Internet addiction can indeed be a serious issue that is debilitating for some people, but one disturbed teen’s cure has clearly taken things too far. A 19-year-old boy from Nantong, China identified only as “Little Wang” couldn’t handle his Internet addiction anymore, so he decided to chop off his own hand in an effort to limit access to his computer and phone.
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Parks and Recreation has been revitalized in its seventh and final season on NBC and one of the show’s best running gags throughout the season has been its brutal satire of Google.
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The next generation of console gaming is here with systems that feature better graphics, improved sound, and a more immersive gaming experience. You can put yourself in a position to get one of the best systems, the Sony Playstation 4, for free with The PS4 Giveaway, happening right now at BGR Deals.
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Although most of us haven’t even gotten Android 5.0 Lollipop yet, that hasn’t stopped Google from getting Android 5.1 ready for release. One of Android Police’s tipsters reveals that Android 5.1 Lollipop has started rolling out with low-cost Android One phones in Indonesia. Given that Google is jumping all the way from Android 5.0.3 to Android 5.1, it’s pretty safe to say that this will be a much bigger step up than your typical bug-fixing update.
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Although most of us haven’t even gotten Android 5.0 Lollipop yet, that hasn’t stopped Google from getting Android 5.1 ready for release. One of Android Police’s tipsters reveals that Android 5.1 Lollipop has started rolling out with low-cost Android One phones in Indonesia. Given that Google is jumping all the way from Android 5.0.3 to Android 5.1, it’s pretty safe to say that this will be a much bigger step up than your typical bug-fixing update.
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For Samsung, redesigning the Galaxy S6 from the ground up seems to equate to creating a rather obvious iPhone 6 lookalike made of premium materials — at least, if recently leaked Galaxy S6 blueprints, reports from Korea, and pictures showing the alleged metal frame of the device are to be believed. Italian publication HDBlog has put those detailed metal chassis shots and schematics leaks to good use, coming up with renders that show what the next Galaxy S model may look like.
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AMC’s The Walking Dead is one of several recent series that mark an incredible stretch of TV for the network that has completely revitalized it. No longer is AMC “that channel that plays old movies.” With smash-hit series like Mad Men and Breaking Bad, AMC has become a whole new network, and The Walking Dead has certainly reached that same level with most fans.
The first half of season 5 ended with a bang, both literally and figuratively, and the second half of the season premieres this coming Sunday. Now, AMC has released the first two minutes of the midseason premiere episode, and it looks like we’re in store for yet another roller coaster ride in 2015.
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It looks like Tom Wheeler isn’t the dingo that many of us feared. In a new article at Wired, Wheeler outlines his plan to enforce net neutrality rules by doing something that was once unthinkable: Reclassifying broadband services as utilities under Title II of the Telecommunications Act.
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What does success look like? Well, it looks exactly like the iPhone. I just can’t seem to get this ridiculously stupid CNN article from earlier this morning out of my head, and I did some digging as a result. In case you missed my tirade, a CNN reporter essentially asserted that the Apple Watch will be a flop because it won’t instantly represent a substantial portion of Apple’s revenue.
Ugh, indeed.
At the end of my post, I noted that the iPhone was obviously a flop as well in 2007, if one applies the same logic. So now, let’s see what that flop looks like today.
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Since Apple is by its nature a mysterious company, every hint that it’s trying something new drives lots of speculation. So it was this week when San Francisco radio station KPIX reported that a mysterious minivan that was leased to Apple and was equipped with multiple cameras had been spotted driving around the Bay Area.
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