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a very good articles here from the New Yorker about the Ice sheets in Greenland

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/10/24/greenland-is-melting

The push for a $15 starter wage has negatively impacted the career prospects of employees who were just getting started in the workforce while extinguishing the businesses that employed them. The “Fight for $15” movement is why the company is embracing automation in its restaurants. McDonald’s will install self-serve kiosks in its restaurants around America to replace human cashiers. Continue reading “The 15 Dollar Fight leads to McDonalds kiosks annoucement”

People love Apple computers because Apple gets the basics right. The keyboard, the trackpad, the screen, the speakers, all the table-stakes things too many companies get wrong. And in most cases, Apple made the best even better with the new MacBook Pro. Continue reading “The new MacBook Pro with TouchBar.”

GoPro Inc is struggling to get traction with its action-cameras and new drone, said it will eliminate about 15 percent of its workforce and shut down its entertainment division to reduce costs. GoPro also announced that company president Tony Bates is stepping down from his position at the end of 2016, saying in a released statement, “Today GoPro has a solid leadership team deeply focused on its core business and profitability.” Continue reading “GoPro Announces Cut-Backs”

Check out what Casey had to say on his sell or merger ( we’re not too sure) to CNN earlier in the week.

Black Friday is the day following Thanksgiving Day in the United States (the fourth Thursday of November). Since 1952, it has been regarded as the beginning of the Christmas shopping season in the U.S., and most major retailers open very early (and more recently during overnight hours) and offer promotional sales. Black Friday is not an official holiday. Continue reading “Black Friday in a Nutshell.”

People love Apple computers because Apple gets the basics right. The keyboard, the trackpad, the screen, the speakers, all the table-stakes things too many companies get wrong. And in most cases, Apple made the best even better with the new MacBook Pro.

Available in two 13-inch models and a 15-inch model. They all have thinner bodies, better screens, and much larger trackpads. You can buy it in space grey. But the important addition is the Touch Bar. This capacitive strip of OLED glass above the keyboard is supposed to change everything, again, about how you use your laptop.

Firstly, The trackpad no longer clicks. it bigger smoother and so you really do not need a mouse. Its smoother and works beautifully. The battery once you’re not on photoshop or watching HD videos will last up to 9 hours. The speakers seem louder and cleaner. The resolution from the screen is a major selling point. Apple’s ultra-wide colour gamut, on top of the super-high resolution, makes it the best laptop display on the market.

he 13-inch Pro, is a bit over half an inch thick and weighs almost exactly three pounds.Everything about it smaller, even the charger, is smaller than ever. Apple could have kept the body the same and added more battery, or more power, but opted for smaller and lighter.

Technically, the Touch Bar works brilliantly. It’s fast and smooth and responsive. The textured glass feels great, and looks fantastic. Using my fingerprint on the Touch ID reader to log in and to pay for stuff is the best. But the implementation feels unfinished. Apple’s Touch Bar doesn’t quite count as revolutionary, but it’s the biggest change in years.

Pros, and Cons

The entry-level 13-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar costs $1,799. It has a 2.9GHz Core i5 processor, 256 gigs of solid-state storage, eight gigs of RAM, and Intel Iris 550 graphics. but one major new feature or rather lack of it is no usb ports or SD card holder. this means dongles! dongles everywhere. no usb ports is not a good move from Apple. it means dongles have to be plugged in and carried around in order to put usb sticks in as well as SD cards.

The new MacBook Pro is a terrific laptop and, like the super-skinny MacBook, a clear indication of where most of the computing world is going. But comes with growing pains while your workflow and other devices adjust to a new way of doing things.

Instagram is launching a new feature that lets users send disappearing photos and videos to followers, the Facebook-owned company announced Monday. The new features are similar to those offered by Snapchat, there rival photo and video sharing app. Continue reading “Instagram Gets a new Update.”