For those of you going back to the office, you may be worried about home security. The good news is you can keep an eye on things from work. Tap or click here to see how. LinkedIn put out its annual list of the best companies at which to grow your career. We’ll give you a rundown of the top five and then some. Did yours make the list? Check it out below....
The folks over at iFixit have torn down the Nexus 6 to reveal its internals in all its glory. Unlike most of the other recent devices torn down by iFixit, the Nexus 6 managed to earn a fairly respectable repairability score of 7 out of 10. Getting inside the Nexus 6 was pretty easy and only required the use of opening picks. However, once the iFixit team removed the back cover, they were greeted with 22 (!...
In the last few years, hobbyists have been purchasing drones and flying all over to capture Mother Nature in all her glory. But there are some regulations that all enthusiasts need to follow. It can be confusing to understand the rules and whether you are allowed to fly in certain areas. A new app hopes to change that. For commercial and recreational drone pilots alike, this app will make your life easier so you can focus on what you love doing: flying your drone....
Earlier this week, ST-Ericsson said the joint venture was going to be shut down by the end of this year. There aren’t many companies out there who know how to make a capable SoC with a complete cellular radio stack, so it was a sad day for the mobile industry. Now Reuters is reporting that Renesas is talking with foreign companies about selling their mobile phone unit. Never heard of Renesas?...
First up is the new Litra Beam key light. The LED light was designed to provide an all-in-one way to light your gaming livestream, YouTube video, or other visual content. Also: 5 ways Elgato Stream Deck makes things easier (even if you’re not a streamer) The Litra Beam supports Logitech’s TrueSoft technology, which provides five brightness and five color temperature settings to mimic everything from warm candlelight to cool blue lighting (2700K-6500K)....
Lynis works on a variety of UNIX-based systems such as: FreeBSD Linux MacOS OpenBSD NetBSD AIX HP-UX Solaris Raspberry Pi Backtrack Linux Kali Linux CentOS Linux Mint Debian Arch Linux Fedora Ubuntu Red Hat Enterprise Linux Lynis can also be used to audit additional services such as: Apache Nginx Oracle Database MySQL PostgreSQL Lynis can be downloaded from https://cisofy.com/download/lynis/ An important feature of Lynis is its Opportunistic Scanning which means that it only scans for what it comes across....
Mark Zuckerberg: Give Up iPhone And Use Android According to a well-known media source, of course, I am talking about none other than The New York Times, the social network giant Facebook’s co-founder, of course, Mark Zuckerberg, ordered his employees to use smartphones with the Android operating system only and not to use iPhone of the tech giant Apple. The tech giant Google’s Android mobile operating system has more users worldwide than its rival iOS of the tech giant Apple....
AI Language models and human curation Decades ago, AI researchers largely abandoned their quest to build computers that mimic our wondrously flexible human intelligence and instead created algorithms that were useful (i.e. profitable). Some AI enthusiasts market their creations as genuinely intelligent despite this understandable detour, writes Gary N. Smith on Mind Matters. Smith is the Fletcher Jones Professor of Economics at Pomona College. His research on financial markets, statistical reasoning, and artificial intelligence, often involves stock market anomalies, statistical fallacies, and the misuse of data have been widely cited....
This year the rumors and leaks of information indicate that, in addition to the successor to the iPhone X, two more models will be released and one of them could reach a new record at the price. Even the physical models of the new models are already circulating. With the launch of the iPhone X, the tech giant Apple took the first step to make its smartphone range more aesthetically evolved, eliminating the huge frames that marked the previous models....
The Mi Air Purifier 2 is a compact smart home product from Xiaomi that does exactly what it says. Unlike other air purifiers, though, this one can be controlled directly via the Mi Smart House App. It not only allows you to control the air purifier remotely but also check the quality of air in the room at any given time. Xiaomi claims that their air purifier is capable of removing 99....
With a market share of about 9%, Micromax has replaced Oppo as the fourth highest selling phone maker in the third quarter of 2018. However, the India-based OEM is not expected to remain there for a long period. The change of fortunes primarily occurred thanks to Micromax’s win, in collaboration with Reliance Jio, over a tender by the Chattisgarh state government because of which it managed to ship five million smartphones....
Update: Here’s the acknowledgement of what’s in the email from a Microsoft customer support article. The reason for the decision to drop Money for Excel next year is explained this way: “We’ve learned a lot from Money in Excel and appreciate the many needs people have for their families and their money. We believe there are other areas where we can have a greater impact and will be focusing on those going forward....
However, this reality of Microsoft may soon be extended with the arrival of Windows Server to this architecture, thus creating a specific proposal for data centers. The partnership that Microsoft has with Qualcomm will soon bring news to the field of PCs and hybrid equipment. The arrival of the ARM version of Windows 10 is expected soon, prepared to run on the new Snapdragon 835 processors. However, Microsoft and Qualcomm are going even further, and the two companies have announced that they are developing the Qualcomm Centriq 2400 platform, which includes ARM processors, but now to run a particular version of Windows Server....
With the excitement that had surrounded the Moto 360, it wasn’t surprising that Motorola’s debut smartwatch sold out quickly after it went on sale. Stock ran out pretty soon everywhere the watch was available for purchase, but thankfully, Motorola hasn’t taken too much time to restock its highly anticipated timepiece. That’s right, the Moto 360 is once again up for grabs, with Best Buy now stocking both the silver and black color variants online with the same $249 price tag....
The “Maxx” moniker already belongs to Motorola’s Droid Maxx devices, so what could possibly be next? A Moto X-type flagship with always-on capabilities a bigger battery? A phablet-sized smartphone with a bigger battery? atever it will be, it’s a nice bit of news. It’s been fairly quiet on the Motorola front, aside from varying rumors surrounding the next Nexus device, though earlier today the company announced a shift in leadership, with the key players behind the Moto G Moto E moving up the proverbial totem pole....
We will blame Nokia! Low light photography with a cellphone camera was literally like shooting an arrow in the dark (you had no idea what you would hit and where) before Nokia brought it to the centrestage with the Lumia 920. Suddenly, taking pictures in the dark was a thing, and “low light performance” became a part of the tech reviewer’s terminology. Low light itself got redefined, going from twilight and relatively dark-ish places to shooting right out in the night....
Introduced in llipop, merged tabs break out individual Chrome pages amongst other apps when you press the Recents (multitasking) button. There’s always been a way to turn the feature off, recently Chrome no longer enabled it as the default behavior when launching Chrome for the first time. Now if you launch the latest update to the Chrome Dev version of the browser, you won’t even see the feature available in the settings....
Today, most major newspapers have paywall – you can read some articles for free for a month and then need to pay a subscription to access other news or opinion articles. However, if the click came from Google, it was common to read the post without having to pay. The first click free policy was created by the search engine to increase reader retention on the sites. Those who agreed to give free access would gain better search positioning....
Depending on where you live, some states lift the sales tax on certain goods, making them more affordable when everything else is becoming more expensive. It doesn’t happen all at once, so you’ll need to keep an eye on the calendar for your state. Read on for a roundup of when a tax-free weekend (or week) will happen near you. Not everything is included What qualifies as tax-free varies state by state, so don’t expect large TVs, your favorite toys, or gourmet food to be discounted....
Enrolling in an MBA program is a substantial investment. Students need to think strategically to get the most out of their program. Prospective and current MBA students can use our guide to choose the best courses to reach their career goals. How to choose MBA courses An MBA prepares graduates for roles in leadership and management. Many MBA programs let students choose their MBA courses. However, some MBA programs use a set curriculum, where students complete the same courses without elective options....
