Lia Pas, writing about how strange it is that relatively new technology can suddenly feel very old in the face of the newest technology: How strange that technology that is only three years old feels cludgy in our hands now. How strange what high expectations we have for responsiveness from a thin board of glass
Read More...Brian S. Hall, writing for Techpinions: That Google continues to develop and support services optimized for iPhone is all you need to know about those who scream that IPHONE IS DOOMED. They are either ignorant or they are lying to you. Why do you continue to reward them with your attention? Very smart piece about
Read More...Okay you guys, here in the U.S. we have Thanksgiving coming up next week , and that means you need stuff to talk about or that one relative who always smells sort of like old bacon will talk about their kids too much and shut the whole thing down. So I’ve browsed the entire Internet
Read More...Fascinating article in Vanity Fair about how Jony Ive and Marc Newson collaborated for Product Red: In 2007, at Larry Gagosian’s town house, following the opening of the Newson show, Bono spoke to Newson about the possibility of doing something for Product (Red). Bono has also known Ive for years. They met through Steve Jobs,
Read More...You’ve probably heard this news, and thought, “Oh good, finally.” The reality is that while the FAA has approved expanded use of personal electronics, it’s now up to the airlines to show the FAA its airplanes can handle radio interference. And, naturally, not many airlines have gone through that process yet. From the portable electronics
Read More...It’s Monday, and that might mean it’s counterintuitive science day. Up on the block: why does hot water freeze faster than cold water? It does, but it shouldn’t. Right? Wrong. The reason behind it is called the Mpemba effect, and a group of researchers think they’ve cracked the puzzle. Now Xi and co say hydrogen bonds
Read More...Usually open letters are scathing public admonishments of a policy or some other corporate decision. Not this one. Chris Horst wrote Jim Sinegal and Craig Jelinek (CEO and President, respectively) a different kind of open letter. For his entire life, Matthew has been classified and known by his “special needs”. Since the day he began
Read More...The iPhone 5S is the first consumer device that actually brings useful, reliable biometrics to the masses via its ‘fingerprint identity sensor.’ In July of 2012, Apple bought Authentec, and now the fruits of that acquisition are clear. Security biometrics have been used in smatterings of tech products for years, but never consistently or reliably.
Read More...Dropbox is easily one of my absolutely essential apps. I use it every day, and increasingly it’s home to personal information like travel plans, photos and draft blog posts/articles. What used to be a little service I used to store a PDF or two has become a cornerstone of my daily workflow. Like every other
Read More...I’m going to tell you something you’ve probably been hearing a lot lately, but I’m telling you again in case you haven’t been paying attention. Breaking Bad is the best TV show ever put to print, and if you haven’t started it yet, you should. Very few times in life are you truly missing something
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