Why iPhone TV Apps Are Doomed to Mediocrity
September 30, 2009
Written by John Herrman
Cable giants like Comcast and Time Warner Cable pay big bucks to distribute channels like CNN in your area — perhaps $7 or $8 per subscriber, per year — and have no interest watching their monopoly evaporate thanks to the Web, the iPhone App Store, or any other distribution vehicle they don…
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iPhone App ‘Scarab’ Reinvents the Literary Journal
September 30, 2009
Written by Brian X. Chen
We had some hands-on time with the app, and we absolutely love the clean interface and the idea as a whole. Once you tap a literary piece, the app immediately downloads the audio recording, and soon enough you can hit play to hear the author’s reading. Each “issue” contains a collection of lit…
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Pic of The Day: Adobe’s Misspelled Installer
September 30, 2009
When the installer contains two spelling mistakes, it’s a sign you’re installing quality software.
From Adobe UI Gripes, a site that describes itself as: “Me moaning about shoddy UI inconsistencies and mistakes in Adobe products and how they get shittier with every release.”
Steve Jobs Portrayed As Big Brother In 1984 Remix Ad
September 30, 2009
Twenty five years after Apple aired its famous 1984 commercial, it’s Steve Jobs that is being portrayed as Big Brother.
In a remake of Apple’s famous 1984 ad, which famously portrayed IBM as a force of oppression, startup doubleTwist has Apple pegged as the oppressor.
The web ad — clearly designed to go viral — shows armies [...]
What Microsoft’s Courier Tablet Might Look Like In Real Life
September 30, 2009
Microsoft’s Courier tablet isn’t just a concept.
The company’s Research Lab built a remarkably similar device in 2008 called Codex. And in the real world, the Microsoft tablet is not quite as slick as the demos make it look.
ZDNet’s Mary-Jo Foley is reporting that Courier is more than a concept: it’s an “incubation project” slated for [...]
Craig Smith Interview: How Frotz Brings Interactive Fiction to iPhone and iPod touch
September 30, 2009
When people talk about classic gaming, they usually rattle on about really simple, playable games that are challenging but that a five-year-old could conceivably master. Such people were clearly traumatised by text adventures (now referred to using the rather loftier term ‘interactive fiction’) and have therefore removed them from memory.
These games were primarily text-based, with [...]
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September 30, 2009
Written by LifesABath (Tofu8500)
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Queen Debuts Album On Logitech’s Squeezebox Radio
September 30, 2009
Classic rockers Queen Tuesday helped boost the profile of Logitech’s Squeezebox Radio. To promote the $200 Squeezebox, the group’s “Queen Absolute Greatest” album, device owners will get exclusive access to songs, lyrics and photographs prior to the November release.
Introduced in September, the Squeezebox Radio streams music via Wi-Fi. Napster, iTunes and Sirius selections are supported.
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Fitbit: Wireless Motion-Detector Tracks Your Health Patterns
September 30, 2009
What do you get when you mix the old-style pedometer with the Wii and our modern obsession with health? The answer: the fitbit, a tiny wearable motion-detector providing you with a window into just how healthy (or not) are your days and nights. The $99 wireless gadget begins shipping today a year after its unveiling.
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Patch: iTunes 9 update fixes podcast syncing, app sorting, and more
September 30, 2009
Written by David Martin
Last week, Apple released iTunes 9.0.1, which addresses a number of iPhone syncing issues and some new ones.
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