Archive for November, 2010

Gorillaz Record New Album Via iPad

Nov 12 by Ty Dunitz | 1 comment

I’m one of those who denies the iPad’s usefulness as a creative tool. Sure, there are cute little apps for that let you make cute little tunes, but despite a few notable, robust apps, there’s not much real use a serious musician can get out of an iPad. Apparently, Gorillaz creator Damon Albarn doesn’t more »

No One Can Ever Say Jobs Wasn't Hands-On

Nov 11 by Ty Dunitz | add comment

I have no idea how the dude finds the time. You thought Big Steve emailing his customers back was unusually conscientious? Get this: The Seattle Times is reporting the tale of iPad developer Ram Arumugan and his recent experience with the App Store approval process. After having developed an app, Economy more »

Another Apple Prototype Leaked: the iBox!!

Nov 11 by Ty Dunitz | 4 comments

Illustrator James Gurney has found a prototype of Apple’s next big release: the iBox. This is big, guys. I can’t say anything that James can’t say better than I can, and since he’s the maker of this discovery, I’ll let him have the floor. Look what someone accidentally left in a laundromat in Italy—a working more »

There's A Soldier In You, and Me, and Kobe Bryant

Nov 11 by Ty Dunitz | add comment

My apartment hasn’t had cable for years, and I’m pretty strapped for cash most of the time – understandably, I’m a little behind in the advertising world. But hot damn, have commercials for videogames ever been getting high budget. This one for Call of Duty: Black Ops will either be the best commercial more »

Three Ways The Playbook Can Compete With the iPad

Nov 11 by Navneet Alang | 1 comment

When rumors that RIM, the makers of the Blackberry, were about to announce a tablet, you could have been forgiven for not being too excited. After all, beyond hearing silly names like ‘Blackpad’, people were skeptical RIM could create a compelling product. Then they actually announced the Playbook – a device with a new OS and some pretty more »

Google Gets Passive-Aggressive All Up in Facebook's Grill

Nov 10 by Ty Dunitz | add comment

Surely you’ve had that roommate. You know the one. The one that leaves passive-aggressive notes on the fridge about how nice it would be if someone would do the dishes, and stuff. The worst, right? Google is that roommate. Perhaps threatened by Facebook being… well, being Facebook, Google has more »

That's Because Droids Don't Pull People's Arms Out of Their Sockets When They Lose

Nov 10 by Ty Dunitz | 1 comment

I’ve never used nor liked the term ‘nerdgasm’, but I feel the need to point out that I’ve just experienced one – so for the purposes of this article, the term is appropriate. Courtesy of Furious Fanboys is a blueprint of the Millenium Falcon, in its entirety. You can thank me later. Unless you’re not much of a Star Wars more »

Samsung Pwns FPD 2010 with Scores of Cool Tech

Nov 10 by Ty Dunitz | 1 comment

Hold on a second while I plug something I like. That thing is Samsung’s mastery of all things display-related. I may run a Mac Pro, but hell if I’m buying an Apple display. It’s all about the Samsung. This year at, FPD 2010, Samsung absolutely did not fail to bring the rock in showcasing all kinds of more »

PlayBook to Launch for 'under $500'

Nov 10 by Ty Dunitz | add comment

According to RIM’s co.CEO Jim Balsillie, the BlackBerry PlayBook will launch in Q1 2011 – and cost less than $500. That certainly doesn’t sound like bad news, especially considering the cheapest WiFi-only iPad is $499. While smaller than the iPad (7 inches, as opposed to 9.7), the PlayBook’s more »

Stuck in a Nook: When the Book and Computer Collide

Nov 10 by James Mowery | 16 comments

There is something different about this; something I can’t quite explain. There is no paper, no page turning, no cover, and no physicality to it at all. It’s confusing, yet it’s intriguing. So what is this thing, exactly? It’s a revolution. It’s the e-reader. I have never owned an e-reader (or e-book more »

Apple claims (unofficially) to have fixed the iPhone 4 Antenna problem

Nov 9 by Techi Team | 4 comments

A couple of months ago, rumours and speculations started to surface about a revised version of the iPhone 4 being released which fixes the notorious dropped call antenna issue. A Mexican carrier Telcel seemed to suggest that this was the case and that the fix was due to coincide with the end of the free bumper program (September more »

Rockmelt Crashes and Burns: Nobody's Extinguishing The Flames

Nov 9 by James Mowery | 20 comments

We were planning on writing about Rockmelt, a new social browser that is the modern-day Flock of Chromium, here on Techi today, but it appears that the browser is having a rocky start. After installing it, giving it access to Facebook, and finally starting the browser, the social magic that should more »

Apple Rethinking How We Interact With Menus, Toolbars

Nov 9 by James Mowery | add comment

Menus and toolbars are one in the same. If you’ve seen them on one operating system, you are probably not shocked by what you see elsewhere. However, a new patent by Apple filled in the EU is revealing details of a new system that could change how we think about them forever. While the details are hard more »

Instagram: Four Lessons For a Wildly Successful App

Nov 9 by Navneet Alang | add comment

With Apple’s App Store and the Android Market now literally filled with hundreds of thousands of apps, it’s getting increasingly hard for apps to stand out. And yet, every once in a while, an app will break out to become quite successful – at which point, we all start to wonder what’s so special about more »