Monthly Archives: September 2011
Have you gotten a little confused with the timeline of all of the iPhone 5 rumors? You’re not the only one. The folks over at All Area Codes put together this walking history of all of the iPhone rumors since October of 2010. Do you remember all of these? We’ve got a few days left, I’m sure people will be able to squeak out a fe... Read More>>
My Macbook is dying. Yesterday, the “M” stopped working. My wife took it to the local Apple Store — it’s only about a half mile away, as an Apple Store always seems to be — and they determined that the keyboard needed to be replaced. It’s already on order. Then today, it stopped taking a charge. I took it b... Read More>>
Sometimes it’s the simple things in life that grab your attention and give you a smile. Facebook has always been my crutch for remembering the birthdays of my friends and family. On the right hand side of your news feed, you get the list of that days birthdays. You click on their name, go to their wall, and you say….Happy Birthday... Read More>>
Not the most exciting of announcements from today — not by a long shot — but Amazon’s $79 Kindle “classic” ($109 without special offers) is certainly a radical departure from its ancestry. Thin, light, great viewing angles. The keyboard is a pop-up screen that requires you to thumb through with the d-pad — not ... Read More>>
First there was Maemo and Moblin, combined to form MeeGo under the stewardship of Nokia and Intel. The OS has been floundering after the defection of Nokia to Windows Phone, with plenty of rumors suggesting Intel’s been looking for a buyer. Now we know its future: yet another new open source project called Tizenwith the goal of devel... Read More>>
For me who likes open numerous tabs, very much looking forward to the Firefox7 upgrade. In today released Firefox7 version, Mozilla said memory usage will be reduced by 20% to 50%, speed of browser response and the crashes will be significantly improved. Firefox7 “heavy” users will find the new browser is particularly effec... Read More>>
Q&A site Quora has just unveiled a revamp of its commenting system, the most notable change being the implementation of a threaded commenting feature for the discussions under a question and its subsequent answers. The new threaded comments allow users to reply to specific comments in an answer thread, intuitively by entering text... Read More>>
In a recent international study by Experian Hitwise, the leading online competitive intelligence service with the world’s largest sample of internet users, the home Internet usage of various individuals from eight different countries accessing Facebook during August 2011 has been revealed. Brazil, Singapore, US, India, New Zealand, ... Read More>>
Samsung has just announced the Omnia W, a successor to its handsome Omnia 7 handset from November of last year. Like its predecessor, the W features a Super AMOLED display, however it shrinks it from 4 inches to 3.7, perhaps as a reaction to the popularity of the marginally smaller form factor. The upgrades come in the form of Windows... Read More>>
For those out of the loop, Facebook just introduced the Timeline at its recent F8 Conference. Besides the obvious changes in aesthetics thanks to the Sofa acquisition, Timeline alters everything from the purpose of the Facebook profile, to the way Facebook is pushing users to rethink their own privacy. TechCrunch recently published a... Read More>>
