Microsoft has slashed the price of its flagship smartphone offering by a massive $200 and the Lumia 950 XL now costs a modest (for its top-shelf status) $299. The Lumia 950 (non-XL) goes for $249, $150 off, but is out of stock. You could splurge and get an HP Elite x3 – that one rocks the newer Snapdragon 820 chipset, and not the troubled 810 in the 950XL. HP’s smartphone is also discounted, but at $649, it’s not as great a deal as the Lumia. Then again, the price includes the Desk Dock, which can make the Elite X3 sort…
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Apple erased the headphone jack from the iPhone 7 and mollified consumers with the promise of the great and amazing AirPods wireless headphones. Except December rolled around and the AirPods were nowhere to be seen – would Apple miss the holiday season? The quiet launch with very limited supply suggests that it came this close. Shipping dates slipped very quickly and at the time of this writing the waiting period is already 6 weeks (that pushes it into February next year!). This, of course, doesn’t resolve the question – are separate, wireless headphones even a good idea? There are many…
Scyther5 | Getty Images U.S. authorities have indicted three Romanians in a case of cyber fraud that allegedly netted at least $4 million and infected at least 60,000 computers, mostly in the United States, the U.S. Justice Department said on Friday. In a statement, the department said the three individuals were extradited to the United States from Romania over the scheme, which involved the sending of 11 million malicious emails. source”cnbc”
Will Trump policies hurt automakers? 22 Hours Ago | 03:52 President-elect Donald Trump’s vow to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, would have a detrimental impact on the United States’ automobile industry and its jobs, VLF Automotive CEO Bob Lutz told CNBC on Friday. Once Trump looks at the impact of the goals he voiced on the campaign trail, he will find a way out of pushing the auto industry into disarray, Lutz said on CNBC’s “Power Lunch.” “I have every confidence that this is a campaign promise that is designed to be broken,” Lutz said. “Trump is…
Pau Barrena | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook For the fourth time since September, Facebook has reported that the metrics that it provides to publishers and advertisers are inaccurate. The metrics problem, however, is much bigger than Facebook, publishers involved in the situation say. Reliable and consistent third-party industry measurement systems don’t exist, and digital advertising is reliant on these numbers. “There needs to be a universally accepted methodology across all the platforms,” said Geoff Schiller, chief revenue officer at PopSugar. Facebook said in an updated blog post that it underreported the amount of traffic coming from Facebook…
Gerry Broome | Pool | AP North Carolina Republican Gov. Pat McCrory Outgoing North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory has signed a measure limiting the powers of his soon-to-be Democratic successor, Roy Cooper, a move critics are calling an unprecedented power grab orchestrated by the state’s Republican-controlled legislature. The bill McCrory signed on Friday merges the State Board of Elections and State Ethics Commission into one entity comprised equally of Democrats and Republicans. Previous state law would have allowed Cooper to put a majority of Democrats on the board, which sets the rules for the state’s notoriously burdensome balloting. The measure…
When looking ahead to the Federal Reserve’s three predicted interest rate hikes for 2017, only wage growth data matter, strategist Boris Schlossberg told CNBC on Thursday. “This is the only economic number you should be watching for the next three months. If wage growth isn’t there, the Fed stays still. Mark my words,” Schlossberg told “Squawk Box” one day after the central bank raised interest rates for only the second time in a decade. Schlossberg, managing director of Forex strategy with BK Asset Management, said criticism that the Fed is behind the curve of next year’s economic outlook is unfounded.…
The University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun will be awarded a total 590 scholarships worth Rs 3.53 crore. Special scholarships are also being offered for Uttarakhand Domicile students. UPES Dehradun Scholarship RELATED STORIES Tribal youths convince parents to send children to school All semester exams postponed due to Cyclone Vardah: Anna University Poor standards of learning puts parliamentary panel in dilemma Digital Financial Literacy Campaign observes participation of over one lakh students The University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun will be awarded a total 590 scholarships worth Rs 3.53 crore to under-graduate srudents from the commencing…
Michigan State University (MSU) in the US, which conducted the study, reveals that internet surfing plays a pivot role in determining student’s final exam scores. Internet RELATED STORIES Poor standards of learning puts parliamentary panel in dilemma Proposed Skill Development Institute expected to function from ITI Berhampur Digital Financial Literacy Campaign observes participation of over one lakh students Innovation can help secure quality education for all: Prakash Javadekar St Xavier’s University to set up in Kolkata soon: West Bengal Assembly passes bill Although internet can be equally helpful as learning from first-hand information, it can depict negative impacts on students…
2017’s basically here already. Proof? Three new game release dates this week, spanning from February to April of next year. It’s starting. That, plus Sam Lake sing-talks his way through Remedy’s music, Age of Empires II gets yet another new expansion, Planet Coaster becomes a winter wonderland, Doom runs on a single keyboard key, and Hitman borrows from Home Alone. This is gaming news for December 12 through 16. Last call for Ubi’s freebies Ubisoft’s been celebrating its 30th anniversary for the past seven months or so, giving away a free game every month. What? You missed one of them? Well…