Monthly Archives: August 2015

Precision Agriculture Eats Data, CPU Cycles: It’s A Perfect Fit For Cloud Services

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Agriculture marches to its own version of Moore’s Law, with crop productivity steadily increasing for decades. While past improvements were the result of better plant hybrids, fertilization and production equipment, information technology will be the key to sustaining and perhaps accelerating agricultural productivity. Precision agriculture, a collection of data collection, analysis and prediction technologies that looks like something out of Google, not John Deere, describes a group of technologies designed to collect and analyze detailed information about growing and crop conditions that feed complex models designed to provide actionable recommendations to improve yields and reduce costs. A complex problem that combines sensor technology, data collection, crop modeling and predictive analytics, the computational elements of precision agriculture are ideal for cloud deployment.

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Oppo R5s arrives in the United States with $220 promo price tag

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Oppo R5s is now available to order in the United States directly from the Chinese manufacturer’s online store. To mark the mid-ranger’s launch Oppo has also given it an attractive $220 price tag until Thursday, August 27.

With a body that’s only 4.85mm thick, Oppo R5s is one of the sleekest smartphones available today. Its specs include a Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 chipset, 3GB of RAM, 32GB of built-in memory, and 5.2″ 1080p AMOLED display.

At $220, the R5s appears to be a no-brainer to pick over Moto G (3rd gen). However, it is important to note that the newcomer lacks support of 4G LTE bands in the bands in the United States. The smartphone is also running Color OS 2.0 that’s based on a rather old Android KitKat.

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Samsung responds to Galaxy Note 5 S Pen controversy

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If you haven’t heard, there is a bit of controversy surrounding the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 at the moment. Some people have been inserting the S Pen backwards, damaging the internal S Pen detection sensor when trying to remove it again. Some are claiming this is a design flaw, while others think people shouldn’t be putting the S Pen in the wrong way in the first place.

Samsung has responded to the issue, and the statement is exactly what you’d expect.

We highly recommend our Galaxy Note 5 users follow the instructions in the user guide to ensure they do not experience such an unexpected scenario caused by reinserting the S-Pen in the other way around.Samsung

Yes, they tell you you’re inserting it wrong. But unlike Apple, Samsung is absolutely right. The manual clearly states that you shouldn’t insert the S Pen the wrong way and that doing so may cause damage. Most people don’t read the manual, but that’s not Samsung’s fault. However, it can still be argued that Samsung should have designed the S Pen to only go in one way.

For those who own a Note 5, here’s your lesson: Don’t defy the manual, don’t insert the S Pen backwards. What’s your opinion on the issue? Do you think Samsung is to blame for the design, or are people just being ridiculous and expecting a company to protect them from their mistakes? Leave a comment!

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