Monthly Archives: May 2015

NASA Satellites Give Full, Devastating Picture of the Drought

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NASA Satellites Give Full, Devastating Picture of the Drought
To measure the volume of the aquifers, which are beingd epleted in California at a catastrophic rate, researchers can’t do much better than making educated guesses based on how far wells have to be drilled in order to hit water tables.

May 27, 2015 at 08:48PM
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LG G4 and G Pad X8.3 go on sale at Verizon tomorrow

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After US Cellular, Sprint, and T-Mobile, it's now finally Verizon's turn to announce availability details for the LG G4. The carrier nicknamed Big Red goes one further, though, as it's also unveiled a new tablet on this occasion – the LG G Pad X8.3, which got leaked a couple of weeks ago sporting the correct launch date in its renders.

The LG G4 will be up for pre-order starting tomorrow, May 28. It will be available in stores on June 4, but pre-orders will be shipped before that.

The device can be yours through Verizon's Edge plan for $22.91 per month for two years, adding up to a full price of $549.99. This carrier will have three color versions up for grabs: Metallic Gray, Genuine Black Leather, and the Verizon-exclusive Ceramic White with 3D patterns.

If you buy your G4 from Big Red, you are eligible for LG's US promotion, offering a free 32GB microSD card as well as a second battery and charging cradle. You can get an LG G Pad 10.1 for $99.99 ($50 off what it normally goes for) or an LG Watch Urbane for $299.99 if you buy a G4.

The new LG G Pad X8.3 will become available tomorrow. Its normal price will be $129.99 with a new two-year contract. That said, if you also purchase an LG G4, then the tablet can be yours for just $49.99, though you'll still need to sign a two-year agreement for the tablet too.

The G Pad X8.3 comes with an 8.3-inch 1,920×1,200 IPS touchscreen, a 1.5 GHz octa-core processor, 16GB of expandable storage (of which 9GB is user-accessible), an 8 MP rear camera, a 2 MP front-facing unit, dual stereo speakers, a full size USB port, 4G LTE, and a 4,800 mAh battery. It runs Android 5.0 Lollipop.

Basically, it looks like this is an updated version of the original G Pad 8.3, which Verizon has also…

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T-Mobile’s Sony Xperia Z1s is now receiving Lollipop update

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Sony has been rolling out Lollipop updates left and right to its Xperia Z series devices for many weeks now. Multiple generations of the company's flagship line have so far been upgraded to Android 5.0, and today the time has finally come for the T-Mobile-exclusive Xperia Z1s to receive the same treatment.

The update to Android 5.0.2 Lollipop is now rolling out over-the-air for this device, with the new software having build number 14.5.B.0.236, as evidenced by the image below.

As always in these cases, the rollout is going to be staged over the next few days or weeks, so it may still be a while before your particular handset notifies you about the update.

Though no matter how long it takes, at least it's now on its way. And of course you can manually check for it by choosing the relevant option in your phone's Settings menu.

The Lollipop update brings with it the new Material Design UI, new Xperia wallpapers, themes, a new media app, the revamped lockscreen and notification drawer, along with the usual performance…

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