6. Interesting Reads
Android fans are about to be divided into two groups: those who buy a Galaxy S8 or Galaxy S8+, and those who wish they had a Galaxy S8 or Galaxy S8+. Consumers haven’t even yet had the chance to experience Samsung’s 2017 flagship phones for themselves, but they already know these phones are something special. Samsung’s nearly edgeless “Infinity Display” combines with curved sides on the front and back of the phone to create a look and feel that are as close to perfect as any company has come so far, considering current technological limitations. Samsung has already said that Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ pre-orders have outpaced last year’s Galaxy S7 and S7 edge, and now the company has offered actual pre-order figures that are impressive, to say the least.
(BGR.com)
Apple has a major advantage over Google in the world’s most populated country. The Cupertino firm is now the biggest Western software seller in China, according to an analyst note from Macquarie sent to investors this morning. Citing internal analysis and App Annie numbers, Ben Schachter, Ed Alter, and David Gibson said the company earned around $6 billion (£4.77 billion) from Chinese App Store sales in 2016. They said that could more than double to $16 billion (£13 billion) by 2020 if Apple just maintained its current share of the market.
If you are looking for a high-end smartphone that also has premium security features, then this list of best smartphones with a fingerprint sensor is all you need. These days we don’t just use smartphones for calling or texting. They have become much more. We are using them to storage personal data, access social media, bank accounts, and much more. Because of this, the security is a big issue for every smartphone user. You didn’t have much to lose with your Nokia 3310, except your messages or contacts. Now, the stakes are much higher, and the smartphone manufacturers are upgrading their game concerning the security.
Lucid is continuing down its path of shipping a Tesla competitor, and the Air just underwent another milestone: High-speed testing. A performance-targeted prototype version of its flagship Air car, the first it’s intending to bring to production, hit Ohio’s 7.5-mile TRC test track to check out how it holds up under high-speed use, including a (software limited) top speed of 217 mph. The performance testing is designed to help the team identify where the car is performing as expected in conditions that, while not likely to be encountered often in daily use, will still prove part of the appeal of the vehicle to its first customers.
A Virginia Tech paleobiologist has discovered a creature that lived more than 245 million years ago, during the Triassic Period before dinosaurs. The discovery of Teleocrater Rhadinus was unearthed in southern Tanzania. The first Teleocrater fossils were discovered in Tanzania in 1933 by paleontologist F. Rex Parrington. But since the first specimens lacked critical identifying bones, it could not be determined whether they were more closely related to crocodylians or dinosaurs. The new discovery shows up on the fossil record after a large group of reptiles known as archosaurs split into a bird branch (which led to dinosaurs and birds) and a crocodile branch (which led to today’s alligators and crocodiles.)
(WTKR.com)
