for a return to the over tourism that plagued europe s hotspots before the pandemic. but venice has plans to fight back. last year, it banned cruise ships from docking in the city centre, with their dense crowds of foot passengers and now, they plan to make the rest of us pay. 0vernight visitors already pay a city tax at the hotel but from next year, day trippers look set to face a new daily charge, payable through an app. i m ambivalent about it, in a way. 0bviously, venice has problems of crowding and tourism. it needs some regulation. whether this is the right way to do it or not, i m not entirely sure. i mean, it needs to be well done, but i ve been in places where they ve started doing that and i think usually, it was a good idea.
Additionally, for the first time, Qualcomm has started to hedge its consumer launch date target from late 2023, to late 2023 next year / beginning of 2024.
how did the standard charges reflect wages and cost of living across the uk postcode lottery? your bill is made up of two parts, standing charge, fixed cost if you like, daily charge. and then how much energy you use, that standing charge has been going up, one key reason is because of all the suppliers who have been collapsing, going out of business. more than 20 in recent months. the cost of that has been picked up elsewhere and the cost is being passed on to consumers through those standing charges. there are different standing charges in different areas. many areas are putting up their standing charges to the maximum, if you like. many suppliers are doing that. south scotland, merseyside, north wales, south west england, all seeing the standing charge doubled. it is a bit of a postcode lottery, frankly. it is not the biggest bit of your bill and there isn t a huge
Cellphone inventor reflects on pandemic-driven innovation and the first mobile call
Martin Cooper, who led the creation of the Motorola Dynatac 8000x, made history back in 1973 when he made the first-ever cellphone call. Listen - 05:09
On April 3, 1973, then-Motorola executive Martin Cooper made the first call from a cellphone using a Motorola Dynatac 8000x. Kent German/CNET
When Apple or Samsung unveils a new smartphone, consumers can preorder the device within days and expect to get it in their hands within weeks. When Motorola introduced the first-ever cellphone, the DynaTAC, in 1973, it took another decade before consumers could actually use one.
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