February 2012
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Want People to Return Your Emails? Avoid These... →
Next time you write an email subject line, think twice about the words you’re using. Loading your message with words such as “confirm,” “join,” “press,” or “invite” is not a good idea if you want a response, says data from Baydin, the makers of email plugin Boomerang. Baydin recently extrac…
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WatchCharge forces at work on electro-static water drops and a knittin’ needle.
(via PhysicsCentral)
January 2012
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Why I Hate Android
parislemon:
Why do I hate Android? It’s definitely one of the questions I get asked most often these days. And most of those that don’t ask probably assume it’s because I’m an iPhone guy. People see negative take after negative take about the operating system and label me as “unreasonable” or “biased” or worse.
I should probably explain.
Believe it or not, I actually don’t hate Android. That...
December 2011
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Dear Subway,
Throwing my sandwich in your industrial microwave thingy for 18 seconds does not a toasted sub make.
That is all.
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It's Legendary! →
Hey wow! Just Dance 3 includes “Let’s Go to the Mall” by Robin Sparkles!
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So much misunderstanding around Carrier IQ →
BGR:
Federal investigators have launched a probe in order to examine Carrier IQ’s smartphone software, which tracks a range of activity and sends certain data to wireless carriers without users’ knowledge. Carrier IQ executives met with officials from both the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commuission on Tuesday, The Washington Post reports. “We are complying with all...
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Haunted iPhone?
My iPhone 4 is running iOS 5.
Just sitting here at home minding my own business and, all on its own mind you, the iPhone started playing “The Good, The Bad & The Queen” by Herculean.
And then, it automatically redialed the last number… which really kinda freaked me out.
What. The. Hell. Right?
Then my 18 month-old son hands me my bluetooth headset. Suddenly everything...
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The simplest user interface you could imagine
When it comes to television, I have no idea what that could be.
In his time with Walter Isaacson, Steve Jobs is famously quoted making reference to a future implementation of tv. Isaacson wrote:
And he very much wanted to do for television sets what he had done for computers, music players, and phones: make them simple and elegant. “I’d like to create an integrated television set that is...