The Aftermath Of Fukushima

April 26 1986. March 11 2011. These two dates bear one very horrifying thing in common. Both mark the days of the two worst nuclear accidents in the history of mankind. Other nuclear incidents include the 1979 Three-Mile Island incident in Pennsylvania,the 1957 Kyshtym disaster in Russia, the nuclear weapon testings if Operation Plumbbob in 1957 and Semipalatinsk between 1949 and 1991, and the devastating bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan in 1945. Little is known about the incidents that happened in Russia during the Cold War, however Kyshtym is now considered one of the worst incidents. It joins a very small and ‘elite’ list of moments in time that will be felt for years to come.

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Inside Forbes: We’re Ready For A Different Kind Of News App — And Our Audience Is, Too

I have this technology artifact near my desk. It was called the AOL Mobile Communicator, a small blue plastic device for instant messaging and email that was made by Research in Motion (now Blackberry). AOLers, as we called ourselves in the 00s, played with them incessantly. I often made colleagues toss them into an in-box hanging near my office door before a meeting could begin. AOL’s 20 million members never had much use for them, so the handheld unit withered away. As FORBES goes about the business of product development, the communicator remains my daily reminder to avoid chasing bright shiny objects.

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Lava Pixel V1 hands-on

Lava just announced the first second-gen Android One device called the Pixel V1. Unlike the Android One devices launched previously, the Pixel V1 is not based on a common reference design; the V1 has a brand new design and spec sheet exclusive to Lava.

The Pixel V1 is quite a bit larger, thanks to its 5.5-inch display. This does make the phone more difficult to operate with one hand and won't appeal to everyone. The design looks premium at first glance but has a slight plasticky feel throughout. Some of the other budget phones in comparison, such as the Moto G and the Xiaomi Redmi Note have much better build quality and finish.

Lava Pixel V1

The large 5.5-inch IPS LCD looks decent, but the colors are slightly bland and the resolution looks a bit stretched on the 5.5-inch display. The touchscreen works fine, however, and did not seem to have any issues, particularly while typing.

Lava Pixel V1

The performance of the MediaTek chipset was mediocre. The device does not feel particularly quick, despite running a completely stock version of Android 5.1. The 2GB RAM should help, however, while running multiple apps at the same time. The stock version of Android also means the phone will get updates directly from Google as soon as they are announced.

Lava Pixel V1 camera samples

Overall, the Pixel V1 does have a very budget feel to it. This is unfortunate as it is quite a bit more expensive than phones from rival brands and except for the 32GB internal memory does not offer much to justify the…

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LG tiene un nuevo teléfono plegable y lleva Lollipop

Qué caprichoso resulta el mercado. Aquí vemos un teléfono de tipo plegable y nos parece un gadget del pasado; en Asia, sin embargo, son todo un fenómeno y un objeto de deseo bastante popular entre el público. Es por eso que LG no puede dejar pasar el…

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