Despite making great phones for years, Sony continues to struggle to penetrate the US market. Sales volume has fallen year after year, with 2019 limited to only 5 million units sold globally. To help alleviate this drop, last year, Sony released the Xperia 5, the return to compact smartphones. This year, rumors indicate a sequel is first on their agenda.
With MP3 players all but dead, phones are now the dominant portable music devices. While smartphones have gotten better at this task over the years, they do have some glaring limitations when it comes to music. On the bright side, we can use these limitations to help find the perfect gifts for the audiophiles in our lives.
You've probably connected your Android device to dozens of Wi-Fi networks since you've had it, and your phone or tablet remembers each of them. Whether it's a hotspot at home, school, work, the gym, a coffee shop, a relative's apartment — or even from a friend's phone — each time you type in a Wi-Fi password, your Android device saves it for safekeeping and easy access later.
Android comprises an entire ecosystem of apps, games, functions, and features, so it would only make sense that it has its own lexicon. Words, phrases, and acronyms that didn't exist ten years ago are now used in an off-the-cuff style by developers and support technicians across the web.
This is a small sample of knitting, shown from cast-on to bind-off. Topic covers how to weave in cast-on and bind-off ends, and how to avoid those loose side stitches. This is a long overall stitch demo, from just string and sticks, to knitted fabric! Great tips for how to deal with common problems. Begin knitting.
The Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Alberta brings you this flash animated video tutorial specifically relevant to your student laboratory courses, specifically microbiology. If you're a student at any school of biology, this information will be helpful for learning how to make a wet mount.
For some reason, McDonald's hamburgers are mysteriously unsusceptible to Mother Nature's inevitable toll of decomposition. Yep, you pretty much have to dip a McDonald's cheeseburger in acid if you want it to decompose. So we're left with the question: Why? Why does a McDonald's hamburger retain its original shape, color and texture after 12 years?
In order to accurately test a soil sample for fertility, the first thing that you will have to do is find soil that is representative of the entire area. Also, don't test the soil near a fence. The sample shouldn't be deeper than 6". Scoop up some soil samples. You can use a trowel. Take samples from several areas. Set it aside for a few days, in order to let it dry.
The Interactive Lab Primer (ILP) has been developed as part of the Royal Society of Chemistry Teacher Fellowship Scheme, one of the themes of the Chemistry for Our Future program, and initiative which aims to secure a strong and sustainable future for the chemical sciences in higher education. The aim of the ILP is to address the diverse range of experience and skills students bring with them to a university by offering a resource to support their transition from school to the university chem...
Getting the best deal on laminate flooring can take a little time to research all the choices on the market these days. The two basic choices you have these days are buying online or buying in your local market. Online merchants don't tend to carry the high overhead cost as your local flooring store. There are pros and cons when buying your laminate flooring from either place.
Illustrator's gradient mesh tool is a powerful one for vector artists... if you know how to use it. This tool can help create beautiful and vivid mesh-based vector portraits, as long as your skills are up to par. If not, try out some of the beginner tutorials on WonderHowTo for using the mesh gradient tool in Adobe Illustrator, then move onto mastery...
If you partake in the mashup/remix/sampling mania, you may be familiar with Philadelphia's Chiddy Bang. Their beats are a sweet marriage of their own original hip hop + sampling of bands like Radiohead, Sufjan Stevens, Passion Pit, and MGMT.
In this video, Dr. Mike tells us how to tell if your dog has a urinary tract infection. The signs of this infection include: frequent urination, blood in urine, pain urinating, and drinking more water. To diagnose this, it's always important to get a urine sample to properly diagnose the infection. You can either bring this sample into the vet, or have them take one straight from the bladder. If this isn't taken care of early, the bacteria in the bladder will cause bladder stones, which requi...
Time is running out. Christmas is almost here, and you still haven't worked your way through that holiday shopping list yet. But don't worry, there's hope yet— thanks to social buying websites like Groupon, LivingSocial, SocialBuy, Eversave, Tippr and BuyWithMe.
The Interactive Lab Primer (ILP) has been developed as part of the Royal Society of Chemistry Teacher Fellowship Scheme, one of the themes of the Chemistry for Our Future program, and initiative which aims to secure a strong and sustainable future for the chemical sciences in higher education. The aim of the ILP is to address the diverse range of experience and skills students bring with them to a university by offering a resource to support their transition from school to the university chem...
After Thanksgiving, there's Black Friday, the biggest shopping day of the year, with stores offering holiday shoppers the best deals they can muster up. This year's Black Friday was practically a one-day warzone, with Target taking on most of the mayhem (see videos below).
We made a video about the basics of ND gels the other day, and given that we don't have a grip truck to haul stuff off of we had to go actually buy gels from the photo supply store. I took the opportunity while there to grab another of my favourite things on the earth, a little sample-book put out by Lee Filters (Rosco makes them, too) containing little swatches of all the gels and scrims and reflectors that they make, which is a lot of different gels, scrims and reflectors.
A board sample of authentic fine marmorino made from base coat all the way to sealing with protection soap. Venetian plaster step by step with firenze marmorino.
A flavorsome pork and bacon meat pie, encased in a buttery pastry casing. Sample this melton mowbray pork pie recipe. Make melton mowbray pork pie.
A delicious main course shellfish dish - Chinese style! Sample this Crab in Black Bean Sauce recipe. Make crab in black bean sauce.
Impress your friends by cooking this Malaysian classic. Top chef Mark Read leads you step by step through the recipe so you can't go wrong. Sample this Fish Wrapped in Banana Leaf recipe. Cook fish wrapped in banana leaf.
The versatile glaze topping not only makes the perfect complement for a number of cakes and desserts but is also quick to prepare. Sample this Raspberry Glaze recipe. Make raspberry glaze.
A basic guide to making one of the world's most famous and well-loved children's desserts. Serve with ice cream for that complete experience. Sample this Jelly or as the Americans call it jello recipe. Make jello.
This simple recipe for lemon mousse will definitely impress those special friends that you invite over for supper. It does take some time to set in the refrigerator but other than that, it is very quick and easy to make! Sample this Lemon Mousse recipe. Make lemon mousse.
A classic Italian dish made with spaghetti, bacon, eggs, and cheese. Serve with a sprinkle of parmesan and a warm bread roll. Sample this Spaghetti Carbonara recipe. Make super spaghetti carbonara.
Below are a few images shot with an Olympus Stylus 1010 and edited with the program picnik. All these are my images and not to be copied or used for personal use without permission.
Who wouldn't want to hang out and sample some of the finest Scotches? Via LAist.
2010: The Cinescape - a sampling of moments from all the best films of 2010. Nice editing for a nice year.
Via Coldstone Twitter: Did you know that today only, from 5-8pm, you can get a sample of their latest product? It's the 8-layer cake! Don't those flavors look yummy?
This is a new video game magazine. It's not your everyday Game Informer, though. Kill Screen Magazine aims to be "what early Rolling Stone was to rock n’ roll or Wired was to tech". The sample PDFs are an intriguing introduction. I'd love to see what they come up with.
Here is a company that creates 3D holographic movie posters.
Head chef at Thai on the River shows you how to make Pad Thai Jay, a vegetarian version of the popular Thai noodle dish. Sample this Pad Thai Jay recipe. Make an Asian dish called Pad Thai Jay.
An apple pie recipe just like your mother used to make it! Follow this traditional but easy recipe to make one of the most well-loved desserts. Sample this Apple Pie recipe. Make apple pie.
For intermediate banjo players, this video will teach you how to play two fingered chords. While two fingered chords are more difficult than four fingered chords, learning this skill will bring great improvement to your banjo skills as shown by the sample song "Banks of the Ohio." Play two finger chords on the banjo.
A rich, velvety Jewish dish, made with fried chicken livers, wine and fried onions. Sample this Chopped Liver recipe today. Make chopped liver.
This video shows you how to restore old photographs and retouch any photograph using the new Clone Source palette in Photoshop CS3. You learn how to sample multiple clone sources, including the ability to clone from one image to another. Check out this video created by Katrin Eismann now! Retouch and repair photographs in Photoshop CS3.
Sometimes shadows might be a nuisance to your photos, causing unwarranted distraction to them. In this video tutorial you will learn to remove a shadow from a photo using Adobe Photoshop. Learn to use the lasso tool and sample tools to do the job. Remove shadows from photos in Adobe Photoshop.
Let Dr. Oz and Rozen show you how to deal with depression. Depression can affect how one feels about their body and their selves. See how your body deals with depression and responds to it. You can't will yourself out of depression, which isn't momentary it an actual disease. Learn how depression dulls even your immune system. Great steps to dealing with depression and options on how to reverse or deal with it. The doctors give you some statistical factual cures to help those suffering. Deal ...
If you love playing those WarCraft and StarCraft strategy games on your PC, chances are you've also heard of a game called League of Legends.
Dealing with blackheads is about more than just squeezing spots. Watch this gentleman's guide to find out how to deal with blackheads. Deal with blackheads for men.
