Everything you need to know about iOS 14’s widgets

Everything you need to know about iOS 14’s widgets How to get widgets To start, not every app has an accompanying widget — they’re only available on specific apps. You’ll only really be able to tell by looking at their App Store pages, or by looking at the widget list after you install the app. You can access the list of available widgets by long-pressing your screen and entering editing-wiggle mode....

2 min · 388 words · Eric Osborne

Everything you need to know about new RSS reader Readings

Weintroducedyou toReadingslast week, a great web app that might eventually have you ditching Google Reader for a new, slick way to follow your favourite blogs. The site allows you to subscribe to your favourite blogs, receiving notifications when they are updated. Readings was founded by Adeel Raza, a Maryland based software engineer, who is also one of the lead engineers behind ContactMe and PageModo. The site, put together by a 3-man team, was born out of the need to de-clutter a very busy and crowded web....

6 min · 1126 words · Cindy Jordan

Everything you need to know about Ola’s new electric scooter

Ola Electric, the EV arm of Indian cab-hailing company Ola, finally launched its ambitious electric scooters in the country over the weekend. The company had teased the look of thetwo-wheeler back in July, but we finally have all the juicy details on it, so let’s dive in. What is the scooter called? The firm’s first two-wheelers are called the Ola S1 and the Ola S1 Pro.Kinda sounds like they’re releasing new phones but okay....

3 min · 499 words · Natasha Jackson

Everything you need to know about solar-powered cars

We talk a lot atSHIFTabout materials innovation, especially advancements in battery ingredients, size, and range. Battery electric cars are growing mainstream with firm commitments from OEMs to replace ICEs with electric (and to a lesser extenthydrogen) powered vehicles. But there’s another form of energy that’s even older — solar. While solar has undergone a comparable revolution in photovoltaic development, a mass-produced solar car has yet to hit the market anywhere in the world....

4 min · 773 words · Cindy Garcia

Everything you need to know about stablecoins

Stablecoins are a type ofcryptocurrencylinked to an asset like the U.S. dollar that doesn’t change much in value. Themajority of the dozens of stablecoinsthat currently exist use the dollar as their benchmark asset, but many are also pegged to otherfiat currenciesissued by governments like the euro and yen. As a result, the price of stablecoins fluctuates very little, unlike high-profile cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum thatare prone to sudden ups and downs....

3 min · 538 words · Matthew Brown
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