Archive for February, 2011

WSJ: iPad 2 In Production, But No Retina Display

Feb 9 by Navneet Alang | add comment

In the grand, glorious world that we call ‘Apple Rumors’, we have become accustomed to certain rules. For example, when the Wall Street Journal reports something, it’s usually a little more credible and believable than your run-of-the-mill rumor. So you’ll perhaps be pleased to learn that the more »

The Quest for Power in Africa

Feb 9 by JD Rucker | add comment

Despite it’s vast size, tremendous population, and abundance of natural resources, Africa still has the lowest per-capita use of power of any continent. It isn’t that they don’t need it – with any population of that magnitude, the ability to use power to solve problems is vast. The challenge is more »

Most Car Ads Sucked During Super Bowl: But Not These Three

Feb 8 by James Mowery | 1 comment

As I witnessed my Pittsburgh Steelers fall to the cheese heads, I couldn’t help but be sullen throughout the night. But at least there is something good I can claim: not all of the car commercials sucked during the Super Bowl. Most of them sucked, I admit (especially the Hyundai ones), but not all more »

Teamlab: Free Social Networking for Your Business

Feb 8 by Navneet Alang | add comment

Those of you who have ever found yourself wishing you could merge the simplicity of a social networking tool like Facebook with the needs of business now have one more option with Teamlab, a robust and impressive online collaboration and project management tool from Ascensio Systems. Similar in many ways more »

You Mean People Still Buy Music, Seriously?

Feb 8 by James Mowery | 3 comments

A man much more brilliant than I once said that you must adapt or die to succeed in business. Warner Music Group’s (WMG) sales have dropped 14 percent while digital sales fell 5 percent in the past three months alone. Clearly, WMG is going for suicide. It’s not a shocking announcement. The big labels are struggling to find their more »

N-3D: Your Smartphone, iPad Now Produces 3D Images

Feb 8 by James Mowery | 2 comments

I’m not going to attempt to explain how this is working because, to be honest, I don’t know how it works. But this seems to be a legitimate product straight out of Japan from a company called AirCord. It’s called N-3D, and there are many demos on their website (in Japanese) showing this thing off. It caught my attention because they have more »

Every Man On Earth Will Want This Thing

Feb 8 by James Mowery | 1 comment

I’m not sure whether or not to believe what I’m seeing, but if what I’m seeing is true, this is huge for men. I know what it is like to be a man — primarily because I am one — and I know what it is like when you rub your hands over your face or head and you know time it is. You know that it is time for a shave. more »

How We Are Tracked Online

Feb 8 by JD Rucker | add comment

The news is jam-packed with stories about online privacy, “do not track,” and Internet security issues. With proposals for a National Internet ID and do-not-track legislation on the table, it’s clear that 2011 will be a year when much will boil over in the privacy arena. This infographic design by Sitejabber takes a look at ways that companies (and more »

Elton John Preorders 'Skype iPad'

Feb 7 by Ty Dunitz | add comment

I love it when old people talk about technology. Further confirming the iPad 2′s two cameras is none other than Elton John, who at 1:15 in this interview with BBC’s Colin Paterson claims he’ll be picking up a ‘Skype iPad’ in April to communicate with his son. John openly admits he’s a Luddite, who can even memorize more »

Why the Groupon Superbowl Ads are a Symptom of a Sick Culture

Feb 7 by Navneet Alang | 5 comments

Groupon’s Superbowl ads have already generated a firestorm of controversy. The spots, which variously made light of endangered whales, rainforest depletion or the brutal Chinese oppression of Tibet, are being criticized for not only dismissively treating some pretty serious issues, but doing so to sell… discount more »

Apple Axes Boxed Software

Feb 7 by Ty Dunitz | 1 comment

Really, it’s about damn time – and while it’s only a rumour, it makes perfect sense: Apple seems to be phasing out boxed software. The move comes sooner than anyone might have guessed – already, Apple’s personal setup notes seem to hint towards a push for digital distribution (that is, the Mac App more »

HP Gets Comfy With New Reclining Touchscreen

Feb 7 by Ty Dunitz | add comment

Once upon a time, Steve Jobs said that Apple didn’t want to get into touchscreen desktop computing because it was unnatural to use a vertical touchscreen for extended periods of time, and that it ultimately led to fatigue. Of course, Steve typically knows his interaction design well enough that more »

Telus to Unlock iPhones in Canada

Feb 7 by Ty Dunitz | 1 comment

Those of the Frozen North, rejoice – Telus has introduced a new unlock policy that will unlock a GSM handset for the comparatively paltry $50! Beginning February 15th, Canucks who have spent a minimum of 90 days under contract to Telus can bring in their handset for a little unlock action (Rogers, more »

Turn Your iPod Touch Into a Phone Using Its Own Packaging

Feb 4 by Ty Dunitz | add comment

You thought you were on the cutting edge of geek chic with that iPhone 4. You ain’t seen nothing yet. A Lifehacker reader known only as Kevin has taken an iPod Touch and, using a VOIP application and a pair of headphones, has rigged it all together using the device’s own packaging. A big of smoothing here more »