Jan 30
Obstruction of justice? Nope, not those words.
Jan 30
“Sure, kick the millennials, but don’t come running to us when you need help rotating a PDF.”
Jan 30
Razer made an impressive first attempt, and Nextbit’s second, at making a smartphone but, like the Essential PH-1, it didn’t spring forth complete, feature-laden, and mostly bug-free. As the trend with smaller OEMs goes, they release early and just update often. How long those regular updates will last is still something to see, but, at least for the Razer, the … Continue reading
Jan 30
Verizon is the latest carrier to drop its plans to sell phones from Chinese handset maker Huawei, according to sources cited in Bloomberg. The move follows a similar decision from AT&T earlier this month, supposedly prompted by pressure from the…
Jan 30
Turn the clock back a few years ago, hearing that a phone could pack as much as 4GB of RAM sounded pretty crazy. However this eventually became the norm and we started seeing phones packing as much as 6GB. Now it looks like we could go even higher because according to the rumors, Vivo could have a 10GB RAM smartphone in the works.
This is according to a recent image that was posted onto Weibo (via Pocketnow) which allegedly shows off the Vivo Xplay 7 with some of its specs listed. Assuming this is accurate, the Xplay 7 will pack 10GB of RAM and as much as 512GB of storage. Both the former and latter sound pretty insane since we’re not sure if anyone really needs 10GB of RAM on their phones, and 512GB of storage does sound like it could be pretty expensive.
However it wouldn’t be entirely out of the question because if you recall, in December 2017 Samsung announced that they have begun mass producing the industry’s first 512GB embedded storage solution, which means that it wouldn’t be a stretch to think Vivo could be using this technology.
In any case take it with a grain of salt for now since there’s no way to confirm if this post is the real deal, but in the meantime what do you guys think? Is 10GB of RAM a bit of overkill as far as phones are concerned?
Vivo Could Be Working On A Smartphone With 10GB Of RAM , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Jan 30
It seems that Alphabet’s Waymo is looking to build up a pretty sizable fleet of self-driving cars because in an announcement by carmaker Fiat Chrysler, both companies have reached a deal which will see Waymo buy “thousands” of Chrysler Pacifica minivans which presumably will be turned into self-driving vehicles.
Neither Waymo nor Fiat Chrysler would disclose the specifics of the deal, but as The Verge points out, a 2018 Chrysler Pacifica hybrid minivan is priced at around $40,000, which means that the “thousands” that Waymo bought would result in a deal that could cost as much as $40 million, although presumably this deal also means that there is a chance Waymo could have gotten the cars at a lower price.
At the moment Waymo is using the Chrysler Pacificas and have converted about 600 of them into self-driving vehicles which are used in the company’s Early Rider program in Arizona (a self-driving taxi kind of program). It is unclear what Waymo plans to do with the thousands of minivans, but we wouldn’t be surprised if they were to launch their own fleet of self-driving taxis in the near future.
According to Fiat Chrysler’s CEO Sergio Marchionne, “In order to move quickly and efficiently in autonomy, it is essential to partner with like-minded technology leaders. Our partnership with Waymo continues to grow and strengthen; this represents the latest sign of our commitment to this technology.”
Waymo To Buy ‘Thousands’ Of Minivans From Fiat Chrysler , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Jan 30
Last year in something of a surprising move, Google announced that they will be acquiring HTC’s smartphone development team for a cool $1.1 billion. Now in a blog post by Google’s SVP of Hardware Rick Osterloh, he has confirmed that the deal between Google and HTC has been officially completed.
Osterloh mentions how the completion of this deal will see a ton of experience brought in to Google’s hardware development team. “These new colleagues bring decades of experience achieving a series of ‘firsts’ particularly in the smartphone industry—including bringing to market the first 3G smartphone in 2005, the first touch-centric phone in 2007, and the first all-metal unibody phone in 2013.”
He also points out that this is the same team that they have been working with for the Pixel and Pixel 2 handsets, and presumably with all these employees now essentially being part of Google, the company can leverage that experience to help make new smartphones, presumably the Pixel 3 being one of them.
He adds, “Today, we start digging in with our new teammates, guided by the mission to create radically helpful experiences for people around the world, by combining the best of Google’s AI, software and hardware.” Osterloh also mentions that with the deal being completed, it will see Google’s operations expand in the Asia Pacific region, namely Taiwan which is where HTC is based in.
Google’s $1.1 Billion Deal With HTC Has Been Completed , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Jan 30
“He bringing stupid back, he’s an unmanageable maniac.”
Jan 30
Satanists Adopted A Highway So You May As Well Start Playing Some AC/DC Now
Posted in: Today's ChiliThe devil didn’t make them do it. They did it of their own free will.
Jan 30
Former White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman is already set to join the show.
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