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“Batteries in New iPhones Could Have Shorter Life Spans” plus 1 more TechNewsWorld

“Batteries in New iPhones Could Have Shorter Life Spans” plus 1 more TechNewsWorld

Batteries in New iPhones Could Have Shorter Life Spans

Posted: 23 Jan 2018 09:20 AM PST

There was some bad news for owners of the latest iPhone models on Monday. Batteries in the iPhone 8 and X may have shorter life spans than those in prior models. Typically, phone batteries begin losing their effectiveness after 500 recharges. Up to that point, they can hold up to 80 percent of their charge. After that, it's usually downhill for the battery. After only four months, iPhone 8 Plus owner Adrian Kingsley-Hughes found that his phone was racking up recharge cycles at an alarming rate.

Quest Updates Toad Open Source Database Tools

Posted: 23 Jan 2018 02:42 PM PST

Quest Software on Monday announced a series of updates to its Toad open source database software applications, including new versions of its Toad Edge, Toad Data Point and Toad Intelligence Central products. After launching the first version of Toad Edge last summer, the company began seeing an uptick in downloads of freeware that supported MySQL on its Toad World community site. It also received requests to support MariaDB and Postgres, according to Julie Hyman, senior product manager at Quest. The company began supporting MariaDB last month.