The most dangerous people on skis, bikes and on foot are those who are trying too hard to prevent accidents. You know when you’re walking on the sidewalk and someone comes up to you looking unsure as to whether to pass you on the left or right? You look at them, start to doubt...
Daily Archives: September 9, 2011
At $125 Million, Zagat Would Be Google’s 10th Biggest Buy Ever (GOOG)
Image: Angermann via Flickr See Also: Microsoft And Twitter Renew Their Search Deal Google-Zagat Is About Content, Local And Travel No Good Can Come From Google’s Acquisition Of Zagat Google paid $125 million to buy restaurant guide company Zagat, says the Wall Street Journal. That’s exactly how much the company said it was worth...
Could this leaked memo be confirmation of the iPhone 5 arrival date?
A leaked memo to Sprint employees suggests that the iPhone 5 will be coming to the carrier on or before Oct. 15, well within the expected launch window of the highly anticipated new phone. While no official announcement has yet been made by Apple, the memo admonishes staff not to schedule any time off...
The best selling iPad app on the App Store was created with Adobe Flash
Adobe’s Flash product has become an easy target over the past several years because of its relatively poor performance on mobile devices, especially when it comes to interactive content. What many people forget is that Flash is also a very good and widely adopted tool used for creating cool things. Most of my favorite...
CHART OF THE DAY: The Internet Has A Short Attention Span
The Internet has a short attention span. According to research by link-shortening service Bit.ly, click rates drop by half after about three hours for links posted on Twitter, Facebook, and regular Web pages (direct). For hot news stories, the dropoff is even faster — within the first five minutes, those links get half the...
Sprint Blacks Out Vacation Days For Employees In October For "Major Phone Launch" (You Know What That Means) (S, AAPL)
Image: BGR See Also: The Top 10 Most Badass Government Technologies Flash Finally Comes To iOS! (Kind Of) WATCH: Michael J. Fox Demonstrates Nike’s Self-Lacing Sneakers On Letterman Sprint is blacking out vacation days for its employees in the first half of October, and this is a sign that we may potentially see the...
New iPhone, iPad and Android Apps for August 2011
Cross-Platform Apps Madden 2012 ($6.99 iOS, $6.99 Android) The popular NFL game is back this year for both Android and the iPad. Sports games may be better suited for console users, but for those that want the Madden experience without forking over the $70 for the console game, the mobile version can get you...
You won’t be able to stop watching this mesmerizing sand art
Usually, sand art brings memories of glass jars filled with swirly multicolored grains. While fun to create, these “masterpieces” aren’t exactly visually stimulating. Which is why after realizing I had zoned out to Natalya Netselya’s incredible Uncharted 3 sand art video on the PlayStation blog, I just knew I had to share it with...
Microsoft promises radical Hotmail refresh
This October 3rd, Microsoft is planning a Hotmail event that will contain the unveiling of a refreshed user interface for the webmail service, alongside a set of new features to allow it to compete more effectively with Gmail. Hotmail remains, and has been for some time, the most popular webmail provider in the world....
SURVIVOR: 9 Threats That Were Supposed To Kill Microsoft Windows But Didn’t (MSFT)
Image: AP See Also: The Management Mistakes Of Carol Bartz 15 Outrageous iPhone Sex Apps That Made It Into The App Store The 15 Cities That Are Desperate For Some Job Growth Windows is dead. Microsoft is going out of business. So goes the common refrain in Silicon Valley. And to be sure, the...