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The freemium model is particularly popular on mobile devices like smartphones, tablets, and internet-connected PC games, especially massively multiplayer online games (MMOs) like Star Wars: The Old Republic. How Does Freemium Work? Free-to-play is a successful revenue model for app developers. Typically, the developers give away an app’s core functionality for free and offer upgrades to add certain features. For example, the app may contain ads, and you can pay to disable them....

History of Google Stadia The earliest systems ran games in their entirety from media, including cartridges, and later optical disks. But what about more recent “online” games? An excellent question, but consider a game like World of Warcraft, in which you still install a large game application on your PC to play this. The game communicates with a server managing the world around your character, as well as your interactions with it, but data about it is sent to your PC, which interprets it for you as devastating magic spells and adorable pets....

The best part about the iWork suite is the interoperability with your laptop or desktop. If you have a Mac, you can load up desktop versions of the apps and share work between your computer and your tablet. But even if you don’t own a Mac, Apple has a web-enabled version of the office suite at iCloud.com, so you can still work on your desktop and edit on your iPad (or vice versa)....

By its nature, a transitive dependency requires three or more attributes (or database columns) that have a functional dependency between them, meaning that Column A in a table relies on Column B through an intermediate Column C. Let’s see how this might work. Transitive Dependency Example AUTHORS Book → Author: Here, the Book attribute determines the Author attribute. If you know the book name, you can learn the author’s name....

Voltage: An Example of the Concept The concepts of voltage, charge, current, and resistance can be explained with a bucket of water and a hose attached to the bottom. The water represents charge (and the movement of electrons). The flow of water through the hose represents current. The width of the hose represents resistance; a skinny hose would have less flow than a wider hose. The amount of pressure created at the end of the hose by the water represents voltage....

What Is Web3 in Simple Terms? At a very basic level, Web3 is the third stage of internet development where individuals will have more control over the web. To understand exactly what Web3 is, you need to have a basic understanding of the first two stages. The first stage of the internet, Web1, mostly involved users reading static webpages, although forums and message boards did exist. The next stage, Web2, marked the arrival of social media like Facebook and Twitter, and sites based around user-generated content like YouTube....

Internal hardware examples include the CPU, RAM, or a graphics card.Sometimes a dead CMOS battery may be the culprit.Boot errors on the hard drive where the primary OS is installed may also cause a red light. The red light always appears after the computer turns on, but generally, it will not boot, enter the bios, or display content on the monitor. The specific error depends on the motherboard and where the red light is....

Almost a month after announcing chat history transfers from iOS to Android, WhatsApp has confirmed Android to iOS transfers, as well. According to WABetaInfo, the feature is still in development and will be made available in an update at some unknown point in the future. The specifics of how to go about transferring your WhatsApp chat history from Android to iOS are also a mystery at the moment. Both WABInfo and 9to5Google believe the Move to iOS app will be an important part of the process....

The update will come in the form of a new “Manage Backup Size” option in the Settings, providing detailed controls over what is and isn’t archived. According to the app’s developer blog, WABetaInfo, users will be able to instruct the app only to store important files, such as photos, videos, audio, and documents. WhatsApp also will provide a real-time estimate of how much storage is left in the backup. The blog post revealed the reason for this update is because Google may remove unlimited storage for WhatsApp users....

A newly revealed patent application for a “Disappearing Button or Slider” shows Apple wants to make controls nearly invisible. A buttonless design also could improve durability. It’s part of Apple’s continuing drive to make its devices as minimalist as possible. “The advantages include having less mechanical parts to fail,” James Mitchell, a usability and mobile software researcher at Keele University who previously worked at Apple, said in an email interview....

A: When it’s Apple’s three-meter Thunderbolt 4 Pro Cable. Apple’s computers are a good deal when compared to the direct competition in the PC world, but there’s no doubt that Apple gouges us on the prices of accessories: $99 for a braided watch strap, $29 for a USB-C iPhone charging cable, and so on. It doesn’t help that Apple’s cables are junk and usually split and fray in no time at all....

Technology continues to advance and evolve, bringing new ways for users to make the most of new gadgets and devices. One of the latest types of tech to start making waves is audio glasses. While the notion of listening to music or talking on the phone through speakers connected to your glasses might seem a bit silly, these smart glasses have been getting quite a bit of attention. Razer is just the latest company to release audio glasses, and experts say we could see even more companies taking advantage of the benefits offered by this new tech....

The best iPad bargain right now is the upcoming Air, which is almost as good as the iPad Pro, but for $200 less. The Air, though, is almost double the price of the plain old iPad. If what you want is a basic iPad that will last you a few years, then this is the right iPad for you. Just don’t buy the cheapest, $329 version, unless you’re using it as a cash register for your store or restaurant....

Look quickly, and the Apple Watch Series 7 looks just like all the other Apple Watches so far. The family resemblance is strong—it’s still a rounded blob that bubbles out from your wrist, looking more like dorkwear than an elegant timepiece. I can’t tell you how happy I am about that. I own a basic Apple Watch Series 5, and I really don’t dig its blobular, protruding form. If the Series 7 had followed the rumors of a sleek, new, flat sided design, I’d have jumped on it right away....

A technology website is challenging people to unplug for 24 hours with a $2,400 prize. It might seem like easy money. But with the growing amount of time spent streaming, gaming, and video chatting, staying away from tech could be more complex than you think. “Websites, social media, and smartphones are designed to hook us and keep us coming back for more even when we don’t consciously decide to do so,” Robert Glazer, the CEO of marketing agency Acceleration Partners, said in an email interview....

What’s going on? Apple’s FaceID has been around since its 2017 debut in the iPhone X, and yet it has never been available in a Mac. Is there a technical reason for this? Does Apple think a biometric face-unlock is a poor match for a Mac? Or has it just not gotten around to it yet? “Apple doesn’t like to make an entire suite of sweeping changes to its product lines,” Rex Freiberger, CEO of Gadget Review, told Lifewire via email....

For years, Samsung’s Galaxy S-series has been the best that it has to offer. While that’s still technically true, the smartphone manufacturer recently revealed that it would be bringing one of its core ‘flagship’ features to the A-series, its more affordable mid-range devices. This move, along with better support for 5G networks, could completely negate the need to purchase those more expensive S-series devices. “Samsung’s A-series phones are great phones that have some pretty sophisticated features at an affordable price,” Peyton Leonard, a smartphone expert with AutoInsurance....

Despite months with millions working from home, 2020 saw a rise in deaths related to traffic incidents, growing from 36,096 in 2019 to 38,680. Now, with even more workers returning to the daily commute, experts say keeping safe on the road is more important than ever. One way that has become especially popular in recent years is the installation of a dash cam in your car. These can record your driving, keeping track of your actions and the actions of others....

Users of iCloud+ can now add their own custom domain name to their iCloud mail. That is, instead of being kool_kim1988@iCloud.com, you can be kim@koolkim.com. And that’s not just vanity, or being more, you know, kool. If you want to leave Apple, or Gmail, or any other free mail provider, you leave your email address behind too. All future mail to that address, including security messages and more, will disappear forever....

The Count mode on iScanner uses artificial intelligence (AI) to save time totaling up toothpicks or any other objects you might want to tally. The iScanner software is one of a growing number of AI-driven counting and tagging apps available. The ability to count things with your phone might be handier than you expect. “I remember reading about the update and didn’t think much about it because I couldn’t think of a time when I would need to use it,” Andreas Grant, a network security engineer who works with AI, said in an email interview....