There has been confusion over the past few weeks about how IE9 would bepushed to world, and when. After it was reported recently that IE9 waspopping up as an important update now, and not inJune as expected, even more questions have cropped up. After emailing and chatting with Microsoft, we finally have a handle on what can be expected in terms of IE9’s roll out. We are using bullet points for clarity:...
The complex design of Samsung’s new Fold is driving a screen and display revolution To enlarge a phone, or not to enlarge a phone? That is the question. Internal design complexities of folding phones Modern phones still typically use a thin LCD or plastic OLED display covered by an outer glass panel. Folding displays are a new category that exploits the flexibility of OLED display panels. Instead of simply fixing these panels to a rigid glass panel, they carefully engineer the panel so that it bends – but never quite tightly enough to snap or crack....
The connection between superflares and alien life explained How can superflares affect alien life on planets orbiting alien suns. The bigger they come… Solar flares take place on our own Sun, but the vast majority of these are fairly small and well-contained. However, some stars produce superflares — stellar eruptions 10 to 1,000 larger than anything seen on the Sun. Such eruptions produce powerful outbursts of ultraviolet radiation capable of wiping out life onplanets in orbit around the star....
The content gold mine your brand needs to leverage: Long-term trending topics A trend doesn’t have to be short-lived. Understanding longer-term trending topics Just because something’s trending doesn’t mean it’ll only be around for days. That’s certainly the case for many topics, but there are also plenty of topics that gain enough steam to last them for long enough to be worthy of earning a place in yourcontent calendar. That’s one of our major findings: when we looked at all of the topics on the Exploding Topics platform (which features trending topics and tracks when they’re at their most popular and when they’re peaking), we found they last foryearson average....
[Shareables] President Obama just completed a state visit to the UK & Ireland and there have been a number of watchable moments shared on YouTube, but bearing in mind you don’t have all day I wanted to show a couple of my favorites. These two clips have been hand chosen because: a) they’re both pretty funny and b) they contrast. One clip portrays him as “rock star” material and the other is frankly rather embarrassing....
