Vocations: A Linguist Helping Apps Learn to Speak Millennial

Marsal Gavalda, director of machine intelligence at the social network Yik Yak, works on a system that analyzes users’ posts for patterns and emotions. – Source

Vocations: A Linguist Helping Apps Learn to Speak Millennial

Samsung urges Galaxy Note 7 phone exchange urgently

Samsung urges people who own one of its Galaxy Note 7 phones to stop using it, and exchange it, as the device risks exploding. – Source

Samsung urges Galaxy Note 7 phone exchange urgently

Boy receives lion cub as birthday present then loses it

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Boy receives lion cub as birthday present then loses it

The Beginning Of Protest

The most provocative book I’ve read this year is The End Of Protest, by Micah White, one of the two initiators of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Remember Occupy? Those crazy days when, giddy with the apparent success of the previous year’s Arab Spring, independent, decentralized groups of protestors, connected by cell phones and social media, seized public spaces across… Read More

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The Beginning Of Protest

AT&T Galaxy Note 4 and Galaxy Note Edge are getting Marshmallow

AT&T has finally started pushing out the Marshmallow update to Samsung Galaxy Note 4 and Galaxy Note Edge units on its network. Weighing in at 1.3GB in both cases, the update brings along Android 6.0.1 and also includes security patches for the month of August.

As is usually the case with OTA roll-outs, it may take some time for the update to hit your device. Meanwhile, if you feel impatient, you can manually check for the update by heading to your device’s Settings menu.

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AT&T Galaxy Note 4 and Galaxy Note Edge are getting Marshmallow

Apple suspends iPhone Reserve and Pickup service in the US, UK, and Italy

Apple’s Reserve and Pickup iPhone service is quite useful if you don’t want to wait in line. You buy the phone online and then you have a timeframe to get it.

Unfortunately, the service is now suspended for customers in the US, UK, and Italy. It’s not gone for good, as Apple will resume it on the morning of September 17. It seems the initial stock of the new iPhone 7 series is quite limited and Apple wants people to get it the old fashioned way – piling up in front of the stores and wondering if they will actually get one or not.

The first wave of iPhone 7 pre-orders is already…

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Apple suspends iPhone Reserve and Pickup service in the US, UK, and Italy

Apple iPhone 7 goes on sale, and Mario on iOS gives Nintendo a lift video - CNET

The newest iPhones are available for preorder. Also, the announcement of a Super Mario game for Apple devices boosts Nintendo stock. – Source

Apple iPhone 7 goes on sale, and Mario on iOS gives Nintendo a lift video - CNET

Apple might have made the iPhone 7 waterproof, but the warranty doesn't cover water damage

Apple made the Apple iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus dust and water resistant enough to earn an IP67 certification rating. That means that either model can be submerged in up to 3.2 feet of water for as long as 30 minutes, and still emerge unscathed. Despite this feature, one that many iPhone fans have been hoping to see on the device for some time, you might not want to see your iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus get wet at all.

That’s because the warranty on the iPhone 7 (and the iPhone 7 Plus) says in the fine print that “Splash, water, and dust resistance are not permanent conditions, and resistance … – Source

Apple might have made the iPhone 7 waterproof, but the warranty doesn't cover water damage

1.5 million Honor 8 handsets have been sold since its July launch

Huawei’s Honor sub-brand is doing quite well, thank you. Back in July, the Honor 8 was unveiled and picked up five million registrations in less than four days. The handset has a 12MP dual camera setup in back, and the powerful Kirin 950 chipset inside along with 3GB/4GB of RAM. The phone has sold 1.5 million units since it was launched back in July.

This information was announced by Honor’s Vice President Zhao Ming during a press event on Friday. The executive added that in the 999 days since the sub-brand was introduced, 100 million Honor handsets have been sold. And with the … – Source

1.5 million Honor 8 handsets have been sold since its July launch

Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017) spotted online, key specifications revealed

As per listing, Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017) will be powered by an octa core CPU clubbed with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of in-built storage. – Source

Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017) spotted online, key specifications revealed

Huawei has sold 1.5 million Honor 8 units since its launch

Huawei first introduced the Honor sub-brand to the world 999 days ago and happily states that it sold over 100 million Honor handsets since then. The brand is shaping up to be quite successful in the value-smartphone market share.

Today, Honor has sold 1.5 million Honor 8 units since it launched in China back in July. Even so, the brand only recently brought the Honor 8 to Europe and the US just last month.

The Honor 8 features a dual-12MP camera setup powered by the same CPU found in the Huawei Mate 8, the Kirin 950 CPU. It’s available now in the US and Europe, with the UK’s…

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Huawei has sold 1.5 million Honor 8 units since its launch

Subway singer is so absurdly talented, you'll be reaching for the tissues

Subway performers run the gamut in New York, but it’s rare to find one who actually qualifies as good.

Mike Yung is a notable, beautiful exception. Listen to his rendition of “Unchained Melody” by the Righteous Brothers and cry the happiest, sappiest of tears. Several YouTube channels have already picked up Yung’s video, to the tune of hundreds of thousands of likes.

Morning commutes need more artists like Yung.

Lazy cat’s mode of transportation is a Roomba

Watch delighted shelter animals try cozy new beds for the first time

This homemade Lego vending machine dispenses burgers, fries and soda

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Subway singer is so absurdly talented, you'll be reaching for the tissues

How will the iPhone 7 change Android smartphones?

Whether we like it or not, there is a symbiotic relationship between Apple and Android. Yes, Apple continually “invents” features Android has had for years (stereo speakers you say! Waterproofing? My lawd!) but you’d be deluding yourself to say Android doesn’t borrow from Apple on occasion too. More to the point though, the iPhone shapes public opinion a lot more effectively than Android phones do. With that in mind, how will the iPhone 7 affect Android devices?

See also: iPhone 7 and 7 Plus: Everything you need to know385

In the grand scheme of things, not much. But several things that have already happened on Android will now be “accepted” by the general public much more willingly than they were prior to the iPhone 7 announcement. First example: while Android devices were the first to remove the 3.5 mm headphone jack – for better or worse – now that Apple has done it too there’s no turning back.

Last rites for the 3.5 mm port

Apple has a history of removing features in their laptops that the rest of the computing world relies on – remember floppy drives, optical disk drives, ethernet ports and the move to flash storage? And yet, slowly but surely, those features steadily start to disappear from other laptops too. Like it or not, the general attitude towards them gradually turns towards Apple’s way of thinking. So it will be with the headphone port.

While we’re all in for a not-so-fun transition period full of dongles and adapters, the Apple-shaped asteroid that will bring about the extinction of the 3.5 mm port on smartphones has officially entered the atmosphere. Android will take up USB Type-C and Apple will stick with Lightning. It’s definitely a shame to lose the ubiquitous 3.5 mm port, but it’s too late to cry over spilt milk now.

It’s a shame to lose the ubiquitous 3.5 mm port, but it’s too late to cry over spilt milk now.

We can expect an increasing number of next year’s Android flagships to ditch 3.5 mm for good, because what Apple does, consumers accept. Not everyone will be so quick to follow suit, because there’s still value in giving the people what they want. So a few stalwarts will hold out for a while, but sooner or later they’ll cave in. After all, no one wants to be the company that refuses to accept a technological inevitability.

While this is really great news for Bluetooth headphone makers and Lightning and USB Type-C headphone companies, it’s definitely going to be an expensive and irritating shift for most of us. But all generational shifts of this kind are, so we’re just going to have to deal. It’s highly unlikely that the 3.5 mm jack will have so many loyal fans it will force its way back onto our phones.

If anything, we should be complaining that Apple and Android will now adopt different standards.

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How will the iPhone 7 change Android smartphones?

Now you can honor Tupac while eating a 'California Love' burger at this pop-up cafe

When you think Tupac Shakur, burgers might not be the first thing that pops into your mind.

But it turns out, a California Love Burger chowed down with friends and family might have been just what he would have liked all along.

On Sept. 13, Powamekka Café will be the place Tupak would have done that. The Fresno pop-up restaurant is set to honor 2pac with a host of dishes inspired by his lyrics and life.

SEE ALSO: Justin Bieber covers Tracy Chapman and 2Pac because he contains multitudes

Before he died, Tupac had plans to open a restaurant with the same name.

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Now you can honor Tupac while eating a 'California Love' burger at this pop-up cafe

Facebook U-turn over 'Napalm girl' photograph

Facebook says it will allow an iconic photograph of a girl fleeing a Napalm attack after previously banning the image. – Source

Facebook U-turn over 'Napalm girl' photograph