Apple’s first touchscreen MacBook Pro reportedly carries a $400 premium, with a starting price of $2,899. Touchscreen MacBook Pro pricing starts at $2,899 Apple is expected to introduce 14-inch and 16-inch touchscreen MacBook Pro models on Wednesday as premium additions to the lineup. The existing non-touchscreen models will remain available alongside them. According to Bloomberg’s…
One API for Android’s built-in antenna and USB card readers, and the bugs that only real hardware showed me. It started with a simple-sounding requirement. Read an NFC card in a Flutter app on Android. Sometimes the card is tapped on the device’s own antenna. Sometimes it sits on a USB reader plugged into the device,…
Photo by Hunter Harritt on Unsplash It’s been a while since the last time I covered app architecture topics. Today I am back with a new one. This time it’s analytics and everything around it. The problem We engineers often treat analytics as a secondary piece of software. We spend so much time on the architecture design…
This 1957 Ford Thunderbird is said to be one of approximately 200 equipped at the factory with an F-code 312ci V8 with a Paxton/McCulloch supercharger. The vehicle was acquired by its current owner in June 2004, and shipped from Utah to Tennessee. The seller tells us that the car was subsequently disassembled for a multi-year…
This 2012 Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Superleggera is a Super Trofeo Stradale edition that is powered by a 5.2-liter V10 linked to a six-speed automated transaxle and an all-wheel drive system with limited-slip front and rear differentials. Finished in Grigio Telesto over Nero Perseus and Rosso Mars Alcantara, the car is equipped with the Style Package,…
This 2019 Ferrari is a white-over-red Portofino that has 11k miles and is powered by a twin-turbocharged 3.9-liter V8 linked to a seven-speed F1 automatic transaxle and an electronically controlled limited-slip differential. The car is equipped with a power-retractable black hardtop, 20″ twin five-spoke forged alloy wheels, carbon-ceramic brakes, LED headlights, power-adjustable front bucket seats, a…
This 2013 SRT Viper GTS was modified under prior ownership in the style of the GTS-R Commemorative Edition ACR with black staggered-width 19″ ACR wheels, blue over-the-top racing stripes, a front splitter, a revised hood, a rear diffuser, and an adjustable rear wing. Power is provided by a replacement 8.4-liter V10 linked with a six-speed manual…
It’s that time of year again! Oktmotorfest is back, and DriverSource of Houston, Texas, has rolled out nine of its finest for the occasion. Leading the charge is a German-market Italian: a Ferrari 308 GTS Quattrovalvole wearing a widebody kit from Koenig Specials of Munich, one of the country’s most notorious tuning houses. Close behind…
This 2016 Porsche Cayman GT4 is a track-only Clubsport model that was initially campaigned by Autometrics Motorsports out of South Carolina and then spent several years with NolaSport in Louisiana, during which time a replacement 3.8-liter flat-six and a replacement six-speed PDK dual-clutch automatic transaxle were installed. Acquired by the seller in 2025, the car…
This 2024 Ford Mustang Shelby Super Snake is finished in Rapid Red Metallic Tinted Clearcoat with white racing stripes and is powered by a Whipple-supercharged 5.0-liter V8 linked with a 10-speed automatic transmission, a Torsen limited-slip differential, and performance half shafts. Shelby modifications include a widebody front fascia, 20″ forged magnesium wheels, a Borla-tuned exhaust…