Archive for October, 2010

Pantone Capsure Puts Color In The Palm Of Your Hand

Oct 19 by Toby Leftly | add comment

Pantone, the controllers of all things color have released a new product that brings color from the real world into your workflow. Pantone Capsure is a new handheld device from Pantone that allows you to sample a color anywhere, anytime and bring it back to your computer to use in your projects. more »

WebOS 2.0 Arrives, Now HP Branded

Oct 19 by Toby Leftly | add comment

Palm Web OS is now officially resigned to the history books. It was really only a matter of time, but now the official title of the mobile OS is HP WebOS. After a bit of a rocky start in the Palm Pre, WebOS essentially tanked because of lack of polish compared to other mobile operating systems. Well, more »

Internet Population Reaches 2 Billion

Oct 19 by Toby Leftly | add comment

2010 is a big year for the internet. The number of people browsing the world wide web will reach and surpass 2 billion, nearly a third of the world’s population. That number has doubled in the past five years alone, with 226 million new internet users this year alone. The International Telecommunication more »

Jobs Rants At Q4 Earnings Results

Oct 19 by Toby Leftly | add comment

Steve Jobs rarely appears at Apple’s financial conferences, but when he does, oh boy, lookout. Steve Jobs isn’t shy by any means, but he’s definitely not a loudmouth, so his confidence at yesterdays earnings announcement is either his pride getting the better of him, or he wants to make sure we’re more »

Ultra-Rad Homebrew Racing Simulator Doesn't Even Bother Taking Names - It Just Kicks Ass

Oct 18 by Ty Dunitz | 3 comments

I once posted to Techi a video of the CyberMotion Simulator. It was pretty rad – you know, if you’re into that. I, personally, am all kinds of into it, but the CyberMotion Simulator has one grievous fault that hinders my ability to have, like, eight of them in my living room: its unnecessarily monstrous size. ‘But wait!’ you more »

Father and Son Send an iPhone Into Space

Oct 18 by Ty Dunitz | 1 comment

I am so frequently reminded of how I should totally have stuck with science a little more, if even to send little pieces of mobile tech into space as a hobby. Hindsight is always 20/20. Oh well. Lucky for me, we have father-son teams like this posting videos of their own adventures to Vimeo, that I might more »

MacBook Air Rumors Reach Fever Pitch

Oct 17 by Toby Leftly | 1 comment

With Apple’s “Back To The Mac” event now only three days away, the rumor mill is churning at a rate of knots. Engadget has a picture that is supposedly the new MacBook Air, although it brings into question a contradictory rumor that the new Air would be only 11.6″. MacRumors updates with some new information, including possible more »

3 Out Of 4 Tweets Go Unnoticed

Oct 17 by Toby Leftly | 3 comments

According to yet another lukewarm survey by yet another random analytics company, your tweets are worthless and nobody likes you. Research conducted using 1.2 billion posts over the past 2 months found that 71% of tweets disappear into thin air. Only 6% of tweets were retweeted, 23% received a reply. Over 90% more »

Is That A Phone In Your Pocket, Or Are You Just Happy To See Me?

Oct 16 by Ty Dunitz | add comment

Check this. Seriously, check it. I can see your cursor on the scroll bar, there. Stop for a second and freaking check this, alright? Alright, cool. Here at Techi, as with most other tech blogs you can name, we frequently look at emerging technologies. Sometimes they rock, and this is most certainly more »

iLife Stocks Dwindling

Oct 15 by Toby Leftly | add comment

Ahead of Apple’s upcoming October 20th announcement event, people have been wondering exactly what will be announced. Of course, 10.7 Lion seems to be the obvious answer, considering the image used in the event invitation, but there’s one other announcement that might also make sense for the event. Apple’s iLife software more »

No Flash For Windows Phone 7.. Shocking

Oct 15 by Toby Leftly | 1 comment

One point I was curious about among the tidbits regarding the release of Windows Phone 7 is what kind of support Flash will receive. Adobe and Google have been hiding in dark corners together, murmuring about how best to deal with Apple’s threat to both of their business models, but where does Microsoft more »

Robot Curtain Makes Privacy Cool Again

Oct 15 by Toby Leftly | 2 comments

Niklas Roy’s workshop has a large window right in front. After getting fed up of passersby peering in, he decided to take action. In a move that would make Mark Zuckerberg’s head explode, Roy came up with a privacy scheme so nerdy and so unique that he’ll almost certainly win the Techi Nerdiest Solution more »

Atomic Tom Drops The Bomb On The B Train

Oct 15 by Toby Leftly | add comment

No, this isn’t a terrorist threat. Atomic Tom, a New York based band was looking for a little exposure, and a train carriage full of commuters is the perfect captive audience. After having their instruments stolen, the boys turned to technology for an impromptu mobile gig. Using their iPhones as instruments, more »

Texting On The Rise In North America

Oct 15 by Toby Leftly | add comment

The trend towards cell phones as general communications devices continues, as a report from the Nielsen Company (yeah, that Nielsen Company) shows that more teens are typing it rather than speaking it. Between April and June 2010, teens from 13 to 17 sent or received more than six text messaged each more »