Apple Store in Paris robbed of more than £1 million worth of i-gadgets
So, Apple products are still pretty popular, I guess? The spokesman said that one man had been ‘lightly injured’ in the raid. He was helping police with their enquiries. Christophe Crepin, an Unsa police union official, told Le Parisien newspaper that ‘the four hooded and heavily armed criminals made their move very quickly. Most of [...]
iPhone 5 review: Marveling at the existence of the greatest phone ever made
When the Apple iPhone 5 was released last month, Farhad Manjoo didn’t think it was the best phone ever, or even Apple’s best phone. After owning one for a couple of weeks, he’s changed his mind. Is it the greatest phone ever? Maybe. I’ve had one since the first day it was available, and it’s [...]
Foxconn Shuts Factory After 2,000-Employee Brawl Breaks Out
So, who’s making the iPhone5 while they’re slugging it out? The amazing thing to me is that this one factory employs 79,000 people – how many of them are working one shift? Foxconn has had to close down a factory in Taiyuan, China, which employs 79,000 people after a massive brawl broke out amongst 2,000 [...]
Smuggled iPhone 5 Sells for as Much as $3,700 in Moscow
With enough cash, you can have just about anything. In the days of the Soviet Union a tourist in Moscow could pay for his or her entire trip by selling a suitcase full of smuggled Levi’s jeans. Now, one could make substantially more sneaking a handbag full of the latest Apple products into Russia. In [...]
iPhone 5: If You Didn’t Pre-order, are You Going to Stand in a Line Tomorrow?
My son and I didn’t pre-order the iPhone 5, because there was some indication that we might risk losing our grandfathered unlimited data plans. So, tomorrow morning, we’re planning to arrive at the local Apple Store (or at least the mall that houses it) at 6:00 AM to grab a spot in line. Josh asked [...]
So – I’m Not the Only One Who Gets that Phantom iPhone Buzz…
My son and I have been iPhone users since they first came out. He and I have both commented about the “phantom buzz” that we feel from time to time – even when the iPhone isn’t in our pocket. I carry my phone only in my left pants pocket, and that’s the only place I [...]
The Stuff that Dreams are Made Of: Flying Like a Bird
I remember as a child I used to have a recurring dream about flying (not too high, mind you) around our apartment neighborhood, and surveying everything that was going on from my lofty perch. Men have dreamed about flying under their own power since before Leonardo DaVinci drew plans for an ornithopter. Some people have [...]
Hmmm. Is Apple Considering a Smaller iPad?
Saw this at PCMag.com. Would they be considering this if Steve Jobs was still around? Would you consider buying a smaller iPad? The first rumors surfaced months ago, and now a new report adds fuel to the speculation that Apple is planning to release a new tablet with a significantly smaller screen. With just weeks [...]
Creepy or Cool? Nano-Quadrotors can Fly in Formation Aware of Other Members’ Locations
I think this is really cool. You can see where this kind of location awareness could be used in automobiles to prevent collisions (assuming you take the human out of the loop, ala I Robot). You can also look a little further down the road (depending on where our government heads), and see these things [...]
Stuff I Like: AudioBulb
If you want to play music throughout your house without having to drill holes in your walls, and pulling wires everywhere, AudioBulb might be the solution for you. Simply screw in the light bulbs and you have a wirelessly controlled stereo system that works with your iPhone/iPod. You’ll be able to control up to eight [...]
Okay, Gadget Freaks – You’re Gonna Love Swivl
Check this out – looks like a great gadget that could serve several FaceTime / home video purposes. Plus, it’s just a neat idea. Looks like it’s going to retail for $159. Get more info, and reserve one at Swivl Swivl by Satarii from Satarii on Vimeo.
Kindle Fire: I Love My iPad, But I’m Intrigued By this Thing
I’ve been reading a little about Amazon’s new tablet, the Kindle Fire. It looks like an interesting competitor to the iPad; folks have called a “content consumption” platform, as opposed to content creation, like with the iPad. I have to admit, I probably spend much more time “consuming” than “creating” on my iPad. Here’s some [...]
Stuff I Want: Brewsees Bottle-Opening Glasses
Yeah – that’s multi-purpose at its best. Polarized, 100% UV-protecting sunglasses, with anodized aircraft aluminum bottle openers built into the ends of the frames. $40. Buy them here
Stuff I Like: Phantom V1610 High-Speed Camera
This one comes in the category of Stuff I Like, but probably can’t afford (the website doesn’t list any prices, but gives a link to “ask for a quotation”). This thing will shoot 1280 x 800 resolution movies at 16,000 frames per second. Yeah, you read that right: 16,000 fps. That, apparently, is nothing, though: [...]
Stuff I Want: Opena iPhone 4 Case
This is the iPhone case I’ve been looking for. Looks good, protects my iPhone from fumble-fingered drops to the sidewalk, and it has a slide-out bottle opener. Yeah, that’s what I’m talking about. You can get yours here.
Stuff I Like: Twelve South BookBook iPhone4 Case
I like the looks of this case from Twelve South. It reminds me of the leather case I used to have for my old brick-style Palm Pilot (yeah, back in the days when you carried a PDA and a cell phone, and dreamed of the day they’d be married together). I’m not sure I’d actually [...]
This Guy Paid $900 To Be First In Line For An iPad 2
Hazem Sayed, an app developer, paid a 20 year-old college student $900 to hold the first spot in line at Apple’s 5th Ave. Manhattan store for 41 hours, Fortune’s Philip Elmer-DeWitt reports. Sayed paid up because he is hoping to get some press coverage for his iPhone app AskLocal and his company Zami. via This [...]
Stuff I Want: WALdok iPhone Speaker/Charger
From Kickstarter via Cool Material The WALdok is a small form-factor speaker/charger dock for the iPhone 3G/3GS/4 and iPod nano/classic/touch that plugs DIRECTLY into any standard wall outlet. The WALdok allows you to plug-n-play and plug-n-charge in the bathroom, kitchen, office, or anywhere there is a wall outlet. It takes complete advantage of modularity. Go from [...]
And in 2013, Watson Became Self-Aware…
Well, maybe it’s not an immediate portent of SkyNet and the arrival of the Terminators, but it’s a pretty significant event in the development of computers and Artificial Intelligence. Jeopardy had a contest between its two greatest champions and Watson, a natural-language processing computer system built by IBM. In a two-game contest, played over three [...]
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