Mobile Technology News, November 29, 2016
As developers for tablets and smartphones we like to keep abreast of the latest mobile technology developments . This is a daily digest of mobile development and related technology news gathered from the BBC, the New York Times, New Scientist and the Globe and Mail to name a few. We scour the web for articles concerning, iPhone, iPad and android development, iOS and android operating systems as well as general articles on advances in mobile technology. We hope you find this useful and that it helps to keep you up to date with the latest technology developments.
- 'Rogue One' tickets are on sale: Deep breaths, Lord Vader – CNET
Fans reacted with Jedi joy, though some struggled to buy tickets online right at stroke of midnight.
- Best Cyber Monday deals from Dell – CNET
Dell’s eight-page Cyber Monday catalog has sprung up online. Here are some of the best deals worth a look.
- AU! Watch a hydraulic press crush a $40,000 gold bar – CNET
Nothing gold can stay. This pricey gold bar meets a death straight out of a James Bond torture scene.
- Trump claims millions voted illegally, Twitter aghast – CNET
Technically Incorrect: The president-elect, having already offered up a tweetstorm about the vote recount, comes back to tweet more controversially.
- Three urges consumers to pressure Ofcom over spectrum
Three joins forces with TalkTalk, CityFibre and others to urge consumers to put pressure on Ofcom over mobile spectrum capping
- CNET UK podcast 507: Less porn for the UK, and Andy apologises – CNET
Proposed laws might mean there’s a lot less porn for the UK, but we’ll at least be able to watch what we have on fast fibre connections. Andy presents a shorter episode of the week’s tech news.
- See what's inside a Furby Connect – CNET
Ever wonder what lurks inside the original Furby and the brand-new Furby Connect? Luckily, the YouTube channel What’s Inside opens him up so you don’t have to.
- Dear noisy texters, please be quiet – CNET
Technically Incorrect: Some people simply never mute their phones. Why?
- Even molten copper can't obliterate a rubber band ball – CNET
When pouring 1,984-degree liquid copper onto a ball of rubber bands, things get interesting.
- Watch as a giant colosseum of dominoes gets demolished – CNET
YouTuber Hevesh5 spends four days setting up a colorful 3D structure using thousands of dominoes; then she topples them dramatically.
- Trump unleashes tweetstorm over recount, Hillary Clinton – CNET
Technically Incorrect: The president-elect is unhappy that Greens and Democrats are participating in a push for a vote recount in Wisconsin and elsewhere.
- Amazon reveals Cyber Monday deals – CNET
The online retail giant promises more than 75,000 deals throughout the week.
- Can tech save the rhino? – CNET
From CNET Magazine: Poachers are slaughtering rhinos to the edge of extinction. Scientists, conservationists and tech companies are working to stop the killings.
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