SoundCloud, a top 5 Music app on both iOS and Android, has today released a new mobile application aimed specifically at artists and creators. Called SoundCloud Pulse, the app allows its users to share their sounds publicly and privately, track their stats and performance, reply to comments, and follow other users. The company says a more advanced feature set is already in the works, and… Read More
Object storage is a rising star in data storage, especially for cloud and web use. But what are the pros and cons of cloud object storage or building in-house? – Source
Aiming to improve its customer support and services, Chinese smartphone manufacturer OnePlus has announced a new smartphone warranty program. Launched in collaboration with Simplesurance and B2X in Europe and India, respectively, the service on the Old Continent is called On-Guard, while the latter’s offerings include OnePlus Service2 and Protect2.
The On-Guard plan will cover breakage, accidental or liquid damage, damage caused due to dropping and even vandalism. It costs €39.99 for 12 months and €64.99 for 24 moths. Those interested can purchase the plan on oneplus.net upon checkout for their OnePlus smartphone.
However, keep in mind that you can purchase the On-Guard plan only within 15 days of the purchase, which means if you are a OnePlus One owner, or have purchased the OnePlus 2 prior to this, you are currently out of luck. “These services will also be extending to the OnePlus X, upon its sale in the respective regions,” the company said in a blog post.
Details related to B2X’s OnePlus Service2 and Protect2 plans can be accessed by heading to the Source link below.
“For our friends in the United States and Canada – stay tuned! We are partnering with another esteemed brand with experience in smartphone insurance to bring you services catered to our North American market,” OnePlus…
Meanwhile, in the realm of actual legitimate concerns. (credit: IPCC)
Climate change may have many economic impacts, including loss of crops, changes in water supply, increased incidence of natural disaster, and spikes in health care costs related to infectious diseases and temperature related illness. However, hard evidence about the effects of climate change on economic activity has been inconsistent.
A new paper published in Nature takes on the ambitious task of connecting micro and macro level estimates of climate costs. The study finds that climate change can be expected to reshape the global economy by reducing average global incomes roughly 23 percent by the year 2100. This study is important because it solves a problem that has existed in prior models of climate change effects on economics: discrepancies between macro and micro level observations. This study presents the first evidence that economic activity in all regions is coupled in some way to global climate. The study also sets up a new empirical paradigm for modeling economic loss in response to climate change.
The study uses data from the years 1960 to 2010 to analyze what’s clearly a complex relationship between temperature and economic productivity. The authors’ analysis uses a novel approach to dealing with confounding variables, which allowed them to account for four important factors: (1) constant differences between countries, such as cultural differences, (2) common contemporaneous shocks, such as global price changes, (3) country-specific trends in growth rates, and (4) non-linear effects of annual average temperature and rainfall.
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A top official at Metrojet, the Russian airline company whose flight crashed Saturday in Egypt, has insisted that a technical fault could not have caused the crash.
Alexander Smirnov, the deputy general director of Metrojet, told reporters Monday in Moscow that no technical fault could have caused the Airbus A320-200 to break up in the air. He says the cause of the crash “could only have been a mechanical impact on the plane” in the air.
See also: Russia’s small airlines have a dismal safety record
Russian investigators say the plane broke up at high altitude but have so far refrained from naming possible causes. …
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Despite raising a warchest of some $8 billion thus far, on-demand ride sharing platform Uber is retrenching its operations in Germany — pulling out of three cities (Frankfurt, Hamburg and Düsseldorf), leaving active operations in just Berlin and Munich. Read More
After Microsoft dropped the prices of its Lumia 950 and 950 XL smartphones in the UK, the devices have also received a price cut in France, where Amazon is now selling the black Lumia 950 for around €563 and both black and white Lumia 950 XL variants for €649 each.
Earlier, the e-commerce giant was selling the handsets for €599 and €699, respectively, in the country. Keep in mind that Amazon France ships all over Europe, and these new prices are a better deal than what Microsoft is offering in the UK – £450 (€629) for the Lumia 950 and £530 (€741) for the 950 XL.
Both devices are currently up for pre-orders in Europe. While there’s still no word on when the handsets would start shipping in France, over in the UK, the date is December 3.
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The other day, we told you how the Bluboo Xtouch had the 2.5D glass on the front of the device, enhanced by adding .5mm of thickness to the Gorilla Glass 3 screen. This apparently stopped the problem the company was having with the 2.5D glass cracking way too easily. Now that this problem has been solved, Bluboo sent us an email to let us know that the Xtouch is the first smartphone to employ 3D printing technology.
Bluboo uses the 3D printer to produce the back shell of the Xtouch. The company says that after the 3D printing, it “adds nano composite film craft on the shell to form diamond … – Source
Just the other day, we told you about an invitation sent out by Huawei for a November 5th event. Considering that the invitation showed the image of a Kirin chip and had a circuitry theme, it seemed to be a no-brainer to expect Huawei to be introducing its new high-end Kirin 950 chipset on that date. The big question was whether the long awaited Huawei Mate 8 would also be unwrapped during the same event.
Speculation has the Huawei Mate 8 powered by the Kirin 950 SoC, and it would have been a perfect time for Huawei to kill two birds with one stone by showing off the new handset right after … – Source
For years, fans probably never believed we’d get to see a live-action adaptation of the incredible comic series Preacher. But now, finally, you can watch the first trailer from the show, which will premiere in 2016.
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The times they are a-changing, and Australian postal service Australia Post is the next in line for a major shakeup thanks to new technology
Announcing a trial of delivery drones to start next year, Ahmed Fahour, the CEO of Australia Post, says the service is in talks with a major online retailer that wants to focus on delivering to regional communities, according to the Australian Financial Review
On top of that, they’re also looking at setting up 3D printers and have set up a A$20 million (US$14 million) …
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Growing more brain cells is possible, and it all comes down to a few simple lifestyle choices.
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Depending on whether your phone has expandable memory, you might be interested in a sale being run by Amazon. With the capacity of microSD slots running as high as 2TB these days (that’s 2000GB), you can imagine how pricey some microSD cards might be. If you have a need for a 128GB or 64GB card, or know someone that does (hint: microSD cards could make a great holiday gift for the techie on your list), check out these two deals from Amazon.
Let’s start with the 128GB card from SanDisk. The microSDXC card is normally $149.99, but you can pick it up for $59.99 which includes free shipping. … – Source
