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Here’s Google+ for iOS running on an iPhone 4

Our only gripe about Google+ via iOS right now is that we don’t have a native app. We’re told that it’sbeen submittedand it’s awaiting Apple’s approval, but of course we want to know what it looks like. Fortunately, we’ve been able to acquire a (somewhat blurry) image from a Google Hangout thanks to GooglerHiraldo Hierro‘s extreme close-up with the app: We have to send our hat tip over toRyan LowdermilkatWindows Phone Dev Podcastwhose quick thinking got him the screenshot....

Here’s how AI is helping cities improve traffic management

Here’s how AI is helping cities improve traffic management Levels of automation The most advanced and revolutionary AI application in transport today is the automation of vehicles. The classification most used to describe the degree of automation is defined by standards from the International Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). This provides six levels of automation (including Level 0, which means there is no automation), identified according to who (i.e. human driver or system) performs the operation and at what time....

Here’s how Android ’12L’ makes tablets and foldables better

There’s a new version of Android on the way, and no, it’s not time for Android 13 yet. Instead, Google recentlyrevealedAndroid ’12L,’ which is essentially a tweaked version of its smartphone OS with a user interface optimized for larger-screen devices — say, tablets and folding phones. It is essentially what iPadOS 15 is to iOS 15. Naturally, much of the new features revolve around multi-tasking and optimizing apps for the larger displays of its intended host devices....

Here’s how Apple can improve the AirPods Max — you’re welcome, Tim

Apple’s AirPods Max have really grown on me. When they wereannounced at the end of last year, I was broadly sceptical. Yes, I thought they’d be good, but in no way would be worth their $550 price tag. As some nobody with a guitar once said though, “times are a-changin’.” While I still wouldn’t put the AirPods Max on the top of my over-ear Bluetooth headphone tree (currently, that award would go toSennheiser’s Momentum 3), I’ve really begun to adore Apple’s cans....

Here’s how astronomers plan to send a giant-ass telescope to space

The James Webb Space Telescope is scheduled to head to space on Dec. 18, 2021. With it, astronomers hope to find the first galaxies to form in the universe, will search for Earth-like atmospheres around other planets and accomplish many other scientific goals. I aman astronomerand theprincipal investigator for the Near Infrared Camera– orNIRCamfor short – aboard the Webb telescope. I have participated in the development and testing for both my camera and the telescope as a whole....