Google fined for 1.69 billion US$!
Bad times for Google! The EU competition authorities
have fined Google for 1.69 billion US$ as Google has
hindered other competitors to fully use the “AdSense for
Search” feature.
Bad times for Google! The EU competition authorities
have fined Google for 1.69 billion US$ as Google has
hindered other competitors to fully use the “AdSense for
Search” feature.
When it comes to new gadgets and releases, Apple
is always in line for surprises. But also the apple fan
community takes it’s time to create interesting
mockup concepts of possible upcoming devices.
Apple has released new devices of their iPad mini.
The 7th generation of the iPad Mini now supports
the Apple Pencil 1st generation and comes with
the A12 Bionic processor but without FaceID.
This may not be a good day for Qualcomm at all!
In the ongoing fight between Qualcom and Apple
it seems as if Apple sees some light in the case.
Qualcomm demands patent royalties from Apple.
DirectX 12 on Windows 7? Am I seeing right?
Yes, you do. With the release of World of
Warcraft Patch 8.1.5, Blizzard made DirectX 12
available with limitations to Windows 7 users.
Nginx is known to many of website owners as Linux
servers often run nginx webserver as backend for
Websites. Originally released under BSD licence, nginx
can be used freely used by private persons.
While other smartphone companies prefer the
spotlight of the MWC to show their latest phones
and software releases, Apple prefers to hold their
own event inhouse to do so.
Ever thought, the Samsung Galaxy S10 is up to
level with the FaceID technology from Apple?
Well… it should be but it seems as if Samsung
still thinks that their security feature is secure.
It seems as if Qualcomm tries to squeeze out
money from Apple wherever possible. Their
newest lawsuit case is about 31 million US$
for three patent infringements.
No good time for Boeing at the moment. Another
plane of the just recently released Boeing 737 Max 8
has crashed in Ethopia. Few months before the same
type crashed in Indonesia. What’s wrong, Boeing?
Google Chrome is one of the browsers that have a wide spread
and are commonly used. While Google highlights it’s privacy
features, doubters see a massive violation of one’s privacy as the
browser seems to reveal much more about it’s user than expected!
USB4 is already far in progress when it comes to definition of it’s
specifications. All specification details shall be manifested in the
second half of 2019 so that devices and cables can be released in
2020. Compatibility downwards to USB2.0 will be guranteed.
With the “Vision 2020” concept, Volvo is planning to reduce
the Vmax (maximum velocity) of their cars to 180 kmph.
Volvo states that reducing the maximum velocity can save
lifes in traffic. Most models of Volvo speed up to 250 kmph.
Sorry for the missing post today. Our main poster
is sick today and thus not online. Hopefully he will
return soon and deliver everyday news for you to
read! All the best wishes, Netspark!
Frontman of The Prodigy, Keith Flint has been found
dead in his home this morning. The police has found
no evidence of external action that could have led to
the singer’s death thus committing suicide.
…for instance publish all posts that have been scheduled to
release on the weekend and some other glitches to iron out.
The life of us bloggers ain’t easy always but hey, if it were easy
all the time, where would be the challenge then?
The international Motor show in Geneva is just
few days ahead. On thursday the motor show
is opening it’s doors to the public and all major
motor brands are presenting their latest cars.
We must admit it. The Dash buttons from Amazon were some
sort of useful gadget: You run out of some everyday use material
and with the click of a button you get the material restocked.
What sounds practical at first had an odd side taste however!
Energizer is a brand most people know for batteries.
However in the past they brought out some proto-
types of smartphones with a big battery. The newest
“invention” is their Energizer Power Max P18K Pop.
Bigger is better… if it’s from the view of most
companies selling products or releasing new ones.
So it isn’t surprising that SanDisk and Micron have
shown their 1TB microSDXC cards.
The MWC has just begun and Nokia is the brand
in focus with their expected flagship, the Nokia 9
PureView. HMD Global Foundries has acquired
Nokia from Microsoft after it’s takedown.
Everything’s 5G. That’s the motto for this years’ MWC
in Barcelona. LTE Next Gen is THE standard when it
comes to high-bandwidth data throughput for mobiles.
So it’s not a big surprise that every major brand goes 5G.
Well, till now the iPhone XS Max was considered the most
expensive smartphone to date. Samsung took the step to
overtake Apple here and just announced the Galaxy Fold.
The special design is probably the reason for the price.
It is already well-known that the Apple Watch 4th Generation
has a well-functioning ECG component inside. Although it’s
quite reliable function, the ECG function is still not available to
all customers outside USA. And still no date visible when it will!
As you might have noticed, this post intended for Feb. 21th,
was not released, so it has been posted today on Feb. 22th.
We updated to WordPress 5.1 and had to iron out some kinks
so that nothing will interfere with your user experience here.
Big blackout in Berlin-Köpenick. It seems as if a construction
company has hit an important electric link at the Salvador-
Allende-Bridge. Not only has the drilling into the powerline
ceased electrical delivery to Köpenick but also the reserve line.
RIP Karl Lagerfeld! One of the most modern and extravagant
fashion designers has passed away! Today in the morning
Karl Lagerfeld has passed away after a visible cancer suffering.
In the past months, Karl Lagerfeld was not seen much.
The australian government hot hacked. While it is
unknown what kind of data was stolen, it is more
or less noticable that all fingers are pointed
towards China accusing them for the attemmpt.
No good times for the mayor of New York. Despite the
generous 3 billion US$ tax reduction Amazon has now
dropped the plans to build a campus in Queens. The
site would have offered 25.000 to 40.000 jobs.
Seagate just released an information about upcoming
16TB HDDs but already aims for higher capacities according
to several sources. Not only is the capacity increased but also
the read and write speeds are increased using 2 actuator units.
No good times for NVidia even with the fastest graphics cards
in their portfolio. NVidia has announced a 2.12 billion US$
revenue for Q4 2018 (which ended on Jan, 27 2019). This is a
setback of 24 pewrcent compared to Q4 2017.
The Fight between Apple and Qualcomm is still ongoing but
Apple found a way to circomvent the sale prohibition spoken
in favor to Qualcomm in December 2018. Now you can get the
“old” series iphones again using Qualcomm modems.