Gongol.com Archives: March 2016
March 26, 2016
Wrong-way driver crashes into police transport on I-80
Two police officers, one prisoner, and the opposing driver were all killed
Low oil prices are making the near-circumnavigation of Africa cheaper than the Suez Canal
Canal passage fees are higher than the cost for extra fuel in some cases
Microsoft introduces $22,000, 84" touchscreen TV
A little bigger than the Surface
Study: Adults ages 19 to 32 use social media for 61 minutes a day
What in the world is that time displacing? It's not all just "found" time that was otherwise spent in line at the grocery store -- it's coming from the time budget for something else. And the authors found that high levels of use were correlated with symptoms of depression. Correlation isn't necessarily causation, but it is a relationship that is cause for concern and further analysis.
Microsoft doesn't want to buy Yahoo, but...
...the company might help some other party to buy it out. Microsoft apparently makes decent money from its partnership with Yahoo and doesn't want to kill a productive arrangement.
Netflix now throttles video to Verizon and AT&T wireless networks
As long as data limits remain both low and in effect, video streaming over wireless networks is going to be a source of conflict. This is (probably) just a short-term ploy by Netflix, but one that may be enough to tweak some of the wireless carriers into raising data limits. It certainly isn't leading to good feelings.
