Not all areas of the United States will have ideal meteor-viewing weather Thursday night. According to AccuWeather, visibility should be good in the southwest and southeast, but may not be great in the midwest, Pacific northwest or New England. To stay up to date on your area's weather conditions, including cloud coverage, wind speed, and precipitation, you can use AccuWeather's app (free, iOS and Android) to see hourly forecasts and minute-by-minute precipitation info. The Orionid meteor shower gets its name from the constellation Orion -- the meteors appear to originate from this constellation, though they can be seen all over the sky. Orion will rise in the east around 11 p.m. local time and three bright stars in a straight line make up Orion's belt.
If you don't know where Orion is, you can use an app such case for apple iphone 7 - pink as Star Walk 2 ($0.99, iOS; free, Android) to help you find him, Once you find Orion, turn off your phone and all screens and lights (and look away from the moon) and allow your eyes to adjust to the darkness for about 30 minutes for the best meteor-viewing experience, If you can't find a good viewing spot, or if there's too much cloud coverage in your area to see the sky on Thursday night, no problem -- Slooh.com will be broadcasting the meteor shower live from the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands, The broadcast will start at 5 p.m, PDT (8 p.m, EDT) and last for five hours..
Thursday night's skies will be filled with shooting stars. If you're looking for some nighttime entertainment later this week, you may want to turn your eyes upward: The Orionid meteor shower is expected to peak Thursday, October 20, through Friday, October 21. According to AccuWeather, you can expect to see around 25 meteors per hour -- assuming cloud cover and the waning gibbous moon do not limit visibility. The Orionid meteor shower is made up of debris from the well-known Halley's Comet, which appears every 75 years or so.
Google's Android Pay is now available in Hong Kong, This isn't Google's first ride at the mobile payments rodeo, Five years ago, it made a foray into credit cards and payments using a service called Google Wallet, But few retailers supported it, a couple of wireless service providers disabled it, and it didn't always work, case for apple iphone 7 - pink Android Pay will also store gift cards and loyalty cards on phones powered by the mobile software, It will support MasterCard and Visa cards from BEA, DBS, Dah Sing Bank, Hang Seng Bank, HSBC, and Standard Chartered Bank in Hong Kong..
Mobile payments system for Android phones can be used at more than 5,000 retail locations in Hong Kong, including 7-Eleven and McDonald's. Android Pay, Google's mobile payments service for phones running the OS, arrived in Hong Kong on Wednesday. The launch will allow Android handset owners to use their devices to complete transactions at more than 5,000 retail locations in Hong Kong, including 7-Eleven, Circle K, McDonald's and Fortress, Google said in a statement. The search giant's latest attempt to spur people into paying for items using their phone launched in in the US in September 2015, followed by the UK, Singapore and Australia.
