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ismavis··on Big RAM laptops are abundant as Lenovo does its Skylake refresh
There's now an OLED screen option in the new X1.

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/01/lenovo-x1-carbon-adds...

ismavis··on Android Wear now works with iPhones
Yup, Huawei Watch..not released yet. Dates will probably be announced at IFA this week.
ismavis··on Google loses data as lightning strikes
You find more details in the Google incident report: https://status.cloud.google.com/incident/compute/15056#57195...
ismavis··on Introducing Google Cast for audio
There are lots of apps that cast your local content, AllCast for one.
ismavis··on Google boils down the CAPTCHA to a simple checkbox to prove you’re not a bot
Original Source: http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/2014/12/are-you-rob...

Cool that it now takes into account who a "normal" user might be for a particular site before challenging. More Humble Bundle traffic is let through without CAPTCHA, than Wordpress traffic.

ismavis··on Google launches Contributor, a crowdfunding tool for publishers
Yes, only for music videos though. Youtube Music Key.
ismavis··on Android 5.0 Lollipop
Nexus 6 is $650 for 32GB.

http://motorola-blog.blogspot.com/2014/10/nexus-6-from-googl...

ismavis··on Apple Watch: Initial Thoughts and Observations
Also wrong about being useless outside of phone range: offline music playback (for bluetooth music playback) and GPS Support.

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2014/09/android-wear-moving-f...

ismavis··on Moto 360 circular smartwatch released by Motorola
The ambient light sensor is in that black bar, probably the only smartwatch with auto brightness control.
ismavis··on What I use instead of Google services
>Yes. Google+, by default, likes to grab all pictures taken with the device camera

Google+ photos auto-upload is opt-in.

ismavis··on Yelp Says Search Results Favor Google+ Local Listings
Yelp counts visiting the restaurant's home page as a "Google+ local page".

https://twitter.com/dannysullivan/status/487032160663007232

ismavis··on Google Shames Slow U.S. ISPs With Its New YouTube Video Quality Report
Google Fiber deployment in Austin hasn't started.
ismavis··on Google said to be working on a tablet with Project Tango 3D vision
Another application of Project Tango, Quadcopter + Project Tango phone for autonomous flight accurate to 1cm

http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/aerial-robots/au...