Apple Announces New Programs for Reduction Of Carbon Footprint In China

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><img alt="Apple TV-Coming-Soon-Tim-Cook-at-WSJ" height="436" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Apple-TV-Coming-Soon-Tim-Cook-at-WSJ.jpg" width="640" /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b>SP's: </b>Apple has announced two clean energy programs in China for reducing carbon footprint. They aim at expanding more energy efficient projects across the country like solar projects and installing more than 2 gigawatts of new clean energy in the next couple of years.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Apple has announced two new ‘clean energy’ programs in China, which aims at reduction of the carbon footprint. </span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">So, what is a carbon footprint? Well, the carbon footprint is the amount of carbon dioxide that is released into our surroundings and atmosphere directly or indirectly as a result of activities of an individual or a community as a whole. Like for example, you can reduce your carbon footprint by walking or riding bicycles instead of a car, whenever possible.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The first program aims at the following:</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <ol> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Expanding Apple’s clean-energy investments in the country.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Building more than 200 megawatts of solar projects in the northern, eastern and southern regions of China.</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">The above two will lead to the generation of energy equivalent to the amount of energy used by 2,65,000 Chinese homes in a year and hence cause reduction of carbon footprint</span></li> </ol> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The second program is a new initiative aimed at:</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <ol> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Driving Apple’s manufacturing partners towards higher energy efficiency</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Installing more than 2 gigawatts of new clean energy in the next couple of years.</span></li> </ol> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Also, besides reduction of carbon footprint, Apple has announced that it has completed construction on 40 megawatts of solar energy in the Sichuan Province and also promises of sharing strategies for building highly energy efficient projects including solar ones.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Do you think Apple should initiate such, energy efficient programs in other countries as well? Tell us in the comments below.</span></div> </div>

Apple Announces New Programs for Reduction Of Carbon Footprint In China

SP's:  Apple has announced two clean energy programs in China for reducing carbon footprint. They aim at expanding more energy effic...

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Tim Cook: Gear Up For The All Powerful 4th-Gen Apple TV

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><img alt="apple-tv-future" height="366" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/apple-tv-future.jpg" width="640" /></i></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b>SP's: </b>Tim Cook revealed that the wait for the all powerful fourth generation Apple TV is almost over. The shipment is due next week. So are you guys ready for an unprecedented TV experience?</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Tim Cook showed the world a glimpse of the future at its iPhone 6S launch event stage last month. On the big screen, people saw an all powerful and ever intelligent fourth-generation Apple TV, thanks to Siri.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Finally, the wait is over. Apple CEO Tim Cook, in his interview to the WSJ, revealed that the new Apple TV will soon be hitting the markets. The shipment of the tvOS powered Apple TV is due next week. For those who are still wondering what good will the “4th-gen-Apple TV” bring with itself, just wait to see what it can do.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Apple TV is hailed as the future of television. With its touch-sensitive remote, TV-optimized version of iOS, Apple’s Proactive search and features like fast forwarding and rewinding in the Apple remote are aimed to give you a complete control over the machine. And with Siri at your command, you know who the boss is.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Tim Cook explains in his interview that the TV experience is still a decade behind that of smartphones (he clearly said iPhones though). Apple TV is prophesied to revolutionize our television habits.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Till it arrives, let’s sit back and wait for the revolution to hit the stores.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Via: WSJ</span></div> </div>

Tim Cook: Gear Up For The All Powerful 4th-Gen Apple TV

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First Large Scale Test of 5G Wireless Delivers Amazing 3.6Gbps Speed

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img alt="5g-wireless-network" height="375" loading="lazy" src="http://d2brer6wwumtdu.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/5g-wireless-network.jpg" width="640" /><i><b>SP's: </b>Huawei and NTT DOCOMO have delivered a promising performance of 3.6Gbps speed. This is the first large-scale field testing of 5G wireless networks.</i></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Do you miss your slow data connection before you switched over to 4G LTE? I bet you don’t miss it at all. Well, thing are going to change once again with 5G wireless networks.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The current 4G LTE networks provide an average 20Mbps download speeds and if you are lucky, you get a little bit more. But, how fast do you expect the next-generation 5G network to be?</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Few months ago, the International Telecommunication Union standardized that the 5G data speeds should reach up to 20Gbps speeds. Now, Huawei and NTT DOCOMO, in its “large-scale field trial” of 5G wireless networks, have registered a mindblowing 1.34Gbps speed that peaked at 3.6Gbps.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">These early results of a large trial are pretty promising as they are nearly four times the Google Fiber’s speed and twice the Comcast’s fiber service.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This test was carried out in Chengdu, China. This large-scale multi-user MIMO (MU-MIMO) test involved the use of 24 devices simultaneously on 5G network.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Results like these show we are making rapid progress and are on the right path,” said Dr. Wen Tong, Huawei Fellow and CTO of Huawei Wireless Networks, in a statement. “I am confident that what we have learned here will be reflected in even more innovative technological advances as we continue working on 5G research.”</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“This joint field trial represents a significant advance toward fulfilling Huawei’s commitment to developing 5G technology standards before 2018,” Wen Tong added.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Source: Huawei</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Have something to add? Tell us in the comments below.</span></div> </div>

First Large Scale Test of 5G Wireless Delivers Amazing 3.6Gbps Speed

SP's:  Huawei and NTT DOCOMO have delivered a promising performance of 3.6Gbps speed. This is the first large-scale field testing of 5...

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