The Daily Populous

Thursday December 21st, 2017 day edition

image for • Chart: The "Slow iPhone" Phenomenon

According to Google Trends data first cited in a New York Times piece last year, Google searches for the term "iPhone slow" have peaked once every year since 2008 with each of those peaks occuring right after Apple released a new iPhone model.

There are two possible explanations for these spikes: the first one being the (psychological) phenomenon described above.

Once people know a newer model of their phone is out, they suddenly feel like their old one is getting slow.

The second explanation, and maybe the more plausible one, is that iPhone releases often coincide with the release of a new version of iOS, the iPhone's operating system.

So it seems plausible that people would update to the new iOS version, encounter performance issues and turn to Google to find out what's wrong with their phones.

However, this "effect" seems to cool off pretty quickly as our chart illustrates.

In the past years, it has never taken more than a couple of weeks for the search volume to come back to its previous level. »

Apple admits it slows older iPhones, confirming Geekbench report

Authored by cnet.com

Apple on Wednesday said a software feature released last year makes your phone operate more slowly to offset problems with its aging lithium ion battery.

The operating system slows down your device to prevent it from shutting down, Apple says, but only in cases of cold temperature, a low battery charge or very old batteries.

The statement from Apple came in response to a report from earlier this week from Primate Labs, the company behind the Geekbench processor benchmarking software. »

Jonathan Taylor Shoots for the Stars at Wisconsin, Not Harvard

Authored by bleacherreport.com

Nothing could have prepared Jonathan Taylor for what he would experience on this college football recruiting trip.

"Here I am, a young black man," he continues, "and these guys are talking to me about going to Harvard.

He could've fed his love of astrophysics at Harvard, even though the more prudent path to the NFL is through Wisconsin. »

Father’s rejection may increase child’s social anxiety, loneliness

Authored by news.psu.edu

The researchers found that adolescents whose fathers were more rejecting tended to have more social anxiety later on, and in turn experienced more loneliness.

“We found that father rejection predicted increases in adolescents’ social anxiety, even when we controlled for social anxiety at an earlier time.

“Additionally, we found that father rejection, but not mother rejection, predicted changes in social anxiety. »

Double Stuf Oreos Don't Actually Have Double The Creme

Authored by huffingtonpost.com
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At the market, you'll find varieties like regular Oreos, Double Stuf Oreos and now, Mega Stuf Oreos, which were recently added to the brand's official lineup after a period as a limited edition product.

He weighed 10 regular Oreos, 10 Double Stuf Oreos, 10 Mega Stuf Oreos and 5 wafers, then performed some basic calculations to determine the creme content of the aforementioned cookies.

Double Stuf Oreos are made with less than double the creme of a regular Oreo. »