the tech news comes for us all
in the end without much fanfare two new ipads
appeared on the online apple store today one model is a new ipad air featuring a
bigger 10 and a half inch screen and apple's new a12 bionic soc which is
supposed to be up to 70 faster than the previous generation the other is a new
ipad mini a device that's been very overdue for a refresh it comes with the
same a12 chip as the ipad air but with a 7.9 inch display in case the full fat
version is a little too unwieldy for you the devices start at 399 for the mini
and 4.99 for the air but no matter which one you pick you'll get support for the
apple pencil and smart keyboard folio covers just like the ipod pro the ipad
so you'll be able to get all your work done on these no problem why don't you
just get a computer though what's your computer
although malware protection is a mainstay on computers it's not as common
for people to have it installed on their phones and to make matters worse it
turns out that lots of antivirus apps for Android might be completely useless
a recent test from av comparatives found that less than one third of 250
antivirus apps had a catch rate of over 30 still not even that high while also
not flagging any false positives it turns out that part of the issue is that
many apps weren't using actual malware detection algorithms and we're instead
just checking your phone's app against a blacklist of known malware
weak the report indicated that your best bet is to just use an app from one of
the big well-known brands and of course stay away from shady links and pop-ups
telling that you've won a hot date or something it's not worth it guys trust
me no dating not until you're 16. facebook has taken
one black eye after another over its methods of delivering news to its users
and a report published today by facebook itself puts the spotlight on another
glaring problem where the heck is all the news specifically local news which
is supposed to be the focal point of the platform's today in feature seems to be
dying in many places around the us although the decline of the newspaper
industry has been widely covered already the fact that advertisers have shifted
dollars from newspapers to online media such as facebook appears to have
directly contributed to facebook's news gathering struggles to be fair facebook
has tried to pump quite a bit of this revenue back into local journalism but
personally i wouldn't mind getting my news from a town crier standing on a
soapbox again with a big bell you know
the way it's supposed to be those are the good old days hey you're standing on
a soap box time for the quick bits
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quickbooks i really hope you weren't using myspace as your primary method of
cloud storage for some reason as due to our recent server migration project all
music photos and videos uploaded between 2003 and 2015 are gone they're just
they're gone although most of us probably don't care
about them anymore myspace isn't the only storage provider this could happen
to so remember there's nothing wrong with keeping offline backups there is
something wrong with still using myspace yeah they used to be four percent of all
internet traffic wow fun fact i read an xbox magazine
back in 2005. wow it wasn't too long ago that tesla
announced an electric suv that would cost under 40 grand but maybe a bit of
competition will drive prices down even more fisker has thrown its hat into the
ring with the news that it will be launching its own electric suburban
child mover at a similar price point with an even longer range of 300 miles
or 483 kilometers you'll probably have to wait until
2021 to see it but that's okay you might start getting better matches in the near
future if you're a frequent swiper on tinder the company has moved away from a
ranking system that's based on how many desirable users you match with and
toward one that primarily depends on how much you use the app
so keep on swiping you might meet the partner of your dreams or at least get a
cheap fleeting ego boost i don't understand this i swipe i get hotter
yes they get hotter and hotter the more you swipe that's a dark incentive yeah
lyft is set to go public ahead of rival uber as the ride sharing company just
announced it's raised over 2 billion for its initial public offering or ipo which
may take place next week okay a share will run you 62 to 68 if
you're interested investing with the company hoping to raise its value by
over 5 billion with this ipo hopefully
the expected uptick in value will help lyft provide cheaper rides in more
places as i'm kind of tired of paying steak dinner prices for the taxi ride
equivalent of street meat street meat can be really good sometimes not in this
country and in the wake of google's announcement that it'll be shutting down
its unpopular social media service google plus the internet archive is
scrambling to preserve public google plus pages for posterity instead of
dying a proper death it's embarrassing carcass will be preserved and displayed
for all to see man i hate the internet archive it's dirty and it gets
everywhere oh and that reminds me i gotta go take care of something send
people see ya