Miscellaneous Tech News
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Windows 10 creeps past Windows 7 usage, latest update barely used
Windows 7 has just one more year of standard support to go.
Web-based stat-tracking services vary in their estimates of who's using what operating system. That's due to different sites being monitored and different methodologies in handling the data. Net Market Share is the one we've seen most often quoted by third parties (including Microsoft and Mozilla), so it is notable as the companies' own preferred measure. Another widely referenced service, StatCounter, reckons that Windows 10 passed Windows 7 a year ago, putting the new operating system at 52.42 percent to its predecessor's 35.65 percent.
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@mlnews Doesn't surprise me at all. It still hasn't deployed to my PC at home yet.
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Google’s “Project Soli” radar gesture chip isn’t dead, gets FCC approval
Soli could enable smartwatches to detect hand gestures, if it ever launches.
Project Soli's goal is to build a tiny radar system on a chip that can be used to detect hand gestures made above a device. Soli is only at the experimental stage right now, but Google usually pitches Soli as a concept control scheme for smartwatches, speakers, media players, and smartphones. Usually the gestures shown are things like tapping your thumb and index finger together for a virtual button press or rubbing the two fingers together to scroll or turn a dial. The idea makes the most sense for tiny devices like a smartwatch, which don't necessarily have the space for a sizable touch screen and lots of buttons. It could also have benefits for users with limited mobility.
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Snipe-IT 4.6.7 has just released
This is a minor bugfix release that fixes a compatibility issue with PHP 7.3, handles an issue with escaping values in custom report, and addresses some importer issues.
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@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Snipe-IT 4.6.7 has just released
This is a minor bugfix release that fixes a compatibility issue with PHP 7.3, handles an issue with escaping values in custom report, and addresses some importer issues.
What is your preferred OS what en installing Snipe-IT?
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@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Snipe-IT 4.6.7 has just released
This is a minor bugfix release that fixes a compatibility issue with PHP 7.3, handles an issue with escaping values in custom report, and addresses some importer issues.
What is your preferred OS what en installing Snipe-IT?
I'm running on centos 7
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Apple shares close nearly 10% lower after sales warning
**Apple's shares ended Thursday down nearly 10% after chief executive Tim Cook blamed a slowdown in China sales for falling revenues. **
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Apple shares close nearly 10% lower after sales warning
**Apple's shares ended Thursday down nearly 10% after chief executive Tim Cook blamed a slowdown in China sales for falling revenues. **
The end is nigh!
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@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Apple shares close nearly 10% lower after sales warning
**Apple's shares ended Thursday down nearly 10% after chief executive Tim Cook blamed a slowdown in China sales for falling revenues. **
The end is nigh!
Only 90% left to go, haha.
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LG’s new OLED TVs: true 4K/120Hz, variable refresh rates, HDMI 2.1, more
It's the most notable update to the lineup since 2016.
LG has announced its TV lineup in the lead-up to the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) next week. As in other recent years, the company has split its lineup between LCD and OLED models, and the OLED models are generally the most interesting. This year, LG's OLEDs and certain high-end LCD TVs will support HDMI 2.1, allowing them to display 4K content at 120Hz over HDMI.
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Chrome is getting a dark mode on Windows to match the one for macOS
Preliminary work is already done, with a look akin to incognito mode.
Chrome 73 is going to include support for macOS 10.14's dark mode, with an alternative color scheme for its user interface that cuts the brightness. It's now clear that a Windows version of the same is in development, though it seems it will trail the macOS version.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Apple shares close nearly 10% lower after sales warning
**Apple's shares ended Thursday down nearly 10% after chief executive Tim Cook blamed a slowdown in China sales for falling revenues. **
Might have a bit to do with them pricing themselves out of the market.
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@nadnerB said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Apple shares close nearly 10% lower after sales warning
**Apple's shares ended Thursday down nearly 10% after chief executive Tim Cook blamed a slowdown in China sales for falling revenues. **
Might have a bit to do with them pricing themselves out of the market.
That was my thought as well. They keep charging more for something that essentially hasn't changed and doesn't offer any major improvements or functionality from the previous version.
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@nadnerB said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Apple shares close nearly 10% lower after sales warning
**Apple's shares ended Thursday down nearly 10% after chief executive Tim Cook blamed a slowdown in China sales for falling revenues. **
Might have a bit to do with them pricing themselves out of the market.
They've reached peak iphone - so it's time to change their revenue model - which they are starting to do. They also don't care about how many are sold, per se, it's the revenue per item sold they care more about - but it is a fine line.
I don't expect to see the price drop much in the future. They want to a be a high end only type device, like Lexus or Rolex (don't bash me and say those aren't high end brands).
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@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@nadnerB said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Apple shares close nearly 10% lower after sales warning
**Apple's shares ended Thursday down nearly 10% after chief executive Tim Cook blamed a slowdown in China sales for falling revenues. **
Might have a bit to do with them pricing themselves out of the market.
They've reached peak iphone - so it's time to change their revenue model - which they are starting to do. They also don't care about how many are sold, per se, it's the revenue per item sold they care more about - but it is a fine line.
A line that they've already failed to meet and go beyond which is why their report was stunning.
I don't expect to see the price drop much in the future. They want to a be a high end only type device, like Lexus or Rolex (don't bash me and say those aren't high end brands).
Yeah they are high end, just high end crap.
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@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@nadnerB said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Apple shares close nearly 10% lower after sales warning
**Apple's shares ended Thursday down nearly 10% after chief executive Tim Cook blamed a slowdown in China sales for falling revenues. **
Might have a bit to do with them pricing themselves out of the market.
That was my thought as well. They keep charging more for something that essentially hasn't changed and doesn't offer any major improvements or functionality from the previous version.
That's why I left them. They seemed to actually get worst at the iPhone 7, not better. My 5 and 6 were nicer than my 7. But the cost was absurd.
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@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I don't expect to see the price drop much in the future. They want to a be a high end only type device, like Lexus or Rolex (don't bash me and say those aren't high end brands).
Want to be and are aren't the same things, though.
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Even KitchenAid is making a Google Smart Display—and it’s water resistant
Thanks to an IPX-5 rating, you can just rinse it off after a messy cooking session.
It's CES week and we have a new Google-powered smart display to talk about. A big feature of these smart displays is a visual and audio walkthrough of cooking recipes, and with Google's platform open to third-parties, it only makes sense that traditional kitchen appliance manufacturers would want to get in on the action, right? Enter the KitchenAid Smart Display, which takes all the features and functionality of Google's smart display platform (reference the the Google Home Hub and Lenovo Smart Display) and wraps it up with an appliance name that will feel right at home next to your mixer or refrigerator.
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New Windows 10 build silences Cortana, brings passwordless accounts
The latest Insider build of Windows 10, 18309, expands the use of a thing that Microsoft has recently introduced: passwordless Microsoft accounts. It's now possible to create a Microsoft account that uses a one-time code delivered over SMS as its primary authenticator, rather than a conventional password.
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Huawei debuts yet another MacBook-looking laptop: The $999 Matebook 13
It's less powerful but more portable and affordable than the Matebook X Pro.
The 13-inch, 2160×1440 touchscreen reaches up to 300 nits in brightness, and it has a 3:2 aspect ratio, reducing the amount of scrolling you'll have to do. Huawei called out the notebook's 14.9mm thickness, its 88-percent screen-to-body ratio, and how it's about 6 percent smaller than the new MacBook Air. That difference is negligible to me and will likely be to many others as well. In the short time I had with the Matebook 13, it seemed to be a well-made, thin, and relatively light device, weighing 2.8 pounds.
