But the big news on Monday was that the Department of Justice was investigating Google and Apple; while the and Federal Trade Commission (FTCO is looking into Facebook and Amazon. All of accused of anticompetitive tactics for promoting their own services over that of rivals.
Samsung’s next high-end smartphone is going to be the Galaxy Note 10. That’s not the result of leaks, or any thing official Samsung has said. That’s just the way the world works now. And, just like the sun rising every morning, it’s about time for us to get an early, unofficial look at the Galaxy Note 10.
Move over Optimus Prime, here come… Amazon Prime? Yeah, that’s not a typo, though Amazon’s newest little transformer doesn’t do anything quite as spectacular as morphing from a truck into a robot and kicking Megatron in the er… bolts.
So you want to smell like a gamer, do you? Contrary to popular stereotype, gamers smell just like everyone else. But, just like everyone else, your mileage may vary (particularly on the final day of the rAge LAN). There’s a specific gamer smell on the way, however, courtesy of Microsoft Xbox and Lynx — the Unilever brand that we know in South Africa as Axe.
If you blinked last night you might have missed Apple’s mention of tvOS, the operating system being used to run the Apple TV. The company doesn’t typically place a massive emphasis on the operating system, perhaps because it’s not quite as… sexy as iOS and macOS. But Apple’s looking to change that, thanks to the new Apple TV features announced in March this year.
The more tech companies know about their users, the more effectively they can direct them to goods and services that they are likely to buy. The more companies know about their users, the more competitive they are in the market.
In this week’s Light Start we have old video footage, new trailers, a very expensive DJI drone, and a weird addition to the Pokemon line of products.
In South Africa 15.6% of the households are not connected to an electricity supply. This is unlikely to change in the near future with centralised power production because it requires major investments to extend power lines to remote communities. For these communities, having their own decentralised grid solutions holds tremendous economic potential.
Some of the world’s most popular video games track your activity as you play – but they’re not just gathering data for business or marketing purposes. They’re accumulating information about the way you and others play the game, the patterns or habits that lead to success or failure.
Apple’s gone and announced some new hardware at this year’s WWDC. Folks were expecting to hear a l’il something about a new Mac Pro and that’s… actually what we got. It’s about bloody time, too.