OnePlus caught cheating on OnePlus 5 benchmarks
Xda-developers has a detailed post out on how the OnePlus 5 cheats on Android benchmarks. This is similar to how…
Whole Foods as Datacenters: Does it make sense?
The Amazon acquisition of Whole Foods continues to make ripples, with the latest one being quite unexpected. Dean Bubley of…
Ars Technica on the collision between the Crystal and Fitzgerald
Ars Technica has an interesting piece on the “Internet of Ships”, and how the Automated Identification System aboard ships shows…
Polymer 2.0: Legacy APIs
Well, there will be time for a more thorough look later, but one of the first things that is apparently…
Google’s VPS: An Analysis Attempt from Afar
It was an impressive looking demo reel: an indoor guidance system that used no hardware at all on-site. This is…
Streaming 2.0: The Quest for More TV
When Microsoft revealed the Xbox One in 2013, it was to the fanfare of TV and sports, with a smattering…
Amazon Buys Whole Foods
Amazon’s rollout of its store and store tracking technology might just become faster with the purchase of Whole Foods, the…
Spaces for More Money
Stack Overflow has fired a volley into the age-old discussion of tabs vs spaces. Their contribution boils down to a…
This Hype Ship Needs No Captain
Forget driverless cars, the next attempt at sending out hype is captainless ships! According to Bloomberg, the Oslo-based Yara International claims…
When a survey doesn’t ask for an opinion
So this was something fairly interesting I came across. For some background info, Google Opinion Rewards is an Android app…