One of the key issues that face NASA and other space exploration agencies with putting long-term missions on the Moon, Mars, and other bodies in the solar system is power. Manned missions take lots of power for science and to keep astronauts alive. NASA has shown off a new power generation device that it says will fuel these future missions. … Continue reading
During a livestream on Tuesday, Harmonix announced that after a few years away, the Rock Band Network is coming back. Originally announced in 2009 near the height of plastic guitar controller mania, it allowed content creators to import their own tra…
Android phones have for the past couple of years been marketing fast charging as a selling point, and it was only with Apple’s 2017 iPhone models that the company finally brought fast charging to its smartphones. However even then it was a somewhat messy process due to the fact that Apple does not bundle the correct adapter.
As you can see on Apple’s support page, users would require an Apple 29W, 61W, or 87W USB-C Power Adapter along with a USB-C to Lightning cable, none of which are bundled with Apple’s iPhones. However that could change this year, where a post on Weibo (via Cult of Mac) has suggested that Apple could bundle USB-C fast charge adapters with their iPhones this year.
The report claims that the charger bundled will be of the 18W variety and it will also include a USB-C to Lightning cable. While we can’t confirm the former, the latter actually makes sense because Apple is starting to phase out USB-A ports on its computers in favor of USB-C, which means that for those with newer MacBook laptops, the USB-C to Lightning cable would be a much welcome accessory as it means not having to deal with dongles just to charge their iPhones.
Take it with a grain of salt for now, but a recent report has also revealed that Apple might not include Lightning to 3.5mm headphone jack adapters for this year’s iPhones.
2018 iPhones Might Come With USB-C Fast Charge Adapter , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
Earlier this year Spotify announced that they had hit the 70 million paid subscribers. Now it seems that about 4 months later, Spotify has announced that they have since increased the number of subscribers where they are now boasting that they have managed to gain 5 million new subscribers.
In total Spotify is now claiming that they have 170 million active users, which they say is a 30% increase from the previous year. In case it wasn’t obvious, the remaining users are those who are using the company’s free tier, which we guess overall is still very impressive. This is versus Spotify’s competitors, namely Apple Music who recently revealed that they had hit 40 million subscribers.
Earlier this year there was a report that Apple could potentially overtake Spotify by this summer, as it was calculated that Apple Music’s subscriber base was growing at a rapid rate of about 5% per month. However given that Apple is now 35 million subscribers behind, it doesn’t seem particularly likely.
Not to mention that Spotify has also been taking steps to improve their services and offerings, such as recently launching an improved free tier that gives users more control over on-demand playback. There have also been rumors suggesting that Spotify could potentially unveil new hardware, such as their own smart speakers which could help them gain more subscribers.
Spotify Is Now Home To 75 Million Premium Subscribers , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
With the LG G7 ThinQ having been launched, it has confirmed the rumors that the phone could be adopting a notch design similar to that of the iPhone X. Given how much flak Apple received for the design, it was an odd choice for LG to follow suit, but it turns out that users didn’t really hate the notch as much as LG had thought.
In a report from Engadget, it revealed that LG had actually conducted a survey and held focus groups across the US, UK, Italy, and Korea where it involved over 1,000 people. They showed the participants different screen designs and when one of the designs showed the notch, surprisingly only 30% of the participants said no to it.
The rest were apparently OK with the notch or in some cases, actually liked it. According to Shintae Hong, LG’s Head of Product Planning, “Some people hated that design, [saying] it’s like a man’s bald head like mine. Some people said [it is] cool… It totally depends on their personal choices, preferences.”
To be fair the iPhone X wasn’t the first phone to feature a notch in its display. That honor actually goes to the Essential Phone PH-1, but we suppose Apple does have its fair share of critics. In any case we found in our review of the LG G7 ThinQ that the notch did not negatively impact our experience with the phone, and actually found it useful as it gave us more space to fit notifications and other information.
LG’s Survey Found That Users Didn’t Really Hate The Notch Design , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.
And it’s getting millennials interested in farming.
It could be time to start talking seriously about nationalizing and decommissioning fossil fuel companies.
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Um, Amy, where are your pants?
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