Golden Gate Bridge goes to digital toll system Drivers approaching the majestic Golden Gate Bridge experienced something new on Wednesday - no human toll collectors. The workers were removed in favor of cheaper and faster electronic transponders, and a camera system that photographs every license plate that comes through, mailing an invoice to each motorist who doesn't prepay. More
Revolution in the Resale of Digital Books and Music The paperback of “Fifty Shades of Grey” is exactly like the digital version except for this: If you hate the paperback, you can give it away or resell it. If you hate the e-book, you’re stuck with it. More
Bookshelves in the age of e-books I have noticed over the years that every so often magazines (and now blogs) feature beautiful spreads of book-filled rooms, with headlines like “Living With Books” or “The Pages of Our Lives.” Usually the images feature poetic, far-off places where leather volumes fill 15-foot-tall, wood-paneled shelves, or sparse rooms with gauzy curtains have stacks of books on the floor, standing like architectural columns. More
Music Industry Records First Revenue Increase Since 1999 The music industry, the first media business to be consumed by the digital revolution, said Tuesday that its global sales had risen last year for the first time since 1999, raising hopes that a long-sought recovery might have finally begun. More
Newsstand Sales of Magazines Drop Newsstand sales of consumer magazines dropped 8.2% in the second half of 2012 from a year earlier, while paid subscriptions saw modest growth of 0.7%. Digital editions expanded their presence. More
White House weighs declaring a national climate emergency: Report Climate Depot executive editor Marc Morano reacts to President Biden reportedly planning to block millions of acres in Alaska from oil and gas drilling on 'The Bottom Line.' 04/19/2024 - 4:07 pm | View Link
White House hosted meeting with climate activist group that sparked chaos at recent DC gala The climate activist and protest group that caused chaos at a Washington, D.C., gala this week featuring Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, was recently hosted for a private meeting at the White House. On Thursday, 04/19/2024 - 10:08 am | View Link
Friday’s White House briefing was unexpected in multiple ways From Israel and Iran to the man who set himself on fire outside the Trump trial, Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre had little to say 04/19/2024 - 8:53 am | View Link
Baby Great White Sharks Are Menacing California Beaches Scientists solved a long-standing mystery relating to great white sharks and where the young spend their time. 04/19/2024 - 3:13 am | View Link
White White is the brightest color. White light can be made by putting all the other colors of light on the spectrum together. These other colors are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. Meaning of white. White is linked with light, goodness, innocence, purity, cleanliness and virginity. 04/19/2024 - 3:20 am | View Website
WHITE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary WHITE meaning: 1. of a colour like that of snow, milk, or bone: 2. having a pale face because you are not well…. Learn more. 04/19/2024 - 12:42 am | View Website
White Definition & Meaning The meaning of WHITE is having the color of new snow or milk; specifically : of the color white. How to use white in a sentence. 04/18/2024 - 11:16 pm | View Website
WHITE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com noun. a color without hue at one extreme end of the scale of grays, opposite to black. A white surface reflects light of all hues completely and diffusely. Most so-called whites are very light grays: fresh snow, for example, reflects about 80 percent of the incident light, but to be strictly white, snow would have to reflect 100 percent of the ... 04/18/2024 - 3:17 pm | View Website
White | Description, Etymology, & Facts | Britannica White, in physics, light seen by the human eye when all wavelengths of the visible spectrum combine. Unlike the colors of the spectrum, white lacks hue, so it is considered an achromatic color. Pigments for white come from lead, lime, titanium dioxide, zinc oxide, and artificial chemical compounds. 04/18/2024 - 10:09 am | View Website
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So you've got a new iPhone. First of all, if it's a brand new device, enjoy that magnificent moment of peeling the protective film from your sweet, sweet, unmarked screen. Second, get a case, if you're as spectacularly uncoordinated as me. Now, unless you're starting a clean slate in a new town, you probably want to bring over all your data so you can hit the ground running with your new phone.
Online-comic-turned-Hacks-star Megan Stalter takes the lead in the trailer for Cora Bora, a comedy about a budding musician returning home to try and win back her girlfriend."Cora Bora proves a sensational cringe comedy, spiked with wicked humor, skin-crawling awkward scenarios, and an ardent — if wounded — heart," wrote Mashable's Kristy Puchko in her review.
Despite constant mockery from X owner Elon Musk, Threads is growing. According to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who shared the news during Meta's most recent earnings call, Threads now has more than 150 million monthly active users. That's a pretty big increase from February, when Threads (also according to Zuckerberg) had 130 million monthly users.