Science and Technology Morning Smell: Apple apologized for its 'battery door' claim of 999 billion U.S. dollars

1, Apple apologized for 'battery door', iPhone battery replacement price dropped to 218 yuan

Apple issued a statement on the 29th to apologize to users for reducing the functionality of older iPhones to extend battery life through software, and said the company was not interested in shortening its product life cycle.

Apple said in a statement: 'We know that some of you think Apple let you down and we apologize for that. There are many misunderstandings on this issue and we are willing to clarify and let you know some of the things we are doing Change.First of all, we have never - and in the future will not - do anything to deliberately shorten the life of any Apple product, or to reduce the user experience to promote the upgrading of products.Our goal has always been to create a customer favorite As much as possible to improve the durability of the iPhone is an important part of this goal.

Apple said in a statement that from the end of January next year to December, the company will replace the warranty period of the iPhone battery replacement fee 390 yuan, down from 608 yuan to 218. In addition, the company will be released early next year Operating system update, allowing users to have more understanding of battery life.

Comments: domestic battery is the price yet? The third-party Apple maintenance of the headache.

2, Apple control mobile phone has been slowed down 8 cases were prosecuted for claiming 999 billion US dollars supermarket value

However, this is not a problem, according to media reports, Apple Inc. has publicly acknowledged that limiting the speed of the old iPhone runs the public outrage, is facing eight class actions in the United States.

Currently, cellphone users in the United States have received petitions in local courts in California, New York State and Illinois suing Apple for cheating consumers without the user's knowledge of the older iPhone.

According to media estimates, these lawsuits may amount to 9990 billion US dollars.If the current market value of 900 billion US dollars estimated Apple, 999 billion US dollars or even more than the market value of the apple.

Boston University professor Lori van Loo believes that 'if the lawsuit is true, once consumers understand the nature of Apple's product upgrades, then they just replace the battery, rather than buy a new machine. As a result, Apple's behavior or composition Fraudulent.

Comments: Eight lawsuits amounted to 999 billion US dollars, it really is the United States.

3, 2018 will be the year that BeiDou well will launch more than ten Beidou 3 satellites

December 27 is the fifth anniversary of the opening of China's Beidou system.It is reported that China will establish 18 satellite systems by the end of 2018 to provide services for the countries and regions along the Belt and Road. By the end of 2020, a complete system of 30 satellites will be completed , To provide global service.

Yang Changfeng, chief architect of Beidou satellite navigation system, proposed that Beidou will be built into a global system when the first one-hundred-year goal is approached. When the second 100-year goal is approached, the Beidou system will be built to cover the sky and sea with high precision and safety, and all things Interconnection of all things intelligent new space-time system .Budou system construction and development, inseparable from the propaganda escort, inseparable from propaganda shaping the image, but also inseparable from the publicity to expand the market, advocacy has become a powerful engine to help improve the global influence of BeiDou system .

2018, will certainly be the year of the outbreak of Beidou.

Comments: 2018 aviation another fire one.

4, Wang Jianlin's Wanda Branch employees were laid off, over a thousand people have been notified

It is reported that Wanda Network Technology Group, large-scale layoffs from the same day, it is said to be cut from the current 6,000 employees to 300, that is, retaining only functional departments, which means that the division will cut 95% from the peak.

December 21, Wanda Public Section cloud services sector was broke the news of the dissolution of some business units.According to sources, Wanda cloud sales, marketing, solution department and other departments dissolved, the dissolution of the reason is the company and IBM's cooperation The negotiations did not go well, and just four months ago Wanda also announced a timetable for cloud services to be invited to trial by the end of the year.

Comments: cloud services have been resistance before, but at the end of such a wave, but also fierce enough.

5, the central bank issued a bar code to pay the new regulations pancake fruit vendors were given a legal status

According to the Voice of China News "News", the People's Bank of China announced on the evening of (July 27) that barcode payment business rules and technical specifications have been released, which means that payment methods commonly used in life - bar code payment, Officially ended the pilot, a central bank approved payment methods.

More noteworthy is the central bank this time clearly defined according to different risk prevention capabilities will be sweeping the payment limit management.When people scan code payment, the phone or the merchant's cash register each generated barcode is different. For this kind of dynamic bar code payment, the new rules stipulate that there are two valid ways to validate, including digital certificates or electronic signatures, which can independently stipulate the daily accumulated transaction quotas. There are two valid ways to verify but none of the figures Certificate or electronic signature, the same customer a single day cumulative transaction amount should not exceed 5,000 yuan; using an effective way to verify that the same client a single day total transaction amount should not exceed 1,000 yuan; the use of static bar code payment, which is common Merchants posted on the wall or printed two-dimensional code to pay, no matter what kind of transaction authentication method, the same customer a single day total transaction amount can not exceed 500 yuan.

Comments: more than 500 yuan of the feast, I still remember to wear a bank card!

6, the world's first paragraph of the photovoltaic highway appearance pavement 'charging treasure'

The world's first photovoltaic expressway, developed and laid down by China's completely independent intellectual property rights, was unveiled on the 28th in Jinan, Shandong Province. At present, translucent pavements have been laid and some vehicles have started testing on the road.

It is understood that the full name of this road surface is bearing high-speed photovoltaic pavement, the top layer is similar to the ground glass translucent new material, the friction coefficient higher than the traditional asphalt pavement in ensuring the tire does not slip at the same time, Light rate, allowing the sun to penetrate it, so that the following solar cells to convert light energy into electricity, real-time transmission on the grid, like a huge 'charging treasure' in winter, this pavement can also be converted into light Heat, ablating frozen snow, to ensure traffic safety.

At present, the electromagnetic induction coil is also reserved under the road surface.In the future, along with the wireless technology of electric vehicles, electric vehicles can run while charging in this road section without worrying about the battery being used up.

Comments: The popularity of electric cars rely on you, running while charging, amazing!

7, the end of the electricity supplier price cheaper than double 11 consumers are called 'routines'

E-commerce platform, wave after wave of promotions, consumers have recently reported to reporters, double 11 own snapped up to the price of the goods is not the lowest, double 12 after double 12, Christmas promotions, the goods often cut prices, address him 'Can not afford to hurt'.

Many consumers to reporters reflect the end of the year to find themselves double 11 grab the price of goods, and the magnitude is not small. 'Look at this shoe, double 11 special 299 yuan, now 239 yuan.' To a reporter a link, the page information shows that the product is currently in the limited phase of buying phase, the price is cheaper than double 11. The product message area, many consumers to customer service message 'to discuss'.

Comments: I have encountered, and is double 11 after a few days, have not encountered it?

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