The City of Vancouver will decide Friday on whether to award a contract for seismic upgrades to the Granville Street Bridge a month early. The lowest bid of just over 5-point-6 million dollars was from Graham Construction and Engineering. The work will include replacing bearings and expansion joints at 7 spots on the bridge, expected to … [Read more...]
Two months in and here’s a call for reinforcements
November 13, 2012 by
It's only been eight weeks since the Independent Investigations Office has been up and running and already there are plans to beef up the ranks. Chief Civilian Director Richard Rosenthal says right now there are 28 investigators and four more will be added in coming weeks. Rosenthal was asked, with eight cases under investigation, if he's … [Read more...]
Apple seeds iOS 6 beta 4 to developers: here’s the changelog
August 19, 2012 by
Right around 20 days after iOS 6 beta 3 was beamed out to developers, beta 4 is now making its way into those same hands via an OTA download. We've just confirmed that the files are indeed being pushed out, with the changelog showing fixes related to Facebook integration, the Address Book, authorization statues, and Apple TV / Bonjour workflows. … [Read more...]
Here’s the first sample shot from the new iPad’s 5MP iSight camera
March 8, 2012 by
See that? That's the first shot we've been able to secure using the new iPad and its "iPhone 4S-esque" sensor. For those unaware, it's rocking a five megapixel sensor and plenty of niceties grabbed from the 4S, and the shot here is entirely unedited in any way. To be honest, it's pretty impressive given the exceptionally challenging lighting … [Read more...]
