Archive for July, 2010

Netflix Goes North

Jul 19 by Navneet Alang | add comment

Every comment thread on the internet that mentions Netflix abides by one simple rule: it must have that one Canadian guy or girl stating “oh man, you Americans are so lucky” or “WHEN IS THIS COMING TO CANADA???!!!??!!111″. This is one of those simple, unchanging facts about the web. Well now, annoying more »

Has iOS4 Ruined the iPhone 3G?

Jul 19 by Navneet Alang | 31 comments

Since the release of iPhone 4 and iOS4, the tech world has been caught up either praising the new device to death or parsing Antennagate into oblivion. But while so many have been focusing on the glory and flaws of Apple’s newest product, my attention has been squarely on an old one: my trusty iPhone more »

Nexus One Found Dead at Six Months

Jul 19 by Ty Dunitz | 1 comment

Did you ever get a look at the Nexus One? I remember, back in The Day, I was even going to champion the Nexus when I moved up to a smartphone. But it looks like I’ll never get my chance – Google’s discontinuing the Android-packing iPhone killer. According to ReadWriteWeb, Google only managed to sell 135 thousand phones more »

Three Ways The Web Is Changing Our Identities

Jul 19 by Navneet Alang | 4 comments

So often in the contemporary era, we talk about how the web is changing the world around us: of how media industries are having to adapt, or how the practices and concepts of doing business are being affected. Less often discussed, however, is how the internet is changing us. Sure, there’s a lot of more »

Steve Jobs and the RDF - the NEW Animated Adventures!

Jul 19 by Ty Dunitz | 3 comments

This video is way funnier without context. So you’re not getting any. more »

Foursquare Will Find You. No Matter What.

Jul 19 by Ty Dunitz | 2 comments

Foursquare’s looking for a search suitor, and Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo are all on board to whisper sweet nothings into the geotagging maiden’s ear. For the remainder of this post, I guess, ‘dollars’ will be referred to as ‘sweet nothings’. If only. Anyway, Foursquare’s dude in charge, Dennis more »

Yes, I'll Have The Chocolate Half-Caf Soy Mochaccino Hazelnut Frappe iPad, Please

Jul 19 by Ty Dunitz | 2 comments

It’s no secret that Apple is big in Japan. That everything is big in Japan is besides the point – Apple is really big in Japan, guys. The release of an Apple product is nothing short of a holiday, and the Japanese seemingly make Apple’s offerings a more standard way of life than we do, even here. Case more »

The Ultimate Privacy Issue: Facebook Hassles Your Friends After Death

Jul 18 by Toby Leftly | 5 comments

Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg’s own personal privacy invasion tool is known for failing to properly handle issues of security and personal data protection, but most people assume that after death, your Facebook woes will be over. Sadly, this is not the case. A Facebook feature with the goal of attempting more »

RIM Not Thrilled About Apple's Allegations

Jul 18 by Toby Leftly | 4 comments

Apple is a company under siege right now. They’re backed into a corner, and they’re coming out fighting. Software updates, press conferences, and no doubt soon a letter from Steve Jobs himself titled “Thoughts On Innovative But Ultimately Flawed Smart Phone Antenna Designs”. One aspect of Apple’s more »

Ministry Of Sound Oversteps Their Jurisdiction

Jul 18 by Toby Leftly | 2 comments

For the less trendy (and the less British) among us, I’ll come right out and say it: The Ministry of Sound is not an official government body, it’s just a UK music label. As such, they don’t have the kind of sway that say, the ministry of defense has, or even the ministry of agriculture. They certainly more »

Facadeprinter: For When You Can't Be Bothered To Paint It Yourself

Jul 17 by Ty Dunitz | 3 comments

Let me axe you a question: do you like rad things? In the possible event that you do, I invite you to keep reading. If you answered no, keep reading anyway, you insufferable crank, and let’s turn that frown upside-down, yeah? Utilizing a steady supply of paintballs and compressed air, the Facadeprinter is an art more »

Viral Writing Analyzer Offers No Solace For The Literate

Jul 17 by Ty Dunitz | 2 comments

Assuming you’re down with this whole ‘the internet’ thing, you’ve probably tripped and fell over this I Write Like site in the last week or so. Thing’s gone viral as hell. I Write Like doesn’t play around – it does exactly what you’d expect, analyzing and comparing writing (presumably, your own) to that of famous more »

Apple's Antenna Lab - One Malevolent Female Robot Away From Being Portal

Jul 17 by Ty Dunitz | 3 comments

As Toby mentioned yesterday, Apple is pretty adamant that the signal problem isn’t their fault, citing in yesterday’s press conference that the problem is not only equally common to all phones, but that the iPhone 4 itself isn’t even experiencing much of an issue. This whole mess was just a result of overzealous bloggers more »

iPhone 4 Problem: The Reality Distortion Field Only Works In Person

Jul 16 by Toby Leftly | 3 comments

Apple’s big press conference is on now, and apparently Apple’s plan is to rag on other phone manufacturers and prove beyond a doubt that the hysterics surrounding the iPhone 4 antenna issue are being overblown. According to Apple, only 0.55% of all iPhone 4 buyers called to talk to tech support more »