MC2 Post 2034 Apple’s Share of Smartphone Industry’s Profits Soars to 92%

From:    http://www.wsj.com

Apple Inc. recorded 92% of the total operating income 

from the world’s eight top smartphone makers in the first quarter, 

up from 65% a year earlier, 

  Apple’s share of profits is remarkable given that it sells 

less than 20% of smartphones 

Roughly 1,000 companies make smartphones.
    

Just one reaps nearly all the profits.

Link:   http://www.wsj.com/articles/apples-share-of-smartphone-industrys-profits-soars-to-92-1436727458

TinyURL:   http://tinyurl.com/q6qgn6q

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Tomorrow, 7-14-2015 is Pluto Flyby Day. 


It's showtime for Pluto; prepare to 

be amazed by NASA flyby

Fox Story Link:   http://www.foxnews.com/science/2015/07/13/it-showtime-for-pluto-prepare-to-be-amazed-by-nasa-flyby/
 

NASA Pluto Flyby web page Links.

Link:   www.nasa.gov/newhorizons

Link:  http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/index.html

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One of the final images taken before New Horizons made 
it's closes approach to Pluto on 15 July 2015.


Image Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute


Link:  http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/display.cfm?News_ID=49503&linkId=15514645


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MC2 Post 2033 What's With the Logitech New Name Change LOGI ???

Clip from Logitech "LOGI" Video.

Its seems someone in marketing convinced Logitech that part of it Brand Name was Meaningless.

The TECH Part.  So Now, Logitech wants to emphasize a New Name  Logi.   

Yeah, that makes sense, huh???




WINGMAN.


 

Logitech is on a mission to reinvent itself to consumers with a new version of its company logo and an all-new brand called Logi. The PC and mobile accessory maker says the changes are part of its "transformation" into a company that has a bigger emphasis on design.

Logitech states:

    

While our commitment to excellence in peripherals hasn't changed, we're dedicating focus on design, hiring our first-ever chief design officer, Alastair Curtis, and delivering products that create amazing experiences in the everyday places of your life. We've put design at the core of everything we do and everything we are, from our products to our brand identity.

From:    http://www.androidcentral.com

That includes products that will have the new Logi brand name. Logitech has yet to offer any details on their new Logi devices, saying only that the first one "is around the corner" and that consumers can "expect some twists and a few surprises in new categories."

Link:   http://www.androidcentral.com/logitech-has-new-logo-and-new-brand-logi-promote-its-design-transformation

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A Quick Look at the Logitech Keys-To-Go Ultraportable Keyboard

From:   http://www.androidcentral.com

Keyboards haven't yet outlived their usefulness, and Logitech continues to make some of the best for adding a little something extra to your tablet. Here we've got a quick look at the Logitech Keys-To-Go.

 

It's a ridiculously thin keyboard for tablets. The one we have here is technically marketed for Android and Windows — it's got a telltale Windows key as well — but it'll work with iOS, too. (If you just have to have one sans Windows key, there's a more iOS-friendly one available, too.)

The Logitech Keys to Go keyboard for Android and Windows is available in black or blue, and MSRP is $69.99, but prices may well vary.

Link:   http://www.androidcentral.com/quick-look-logitech-keys-go-ultraportable-keyboard?utm_source=related&utm_medium=module&utm_campaign=next

 

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MC2 Post 2032 Remembering the Dodger Duo of Koufax and Drysdale

When the east coast teams used to fear coming west and have to face Koufax and Drysdale?

Well now they have to contend with Greinke and Kershaw, as Vin Scully

 reminded us last night during the Philly's second shutout 

by the New Dynamic DUO.

Link:  http://www.latimes.com/sports/

The Past is Prescient..   And Precious.

From:    http://baseballpastandpresent.com

The Dynamic Duo, 1959-1966: When Don Drysdale 

and Sandy Koufax ruled

Link:   http://baseballpastandpresent.com/2011/10/16/dynamic-duo-1959-1966-don-drysdale-sandy-koufax-pitched-dodgers-baseballs-summit/

TinyURL:   http://tinyurl.com/nb8r9qp

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From:   http://www.pophistorydig.com

"Watching the Wheels"  1980-1981  John Lennon.

Link:   http://www.pophistorydig.com/page/2/?p=.2014-1-25

 

TinyURL:   http://tinyurl.com/pvdwhml

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MC2 Post 2031 Getting Back to My Original media circus BLOG Interests

Why the Movies Sound So Much Better At The Movies Then with 

Even the Most sophisticated Home Theater SETUPS.

Background Home Theater Geeks video:   

Episode 259.  Mastering Movie Audio 

for the Home.

Link:   https://twit.tv/shows/home-theater-geeks/episodes/259?autostart=false

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/olahpez

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VR IS COMING


Because of All the Interest about VR  (Virtual Reality), and with Google and Windows Jumping in Trying To Catch Up with FACEBOOK'S  Oculus Rift's  big presence at E3 this year, and 

then Oculus VR recently announced its retail iteration 
and its controllers.   


Link:   http://www.gamespot.com/articles/facebooks-zuckerberg-vr-is-the-next-major-computin/1100-6428623/


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My Summer READINGS June 2015 and  

VR was on the front burners...


 
I went back to  Wiliam GIBSON's Classic Virtual Light 

and All Tomorrow's Parties
Admittedly it was a re-read of the Bridge Trilogy, 
which I still had in paperback.

Zipped through them like butter.  But the third, IDORU 
has been a bit of a push.

I also Audible Listened to the non-fiction book:   
The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, 
Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution  

by Walter Isaacson.



That put at least 3+ other books on the Back Burner...



Wingman.  2015

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MC2 Post 2030 The Question of the Leap Second

Astronomy, News

Tomorrow, the world is getting one extra second – what are you gonna do with yours?

Tomorrow, something extraordinary will happen, even though you might not notice it: right before 8 p.m. Eastern time, we will be adding an extra second – a leap second. Aside for being an interesting quirk, this is another reminder that our time isn’t exactly synced with solar time, and every once in a while, we need to make some adjustments.




From:    http://www.zmescience.com

Link:   http://www.zmescience.com/space/astronomy-space/leap-second-29052015/

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/p9qjw87

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Google found a clever way to prevent tomorrow's leap second from crashing its computers

From:   http://www.businessinsider.com

Google's SMEAR Second Fix

However, Google claims to have found the answer and has created a custom solution for leap seconds that will protect key technologies, like its Compute Engine.

“Instead of repeating a second, we ‘smear’ away the extra second. During a 20-hour ‘smear window’ centered on the leap second, we slightly slow all our servers’ system clocks,” explained Google in a blog post.

“At the end of the smear window, the entire leap second has been added, and we are back in sync with civil time.”

Google claims it created the defence tech based on its experience mitigating a 2005 leap second and expects it to protect all cloud system running on the Compute Engine.

"Most software isn't written to explicitly handle leap seconds, including most of ours. During the 2005 leap second, we noticed various problems like this with our internal systems," explained the blog post.

Link:   http://www.businessinsider.com/google-compute-engine-leap-smear-deals-with-61-second-minutes-2015-6

 

TinyURL:   http://tinyurl.com/nuh48cw

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The Fix, is only a Good Fix    If It Works...

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What Key financial services  ARE GOING TO DO...

Key financial services have been less confident about their systems ability to deal with leap seconds and have announced plans to temporarily shut down their systems during the June 30 event.

A NASDAQ spokeswoman confirmed to Business Insider that it will be shutting down after-hours trading a half hour early to deal with the leap second.

The Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) announced it will delay its commodity trading markets' opening to mitigate potential harm, in a public statement.

The CME Group similarly announced plans to hold trade talks during the leap second event to avoid any issues, in a separate statement.

“ICE is confident that this will not cause any issues on our systems; however, we cannot guarantee

the same for all systems used by our participants, market data vendors, and other third-parties,” read the statement.

“As a result, ICE has made the decision to delay all market state transitions which would normally occur between June 30th 23.00 GMT and July 1st 00.01 GMT.”

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MC2 Post 2029 Time to Meet TechThing with Patrick Norton and Shannon Morse

From:    www.tekthing.com

iOS 9! Future-proofing vs. Upgrades, Photo Storage For Summer Travel, Thermal Pads or Compound???

iOS 9, iPad multitasking, more from Apple’s WWDC. Travel friendly devices add storage to phones and tablets. “Futureproofing” vs. upgrading, thermal compound vs thermal pads, buy the right antenna for FREE OTA TV, and more, all on this episode of TekThing!

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I Love This Guy's Artistic STUFF...

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Scott JOHNSON's FROGPANTS is a Genuine Hoot!

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Give Scott Johnson's Frog Pants A Look See TOO!


 

Link:  http://frogpants.com/

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MC2 Post 2028 It's All About the Hardware AMD Returns with a FURY

AMD reveals HBM-powered Radeon Fury graphics cards, new R300-series GPUs


 

The rumors were true: The Radeon R9 Fury X is water-cooled, loaded with stream processors, and looks to be an absolute beast.

AMD's Returns to the Battle of  Top Video Graphics Cards...

The wait is finally over. A year and a half after the launch of the R200-series, months after Nvidia refreshed its entire GeForce lineup, AMD has lifted the veil off its new Radeon graphics card lineup: the Fury series, powered by revolutionary high-bandwidth memory (HBM), and the company’s brand new Fiji GPU.

 

Leading the charge is the AMD Radeon R9 Fury X, which is capable of driving Tomb Raider to 45 frames per second at 5K resolution and Ultra settings, and offers 1.5 times the performance per watt of AMD’s previous R9 290X flagship. The graphics card boasts 4,096 stream processors—an incredible jump over the R9 290X’s 2816. The Radeon R9 Fury X packs 8.9 billion transistors, compared to the R9 290X’s 6.3 billion transistors.

 

Given that AMD—like Nvidia—is still using the 28nm manufacturing process, the Fiji GPU itself must be massive.

 

The Radeon R9 Fury X comes with integrated closed-loop water cooling, much like AMD’s dual-GPU Radeon R9 295x2. “You’ll be able to overclock this thing like no tomorrow,” AMD CTO Joe Macri says. 

“This is an overclocker’s dream.”

 

Simply put, this thing sounds like a beast. And yes, it’ll come with an illuminated Radeon logo when it launches on June 24 for $649.

 

The Fury X isn’t the only Fiji-powered Radeon, however. An air-cooled version dubbed the Radeon R9 Fury will be available July 14 for $549, while an unnamed mega-model with a pair of 

Fiji GPUs is also in the works.

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It appears, Even with the showings of  XBox One and Playstation at E3 were on display this Week in LA, with all Kinds of Fresh Gaming Titles,  PC Gaming Is Getting Top Shelf Goodness as well.

Wingman.  See TWiCH (This Week in Computer Hardware) and PCPerspectives for latest 

Info on the new AMD Offerings and Much much More...

Link:  https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-computer-hardware

Link:  http://www.pcper.com/

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From:    http://www.pcworld.com

Link:   http://www.pcworld.com/article/2936630/amd-reveals-hbm-powered-radeon-fury-graphics-cards-new-r300-series-gpus.html

TinyURL:  http://tinyurl.com/p3xjown

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The  $150 Dollar Joystick .....    

Say What?

$150 Xbox One "Elite" Controller Revealed at E3 2015

From:   http://www.gamespot.com

As part of Microsoft's E3 2015 briefing today, the company officially announced a new Xbox One controller.

 

It's called an "Elite" controller, and it aims to offer "pro level precision." The wireless pad has hair trigger locks, swappable components, and button and paddle remapping.

 

The new controller has been designed for Xbox One and Windows 10, and is different than the slightly tweaked Xbox One controller that comes with the new 1TB Xbox One console.

Link:   http://www.gamespot.com/articles/150-xbox-one-elite-controller-revealed-at-e3-2015/1100-6428110/

 

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