The soup mix this week includes Amazon’s new checkout-free stores, the Nintendo Labo cardboard kit extravaganza, Tomb’s are getting raided, and much more! Settle in because the digitalSoup is on!
Amazon opened the doors on its first unmanned store with great success which now drives fear looking ahead.
Apple to allow users to turn off Intentional Battery Slowdown
Based on a report with The Verge, Apple CEO Tim Cook says that in an update coming in February they will be rolling out a feature that allows users to turn off the intentional battery slow down with their iPhones. The update will also give ultra transparent info about your device’s battery health, a move unprecedented in the mobile phone space.
In what can only be considered a strange move, Nintendo has announced plans for an interactive maker kit for the Switch. Being dubbed by TechCrunch as a next level LEGO kit that you DIY build robots, pianos, and even fishing rods that then interact with your Switch game system. Is $70 worth it for essentially a DIY cardboard kit?
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10 Great alternatives to the Nintendo Labo
Microsoft Is Taking The Fight Right To Google With $189 Windows 10 S Laptops!
With nobody to challenge Google in the low cost, walled garden systems they have been able to corner the educational and business market with their Chromebooks. Lenovo has come to Microsoft's rescue with the Lenovo 100e laptop, a $189 Windows 10 Pro or Windows 10 S laptop.
Vudu and Apple Communication Mixup
Oops! VUDU releases Thor Ragnarok a month before it was supposed to!
YouTube’s new policies still failing
When the S**T hit the fan with Logan Paul and other “celebrity” YouTubers, the company vowed to put new policies in place to help avoid these types of videos being shown on their platform. It seems those new policies don’t actually impact the big name YouTubers, rather they seem to eliminate monetization for more and more small creators.
