July 2010
14 posts
Military testing Afghan language translation... →
So you take them to small claims court, where in many jurisdictions lawyers are...
– Ya know, the fuse function really seemed to piss off a lot of people, people who are now likely buying phones from our competitors. Maybe we shouldn’t take that route again.” Via: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/oosdn2qykWs/Droid-X-Self-Destructs-If-You-Try-To-Mod
Article: Boredom Is Extinct - Magazine - The...
Boredom Is Extinct - Magazine - The Atlantic http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/07/boredom-is-extinct/8165 (via Instapaper)
Best Buy's Mobile Marketing Can Dish it Out, But... →
June 2010
8 posts
In China, a Labor Movement Aided by Modern... →
May 2010
21 posts
Is This Really The Future of Magazines or Why... →
Thinking for its own sake, non-instrumental, as opposed to transitive thinking,...
– via Sven Birkerts’ article “Reading in a Digital Age”
themorgantown:
New Google Phone Service Whispers Targeted Ads Directly Into Users’ Ears
Stranger things have happened
Before convincing police to launch a felony investigation into the leak of the...
– Jobs Tried to Get Back Stolen iPhone - The Daily Beast
Square’s mobile payment service officially... →
Silver iPhone cuff links →
“We use cellphones to mediate they way others perceive us; if we’re...
– When you’re only text friends - Charlotte Steinway
NYTimes: In Mobile Age, Sound Quality Steps Back
In Mobile Age, Sound Quality Steps Back With the ease of loading music onto an iPod, a generation of fans has been happily trading fidelity for portability. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/10/business/media/10audio.html
The telephone was an aberation in human development. It was a 70 year or so...
– Rick Webb (via toldorknown) (via inky)
Google Invests in App that Predicts the Future
Soon to be released on the mobile for on the go predictions: http://mashable.com/2010/05/04/google-predicts-future/
Welcome to the Future by John Rust →
“Ten years from now, there will be no need for a “real computer” as we know it now. Devices like the iPad will be capable of all the high-end tasks we now need fancy computers for, and I look forward to using a touch version of Final Cut Pro, despite the small screen of the iPad. The already-fast hardware of the iPad will only get faster, and will eventually match the capability of desktop...
April 2010
8 posts
Where my bitches at? Tap-tap, Google map that ass ‘Dere’s an App fo dat.
DIPSET HAIKU: 3G’d up
Of the thousands of reviews of Apple’s iPad tablet computer, one of the most informative and ultimately convincing is a YouTube video of a two-and-a-half-year-old girl playing with the device for the first time. In the clip, the girl’s father hands her the book-sized device and within seconds she’s navigating various apps through the now ubiquitous swipe, pinch and point...