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”
Watchthemorgantown:
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...