Web News Views by Quelbazar: 25.03.2018
Over the web, the readings and news recommended by Quelbazar in recent times:
Daylight Saving Time: Advance your watches for one hour: Bern-Wabern, 20.03.2018 – next Sunday, we spend summer time: at 2:00 a.m., watches will be advanced at 3:00 in Switzerland and in most European countries.
This Swiss smartwatch startup wants to become the Tesla of hybrids: whether the Swiss watchmaking industry choose to acknowledge it or not, data suggesting that the Apple Watch outsold Rolex, Omega, and even Swatch in the last quarter of 2017 cannot be ignored.
Twitter is reportedly planning to ban cryptocurrency ads: following Facebook and Google's footsteps, Twitter is reportedly planning to ban advertisements for cryptocurrencies and initial corner offerings (ICOs), according Sky News.
Education campaign "Respect is the basis!"-young people invited to get involved on social links: after "Me & Others" in 2012 or "education is the business of all" in 2004, the City of Lausanne launches this March 15, 2018 a call for projects for His new education campaign.
Vaud: Traffic Accident assessment in 2017: Despite the increase in the number of vehicles in the canton and drivers moving daily, the balance sheet is stable in terms of traffic for the year 2017. Accidents are slightly lower than those recorded in 2016.
Advertising: Google declares war on Bitcoin and speculative products: the Alphabet subsidiary will ban advertising for crypto-currencies and speculative products as early as June 2018.
Android Wear is now wear OS: Android Wear is no more. Long Live Wear OS! In a bit of not-so-surprises news, Google has officially changed the name of its smartwatch platform from Android wear to wear OS.
Servers: + 3% in 2017 thanks to a last dynamic quarter: Carried by the demand for HyperScale and cloud systems, the global server market increased by 25.7% in value in the fourth quarter 2017, according to Gartner. The embellishment of the global server market is confirmed.
Migros App: Twint and PostFinance Card integrated as new means of payment: From now on, it is even easier to make payments with its smartphone at Migros.
Mario can now guide your route in Google Maps: it's Mario Time! Beloved Gaming character Mario is coming to Google Maps, thanks to a partnership between Google and Nintendo ahead of.
Food trucks in Lausanne: The success is confirmed: the Place de la Riponne welcomes a dozen food trucks since the spring of 2014 every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. New object of urban culture, this type of restoration has found its clientele.
Why is the clock on your oven or clock radio no longer on time?: Unless it runs on batteries, your clock radio may not be on time. Same with the clock in your oven, in the kitchen. These devices may have the same delay of several minutes, reveals the Parisian.
Bitcoin: Hundreds of stolen servers for mining in Iceland: an atypical loot: 600 servers exploited for the mining of Bitcoin were stolen from data centers in Iceland. The local police are going up the runway.
Hostpoint is in strong growth and manages half a million domains: Rapperswil-Jona (OTS)-Hostpoint, Switzerland's largest WEB host, continued its strong growth in previous years in 2017. In the last twelve months, total turnover has risen from 16 to 18 million francs, which corresponds to an increase of 12.5%.
New Public Policy – the city of Lausanne showcases its restaurants: with a view to sustainable development, transversality and innovative synergies, the city of Lausanne launches its new public policy in order to enhance its restaurants. The calls for projects in the coming months concern the Auberge de Beaulieu, Riponne 10 and the Barbarian.
DeepL, the best automatic translator?: Launched in 2017, DeepL Translator is an automated translation system based on artificial intelligence, capable of providing translations while identifying the subtlest nuances of language. At the moment it is available for free on DeepL.
Protection of GPS receivers against cyber: in collaboration with an international team of researchers, the Armasuisse Science and Technology (W + T) field of expertise develops a new type system to protect airspace Global anti-cyber targeting the GPS satellite navigation system.
Uber would have recorded losses amounting to 4.5 billion USD in 2017, most of its revenues would be used to pay its drivers: umpteenth blow to Uber. American Technological company specializing in car booking with drivers starts year round 2018 as it finished the previous: in the sludge (as they say).
The infatuation with meditation neglects its side effects: Our Western societies are enthusiastic about full-consciousness meditation.
Already 33 compatible smartphones Galileo to date: And yes, my OnePlus 5T is in the list.
