How Astronauts Sleep On The International Space Station
When astronauts aren’t conducting experiments, performing maintenance, or generally kicking ass they can take personal time to do things like sleep, call their families, or go on the Internet. Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti provides a tour of where and how astronauts take their well deserved personal time.
July 17, 2015 at 09:04AM
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Xiaomi has been doing quite well recently. The manufacturer's attention to design and detail as well as proper marketing and strive for brand recognition have really paid off and all led up to over 35 million of reported handset sales in H1 2015.
This is quite an achievement to say the least, but despite all its popularity, Xiaomi still remains pretty confined to its local market, especially as far as phones are concerned. The Chinese manufacturer has an impressive portfolio of competitively priced tech, ranging from smart TV's all the way to headphones and power banks. After a few recent market expansions, in Europe and the US, the latter two can currently be picked up from most anywhere in the world without much hustle, straight from Xiaomi. But selling handsets in a very different story and despite the extending market reach, Xiaomi is still far from offering phones in the US and most-other international markets, for that matter.
Hugo Barra, Xiaomi VP, has confirmed this time and time again, but has also admitted that the company does have eventual plans for a US expansion. In a recent interview, Barra was pressured for more info on the matter and he made it clear that selling smartphones in the USA is:
no less than a year, plus, away… Potentially much more than a year away.
We definitely understand that entering a new market, let alone the US market is an infinitely complicated process full of legal issues, certification requirements and production, shipping and support hustles. Still, Hugo Barra doesn't sound at all discouraged, so given the time and right conditions, we can only expect that Xiaomi will deliver on its promise and move up to well developed markets such as the US one.
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Después de un largo periodo de filtraciones y rumores, las llamadas a través de WhatsApp llegaban por fin de forma oficial hace unos pocos meses. Aunque en un principio era necesario que otra persona nos llamase para activarlas, más tarde llegaron para todo el mundo a través de una actualización, de forma que ahora cualquiera puede llamar gratuitamente desde WhatsApp, con el único gasto de los megas de nuestra tarifa de datos.
Y precisamente como siempre estamos buscando ahorrar en nuestro consumo de datos, hoy queremos enseñaros cómo reducir ese consumo durante las llamadas que hacemos desde WhatsApp. Pese a que las llamadas no suponen un gasto demasiado exagerado –depende de la duración de la llamada y de otras condiciones como la cobertura–, sí que es cierto que algunos usuarios han reportado un consumo un tanto excesivo teniendo en cuenta que solo son llamadas VoIP.
Además, nunca está de más recortar todo lo que podamos en nuestro consumo, así tendremos más megas para consumir en otros contenidos. ¡Vamos allá!
El proceso es bien sencillo, y lo primero que debemos hacer es descargar la última versión de WhatsApp de su página web oficial (que no desde Google Play). Ahora mismo es la versión 2.12.183. Una vez descargada, pasamos el archivo APK a nuestro dispositivo (si es que no lo hemos descargado ya desde el mismo), y lo instalamos, sin necesidad de desinstalar la versión que ya teníamos.
Ahora, si entramos a WhatsApp y nos dirigimos a Ajustes>Ajustes de chat, abajo de todo veremos un nuevo apartado llamado “Call settings” (Ajustes de llamada), y dentro una opción llamada “Low data usage” (Bajo consumo de datos), que debemos activar.
A partir de ahora, el consumo de datos debería reducirse en torno a 70 KB cada minuto. Debemos mencionar que no sabemos si esta funcionalidad será definitiva o por el contrario seguirán probando –de hecho todavía no está ni traducida–. De ser así, es posible que en las próximas versiones la eliminen, así que recordad que en la versión 2.12.183 sí que aparece.
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Casey Neistat, a social media celebrity, is releasing Beme, an app intended to strip away the glossy layers of social media identities.
Published: July 16, 2015 at 07:00PM
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Apple and Samsung combine to remove this major component….
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It looks like Angry Birds 2 is the official name for Angry Birds Under Pigstruction, but there is likely more to the game still to be announced.
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In the coming years we’re likely to work with robots in our jobs. We’ll need to get used to the idea of robots elsewhere too, helping us in our homes or in our leisure pursuits. They’re a software-powered technology trend we can’t ignore.
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This $100 kitchen scale connects to your iPad and offers step-by-step on-screen instructions for cooking a variety of dishes.
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Killer robots: The soldiers that never sleep
In the city of Daejeon, South Korea, an arms manufacturer has designed and built a gun turret that’s able to identify, track and shoot targets, theoretically without the need for human mediation. Who will teach these robot soldiers the rules of engagement?
July 17, 2015 at 07:39AM
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