A ripple effect is a situation in which, like ripples expanding across the water when an object is dropped into it, an effect from an initial state can be followed outwards incrementally (source Medium)
Day: March 12, 2018
Apple Maps shows you the nearest bike-sharing stations
Apple has signed a partnership with Ito World to add bike-sharing data in Apple Maps in over 175 cities across 36 countries. The feature is now live and helps you find the nearest station by typing “bike sharing” in the search bar or the name […]
Apple buys Texture, the ‘Netflix of magazine plans’
The terms of the deal haven’t been made public, although Recode understood that investors who pumped $50 million into Texture owner Next Issue Media will “get their money back.” The publishers are reportedly happy, too. We’ve asked Apple what will happen to Texture’s existing apps […]
Trending Tech Business News: Voice the new battleground for big tech?
Voice the new battleground for big tech? NYU Stern professor Scott Galloway on the increasing use of voice-enabled technology. via FOX BUSINESS NEWS Technology http://ift.tt/2tA8WUI
Current price of Bitcoin is $9168.25
Current price of Bitcoin is $9168.25 March 12, 2018 at 05:00PM via Chain
SFGATE: Oakland police shoot, kill allegedly armed man
Oakland police shoot, kill allegedly armed man Published on March 12, 2018 at 04:22PM by By Sarah Ravani Oakland police shot and killed a man armed with a semi-automatic weapon Sunday evening near the MacArthur BART Station, authorities said. Officers were dispatched about 6:15 p.m. […]
Apple acquires digital newsstand Texture as it doubles down on content ‘from trusted sources’
As the debate continues over fake news and the role that aggregators like Facebook have played in spreading it, Apple is making an acquisition that could help it lay out a position as a purveyor of trusted information. The iPhone maker is buying Texture, a […]
The best 2-in-1 laptops of 2017: Top hybrid laptops ranked
Convertible and detachable 2-in-1 laptops may only have been around for a handful of years now, but pretty much everyone has taken a liking to them. These tablets-that-double-as-laptops aren’t as limited in functionality as iPads and Android slates, but they’re far better travelers than traditional […]
The Physics of the Speeder Chase in ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’
[embedded content] I make it my job to hunt through all the best trailers and find some cool physics thing to explore. In this case, it’s the trailer for Solo: A Star Wars Story—the Han Solo-led movie, scheduled to come out in May, that takes […]
Future dialysis patients could grow their own artificial veins
Lucquin’s company has been working on a polymer-based implant that can be wired into a person’s blood vessels. The implant is, essentially, a hollow scaffold built from a new plastic polymer that encourages tissue growth. Once inserted into a person’s veins, their own bodies begin […]