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Microsoft’s mysterious dual-screen Surface will reportedly run Android apps

Jun24
by on June 24, 2019 at 3:52 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Plugged


The rumor mill has long suggested Microsoft is working on a dual-screen Surface, but we’ve seen little in the way of specifics. Originally, rumors pointed towards a pocketable device named Andromeda, but more recently it seems Microsoft is focusing on a larger device codenamed Centaurus. A report from Forbes has shed some light on what we might expect from the device. IHS Markit, a market research firm with “supply chain info,” told Forbes the foldable Surface could be released the first half of next year and is expected two have dual 9-inch screens and a 4:3 aspect ratio. It’s also…

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This is how I stay productive when flying economy

Jun24
by on June 24, 2019 at 2:48 pm
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It’s not just you. For the past forty years, airline seats have shrunk to the point where some carriers offer just 28 inches of pitch – defined as the distance from the back of your seat to the seat in front of you – to economy passengers. If you’re going on holiday, that’s probably not that much of a problem, but what if you’re traveling for work? This is a problem I run into regularly. Last year, I flew about 75 segments, almost all seated in economy. Trying to get things done with a regular laptop is almost impossible. Firstly,…

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Obsessing over first-page load time sabotages ecommerce businesses

Jun24
by on June 24, 2019 at 2:00 pm
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A flawed approach to page speed measurement is sabotaging ecommerce sites. There, I said it. Now I know this might be an exaggeration, but it really is time for a change. A historical focus on network-based metrics — bytes downloaded per page or assets per page, for example — and an excessive emphasis placed on first-page load times have meant the rest of the customer journey on the web has suffered. Developers and product managers have been relying on tools like Google’s Lighthouse to measure page load speed, and once the search giant began considering mobile page speeds in its…

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Full moon patents: Futuristic airplane ‘slingshot’ and Google’s painted solar panels

Jun24
by on June 24, 2019 at 1:24 pm
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Ugh, the Gregorian calendar is so boring. That’s why we’re disrupting monthly series with a lunar cycle-based series about the best patents of the last synodic month, picked by the PatentYogi team. Get ready when that moon gets gibbous, y’all. This June-ish roundup lands on the tasty Strawberry Moon! Since my last post, the US patent office issued over 31,765 patents and published over 32,673 patent applications. Each patent asset adds a little something new to the human knowledge base. As I cannot list all these patent assets here, the PatentYogi team and I have selected the five most interesting patent assets.…

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US prisons are taking programming books off the shelves over ‘security concerns’

Jun24
by on June 24, 2019 at 12:59 pm
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Last week, the Oregon Department of Corrections (DoC) has banned prisoners from reading dozens of books related to technology and programming, citing security concerns. According to records obtained by Salem Reporter, the banned titles — “Windows 10 for Dummies,” “Python Programming For Beginners,” “Blockchain Revolution,” and others — are part of the 1,600 books not allowed in Oregon prisons. Books like “Electronics Demystified,” “Java For Dummies,” and “Upgrading & Fixing PCs For Dummies” have been classified under “Material that Threatens,” while “Windows 10 For Dummies” has been marked as “Information would create clear and present danger.” It’s not surprising that books…

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