Sharon Vaknin over at CNet posted a brilliant tip quite a while back that I thought would be good to bring back from the archives. In a recent conversation I heard a friend complaining that Siri couldn’t post to Twitter. I assured him that she could, but he didn’t believe me. When I reminded him [...]
Death of SMS – Is Facebook Messenger the Murderer? (via @jkhowland)
The New York Times Bits blog recently posted an article regarding the results of a telecommunications consulting firm report. A research note last Friday reported that “based on measured minutes of use, smartphone users were spending more time on Facebook and thus probably sending more messages with it’s service than they are text messages.” Real [...]
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$909 Gold-plated cornucopia horn wins “most excessive iPhone speaker” award
If you’ve ever tried to listen to music using your iPhone’s speaker, you know the sound quality isn’t great, and “loud” is not an adjective that most people would ever use to describe the sound coming out of the device. There are countless products on the market to give you better sound from the music [...]
The unseen benefits of tablet computing (by @brettbristow22)
As we advance from desktop computing, to laptops, smartphones, and now to tablets, we have changed the way in which we use these devices because of form factor as well as availability of their software. In this Post-PC era many are still on the fence about tablet computers and if they really are going to be [...]
Flixel: Create Your Own Cinemagraphs
Just like in the Harry Potter movies, you too can create moving pictures with the simple app called Flixel. Flixel was launched in March of 2011 and has since been creating “living pictures” for all the world to see. The idea is very simple: users take a short (usually around 2 second) video of a [...]
Ikea Uppleva HD TV system. More tantalizing details
The upcoming Uppleva HDTV system is one of the coolest things I’ve seen on its way. The commercial was awesome in case you missed it: That little video made some waves. They announced a self branded full home theater system with a price starting under $1000. More information The Uppleva system, as it’s called in [...]
Google wants Chrome on every device – Especially iOS
I use Chrome about half the time. I use it for it’s built in Flash, because it seems like sometimes YouTube doesn’t want to play video with HTML 5 for me. Many would argue that Google Chrome is the best browser you can install on a Mac or a PC. According to an analyst, it’s [...]
Google Animations – Gmail is green, and secure. (via @jkhowland)
Google has shared information of what happens when your email is sent. Google is trying to accomplish a few things with this video. Energy Conservation: The title of the video gives its message away. ‘Story of Send on Google Green’ is about how Google’s server infastructure is built to use the most efficient amount of [...]
Location-based text message emergency alerts coming soon to your cell phone (by @TySpace)
A new joint effort between wireless carriers in the United States and the federal government will put critical information in the hands of people during times of emergencies, and it could be a really great thing. According to Phonescoop.com, later this month the government will launch a new service called Wireless Emergency Alerts. With the [...]
Siri said the Lumia is the best, until Apple fixed it (via @jkhowland)
Siri has spoken, and then respoken So for a while there, Siri was informing iPhone owning askers that the Lumia was the “best smartphone ever”. User Reviews The “ever” is a very important addition to the question. Siri was already programmed to make cute little remarks when asked about the “best smartphone”. But when the [...]
- How to post to Facebook and Twitter with Siri
- Death of SMS – Is Facebook Messenger the Murderer? (via @jkhowland)
- $909 Gold-plated cornucopia horn wins “most excessive iPhone speaker” award
- The unseen benefits of tablet computing (by @brettbristow22)
- Flixel: Create Your Own Cinemagraphs
- Ikea Uppleva HD TV system. More tantalizing details
- Google wants Chrome on every device – Especially iOS
- Google Animations – Gmail is green, and secure. (via @jkhowland)
- Location-based text message emergency alerts coming soon to your cell phone (by @TySpace)
- Siri said the Lumia is the best, until Apple fixed it (via @jkhowland)
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