Dramatic sunsets are undeniably gorgeous, but they portend something ominous: millions of fine particles polluting the air. Researchers are now studying sunsets painted over the past 500 years to find clues to how our air got dirtier after the Industrial Revolution.
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The end of an era arrives Sunday, when Sprint will officially shut the door on its Nextel iDEN push-to-talk service. Subscribers who’ve held onto the legacy PTT standard with white knuckle grips (and extra fees) will have to switch to its CDMA-based Direct Connect offering for continued chirping capabilities — or migrate to the likes of Ma Bell’s haus. The freed up 800MHz spectrum won’t remain idle; if you’ll recall, it’ll be re-allocated to give a major boost to Sprint’s 4G CDMA voice/LTE data rollout for 2014. Hurry up and make that switch if you haven’t already and relive some Sprint Nextel memories with us after the break.
Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless, Mobile
Like the ambitious diner at the all-you-can-eat-buffet, Fisker’s got a lot on its plate. Between recalling all of its self-immolating Karma models, taking flack from its rivals and hiring a new CEO, something had to give. As such, it’s halted production on the Surf and Sunset while it concentrates on getting the Nina / Atlantic onto the streets. However, one-percenters needing a five-door EV are in luck — Fisker’s Roger Ormisher has said that “if someone came along with a big enough checkbook” they’d discuss building a model tailored to their needs. While he remained coy about a specific price in his statement to Autoblog (after the break), a Fisker Buzz member has pegged the figure to be $200,000 — but hey, that’s pocket change to you, right?
Filed under: Transportation
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