Samsung Galaxy S6 — tough enough to crack walnuts (video)

One S6 acting as anvil & another as hammer.



"Hammer" appears to be an S6 Edge, & the "anvil", a standard, flat screen, S6. / Samsung Galaxy S6 abuse videos around the internet boiled in water run over by a car ouch thrill-seeking stunt phone videos showing handset used crack walnuts damage phone video Galaxy S6 handsets crack walnuts base smash walnuts hammer crack chop chopping device damage handsets cracking walnuts brand new Galaxy S6 Galaxy S6 Edge take a beating fragile Gorilla Glass 4 rugged smart phone smartphone Android Google /

How to get your app approved for the iOS app store — rule number 247,388*

* give or take


Credit: campaignlive.com

Apple is notorious for the unpredictability of its approval process for its app store. Apparently, an app created by SeaNav US has been rejected because the app contains references to the Pebble smartwatch.

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/133683-apple-rejects-app-because-it-mentions-watch-competitor-pebble-in-the-code / Apple reject rejection rejected rejects app mentions watch competitor Pebble code Apple rejected app App Store mentions competitor Apple Watch Pebble Time smartwatch creators app, SeaNav US Apple rejected Pebble smartwatch support app code app code two years Apple Watch appeared issue Apple clause policies four years other developers included references never been rejected enforcing this rule new reaction by Apple Apple Apps metadata mentions name mobile platform will be rejected details clause your app metadata contains irrelevant platform information app providing future platform compatibility plans platform references not appropriate App Store your app description declare support Pebble Smartwatch Apple Watch teardown battery Android Wear /

Google gives search a makeover

Ranking in Google search results is worth a lot of money to many businesses. And it's not just online businesses.

Last year, for the first time, more searches using the Google search engine came from mobile devices than laptops & desktops. Google is about to roll out a new ranking algorithm which will list mobile friendly websites first.

http://www.businessspectator.com.au/article/2015/4/24/technology/google-gives-search-makeover / mobile mobilegeddon Google latest search ranking algorithm update mobile phones driving Internet uptake innovation update favouring mobile devices websites mobile-friendly search results ranking downgraded downgrade commercially sensitive secret formulae Google calculate rank search results constantly refined minor refinements algorithm Google major updates Google Panda Google Penguin search engine optimisation SEO industry search engines vast amounts of information online Customer Journey to Online Purchase study organic search googling customer growing importance search engines SEO becoming a hygiene factor digital marketing time and resources search ranking algorithm search page ranking major impact organisation’s finances case studies JC Penney Interflora BBC major brands online customers search engines revenue e-commerce site eBay web pages Google search ranking updates size market penetration SEO search engine penalty financial reporting latest Google search algorithm change search engine users mobile devices phones tablets businesses ranking search terms Google’s Display Planner tool keyword mobile tablet mobile friendly website mobile devices Google AdWords Display Planner first rank Google’s search results problem for every business findings repeated studies proportion click-throughs search results first page first result visitor numbers makes a big difference to sales click-throughs top-ranked search result Google Analytics Google Analytics data visitors website keywords searched numbers rapid falling-off click-throughs website progressively lower rank search results page link first search result second placed link mobile shift conducting industry surveys digital marketing firms agencies web designers research mobile-first website design approach priority design usability mobile users Google tools help website owners website large text visible small mobile screen links close to each other difficult navigate using a finger the year of mobile first time more visitors Google phones tablets desktops laptops Google’s mobilegeddon update web sites websites /

Is ad-blocking software legal?

So far, the answer is, "Yes," at least in Germany.

Despite its popularity with users, ad-blocking software is unpopular in some quarters: the advertisers & the people & organisations they pay for advertising. Some time ago, these pages reported on threats of legal action from Google, Microsoft & others against creators of ad-block software.

In fact, the first legal action against ad-block software creators has taken place in Germany, where a coalition of newspapers sued AdBlock Plus.

The newspapers lost, but are considering an appeal.

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-32409952

http://www.techworld.com.au/article/573230/making-software-block-annoying-ads-legal-german-court-rules/

http://www.engadget.com/2015/04/22/germany-likes-adblock-plus/

http://www.ubergizmo.com/2015/04/german-court-rules-that-using-ad-blocking-software-is-legal/ / software stops adverts appearing websites defeated two news publishers technology tech web pages Germany Germany's Die Zeit Handelsblatt AdBlock Plus's anti-competitive threatened their ability to make money income court in Hamburg ruled users have the right to use the plug-in judgement implications other disputes tool Hamburg court decision important sets a precedent avoid additional lawsuits expenses defending consumer right control screens block annoying ads protect privacy AdBlock Plus's project manager Ben Williams blog legalities publishers advertisers content creators work with Adblock Plus against us publishers fight on AdBlock Plus illegal anti-competitive practice infringes freedom of the press written reasons for the judgment examine the prospects of an appeals procedure AdBlock Plus Cologne firm Eyeo three separate but related cases media groups ProSiebenSat.1 RTL Interactive Axel Springer white list court case contested the legality AdBlock Plus's software suppressing adverts pages Zeit Online Handelsblatt Wirtschafts Woche news sites publishers sought damages challenge software provider's wider business model Ebba Schroder spokeswoman Zeitverlag Gerd Bucerius AdBlock Plus web browser add-on free makes money operating a "white list" adverts get through filters criteria must not include animations sounds pop-ups that cover other content Website operators white list buy their way onto the white list charge fees support services 30% of the extra revenues ads on its platform unblocked racket service popular many users AdBlock Plus downloaded nearly 400 million times charge fees smaller businesses and blogs block its white-listed ads if desired racketeers 90% of the people on the white list don't pay anything criteria ruling unalienable right online self-determination lawyer other European courts provisions of EU Law not bound to reach the same legal conclusions Paul Henty law firm Charles Russell Speechlys factual economic circumstances jurisdictions different result Hamburg judgment persuasive authority AdBlock disputes /

Two can play that game ... (video)

Youtube is littered with videos demonstrating the extraordinary acceleration of Tesla electric vehicles.

There’s the phone pinned to the seat-back


Startled response of passengers

Roadster


Model S — warning uncensored version


And the numerous videos at the drag strip — here, Tesla Model S vs Dodge Viper


Energica recently decided to do the same thing with its Ego electric superbike & a range of electric & internal combustion powered vehicles


Energica web site:
http://www.energicasuperbike.com/energica-ego-electric-superbike/ / Energica recently released video Energica Ego electric superbike direct competition high-powered cars motorcycles quarter-mile races highlight 3-second 0-to-60-mph accelerationEnergica Ego solid competition competitors include Tesla Roadster BMW 1000RR HP4 Ferrari 45B Italia Zero S Tesla Model S P85D electric gas powered competition odd choice Zero S electric motorcycle motorbike motor bike cycle 4.8-second 0-to-60-mph time more powerful Zero SR 3.3-second 0-to-60 time Energica win much closer race video sounds each vehicle sound generated electric motors gas powered motors electric motorcycles quiet not silent Energica Ego now NHTSA US EPA certified driven on roads legally Q3 deliveries in 2015 Captain America quote races close electric vehicle EV battery charge recharge range LiIon lithium ion battery cell internal combustion engine engine ICE /

Reduced red meat consumption — better for you — better for the environment

Red meat is meat from all sources apart from fish & fowl. Consumption of red meat, at levels typical in western nations, is associated with increased rates of heart & arterial disease as well as digestive tract cancers.

Raising cattle is responsible for at least 18% of greenhouse emissions — carbon dioxide, methane & nitrous oxide.

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/scienceshow/reduced-red-meat-consumption-aids-health-and-the-environment/6286218

http://www.abc.net.au/health/thepulse/stories/2013/04/11/3734774.htm / we’re eating too much red meat chicken fish high consumption increased risk cancers bowel cancer World Cancer Research Fund Australian Dietary Guidelines2013 maximum weekly intake 500g consumption processed meat flexitarianism flexible vegetarian average Australian consumption 111Kg/year recommended amount 26Kg/year reduction livestock environmental benefits large quantities grain water emissions 50% of total greenhouse gas emissions human activities New Scientist 24th January red meat health environmental impact Talia Raphaely lecturer Curtin University Perth we are eating too much highly credible literature sources World Health Organisation American Cancer Foundation European Prospective Investigation into Cancer biggest cancer study in the world excessive amounts of meat consumption consuming health public health costs World Bank Food and Agricultural Organisation greenhouse gas emissions at least 18% of greenhouse gas emissions livestock health implications environmental implications human humanity Michael Mosley's documentary flexitarianism reduced meat consumption World Cancer Research Fund Australian 2013 dietary guidelines Australian Health Institute 500 grams of red meat a week maximum Vanessa Hayes Garvan Institute paleo diet paleo diet occasional red meat annual consumption Curtin University researchers Health Department CSIRO total well-being diet risk colon cancer research evidence high meat based diet healthy excessive consumption medical evidence cured meats bacon produce nitrosamines carcinogenic effect steak which cook without burning steroids hormones inbreeding genetic modification bred intensively dire conditions antibiotic use dangerous directly linked colon cancer ferments gut nitrate processed meat World Cancer Research Fund EPIC don't eat processed meats at all Australian health guidelines cancers colon cancer Dora Marinova healthy recommended guideline reduced meat consumption flexible vegetarianism researcher research healthy levels healthy recommendations significant reduction health environmental impact lamb pork chicken fish white meat environmentally human health personal health public health mutton lamb pork veal beef /

Serial knuckle cracking

Notice the white spot in the joint as the bones separate.
Credit: Gregory Kawchuk, University of Alberta/Plos Media/Wired

Most surprising part of this for me — the revelation is that the cracking sound is caused by bubble formation as the joint comes apart — this was always my understanding.

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2015/04/mri-video-reveals-what-it-actually-looks-like-when-you-crack-your-joints/

http://www.wired.com/2015/04/watch-gross-mri-knuckle-cracking/ / knuckle cracking crack joints scientists never really understood physics chilling noise 1970s experts collapse gas nitrogen air bubbles synovial fluid lubricates joints new evidence sound formation gas-filled cavity joints stretch apart study researchers University of Alberta crack his knuckles multiple scientists fingers magnetic resonance imager watching cracking events researchers video bones in the joint separate negative pressure gas nitrogen synovial fluid sudden formation of bubbles scientific term tribonucleation crack pop flash space joint surfaces separate MRI signal cavitation tribonucleation joint surfaces come together bubble rapidly collapses popping phenomenon medical insight study Jacob Jaremko radiologist University of Alberta bubble collapse shock damage surrounding structures cavitation latest study provides some new information on the physics behind joint cavitation researchers research effects bubble collapse places of the human body flow dynamics heart circulation bloodstream fluid under pressure tribonucleation effects large consequences crack /