Apple News: Six things to know about the USB 3.1 port in the new MacBook
Apple is challenging laptop users to adapt to fewer ports with the bold design of its new 12-inch MacBook, which has just one USB 3.1 port and a headphone jack. Apple laid out a similar challenge with its first MacBook Air in early 2008, which had just one USB 2.0 port to connect peripherals and a micro-DVI port to connect monitors. But the faster USB 3.1 port is significant because it will also be used to recharge the MacBook, as well as to connect to a wider variety of peripherals such as monitors, external storage drives, printers and cameras. The MacBook is one of just a few devices to carry the new USB port. USB 3.1 can technically transfer data between the host computers and peripherals at maximum speeds of up to 10Gbps (bits per second), which is two times faster than the current USB 3.0. The USB 3.1 port in the new MacBook will initially transfer data at 5Gbps, but observers expect that number to go up as the technology develops. There’s also excitement around the MacBook’s USB Type-C cable, which is the same on both ends so users can flip cables and not worry about plug orientation.
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Technology News: Be Ready for the Next Major Technology Shifts in Your Industry
Technological and industry shifts are important drivers of innovation. Look no further than the advent of the mobile broadband Internet and the shift to the era of intelligent, connected devices. Even though shifts are difficult to anticipate, they often lead to fundamental business changes. Staying up to date with these changes is vital. Let’s explore the three steps companies can take – with real-life examples – to be successful when industry shifts are taking place:
- Understand the market and your customers’ aspirations
- Build external partnerships and bridges
- Establish a strategic model to innovation
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Programming News: The Modern JavaScript Developer’s Toolbox
The Web Platform has gone a long way since HTML5 was first made popular and people started looking into JavaScript as a language that could do build complex apps. Many APIs have emerged and there is an abundance of content out there about how the browser can leverage all this. This specific article series will go a step further and focus on how these powerful technologies can be leveraged in practise, not to building cool demos and prototypes, but how real practitioners use them in the trenches. In this (post)HTML5 series, we’ll go beyond buzzwords and get practical insight from experts about what has actually worked for them. We’ll also talk about technologies (like AngularJS) that go a step further, and define the future of how the standards and web development will evolve. This InfoQ article is part of the series “Next Generation HTML5 and JavaScript”. You can subscribe to receive notifications via RSS.
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Photography News: Frozen Apocalyptic Budapest After Ice Fog
On a Monday afternoon back in December of the year 2014 I got a call from a photographer, that a whole district of Budapest is totally under ice and the trees are falling over because of the ice pressure. At this moment I never thought that this call would end in the most exciting press-work of my whole life. I met with other photographer in the early hours of the following day and we get up the hills of Buda. We just knew one thing – everyone told us „don’t go up there, it’s extremely dangerous”. But we had to. After we exit the bus we saw the first tree falling over, just a few meters away from us. After this awful shock we started our way into little streets, far away from the main street, listening to one sound – the sound of the trees. The sound of branches braking under the weight of Ice. The little once were not that dangerous, but nearly every ten minute we saw a giant tree collapsing, braking into the roof of a house or falling on a car. I personally was not afraid, because I knew that I had to do my job. I had to show people the power of nature, so there was no time to think about the consequences. By looking up for nearly the whole time (I had never watched trees and branches for such a long time) I photographed powerful nature to show what it is able to do to helpless people.
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