Herbert´s Blog: Juli 2017

Montag, 31. Juli 2017

Originally shared by t3n Magazin

Späte Einsicht bei Audi.
http://t3n.de/news/radikaler-strategiewechsel-audi-843247/?utm_content=bufferc0fa7&utm_medium=social&utm_source=plus.google.com&utm_campaign=buffer

This could bring some nice new apps.

Originally shared by Andreas Proschofsky

This could bring some nice new apps.
https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2017/07/announcing-nearby-connections-20-fully.html?m=1

Sonntag, 30. Juli 2017

Shell CEO says his next car will be electric

http://bgr.com/2017/07/28/shell-electric-ceo-buying-electric-car/

Mittwoch, 26. Juli 2017

Montag, 24. Juli 2017

Fußball in Österreich: Die Architekten der Liga

http://www.zeit.de/2017/30/fussball-oesterreich-saisonstart

Samstag, 22. Juli 2017

Sensation: Rapid holt gegen haushohen Favoriten einen Punkt.

Sensation: Rapid holt gegen haushohen Favoriten einen Punkt.
http://mobil.derstandard.at/2000061659801/Remis-Zehn-Rapidler-vergeigen-20-Fuehrung-gegen-Mattersburg

SPIELENDE!

Originally shared by FC Red Bull Salzburg

SPIELENDE!
Schluss, Aus, Ende! Nach hartumkämpften 96 Minuten gehen wir im ersten Bundesliga-Spiel der neuen Saison als Sieger vom Platz. DANKE, JUNGS!!!!
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FULL TIME! Important win in the first game of the new Bundesliga-season! #WACRBS 0-2

Ein Äthiopier zu RB Salzburg?

http://www.laola1.at/de/red/fussball/bundesliga/news/salzburg-bietet-dem-aethiopier-beneyam-belye-probetraining/

Elon Musk: Falcon Heavy wird beim Jungfernflug explodieren

https://m.futurezone.at/science/elon-musk-falcon-heavy-wird-beim-jungfernflug-explodieren/276.312.614

Freitag, 21. Juli 2017

Abgasskandal: EU will Fahrverbot für manipulierte Autos -

http://orf.at/m/stories/2400133/

Best Street View photos ever! The ISS is now on Google Street View :)

Originally shared by Andreas Proschofsky

Best Street View photos ever! The ISS is now on Google Street View :)
https://www.blog.google/products/maps/welcome-outer-space-view/

Mittwoch, 19. Juli 2017

Da waren es nur noch zwei - #Android 86% #iOS 14% - nachdem Mcrosoft sein #Windows Smartphone beerdigt hat.

Originally shared by Lothar Reeg

Da waren es nur noch zwei - #Android 86% #iOS 14% - nachdem Mcrosoft sein #Windows Smartphone beerdigt hat.
https://goo.gl/tX7fzY

Montag, 17. Juli 2017

Duo passes 100 million installs on the Google Play Store

Originally shared by Morris Thomas

Duo passes 100 million installs on the Google Play Store
http://www.appy-geek.com/Web/ArticleWeb.aspx?regionid=1&articleid=105063187&source=googleplus

Das Telefon im klassischen Sinn wird auch dem Smartphone verschwinden. #Google arbeitet mit Hochdruck daran ...

Originally shared by Lothar Reeg

Das Telefon im klassischen Sinn wird auch dem Smartphone verschwinden. #Google arbeitet mit Hochdruck daran ...
https://goo.gl/4HKxC1

Samstag, 15. Juli 2017

Mobilität: Elektroautos deutscher Start-ups fordern Autobauer heraus - Golem.de

https://www.golem.de/news/mobilitaet-elektroautos-deutscher-start-ups-fordern-autobauer-heraus-1707-128932.html

Freitag, 14. Juli 2017

Love Google Keep and this is a very welcome addition.

Originally shared by Andreas Proschofsky

Love Google Keep and this is a very welcome addition.
http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/07/14/google-keep-3-4-803-gets-undo-redo-controls-apk-download/

Abgasskandal: Daimler gerät stärker unter Druck

http://orf.at/stories/2399155/

Montag, 10. Juli 2017

This is a huge surprise (at least to me): After years of silence (following a widespread privacy dispute) Google...

Originally shared by Andreas Proschofsky

This is a huge surprise (at least to me): After years of silence (following a widespread privacy dispute) Google Street View is returning to Austria! No luck for Germany, though. Google told me that they still have no plans to restart driving there.
http://dst.at/NzU4NTM1

Sonntag, 9. Juli 2017

Früher als erwartet!

Originally shared by t3n Magazin

Früher als erwartet!
http://t3n.de/news/bosch-autonom-fahrende-taxis-2018-836556/?utm_content=bufferb2fcf&utm_medium=social&utm_source=plus.google.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Freitag, 7. Juli 2017

If not sooner...

Originally shared by Craig Froehle

If not sooner...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-06/the-electric-car-revolution-is-accelerating

Wir schlagen den belgischen Meister mit 4:1!

Originally shared by FC Red Bull Salzburg

Wir schlagen den belgischen Meister mit 4:1!

MATCHBERICHT: http://fcrbs.club/MBrbsrsc #RBSRSC

Mittwoch, 5. Juli 2017

'The package of bill includes a proposal to increase federal motor vehicle safety standard (FMVSS) exemption caps...

Originally shared by Henning Brune

'The package of bill includes a proposal to increase federal motor vehicle safety standard (FMVSS) exemption caps from 2,500 to 100,000 — which is a wonky way of saying that it would allow automakers and tech firms to test (and eventually deploy) autonomous vehicles without steering wheels, brake pedals, and other components designed with humans in mind'

Die Gesetzgebung in den USA ist offenbar kurz davor eine landesweit einheitliche Regelung für den (Test-)Betrieb von autonomen Fahrzeugen im Straßenverkehr zu erlassen (sogar unterstützt von beiden Parteien), verschiedene Hersteller bzw. Herstellerkonsortien verstärken ihre Aktivitäten in diesem Bereich.

Es geht voran mit diesem Thema, welches noch vor kurzem als Spinnerei von Google abgetan wurde.

#autonomesfahren #selfdrivingcar
https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/4/15917180/self-driving-car-congress-bills-waymo-avis

A Chromebook User with his First MacBook Pro

Originally shared by John Blossom

A Chromebook User with his First MacBook Pro

It's not that I absolutely hate Apple products. I give them credit for being the first mass-market Unix-based personal computer that caught on with the public. True, they had to wrap it in a lot of "it just works" consumer ooh-ahh, but at its heart it's a good machine. But now that my new vocation requires me to use a Macbook Pro, it's a strange experience to be having to live with it after years of 99 percent of my desktop and laptop computing life taking place on Chrome OS.

First off, the looks. OK, we know that the Chromebook Pixel was designed in part so that Google engineers wouldn't feel punkish when others on their campus were booting up on MacBooks. So it's a bit odd to think, "Wow, this looks almost like a Chromebook." Of course, it was Google's intent to get us to think the opposite - and, overall, I think that the Chromebook Pixel has a more premium feel to it. Honestly. This MacBook Pro, now a fee years old, feels very dated, though quite solid.

You can see where Google self-consciously emulated many of the MacBook's best qualities for the Chromebook, but also surpassed them greatly. Chromebook bootups are super-fast. This MacBook, with hardly any special software installed, and near-zero local files, chugs to the starting gate.

Once booted up, there's a separate login for iCloud services. That seems to be kind of an old-fashioned way of doing things. But then, cloud services are not really Apple's specialty, so I suppose that's understandable.

Then there are updates. And more updates. And more updates. And...you get the picture. They are painfully slow, and such a waste of time. You never experience this on a Chromebook - you cough, look out the window for a moment, and your Chrome OS machine is ready to fly again after a quick restart.

The user interface on MacOS Sierra is nice enough, but, just different enough to be annoying. Why do the window controls have to be on the left? It's a style thing, Apple thinks left-handedly, or whatever. I am left-handed, but nevertheless I find that to be annoying, more for the sake of culture than function.

Instead of three buttons to control MacBook functions, there are four. To get a presentation in to full-screen mode, you have to press Fn-F5. For some very basic functions like keystroke-driven cut and paste, you have to use the command key instead of the control key. No need to do it that way, but they do.

On the other hand, the MacBook Pro on Sierra MacOS does share some Chrome OS gestures (or vice versa), like a two-finger tap to get a right=click function, so it's one step removed from Windows annoying-ness on that front.

Other than the annoying left-hand window buttons, navigation on the MacBook is natural enough, and largely not annoying, though there are vestiges from legacy versions of MacOS that are annoying ot a first-time user. When you install software, for example, there are little icons that pop up on your desktop that look like little floppy or CD drives. I had no idea why these existed, and they were removed after my next reboot. Seems like a vestige, but if you have to try reinstalling software, I suppose that it's handy.

Because I use Faithlife's Proclaim presentation software, I am wedded to this machine for some of my work, now, but if FaithLife were to publish a Chrome OS-compatible version of their presentation editing software, I wouldn't have a need for this machine at all. Our church office has a new secretary, and we're trying to do everything possible in Google Drive-driven apps.

So, overall, MacOS Sierra is in many ways a relic from a bygone era, but just competent enough to be a far better choice than my nine year-old Dell Latitude laptop for editing and presenting Proclaim slides. Other than that, I'll be on my Chromebooks, and Chromebox. Thankfully.

Samstag, 1. Juli 2017

Elektroautos: Kraftwerk im Haus

http://www.zeit.de/mobilitaet/2017-06/elektroautos-intelligente-haeuser-energiemanagement-honda-test

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