Archive for July, 2010

Microsoft: Windows Phone 7 Won't Be Like KIN

Jul 22 by Toby Leftly | 2 comments

I’ve written about Windows Phone 7 a few times, usually with some level of surprise at how much I’m looking forward to seeing the device in action and how good it looks. But the KIN has thrown that into doubt for a lot of people. How can we trust Microsoft after a disaster as massive and obvious as KIN? Well, Microsoft more »

Worst. Internet. Job. Ever.

Jul 21 by Navneet Alang | 3 comments

The web is littered with tales of angry designers, coders and bloggers who just can’t get their due. Slaving in front of their screens, alone and unappreciated in their apartments, those heroes of the internet make the web as we know it run while getting almost no recognition for their tireless efforts. more »

Pilot Handwriting - The Last Letter You'll Ever Write

Jul 21 by Ty Dunitz | 1 comment

In an effort to cling to the last fraying threads of traditional communication, Pilot has launched an initiative to immortalize your handwriting, that your future emails might glow with all the radiant personality of your sloppy chicken scratch. Personally, I’m a Verdana man. But this is still cool. Simply print out the template, more »

4 Things Microsoft Could Learn From Steve Jobs

Jul 21 by James Mowery | 44 comments

What words come to mind when asked to describe Microsoft today? Cool, stylish, revolutionary, and innovative are probably out of the question. However, those words could easily be used to describe Apple. So maybe the brains at Microsoft could learn a thing or two from one of the few brilliant CEOs more »

Sony Gets Up To All Kinds of Techno-Sorcery With Multiplayer 3D Gaming

Jul 21 by Ty Dunitz | add comment

Alright, this just blew my mind a little. Not so much that I’m left a catatonic husk, though – I can still type. Lucky you. Anyway, Sony has filed two patents (bada boom, bada bing) that, when combined, reveal the secret to local multiplayer gaming like ain’t never been seen before. Actually, it will technically never more »

Google Versus China: Endgame

Jul 21 by Ty Dunitz | 2 comments

Whenever I see the word ‘endgame’, the only thing going through my head is Highlander. I wonder why that is. Either way, that’s how the headline up there is meant to be read. Like, imagine the poster for Highlander: Endgame, and just imagine Christopher Lambert is Google, or something. “More Action! More Steamy Scenes! All-New Ending!” more »

Need Some Juice? Simply Vibrate and Insert

Jul 21 by Ty Dunitz | 3 comments

Here at Techi, it’s no secret that we talk an awful, awful lot about Apple. But can you blame us? Between the iPhone 4 ballyhoo and Steve’s insistence on being so goddamn attractive in that sweater, there’s a lot to talk about. But what are other fine folks up to? Apparently, greening the piss out of more »

Apple Donates MacPaint Code To Computer History Museum

Jul 20 by Toby Leftly | 3 comments

In a striking move of almost unparalleled generosity, Apple has donated the source code for its MacPaint application to the Computer History Museum. The MacPaint application that debuted in 1984 and shipped for free with the first Mac computer is now open for all to see. MacPaint, stunningly more »

Appletenna Issue Gets The Parody Treatment

Jul 20 by Toby Leftly | add comment

From the same guys who brought you the banned iPad promo video, you knew it was coming – the banned iPhone 4 antenna promo video. I’ll admit, there’s a bit of an Apple fanboy in me, but these guys are hilarious, plain and simple. This clip features all the goodies you’d expect, including an Apple guy trying to kill the signal more »

Video And Web, Not Getting Any Closer

Jul 20 by Toby Leftly | add comment

Video and the web go together like oil and water. Users want simple, accessible video on all their devices. Providers want.. well, money, lots of it, and historically they’ve been unwilling to budge. Well, the working group determined to create a consumer-friendly media network finally has more »

Antenn-Aid - Because Apple Made a Boo Boo

Jul 20 by Toby Leftly | 1 comment

Apple’s in a bit of a spot with its antenna problem. They denied it. They released a software fix. They held a press conference where they pulled out all the stops, dragged a load of other companies into the mess and opened up their facilities to the media. All this, when all they had to do was stick an more »

Nokia: If You Can't beat 'Em, Buy 'Em

Jul 20 by Toby Leftly | add comment

Nokia, the tech world’s most successful failure, is buying its way out of the huge hole it’s in, purchasing Motorola’s wireless network unit for $1.2 billion. Nokia dominated the mobile industry in Europe in the years of dumb phones, but has never been able to break into the smartphone market, more »

Filemaker Announces Filemaker Go For iPhone

Jul 20 by Toby Leftly | 1 comment

Filemaker, the Mac database maker has announced an iPhone and iPad native client called Filemaker Go. The app will not allow database creation, but will provide users a way to view and edit databases while on the go. Filemaker Go will run most Filemaker Pro databases created in version 7 or later. more »

First Reports of Windows Phone 7 Are Kinda' Positive. Wait, what?

Jul 19 by Navneet Alang | 3 comments

Microsoft’s mobile division is in a pickle. And not one of those really tasty pickles, all crisp and the perfect mix of sour, sharp and savory. No, this is a pretty crappy pickle to be in. See, Apple, Google and RIM are all established in the smartphone space. They need to be, given that mobile search more »