Android Lollipop is slowly (very slowly) hitting more devices
Lollipop didn't exactly take the Android world by storm when it first launched. Early adoption was slow enough that it made no real impact in usage …
HTC One M7, M8 Users Miss Out On Android 5.0 Lollipop Update
HTC missed the deadline of Feb. 1 to deliver the Android 5.0 Lollipop update to US owners of the HTC One M7 and M8. That means HTC users will …
6 reasons to be terrified about the future of transportation
The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) just released „Beyond Traffic,“ a study best described as a dire warning about how the country’s arterial lines will clog and implode over the next several decades. As far as USDOT secretary Anthony Foxx is concerned, pretty much everything is in bad shape and getting worse: roadways, railways, waterways, the whole nine yards.
The problems are endless: ancient infrastructure is crumbling without the money to repair or replace it. Renewable energy strategies aren’t materializing quickly enough. Rapidly growing urban centers are buckling under the weight of the commuting residents that occupy them. And all the while, the specter of global warming threatens to quite literally sink everything.
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Verizon brings Lollipop to Samsung’s Galaxy S5 in the US
The rollout started in Europe already, but Samsung Galaxy S5 owners in the States are about to get a taste of Lollipop — so long as you’re on Verizon. Big Red is ready to update those handsets, and it’s the first carrier in the US to offer the lates…
Get ready for the FCC to say the internet is a utility
After years of dithering, manipulative scheming from mega telcos, bad proposals begetting bad proposals, months of F-bombs and death threats, and partisan warfare in Congress, it appears this will be the week we’ve all been waiting for: the week we find out exactly how the FCC will propose to regulate the internet like a utility.
The New York Times says utility-style regulation is „widely expected,“ and that the proposal will leak sometime this week. (We agree.) The Wall Street Journal‚s sources say it’s happening. CNBC says it’s happening. Expect a few more outlets to squeeze their sources to corroborate the rumor as we wait for the proposal to reach sunlight, hopefully around Thursday when it circulates to FCC commissioners and…