The Wii U , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
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