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Google Ad Block

Google Ad-Blockers

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Google are currently working on an ad-blocker called ‘Funding Choices’.

Ad-blocking programs are designed to protect consumers from the intrusive web ads that slow down browsers and suck up personal data.

Majority of publishes and producers rely on advertising revenue, so the ad-blockers take ‘a big toll on their companies. So giving the consumers the option to pay for ad-blocking would cover these expenses.

Recent figures from Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) show that 22% of UK adults use ad-blocking services online and in 2016 alone, the service Ad Blocker Plus claimed to have over 100 million active users worldwide.

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WWDC

Pre Apple WWDC

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What to expect from WWDC 2017 (Apple Worldwide Developers Conference held annually in California, US).

What are the latest upgrades and operating systems going to involve? Finally we will be talking about the rumours and speculations about the possible refreshes to a number of key product lines. Here is some of what we expect to see from Apple.

Hardware

Siri Speaker: Apple’s very own version of the Amazon Echo/Google Home.

iPad Pro 10.5: Another screen size?! After seeming to streamline things in recent months, Apple are bringing out a larger iPad.

MacBook Pro and Air Spec Bumps: Any new upgrades for the MacBook ill most likely be internal- only, maybe resulting in faster speeds and better, longer lasting battery life. The chips may be coming to MacBook Air also.

 

Software

iOS11: The tablet version of the operating system is said to b getting some pro-level updates such as; multi-user login and expanded support for the Apple Pencil. Also as Apple is pushing for more video content, Apple may be having a revamped version of Music.

macOS/ watchOS/ tvOS: Expect massive changes and refreshes for all three operating system.

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Facebook Broken

Is Facebook Broken?

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Is Facebook learning what you like and manipulating the posts you see?

Have you noticed that you are only shown a handful of your friends post on Facebook? Well that is because Facebook learns what you like and actually influences you to connect closer with certain people. Say for example, you ‘like’ a post or picture of pizza, if you ‘like’ several pictures of pizza it is more than likely that your Facebook feed will start to show you more pictures of pizza. Or the more you engage with posts from a particular user, the more often their posts are shown to you.

Facebook creates a small ‘in-group’ cluster of Facebook friends and topics that dominate your feed, as you grow accustomed to interacting with them, this changes your behaviour, leading you to interacting with them all the more. This then reinforces their ‘in-group’ status and basically isolates you from the rest of your Facebook friends.. or the ‘out-group’.

Strange huh!

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Episode 242 Big Smoke Scavenger Hunt

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Toyota Flying Car

Flying Car Toyota Test Drive

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Back in 2014, in Tokyo, a group of around 30 engineers, including Toyota employees, started to develop ‘SkyDrive’ flying car.

The head of the group, Tsubasa Nakamura, said that the group expects to conduct the first manned-flight by the end of 2018 as the aim is to have the car ready for the 2020 Olympic games in Tokyo to drive/fly in and light the torch.

 

During the demonstration, the current test model was able to lift off the ground and float in the air for a few seconds, it then looses balance and crashes. The design needs more stability to be able to get the car high enough and fly for a longer amount of time to reach the Olympic flame!

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Jabii

Jabii

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Jabii is a new game that combines physical boxing with a special glove and the gaming world in fun and safe way!

A fun, different boxing game without the physical harm, it is fun to be hit.

 

 

“Jabii is the friendly boxing game”

Jabii comes with gaming sounds including crowd and coaching instruction sounds, matching the players performance. This is played from your smartphone or tablet.

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Whistle 3

Whistle 3 GPS Pet Tracker & Activity Monitor

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Whistle 3 is an all-in-one, waterproof, GPS location and activity tracker for cats and dogs.

Special features include:

  • Receiving ‘Proactive Alerts’ such as; email, text or app notifications when your pet leaves their safe place, using Wi-Fi.
  • Nationwide Coverage: The whistle uses advanced GPS and cellular technology to pinpoint your pet’s location.
  • You can monitor your dogs activity and track their daily activity to see when and where they went!

Whistle’s app is available on Apple an Android.

To buy Whistle 3 click here!

Quell

Quell – Wearable Pain Relief

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Quell is clinically proven, 100% drug free technology that relieves chronic pain.

Wearing Quell on the upper calf stimulates sensory nerves as it taps into your body’s natural pain relief response. It does this by sending electric charges to the brain. Neural pulses in the brain trigger a natural reaction that blocks pain signals, relieving your pain!

Powerful enough to tap into your body’s natural pain relief response.

 

There’s an app for you to control, calibrate and customise therapy. Also you can measure progress on multiple health dimensions, including therapy, sleep, activity and pain.

Download the app on Apple and Android

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Pico - Craft Beer Brewing Appliance

Pico – Craft Beer Brewing Appliance

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Fancy brewing your own beer from home? Well now you can!

Pico craft beer brewing appliance allows you to do exactly that!

Choose from hundreds of different ‘PicoPaks’ from your favourite award winning craft breweries around the world!

All it takes is a push of a button and you can create delicious craft beer!

 

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Osmo Starter Kit

Osmo Starter Kit

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Is drawing not your strong point? No need to worry! Simply take, save or search for a picture on your iPad, attach the reflector to the camera, grab some paper and a pen and start drawing!

Osmo encourages creative thinking and social interaction by expanding gameplay beyond the screen!

An educational game enjoyable for all the family!

Works with latest iPads: iPad 2, iPad 3, iPad 4 iPad Mini, iPad Mini Retina, iPad Air.

To buy the Osmo starter kit for your iPad click here!