Новости за 13.07.2017

Gather 'round by the fireplace, kiddos, 'cause Granpappy Writer Guy wants to talk about the Good Ol' Days™ of mobile technology.

Intel is a major supplier of 4G and soon 5G modems to smartphone OEMs around the world (including Apple), although currently Intel’s share of the modem market in less than 10 percent. It competes with a number of other suppliers, most notably Qualcomm who has the majority share of modems in high to mid tier smartphones (Qualcomm’s share is estimated at approximately 50 percent of the overall market), as well as MediaTek and other Far East suppliers.

Anker's highly rated SoundCore Bluetooth speaker's typical list price of $79.99 has been discounted 66% today to just $26.99 on Amazon, where it averages 4.6 out of 5 stars from over 7,500 reviewers (76% rate the full 5 stars: read reviews here). It features rich sound, a generous 24 hours of play time (500 continuous songs without needing a charge), Bluetooth 4.0 66-foot wireless range and a worry-free 18 month warranty. This deal is good for today only (7/13), so see it now on Amazon.

Apple announced plans to adopt the HEIF image format at WWDC. When it did it pointed at the format’s higher-quality and much smaller image sizes, but I think there are big implications beyond this.

Earlier this week, Microsoft introduced two additional software-as-a-service subscription plans to the partners who will try to sell them.

This pilot fish's first-ever programming job in the 1980s is for a wholesaler that sells athletic socks on consignment -- the kind with licensed logos on them.