Disposable cameras are all the rage, and the relatively new Snap It wants to make it easier to always have one on hand by mixing the retro-tech with the very modern subscription service business strategy.
Snap It is blending a couple of different strategies that other companies have dabbled in recently. Like with Dispo, the idea is to try and “live in the moment” while still enjoying…
WildArt Photographer of the Year, a new international wildlife competition, has announced the winners of its first contest that is themed “wet.” It is the first of 10 competitions the organization is launching in 2021.
The organization touts itself as a “competition…
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Curri, a Y Combinator-backed logistics startup delivering construction supplies and materials, today announced the closing of a $6 million funding round. The company says the…
iPhones in Russia now show government-mandated list of apps to install as part of set up
April 1, 2021
Last month, it was revealed that Apple had agreed to comply with new Russian legislation that would require device makers to ‘preinstall’ apps as part of first setup.
As it is now April, this law has come into effect and Apple has enabled the system server-side. After completing normal iPhone set up, iOS now directs the user to a special App Store collection of apps. The apps displayed are…
Facebook is launching today a new COVID-19 vaccine profile frame on iOS, Android, and the web, developed in collaboration with the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The new frames will let you share…
After initially removing the compass within Maps on Android way back in early 2019, Google has now restored the much-loved feature after fan pressure.
The little floating compass widget was unceremoniously ripped from Maps in what Google said was an “effort to clean up…
Apple to buy over $50 million worth of batteries from Tesla for new energy storage project
April 1, 2021
Apple announced a massive new energy storage project in California, and we learned that Tesla will supply its Megapack battery systems for the project.
In a press release yesterday, Apple announced that it is building a massive new 240 MWh energy storage project at its solar farm in Northern California:
“Apple is constructing one of the largest battery projects in the country, California…
I first found my way into electric bicycles over 10 years ago as a form of alternative urban transportation. But lately I’ve been getting more into gravel riding for fitness. And in my never-ending quest to find more affordable ways to help get people onto their first…
New design filings for the BMW CE 04 show that the radical electric scooter may be closing in on series production.
We first caught wind of the BMW CE 04 project last August when BMW registered a slew of new trademarks for motorcycles and scooters.
Then we finally got our…
Even after trawling through almost all aspects of the recent Android 12 Developer Preview, things slip the net. One of those looks to be the long-overdue addition of a Google Lens translate option within the Android recent apps panel.
If you cast your mind back, this feature was touted as far back as July 2019 during the Android 10 preview phase. The original Android Q solution provided a…
