iOS 9: Here comes the update hate
Apple’s just-released iOS 9 update is a big step forward for the company’s mobile platform. The software is packed full of new features and refinements, adding tremendous value to the user experience on Apple’s supported iPhone and iPad devices. We have now spent several days covering the best new features in iOS 9, and we’ve also highlighted some of iOS 9’s great hidden features, which you might not come across unless you check out our coverage.
Of course, each new iOS update also brings with it various problems, glitches, and a whole lot of hate.
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An Apple certified iPhone car charger for just $12? We’ll take two
Buying iPhone accessories can be tricky. A lot of times you have to make the choice between high-quality Apple accessories that are painfully expensive, or third-party accessories that are cheaper, but can also be poorly made. When it comes to car chargers, Apple makes the decision simple by not even making its own options. Instead, you have no choice but to buy a third-party charger — but you absolutely must make sure that it’s Apple certified.
For a limited time, Amazon is selling its AmazonBasics Apple Certified Lightning Car Charger for iPhone, iPad and iPod for just $11.99 shipped.
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Google’s entire codebase: 2 billion lines of code and 86 terabytes
Go ahead and take a wild guess as to how many lines of code make up the entirety of Google’s services. We’re talking everything here — search, Gmail, YouTube, Google Docs etc. Now you might want to aim high because there’s a good chance that even your best guess will come in far below the actual figure — a whopping 2 billion lines of code.
Now how about taking a stab at how large Google’s entire codebase is? How bout trying 86 terabytes on for size.
These interesting tidbits come courtesy of Google engineering manager Rachel Potvin who disclosed it at the @Scale engineering conference earlier this week. Not surprisingly, the topic of Potvin’s talk centered on the benefits and challenges associated with storing and managing a gargantuan codebase. And ensuring that everything remains safe, Google’s mammoth code repository is stored and updated at 10 Google data centers located across the globe.
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iOS 9 vs. iOS 8: How to downgrade to Apple’s ‘old’ iOS
Apple just released iOS 9, an operating system that’s supposed to introduce many performance improvements over last year’s iOS 8, including better storage management and battery life, and improved security. On top of that, there are many interesting new features, including plenty of new tricks that are hidden in iOS 9. While these are all reasons to be excited about upgrading to iOS 9 – and staying there – some people will find at least two reasons to roll back to the latest stable version of “old” iOS (that’s iOS 8.4.1 right now). The good news is that you can do it fairly easily, as Apple is going to support iOS 8 and iOS 9 for the time being.
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Watch: Live Video of Hot Rod Drag Week 2015 – Day 5
Drag Week 2015 concludes at Gateway Motorsports Park in Madison, Illinois.
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New Nexus 5X announcement tipped to bring exciting Chromecast update
Google is going to announce its 2015 Nexus smartphones during a special media event set for September 29th, and while the new Nexus 5X and Nexus 6 have been thoroughly detailed in a slew of interesting leaks, it looks like Google might have some surprises prepared for the keynote.
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Ford’s Hot Hatch 2.3L 2016 Ecoboost Focus RS Sprints to the Head of the Pack
The new Focus RS sprints from 0-62 mph in just 4.7 seconds and reaches a maximum speed of 165 mph.
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German Finds and Builds a 1965 Ford Mustang That’s Bound for Home
We wondered how a young man in Germany could be so smitten with an early Mustang, having been raised around Porsches, BMWs, and Mercedes.
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‘Jeopardy!’ contestant tricks Alex Trebek into saying ‘Turd Ferguson’
A Jeopardy! contestant this week hilariously tricked Alex Trebek into saying the name ‘Turd Ferguson’ on the air during the show’s Final Jeopardy round.
Here’s how it all went down.
Going into the final round, a contestant named Talia was in third place with just $600 to her name. The other contestants, meanwhile, were sitting pretty with respective winnings of $12,600 and $7,600. With no real chance to emerge victorious, Talia decided she might as well have a little bit of fun instead of actually trying to answer the question.
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