SpaceX CEO Elon Musk tweeted Friday that the company’s Starlink satellite internet network would come out of its open beta phase next month. That’s two months later than the August date Musk gave at Mobile World Congress, when he also said he expected the service to have “possibly over 500,000 users within 12 months.”
The Starlink system calls for a constellation of nearly 12,000…
5 Ways to Use the Lightroom’s Brush Tool in 2021
September 18, 2021
Even though the Brush tool is not a new tool in Adobe Lightroom, you may be surprised by all the ways it can be used and all the advantages you can gain by using a brush. This is part of my daily workflow and I hope it will become part of yours!
To show you all the…
Celebrating AI-infused talent management at the Eightfold conference
September 18, 2021
The Transform Technology Summits start October 13th with Low-Code/No Code: Enabling Enterprise Agility. Register now!
The gaps and limitations of applicant tracking systems (ATSs) and recruiting management systems (RMSs) are driving the development of new AI-infused…
13 Tips for Shooting Sharp Landscape Photos with a Telephoto Lens
September 18, 2021
Landscape photography is often associated, or even equated, with the use of wide-angle lenses, however, this can lead to formulaic compositions. Telephoto lenses may seem like the province of wildlife photography, but alternating with them brings new creative opportunities for landscape photography.
This is illustrated by the two opening images of my photobook Our National Monuments, compared to…
Best iPhone 13 cases now available for purchase [Updated]
September 18, 2021
The best iPhone 13 cases are now starting to surface as expected. Apple’s new range of iPhone 13 cases will be joined by the usual collection of third-party offerings from all of the top brands and across a broad price range — all of which are being neatly collected down…
Poll: What’s your favorite announcement from the iPhone 13 event?
September 18, 2021
This week, Apple presented its “California Streaming” event with the new iPhone 13, Apple Watch Series 7, new base-model iPad, redesigned iPad mini, and an expansion of Apple Fitness+ to more countries. Of all the announcements, which was your favorite?
iPhone 13 and…
With iPhone 13 pre-orders open, here’s everything you need to know about trade ins
September 18, 2021
The iPhone 13 was announced this week, so chances are you’re thinking about upgrading. But how do you make sure you get the most you can for your device in time to get the new model? Here’s everything you need to know about trading in or selling your old iPhone now that pre-orders are open.
Tip 1: If you can, sell ASAP
The first thing you need to know is that trading in your device is time…
Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week: Tiny One-Seater Electric Car
September 18, 2021
Despite mainly covering electric two-wheelers and other non-car electric vehicles, I’m still pretty pro electric car. The problem is that even though they are greener than gas cars, those 4,000 lb tanks all seem like so much more vehicle than I need for my typical urban…
Leak: the Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra will have a 14.6" OLED display with 3K resolution
September 18, 2021
The current expectation is for Samsung to launch three Galaxy Tab S8 tablets alongside the Galaxy S22 smartphones. In both trios the “Ultra” model will be the best-equipped device, which can be seen in the Tab S8 specs that leaked a few months ago.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab…
First AnTuTu score from iPhone 13 Pro shows faster CPU, GPU and memory than the 12 Pro
September 18, 2021
The iPhone 13 announcement came with the reveal of the new Apple A15 chipset and (as always) Apple said it is the fastest smartphone chip in the world. Interestingly, the chip inside the iPhone 13 vanilla and mini had a 4-core GPU (as usual), while the one inside the iPhone 13 Pro, Pro Max and the new iPad mini had 5-cores (quite possibly the result of different binning intended to stave off chip…
