Facebook doubles down on live streaming with new features for groups, events, and interactivity

Facebook doubles down on live streaming with new features for groups, events, and interactivityIt seems as if the revolution will be streamed, as social networking behemoth Facebook has chosen to drastically expand its live streaming features to make streams more interactive, easier to share, and more discoverable.

I stream, you stream, we all stream for live stream.

Review: iOS flash drive makes sharing data simple

Review: iOS flash drive makes sharing data simple: "We’ve all been using flash drives on our Macs for ages, ever since Apple dropped the disk drives from its computer lineup.

iPhones and iPads don’t have a USB port, so it’s hard to use the same external thumb drives on the go.

The new Xtra Drive from Naztech is the best of both worlds, providing a single microSD card-based solution that has both a USB and a Lightning connector that will let me back up and transfer files from my iOS device to any computer."

Simplicity. Obvious. Why did it take so long?

New teardown reveals iPhone SE contains display identical to iPhone 5s, larger battery

New teardown reveals iPhone SE contains display identical to iPhone 5s, larger batteryAccording to the report, Apple appears to be using more off-the-shelf components than expected in its 4-inch form factor revamp. In particular, iFixit installed an iPhone 5s display into iPhone SE, finding the older model panel fits and functions perfectly in Apple's new device. Also interchangeable with iPhone 5s are the iPhone SE's loudspeaker, SIM card tray and vibration motor.

The whole scoop and nothing but the scoop, so help me gawd.

Xamarin for Everyone | Xamarin Blog

Xamarin for Everyone | Xamarin BlogVisual Studio now includes Xamarin As of today, we are including Xamarin in Visual Studio at no extra cost.

Microsoft continues to understand developer needs better than anyone.

9.7-inch iPad Pro review: What makes something “Pro” anyway? | Ars Technica

9.7-inch iPad Pro review: What makes something “Pro” anyway? | Ars TechnicaIf you’re Apple, how do you decide what constitutes a “Pro” device? Is it in the specs? Usually Pro products are faster and offer more storage and RAM than their non-Pro counterparts. Is it something special about the hardware and software?

You tell me.

Cult of Android - Can Samsung's new Galaxy S7 convert a hardcore iPhone fan? | Cult of Android

Cult of Android - Can Samsung's new Galaxy S7 convert a hardcore iPhone fan? | Cult of Android "To change this, I set myself the challenge of using Android and the S7 for a week as my primary smartphone. Check out the video down below to see how it worked out."

Personally, I think it takes 6 months of daily use to really make a transition to Android. That's my experience with dual use of Nexus7 and iPad.

Hands-on: Apple's new 9.7-inch iPad Pro

Hands-on: Apple's new 9.7-inch iPad Pro Preorders for the 9.7-inch iPad Pro start on Thursday, with the 32-gigabyte model going for $599, 128-gigabyte model for $699 and a new 256-gigabyte configuration selling for $799. Additionally, Apple is introducing a rose gold color to go along with the usual space grey, gold and silver options.

Ta da!

Newly identified bacteria cleans up common plastic | Ars Technica

Newly identified bacteria cleans up common plastic | Ars Technica "PET stands for polyethylene terephthalate, a plastic with good mechanical, barrier, and optical properties. Bottles for water and soft drinks are just a couple of PET's many, many uses. PET is a polyester compound with a high aromatic content, which makes it chemically inert. As a result, it is typically considered resistant to microbial degradation, although certain fungi grow on a mineral medium containing PET. Roughly 56 million tons of PET are produced each year, and a lot of that ends up in the environment."

It ain't over 'til the fat lady sings.

A history of the Amiga, part 9: The Video Toaster | Ars Technica

A history of the Amiga, part 9: The Video Toaster | Ars Technica "When Jenison read about the capabilities of the Amiga in the August 1985 issue of Byte, he went straight down to the nearest Commodore dealer and bought the first Amiga 1000 that came in. He immediately created a product called DigiView that was a simple video capture device. It would take snapshots of a single frame of video and save it to a floppy disc in the Amiga’s 4096-color HAM mode."

No way!