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Go COMO bus riders can now use the SPOT app to track buses in real time, view bus schedules and receive service alerts, the city of Columbia announced Friday. Go COMO will stop using its current app, DoubleMap, on Dec. 31 when the provider of DoubleMap ends nationwide support for the app, according to the…
Apple is set to buy a notable developer of photo-editing apps. The company is acquiring Pixelmator, pending regulatory approval. Terms of the deal haven’t been disclosed. While it seems likely that Apple will eventually bake some of Pixelmator’s tech into its own Camera and Photos apps, the latter said “there will be no material changes…
Dragon evolution. (A) Egg hatches into full dragon. (B) Evolves every 7d, gains new “abilities.” Credit: JMIR Serious Games (2023). DOI: 10.2196/46602 Mobile apps that offer smoking cessation support can be effective alternatives to conventional clinical treatment for people who want to stop smoking—but user engagement is key to this success. A novel pet retention…
Apple has agreed to acquire Pixelmator, a popular image editing app available on Mac and iOS. Pixelmator announced the news in a post on its blog, saying it will now “have the ability to reach an even wider audience and make an even bigger impact on the lives of creative people around the world.” No…
The ability to remotely control EV chargers turns EVs into energy assets (like power plants or energy storage facilities) that can participate in energy markets. In addition to energy markets, which allow generation and storage capacity to be traded, some regions also have capacity markets, which facilitate the trading of future generation and storage capacity….
Microsoft has launched several new AI-powered tools designed to improve the developer experience as well as the brand new GitHub Copilot for Azure, a coding assistant that will be embedded in popular development environments like Visual Studio Code. Amanda Silver, CVP of Product for Microsoft’s Developer Division, said in an interview with VentureBeat that developers…
Looking for an easy way to score some free apps today? That’s the purpose of this list! Here, you’ll find a selection of paid apps available for free for a limited time on Android and iOS. Hopefully, you’ll find a few that catch your interest! For today’s list of free apps, we used services like…
Mobile connectivity has already advanced greatly. We’ve gone from brick-sized mobile voice calls to the era of 4G smartphones, and now, mobile technology is advancing at a dizzying pace. Advancements in mobile connectivity are changing everything. Think about the way we connect with loved ones and manage our healthcare and finances. As time passes, more…
Four major Chinese electric vehicle (EV) makers reported record monthly sales in October, buoyed by surging domestic demand, even as they grappled with barriers to overseas growth amid punitive tariffs levied by the European Union (EU). BYD, the world’s largest EV assembler, sold 502,757 pure-electric and hybrid EVs last month, up 66.5 per cent year…
For the first time in over a year, Google has released a software update for Nest Wifi mesh networking devices. According to the accompanying documentation, the new software should, among other things, close various vulnerabilities and make the connections more stable. After the update, version 14150.883.17 applies to the Nest Wifi router and version 1.56.42622…