Archive for April, 2010
Google Begins Rolling Out New Logo and Changes
Apr 25 by Toby Leftly | add commentGoogle is now rolling out subtle changes to their look and feel and site updates to some regions. Google, well known for their simple homepage and only minor, occasional revisions have been experimenting with slight changes to their logo and the layout of their search pages. The new logo uses brighter more »
Israel Now Welcoming The iPad
Apr 25 by Toby Leftly | add commentStarting today, Israel is reversing its ban on Apple’s iPad. The device was previously banned amid questions of the devices compliance with Israel’s laws and requirements for wireless power output. Israel’s Minister of Communications stated that after intensive technical scrutiny, the more »
Police Ready To Investigate iPhone Prototype Theft
Apr 25 by Toby Leftly | 1 commentThe legality of Gizmodo’s iPhone Prototype scoop may at last catch up with them as police begin investigating the theft. The issue has been debated back and forth all week on the web, with some commenters saying the prototype was straight up stolen, and others saying Gizmodo acted inside the letter more »
OS X 10.7 To Adopt iPhone-Style App Store
Apr 25 by Toby Leftly | 2 commentsThe rumors are beginning to circulate about Mac OS X 10.7, Apple’s next major update to its Mac operating system. Software company Rixstep says developers should be prepared for a Mac experience similar to the iPhone and now iPad method of developing and distributing apps. With the full designation more »
Retro-fit Your iPhone
Apr 25 by Toby Leftly | 1 commentAbsolutely the coolest thing I’ve seen in weeks, the iRetrofone is exactly what it appears to be – an old skool phone that uses your iPhone rather than your phone line. That’s right, 1955 called, it wants its phone back. With this add-on you’ll be perfectly suited to take that call. The iRetrofone more »
Will we see Social Media Rehab centers soon?
Apr 24 by Jay Perry | 1 commentResearchers at the University of Maryland asked 200 students to put down their cell phones, iPods, Facebook, Twitter and all other media devices for 24 hours to study the effects of an addiction to these applications/products. Susan Moeller, a journalism professor at the university, is behind more »
Photobooth software gives the world costume ideas for Halloween.
Apr 24 by Jay Perry | add commentEveryone has used or seen the photos created by using the Photobooth software on any Mac computer. You sit there, and with the click of a button, your face is automatically distorted, warped, twirled and more. It’s definitely amusing for ten minutes or so. Designer, Mark Pernice of Brooklyn, decided he wanted to stretch more »
3D views of New York City using Google Earth.
Apr 24 by Jay Perry | 1 commentEver had a dream to walk through Times Square in New York City, but could never really find the money to get you there? Google has recently added high quality street level photos to its Google Earth application that will allow you to take a virtual 3D tour of the city from the comfort of your own home. more »
The Airspace gives you light with a breath of fresh air.
Apr 24 by Jay Perry | add commentRussian designer, Olga Kalugina, has come up with an innovative concept to finally battle the war of “breathing clean air” vs “ugly air purifiers”. Winning third place in the International Russian Design Competition, Olga has designed a modern looking table lamp that also doubles as an air ionizer. Her main more »
Thank Thanko for thinking with their feet and releasing a USB pedal board.
Apr 24 by Jay Perry | add commentAre you like most of us and despise moving your pinky finger over an inch to hit the Enter key on your keyboard? I know, its quite stressful on your poor finger and frustrating when you miss and hit the “Quotation” key. Well, what if I were to tell you, that instead of using your pinky finger for the Enter more »
Augmented-Reality Lego, Because You Can't Be Bothered to Build It Yourself
Apr 23 by Ty Dunitz | add commentIf only I’d had this as a frustrated kid, yelling over a half-completed Lego kit. Lego has teamed up with Metaio to produce a truly eye-popping concept – in-store displays that can give you an augmented-reality preview of a completed Lego kit. Just hold the box of your desired purchase up to the screen and more »
'Aircruise' Concept Brings Airships Out of the Dark Ages
Apr 23 by Ty Dunitz | 1 commentAnyone here a fan of the Final Fantasy franchise? Isn’t it cool, how they’re always travelling the globe in those big, grandiose airships? Doesn’t it just bleed ‘epic’? Ever since that Hindenburg incident, we’ve kind of let airship tech go, haven’t we? But Seymourpowell is working on bringing airships back, more »
We Might Have Underestimated How Big Google Really Is
Apr 23 by Kendra Cowden | 2 commentsLooks like Google might be bigger than we thought it was. The photo above is from Intac and is a visual portrayal of the exact number of devoted servers that major tech companies own. This diagram allows you to get a clear image of how much larger some of these servers are than others. If you just heard more »
Did You Honestly Think the Kindle Was Your Best Bet for Mobile Books?
Apr 23 by Ty Dunitz | add commentThe Kindle just got some competition Part of designer David Garcia’s Archive series, which showcases some of his truly alternative designs for book-shelves (I think it’s pronounced ‘buhk’. I hear they’re like a series of LCD screens that only display one thing, or something), Archive 2 enables more »
Posted January 21, 2012 in What Gingrich, Santorum, and Romney should learn from Paul (and Obama) about the internet
Posted January 21, 2012 in What Gingrich, Santorum, and Romney should learn from Paul (and Obama) about the internet
Posted January 21, 2012 in What Gingrich, Santorum, and Romney should learn from Paul (and Obama) about the internet
Posted January 24, 2012 in Favo.rs brings accountability to business relationships
Posted January 24, 2012 in Favo.rs brings accountability to business relationships