With WatchOS 2, Apple is building a much more useful smartwatch—for the future.
As the first Apple Watch update big enough to merit its own official web page, WatchOS 2 is supposed to be a big deal.
5 Great Free Apps to Use In Your Car
Better routes, free audiobooks, rest stops, and more.
Your office has four windows . . . and a sunroof. Your desk chair comes with its own seatbelt. You’re a road warrior if ever there was one. And you’re as productive as they come. However, should you find yourself looking for that extra edge—however slight—take a look at these five car-friendly apps. None of which, of course, you should use in a manner which would make for unsafe driving.
These Creative Kids Designed A Way Measure All The Plastic In The Ocean
Not content with the usual beach cleanups, they came up with a sensor that scans the ocean for trash.
It’s hard to know exactly how much plastic trash is floating around in the ocean—one recent estimate was five trillion pieces, but most of the tiny scraps haven’t been measured yet. Researchers may soon have a better answer thanks in part to the creative work of kids as young as five.
Solar Panels Are About To Get Way, Way Better
SolarCity has a big announcement that may help reshape the economics of renewables.
SolarCity, the solar energy company that Elon Musk helped found, has been on a tear over the past several years, adding thousands of employees, expanding across the country, and building what will be North America’s largest solar panel manufacturing facility in Buffalo, New York. Now it has a new claim to fame: maker of the world’s most efficient solar panels.
Iconic pink Oceanfront Dairy Queen closes today
VIRGINIA BEACH
Get your last licks of a chocolate dip cone at the Dairy Queen on 27th Street next to the Boardwalk.
It will close for good today.
The 1949 pink building will be demolished. Armada Hoffler Construction Co. plans to build two Oceanfront hotels on 27th Street.
Read More Get your last licks of a chocolate dip cone at the Dairy Queen on 27th Street next to the Boardwalk.
It will close for good today.
The 1949 pink building will be demolished. Armada Hoffler Construction Co. plans to build two Oceanfront hotels on 27th Street.
Credit cards with chips are the standard — are you ready?
A colossal shift in credit card technology aimed at curbing fraud was supposed to wrap up by today, but the transition is still playing out in slow motion.
Read More 5 Things: Getting ready for Hurricane Joaquin; new credit card chips; changing football schedule
Five things today include a long weekend of rain and wind, changing high school football games to beat the hurricane and a murderer’s possible execution Thursday night.
Hurricane Joaquin lumbering along: The storm has become a category 3 hurricane as Hampton Roads and much of the east coast brace for bad weather.
Read More Hurricane Joaquin lumbering along: The storm has become a category 3 hurricane as Hampton Roads and much of the east coast brace for bad weather.
Around Town | Aldi grocery may come to Va. Beach
VIRGINIA BEACH
What is happening on the property at the intersection of Newstead Drive and Nimmo Parkway? Zoning signs are up. – Staci Potts
The cost-cutting supermarket chain Aldi has submitted an application for the site, said Stephen White, Virginia Beach Department of Planning’s special projects coordinator.
Read More What is happening on the property at the intersection of Newstead Drive and Nimmo Parkway? Zoning signs are up. – Staci Potts
The cost-cutting supermarket chain Aldi has submitted an application for the site, said Stephen White, Virginia Beach Department of Planning’s special projects coordinator.
Is convenience worth 40 cents more per gallon?
Gas prices have plunged to the $2 range in Hampton Roads – but not everywhere. Some stations are charging more than the $2.01 average for regular. A lot more.
Topping the list Thursday: Three stations – one in Norfolk and two at the Oceanfront in Virginia Beach – charged $2.40 a gallon, or $2.399 to be exact, according to GasBuddy.com. That’s nearly 40 cents above the local average.
Read More Topping the list Thursday: Three stations – one in Norfolk and two at the Oceanfront in Virginia Beach – charged $2.40 a gallon, or $2.399 to be exact, according to GasBuddy.com. That’s nearly 40 cents above the local average.
U.S. hiring slows in Sept. amid slower global growth
The Labor Department says employers added just 142,000 jobs in September as manufacturers and oil drillers shed workers
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