Dec 27
Social networking options continue to grow, and as more become established as popular and frequently-used options, teenagers find more incentive to gravitate away from the once-staple, Facebook. It is no … Continue reading
Dec 17
Magma chamber under Yellowstone Park much larger than believed claims study
Posted in: Today's ChiliIt may sound like fiction, but scientists and researchers know that there is a massive magma chamber underneath Yellowstone National Park. A new study was published recently that claims the magma chamber under Yellowstone is much larger than previously believed. The study claims the magma chamber is 2.5 times larger than previously believed. According to […]
Dec 06
Study Finds That Fast Typists Might Not Even Remember Where The Keys Are Located
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Do you normally type looking at the keyboard, or are you an expert who is able to type out words without having to look at your keyboard at all? For those who type for a living, such as writers, it is a skillset that is developed overtime, although interestingly enough it seems that those who type fast might not necessarily know where all the keys are. This is according to a study conducted by the Vanderbilt University which was published in the scientific journal, “Attention, Perception, and Pschyophysics”. (more…)
Study Finds That Fast Typists Might Not Even Remember Where The Keys Are Located original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Dec 02
When it comes to choosing passwords for your online accounts, does it really matter if you’re a man or a woman? Does your hair color matter? Does having facial hair also play a part in choosing a strong password? Well according to a study based on security breaches at Adobe and LinkedIn, some rather interesting data has been collected and according to the results, it has been found red-haired women usually choose the best passwords, while men with beards and who generally look unkempt tend to choose the worst passwords. The study also found that in general, women prefer lengthier passwords while men might go for diversity.
The study revealed that the color of the logos on websites we frequent also impact the choice of passwords at times. For example Facebook’s logo is blue, while YouTube’s logo is red, so there are instances where users might introduce “blue” and “red” in their passwords. It was also interesting to find out that in a choice of 10,000 combination for a four-digit pin, 80% of our choices come from just a few hundred different numbers, making it easy for hackers to guess or crack our passwords. While we’re not sure if this is a definitive study on passwords, it certainly makes one think, and if you’re guilty of using easy-to-guess passwords involving colors, pet names, and birth dates, perhaps it’s time to make some changes!
Study Finds Men With Beards Choose The Worst Passwords original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Nov 28
It has been shown recently that phablets, or rather phones with larger than normal displays, are catching on and have been catching on for a while. Q3’s smartphone shipments saw that 21% of their shipments were from phablets alone, so safe to say there are many who fans of large displays for their smartphones. While it might not necessarily be practice in terms of putting it into pockets or placing it next to your face when making phone calls, we certainly see its appeal. Its larger display allows for websites to show off more content comfortably, and watching movies and playing games is also more enjoyable as well.
Interestingly enough thanks for new figures released by NPD, it has been found that the monthly WiFi and data consumption by those who use large screen phones is actually higher compared to those using smaller devices. According to the numbers, owners with devices whose screen sizes are 4.5” or larger use 7.2GB of data per month on average, which is about 44% more than those with devices 4.5” or smaller who were found to use 5GB a month. Unsurprisingly these larger devices also beat out their smaller siblings when it came to activities such as using social media, navigation, video, shopping, and music. What do you guys think? Could it be that surfing websites and watching videos on phablets are more enjoyable, hence the increase in use?
Owners Of Large Screen Devices Tend To Use More Data, According To Study original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Nov 28
We have heard stories where excessive gaming has actually lead to death and of course these are extreme cases, but it seems that over in China, the Communist Party’s newspaper, the Southern Daily, quoted a university professor by the name of Tao Hongkai where he likened professional gaming to drug dealing. According to Tao, “The damage that violent web games do to players’ brains is like the influence of opium on the brain of an addict; this shows that violent web games are internet opium, spiritual narcotics. Earning a living playing web games is like being a drug dealer; this way of living can only harm others and harm yourself.”
We reckon it’s a bit unfair to liken professional gaming to drug dealing. After all there are plenty of professional gamers out there who are able to regulate their hours, despite having to train very hard to be the best at what they do. The gaming industry in general has taken a fair amount of hits from outsiders where some have claimed that violent games tends to lead to actual violence, to the point where even the President of the United States is looking to fund research to further study the effects of these violent games. What do you guys think?
Chinese University Professor Likens Professional Gaming To Drug Dealing original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Nov 27
Tablets are gaining a lot of popularity largely due to its size, its price, and how sometimes its battery life can even outlast that of a laptop. While it remains to see if tablets can truly ever replace a laptop, like we said they are undoubtedly gaining in popularity and according to analyst firm, Canalys, they predict that tablets will account for 50% of the total client PC market in 2014, and are expected to out-ship a lot of other PC form factors combined. This is based on Canalys’ observation of how the desktop and notebook shipments have experienced an overall decline, despite the worldwide PC market experiencing an 18% growth in Q3 2013.
Their predictions state that they believe Apple will continue to do well, and will remain “highly profitable and driving revenue from its entire ecosystem is of greater importance than market share statistics.” As for Android, their report claims that Samsung will continue to lead the pack, although they are expected to face competition from other manufacturers as more companies attempt to enter the tablet market. What do you guys reckon? 50% is basically saying that one out of two people you know will have a tablet. Will tablets really account for 50% of the PC market come 2014?
Tablets To Account For 50% Of The PC Market In 2014, According to Analyst original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Nov 25
For those of us living in developed countries and cities, seeing a smartphone is not an uncommon sight. Instead, seeing something with a feature phone would be more of a surprise. However despite being exposed to smartphones, not everyone around the world has one due to a variety of reasons, such as availability and pricing and also the needs of the user, which is why some turn to feature phones which are not only cheap, but get the job done such as calling and messaging. In any case what about the future? With smartphones getting cheaper these days, will we start seeing more adoption in the future?
According to recent reports, it has been suggested that come 2017, it is possible that we will see smartphones account for 82% of all mobile phones sold, and that 30% of those sales will actually be coming from China where smartphones, such as Apple’s iPhone, has become increasingly popular. China also has companies such as Huawei, Oppo, and Meizu (just to name a few) who have also put out some impressive devices locally and have kept them at relatively affordable prices as well.
According to Tina Teng, an analyst at NPD DisplaySearch, “Smartphone market growth is being fueled by entry-level smartphones from international brands and white-box vendors in emerging markets […] We expect aggressive pricing moves to continue, prompting first-time smartphone buyers to upgrade earlier.”
Smartphones Expected To Account For 82% Of Cellphone Sales In 2017 original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Nov 18
A study has been released this month by a group working with the University of Glasgow which shows the effects of television and video game use in children starting at age 5 spanning through age 7. This study began when the children were 9 months old and ran through age 7, with the full study […]
Nov 03
If there’s one thing parents love to nag their kids about, it would be how they spend too much time playing video games, chatting on their computers, playing with their phones or have their noses buried in a tablet, but over in Sweden it would seem that is the opposite case. Children are complaining that their parents are a little too tech-obsessed and are spending more time than they would like on their gadgets. This is according to a study conducted where it was found that 33% of Swedish parents admitted that their use of their phone and/tablet was a sore point with their kids.
More alarmingly, it was found that 20% of those surveyed admitted that they have lost their kid, for a moment, simply because they were spending too much time on their phones. Speaking to The Guardian, one Swedish pediatrician states that this could affect children growing up. “Of course it will affect their emotional development . . . [Also] I encourage parents to use language during their daily activities, and give their children new words all the time. If parents are more interested in using their mobile phones, I think it will have a bad effect on the language development of their children.” However not all pediatricians agree, saying that distracted parents will always be a thing, but what do you guys think? Is it a little ironic that parents are more tech-obsessed than their kids?
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Swedish Kids Think Their Parents Are Too Tech-Obsessed original content from Ubergizmo. 
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