Monday, March 6, 2017

Google Pixel XL Vs. iPhone 7 Plus: If A Design Could Kill and other top stories.

  • Google Pixel XL Vs. iPhone 7 Plus: If A Design Could Kill

    Google Pixel XL Vs. iPhone 7 Plus: If A Design Could Kill
    Google Pixel. (Credit: Google) The Google Pixel XL keeps getting better and better. And that's saying a lot, considering I like my iPhone 7 Plus, as I wrote last week. Here is an update after doing some more back and forth with the two phones over the last week. Camera kills it: After leaning toward the iPhone 7 Plus' camera last week, I think it's more of a toss-up now, i.e., sometimes the Pixel XL snaps better photos, sometimes the 7 Plus does. That's my take after comparing lots more photo..
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  • Why Yahoo's Security Problems Are a Story of Too Little, Too Late

    Why Yahoo's Security Problems Are a Story of Too Little, Too Late
    In the summer of 2013, Yahoo yhoo launched a project to better secure the passwords of its customers, abandoning the use of a discredited technology for encrypting data known as MD5. It was too late. In August of that year, hackers got hold of more than a billion Yahoo accounts, stealing the poorly encrypted passwords and other information in the biggest data breach on record. Yahoo only recently uncovered the hack and disclosed it last week. The timing of the attack might seem like bad ..
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  • ​LG launches G Pad III 10.1 tablet in South Korea

    ​LG launches G Pad III 10.1 tablet in South Korea
    LG Electronics has launched the price competitive G Pad III 10.1 in South Korea, which comes with 4G LTE connectivity and a full HD screen.It is a larger screen version of G Pad III 8.0 that was launched in May this year, and is optimized for reading and taking online classes, the company said.The South Korean tech giant will also launch a G Pad III 10.1 with a stylus pen next year, it said. The version will likely be unveiled in the Consumer Electronics Show in January.The tablet also has a ki..
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  • Renders Of The Nokia C1 Concept Smartphone Leak Online

    Renders Of The Nokia C1 Concept Smartphone Leak Online
    With so much enthusiasm all around for Nokia's expected re-entry into the smartphone business, we have already seen many a rumor surrounding the company's first-ever true Android handset. For long rumored as the Nokia C1, the device continues to ...
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  • Boring! Is Elon Musk digging his own hole?

    Boring! Is Elon Musk digging his own hole?
    Name: Boring. Age: John Wilkinson invented the first boring machine tool 241 years ago. Relevance: Elon Musk is getting heavily into it. This sounds like big news. Doesn’t it? Elon Musk achieves anything he sets his heart on. Paypal. Tesla. SpaceX. Maybe Hyperloop one day. Right! This is definitely about Hyperloop, isn’t it? Um ... It must be! Musk is going to bore a load of tunnels underneath the ground, and he’s going to fill it with Hyperloop pods and soon we’ll all be able to commute to wor..
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  • iPhone 7 Vs Galaxy S7 Review: Should You Upgrade?

    iPhone 7 Vs Galaxy S7 Review: Should You Upgrade?
    Welcome to 2016’s biggest smartphone fight. In the red corner: the Galaxy S7 - arguably one of the best smartphones Samsung has ever released. In the blue corner: the iPhone 7 - arguably the most controversial smartphone has ever released. Both amaze and frustrate, but which should you buy? Note: My thanks to Three UK and Samsung UK for long term loans for the iPhone 7 and Galaxy S7 used in this review. Design - Desirable Durability Finally. After years of pleading, it seems Apple and Samsung..
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  • New Tool Will Fact-Check Donald Trump's Tweets in Real Time

    New Tool Will Fact-Check Donald Trump's Tweets in Real Time
    On Friday, the Washington Post introduced a Chrome plugin that will automatically display commentary next to Donald Trump’s tweets. Spearheaded by the Post’s politics team at The Fix, the plugin provides context and fact-checking of, for example, Trump’s claims that millions of people voted illegally in the November election. The Post has retroactively fact-checked Trump’s recent tweets, and they say they’ll continue adding commentary to new tweets in something close to real time. Get Data Sh..
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  • Google Maps is now wheelchair-friendly - and it's all thanks to these employees

    Google Maps is now wheelchair-friendly - and it's all thanks to these employees
    The wildly popular map app will now tell you whether locations are suitable for people with access needs — and it's thanks to a group of Googlers who worked on the feature in their "20pc time." It's a famous policy of the Californian search giant: Employees can spend 20pc of their time working on other projects unrelated to their main jobs. Gmail, AdSense, and Google News all started as 20pc projects. These days, Google employees need to get permission from managers to get this time, and most..
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