Babies born in winter are bigger, brighter & more successful

Around the ‘Net, you’ll find headlines like:

Your birth month influences your risk for diseases
https://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2015/06/09/birth-month-risk-diseases/

Here's how your birth month affects the rest of your life
http://www.businessinsider.com.au/how-birth-month-matters-2012-7?op=1#january-people-born-this-month-are-statistically-more-likely-to-have-alzheimers-crohns-disease-and-epilepsy-1

Can we see any causal link(s)? One possibility is in-utero exposure to vitamin D, at critical times in embryonic development. When exposed to sunlight, the skin produces vitamin D. Peak vitamin production appears in summer. In this case, the correlation would be with the season, rather than the month — & the same effects in different months in the northern & southern hemispheres:

Babies born in winter are bigger, brighter & more successful
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/babies-born-in-winter-are-bigger-brighter-and-more-successful-523070.html

Season of birth & childhood intelligence: findings from the Aberdeen children of the 1950s cohort study
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16953958 / astrology astrologers time of year baby born plots course extensive research seven-year period babies born in winter big bright successful adults summer study scientists Harvard University monitored development boys girls worldwide large seasonal variations weight length height head size mental ability researchers effects pregnant mother growing foetus seasonal variations diet hormones temperature exposure to sunlight viruses infections influence baby's baby American Australian psychiatrists anthropologists Harvard Queensland universities measured children mental motor tests birth eight months four seven years compared summer births born winter significantly longer at birth heavier taller larger head circumference age seven higher scores intelligence exercises IQ intelligence quotient seven winter spring born children heavier taller head circumferences significantly larger summer autumn born children results babies born winter longest winter spring borns birth weighed the most age seven tallest tall taller tallest heavy heavier heaviest researchers work medical journal Schizophrenia Research conclude winter spring babies bigger anthropometric variables smarter neurocognitive variables new study series projects worldwide evaluating effect seasons human health longevity physical intellectual development scientists Germany Germany's Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research people born autumn live longer born in spring ill in old age census data Denmark Austria Australia seasonal link to life expectancy older than 50 Austria adults born between October December lived seven months longer those born between April and June dietary changes seasonal infections phenomenon mother giving birth in spring spends the last phase of her pregnancy winter eat fewer vitamins Gabriele Doblhammer scientists research stops breast-feeding starts giving her baby normal solid food solids hot weeks of summer babies prone to infections digestive system season of birth optimist pessimist summer's babies brighter outlook winter-born grumblers American Australian researchers offer explanations differences early years of life theory foetal exposure changing seasonal factors temperature rainfall ultraviolet radiation /

Reserve Strap for Apple Watch

Credit: Reserve Strap/Digital Trends

With a claimed battery life of 19 hours, a strap with built in battery sounds like a must-have accessory for the Apple Watch. Enter the Reserve Strap, with built-in lithium ion battery & inductive charger.

Video at Funky Space Monkey mentions Kickstarter, but a search at kickstarter.com for “reserve strap” & “reservestrap”, found no matches.

http://www.funkyspacemonkey.com/the-band-that-charges-the-apple-watch-while-you-wear-it-video

http://www.macrumors.com/2015/05/04/reserve-strap-new-design/

http://www.digitaltrends.com/wearables/the-reserve-strap-provides-more-juice-for-your-apple-watch/

Manufacturer’s web site:
http://reservestrap.com/

At $250 on pre-order, this strap will make an expensive watch even more so. $250, will get you a Pebble Time smartwatch, after Kickstarter pre-orders are fulfilled, leave your with $51 in your pocket, & still provide better battery life.

More about Pebble Time:
http://hhg2tech.blogspot.com.au/2015/06/pebble-time-why-cant-all-smartwatches.html / Apple Watch accessory makers Reserve Strap replacement strap Apple Watch charge recharge charges while you wear it aesthetic appeal Apple’s own bands stylish looks battery that lasts Shaky battery life major problems wearable a day’s use out of it at best 400mAh battery power pair of lithium-ion cells LiIon integrated inductive charging cradle between the watch and your wrist technology Apple’s official charger holes cut out smartwatch’s sensors can still operate /

10 worst Android battery hogs

Biggest embarrassment: the number of Google apps

Biggest Samsung embarrassment: the number of Samsung apps

Second biggest Samsung embarrassment: no app from any other Android manufacturer made the list

Many of the Samsung apps can’t be uninstalled. One more reason to root, or move to another manufacturer.

https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2015/06/the-10-worst-android-apps-for-draining-your-smartphones-battery/ / Telstra Shazam Snapchat Flipboard Clean Master Speed Booster Twitter Google Play Music Google Play News Stand TripAdvisor Hotels Flights Chrome Browser Google Security Policy Update Samsung Software Update Beaming Service for Samsung Facebook Messenger WhatsApp Messenger Instagram Samsung Push Service Viber Maps Samsung WatchON On TV battery drain draner draining killer hog run by user run at startup AVG’s AVG latest Android App Report apps draining your smartphone smartphone's battery /

Mrice E300 earphones — $1,000 performance for under $30?

Credit: Wired

"Top-tier sound for PENNIES." — AndroidVageta — head-fi.org

"Should you buy the Mrice E300s? At this price, you’d be a fool not to." — Rene Chun — Wired
http://www.wired.com/2015/06/mrice-e300/?mbid=nl_060515

If your new Mrice E300 earphones don’t live up to the hype, you could always try this:
http://www.lightinthebox.com/html/New_Headphones_guide.html / Top-Tier Sound For Pennies web forum head-fi.org headphone aficionado handle AndroidVageta AV five stars to Chi-Fi earbuds buds cost less compared dynamic range clarity cut-rate buds JH16 Pro in-ears eight drivers per ear retails for $1,149 JH16 The Absolute Sound praised the sonic mountaintop in-ear headphones Baldoor E100 simply amazing amazing for the price amazing compared to anything I’ve ever heard owned disposable buds sound as good outrageously expensive IEMs Justin Timberlake Lady Gaga wear onstage hype rhetoric AV PSA E100 EarBell bud distributed Chinese company called Mrice destined for hi-fi obscurity cheap gadget tossed Chi-Fi scrapheap AV’s Head-Fi review Reddit el cheapo IEM in ear montor scarce online commodity sold out everywhere audiophiles E100 cult Tragus deal of the century optimum audio performance magic buds positioned within the ear sideways precarious orientation listening sessions head movements godlike wearing E100s sound stage weird fit exact alignment buds within the ear profile selfie Mad_Economist sonic Epiphany degenerate audiophile tragus anti-tragus leg of helix shut bud very warm fairly large soundstage bass impact ENT journals Redditor tragus ear hole auditory meat audiophiles audiophile raves sound better professional IEM pinch your ears together Reddit E100 psychodrama AV robertmeta Mad_Economist critical listeners babble sweet bud Chi-Fi industrial complex earphone model Mrice line sound signature GranVela E300 ergonomics capsule /

Flawed Android factory reset leaves crypto & login keys ripe for picking

http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/05/flawed-android-factory-reset-leaves-crypto-and-login-keys-ripe-for-picking/

Android's factory reset leaves private information behind on 630 million devices

http://betanews.com/2015/05/22/androids-factory-reset-leaves-private-information-behind-on-630-million-devices/

Securely erase data on Android devices with iShredder 3

http://www.abnewswire.com/pressreleases/securely-erase-data-on-android-devices-with-ishredder-3-for-android_6876.html

iShredder 3 for Android web site

https://www.protectstar.com/en/products/ishredder-android / 500 million Android smartphones smart phones don't completely wipe data factory reset option weakness recovery of login credentials text messages e-mails contacts computer scientists comprehensive study Cambridge University researchers recover data wide range of devices run factory reset built into Google's Android mobile operating system crucial means for wiping confidential data devices resold sold recycled retired study data recovered users turned on full-disk encryption devices studied researchers estimated may not fully wipe disk partitions sensitive data stored 630 million phones wipe internal SD cards pictures video published research paper Security Analysis of Android Factory Resets wake-up call individual users large enterprises major impact organizations mature established disposal practices not effective Kenn White North Carolina computer scientist paper staggering number of devices exposed somebody's Gmail password images photos text chat private reset researchers tested factory reset 21 Android smartphones versions 2.3.x to 4.3 mobile OS sold by five manufacturers retained at least some fragments of old data contact data stored phone app third-party apps Facebook What'sApp images video camera text-based conversations SMS e-mail apps researchers were able to extract master token access to most Google user data Gmail Google calendar experiment researchers recovered a master token reset phone restored the credential file reboot phone successfully re-synchronised contacts emails recovered Google tokens flawed Factory Reset master token tokens other apps tokens access anyone's account storing data reset failures manufacturers didn't include the software drivers fully wipe flash chips non-volatile memory storage researchers demonstrated flash drives dangerously hard to erase drives accommodate portions partitions faulty wear out over time researcher Bunnie presentation 2013 Chaos Communication Congress Flash drives not storing data storing a probabilistic approximation of your data deleting researchers experiments second-hand phones Android versions past 4.3 factory reset version 4.4 researchers newer devices data users wiped reset recovered read protected full-disk encryption file stores decryption key isn't erased during the factory-reset process key encrypted cryptographic salt user-selected PIN or password recovery crypto footer encrypted file attacker offline cracking attack data supplied security consultant White successful crack PIN longer passwords sell dispose remotely wipe full-disk encryption turn it on use a randomly generated password includes numbers upper- and lower-case letters symbols minimum of 11 characters passwords years or decades to crack overwriting all unallocated space installed manually prevent a Google token wiped phone destroy devices rather than sell or recycle them paper published titled Security Analysis of Consumer-Grade Anti-Theft Solutions Provided by Android Mobile Anti-Virus Apps significant wiping flaws /

Pebble Time: Why can't all smartwatches be this simple?

Pebble Time — white & red
Credit: Pebble/news.com.au

Review of the new Pebble Time watch (by an Android owner — the iOS app is was stuck in the Apple App Store approval process).

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2015/06/pebble-time-preview-why-cant-all-smartwatches-be-this-simple/ / Pebble Time smartwatch smart watch battery endurance time between charges up to 1 one week charge recharge app app store play store LiIon lithium ion battery Apple Google iOS Android Apple Watch smartwatch Kickstarter smartwatch Google’s Android Wear Best Smartwatch wearing successor Pebble Time most fun wristwatch tiny computer inside tiny 1.25-inch colour e-paper screen delivers notifications display access to your calendar Android iOS four buttons scroll select things microphone send voice replies texts emails lugs attach standard 22mm band sensors fitness tracker waterproof water proof waterproofing swim no limit on the number of apps install computers cut-down versions full smartphone apps Pebble thinks different lasts up to a week on a charge simple to use sell it at retail every Kickstarter preorder pre-order has been filled design Apple Watch LG Watch Urbane plastic smartwatch sleek stainless steel bezel glass window black white silicone band thinner other smartwatches effortlessly light stylish buttons are painfully stiff charging cable tiny weak magnets doesn’t reliably stay connected competition Android Wear device more secure charger Apple’s amazing scroll wheel 1.25-inch screen giant bezel around border hard to read tiny text ability to adjust font size back light backlight transflective screen reflects light super readable in bright light user interface makes so much sense two columns Timeline apps watchface press the up and down buttons move forwards and backwards in time go forward upcoming calendar events, alarms reminders morning evening weather reports go back missed calls previous alarms wake up this morning completed goals press right select buttonwant more info about the weather alarm go off press left back button interact Timeline items Timeline column apps column press the right button watch face watchface scrolling column apps directional buttons Google’s Android Wear interface Apple Watch /

Pebble Watch app for iPhone delayed — update — app released

Credit: Re/Code

Update 06 June: Pebble Time Watch app for iOS is now available on the app store

Pebble has just started shipping its new smartwatch, Pebble Time. Over $20 million in pre-orders on Kickstarter.

Being a smartwatch, it requires a connection to a smartphone for setup & the functions that make it “smart” (incoming emails, SMS, phone calls, calendar, weather etc). Pebble has apps for Android & iOS.

Recent history of the Pebble Time Watch app in the iOS app store approval process:

18 May: Pebble Time Watch app approved

22 May: Pebble submits a bug fix update of the Pebble Time Watch app — requests expedited review

03 June: still waiting

A quirk in the Appstore release process prevents the app approved on 18 May being made available to users.

An update of the iPhone app for the original Pebble watch has been awaiting approval for 43 days.

Just in case you hadn’t noticed, Apple recently released their own smartwatch.

For now, the only way iPhone-owning Pebble Time owners can get their watch up-&-running is to use a borrowed Android phone.

#FreePebbleTime

#FreeOurPebbleTime

#FreeOurPebbleTime @Appstore

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/06/03/pebble_ios_apple/

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/apple-delay-means-pebble-time-smartwatch-buyers-120625704904.html

http://randomnerds.com/pebble-calls-on-its-army-of-kickstarter-backers-to-get-apple-to-stop-fighting-dirty/ / colour color e-paper smartwatch up to 7 days of battery new timeline interface important in your day new watch called Pebble Time new timeline interface color e-paper display microphone responding to notifications battery life water resistance customizable customizability Pebble Time fully compatible 6,500+ existing Pebble apps watchfaces watch face colors Kickstarter shipping in May extra special engraving original Kickstarter backers support us again the world’s first real smartwatch Kickstarter community early adopters support worldwide movement overwhelming support feedback Pebble Kickstarter wearables exclusive access to our newest product more info at a glance new color e-paper display easy to read always-on displaying incoming notifications watchface LCD OLED power consumption minimized industry-leading battery life up to 7 days awesome watch easy to read always-on displaying incoming notifications Pebble Time 20% thinner ergonomic curved design fits comfortably stylish durable lens is scratch-resistant Gorilla Glass bezel stainless steel water resistant run rain water-balloon battle swim personalize soft silicone band all standard 22mm watch bands will fit quick-release pin swap bands DIYers accessory makers advanced customizers publishing 3D data create amazing straps, covers docks smart accessory port enabling hardware developers build sensors smart straps connect directly to the watch three colors black watch case silicone black PVD stainless steel bezel silver PVD red watch case /