It wasn't too long ago that we didn't need to worry about our cellphones dying at inopportune moments. In fact, the batteries could last us for days without needing a charge.
But now that our smartphones are, well, smarter, and we use them for dozens of functions, their batteries drain a lot faster.
It’s possibly the most baffling question that faces new freelancers: What in the heck am I supposed to charge for my work?
You don’t have a sense of market rates yet. Your prospect doesn’t want to tell you their budget. Figuring out what to charge for your freelance services is intimidating.
If you’ve been freelancing for content mills, or on bidding sites, or responding to Craigslist ads, you’ve probably seen loads of offers at rates that wouldn’t support a hamster. It’s confusing to know what fees are appropriate for what type of gig.
You don’t want to bid too low and essentially rip yourself off. But you don’t want to bid too high and lose the gig, either.
We learned via Apartment Therapy that the Electric Power Research Institute has determined that your iPad uses 12 kWh of electricity over the course of a year at a cost of $1.36.
Here's the breakdown on the annual cost of other gadgets they looked at:
iPhone 3G -- $0.25
laptop -- $8.31
60W compact fluorescent light bulbs -- $1.61
42" plasma TV -- $40.57
Have you seen Facebook stock lately? It's no where near where it IPO'd at. And since that means Facebook isn't worth as much, the hilarious folks at Jest realized that means Facebook needs to start earning some cash moneys... by charging for Facebook.
Can you imagine how many options Facebook could offer if they decided to make Facebook cost money? Jest did. Things like Facebook Pro which simplifies Facebook privacy settings and lets you see who's creeping on your page, Friends Plus which hooks you up with celebrities, Facebook Gold which effectively turns your page into MySpace and so much more. This is the future of a failing Facebook. Ain't it nice?
Electric vehicle recharging techniques run the gamut from fast-charging setups to battery swap-outs to wireless charging stations. Electrical engineers at Stanford propose the most convenient of them all: just drive.
