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Microsoft Surface Email Fail

Posted on October 16, 2012 by | Comments Off

So Microsoft sends me an email that I can preorder the Surface

You asked us to keep you informed of the latest developments with Surface. We’re
thrilled to announce that Surface is available for pre-order today
starting at 9am Pacific Time on Surface.com. Get your order in today!
Want to stay completely up-to-date on the latest
Surface news? Like Surface on Facebook or follow
us at Twitter.

See More. Share more. Do more. With Surface.

But the link they included does not work. It’s not that the page is down it’s just that they sent out a wrong URL.

We are sorry, the page you requested cannot be found.
The URL may be misspelled or the page you’re looking for is no longer available.

http://www.microsoft.com/surface/en-US/

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Apple Event September 12th, 2012 – What To Expect

Posted on September 12, 2012 by | Comments Off

I predict we will see an entire new lineup of iPods, new iPhone and some other stuff. Here is my list:

  • iPod Classic might get the boot.
  • New iTunes with subscription (playing catchup with Pandora,  Spotify, Amazon & Netflix)
  • Apple TV Software Update (fix this s***)
  • New Headphones (who really cares though)
  • iPhone 5 (taller screen?)

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Nokia Caught Red Handed Faking New Windows Phone Camera Footage

Posted on September 6, 2012 by | Comments Off

I bet this actually happens a lot, and not just in phones or tech. It’s a general marketing scam that so rarely gets caught. Sucks to be Nokia.

Nokia has apologized after it emerged that an advert featuring video footage which appeared to have been filmed with its new flagship smartphone had in fact been created using different equipment.

The Verge tech site revealed the issue after it noticed a window reflection revealed a cameraman holding what appeared to be an SLR camera.

Read about it here.

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Lumia 920 phone reviews

Posted on September 5, 2012 by | Comments Off

Description of the new Nokia Windows phone:

The Lumia 920 features a Snapdragon S4 processor, a 4.5in (11.4cm) curved screen, and can be used while wearing gloves.

- BBC News

Three things I don’t really care about. Also, I really hope iphone 5 is not bigger or as big as these other phones.

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The Verge by Microsoft

Posted on September 5, 2012 by | Comments Off

How much money does Microsoft pay this chump to pretend he’s using a tablet and not just a PC without a mouse and keyboard? Seriously though, how much?

Watch it here.

Thank you Ross Miller for the wonderful useless demo.

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New Apple Ads Suck So Bad I’m Switching To PC

Posted on July 30, 2012 by | Comments Off

See for yourself.

They’re just so….uncool…Fuck.

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Samsung Galaxy Tablet Officially Uncool

Posted on July 9, 2012 by | Comments Off

The Judge said it best.

The Galaxy tablet doesn’t infringe Apple’s registered design, Judge Colin Birss said in a ruling today in London. He said that consumers weren’t likely to get the two tablet computers mixed up.

The Galaxy tablets “do not have the same understated and extreme simplicity which is possessed by the Apple design,” Birss said. “They are not as cool.”

- Bloomberg

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Microsoft integrates Bing with Facebook

Posted on June 26, 2012 by | Comments Off

Microsoft integrates Bing with Facebook to provide some new social search features. They now have a major feature that Google simply won’t follow. Yes Google has Google+ integrated, but Google+ isn’t nearly as popular as Facebook. We will have to wait and see how this plays out. Microsoft is betting that people do want to simultaneously search the web and ask their friends for answers to certain questions. They might be right.

Check it out.

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iOS 6 Beta 2 is now available for download

Posted on June 26, 2012 by | Comments Off

iOS 6 beta 2 and Xcode 4.5 Developer Preview 2 are now available on the iOS Dev Center. Download these new releases today and start developing your apps to take advantage of Maps, Facebook integration, Passbook, Reminders, new features for In-App Purchase and Game Center, new camera APIs, and so much more.

Get it here.

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Microsoft Surface Crashes During Demo

Posted on June 21, 2012 by | Comments Off

John Gruber via Daring Fireball:

Watching the Microsoft Surface event video, I sensed uneasiness. Not panic, but discomfort. Some will argue that I’m simply spoiled by Apple’s on-stage polish, but Monday’s Microsoft event struck me as rushed and severely under-rehearsed. Ballmer offered nothing but blustering bromides, and nothing even vaguely resembling a coherent answer to the big question: Why? Steven Sinofsky was nervous and hurried. It didn’t help that his first Surface RT unit crashed before he’d done anything other than wake it up. There was a moment where he said Surface was perfect for sitting down, relaxing in a chair, and watching a movie. He sat in that chair for about three seconds before rushing into the next segment.

Initially I didn’t notice that the Surface had actually crashed, because I was only listening to the keynote.

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Microsoft Surface Awkward Announcement Event

Posted on June 20, 2012 by | Comments Off

Microsoft’s event is more like poetry reading and less like talking to your audience. Each sentence sounds more and more scripted, and you can really notice when they trip on their own words.

“Surface works great. Surface works for you. Surface doesn’t compromise. Surface is beautiful. Surface needs great wifi, surface is great for entertainment.”

My advice is don’t try to learn every sentence exactly how it’s written, hardware engineers aren’t actors, and they can’t convince us they mean what they’re saying. Let them be natural, even if it’s not perfect.

You can watch the whole awkward presentation after Steve Ballmer hands of the mic around 10:25 mark. The word “surface” is also mentioned over a 100 times.

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Microsoft Unveils [kinda] an iPad Killer [not really] called Surface [yeah]

Posted on June 19, 2012 by | Comments Off

Microsoft didn’t give specifics, but the company said the Windows RT version will be available sometime this fall in 32- and 64-gigabyte versions and will be priced “comparably” to other tablets on the market. Apple’s most basic version of the iPad retails for $499.

The full Windows 8 version will be available three months later in 64- and 128-GB versions. Microsoft plans to set its price point in the same zone as ultrabooks, which typically run around $1,000.

- CNN Money

Why not wait until you can announce a shipping date? Haven’t they learned anything from the past?

You can see the surface here.

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List of Products Apple is Killing

Posted on June 13, 2012 by | Comments Off

We all know Apple killed the floppy drive. It should be a known fact by now. Steve Jobs thought it was archaic and didn’t belong in his brand new line of iMacs. He got a ton of crap for it from everyone in the industry, but in retrospect, looks like a hero.

Here are some of the technologies Apple is trying to kill, and will most likely succeed in the very near future:

1. Adobe Flash Player

Apple has decided that flash player is not suited for iOS which happened to be a good call. Apple’s “Back to the Mac”  events are starting to look bad for Adobe. They have recently started shipping Macs without Adobe Flash Player pre-installed. Furthermore, Apple has announced that Out-of-date versions of Adobe Flash Player will be disabled to help keep your Mac secure. All of these actions are slowly freeing Safari of the Adobe Flash Plug-in. It’s important to note that Google’s YouTube is now playing videos using HTML5.

2. Java

Apple’s new security software update disables Java Applets.

This update also configures the Java web plug-in to disable the automatic execution of Java applets. Users may re-enable automatic execution of Java applets using the Java Preferences application. If the Java web plug-in detects that no applets have been run for an extended period of time it will again disable Java applets.

Add that to the fact that Apple is no longer supporting Java on Mac OS X.

3. CD-ROM

Apple ships more products without CD/DVD drives than with. The new MacBook Air, MacBook Pro with retina display and the Mac mini all come without the ability to read CDs or DVDs. Add that to the list of all the iOS devices which have never had this ability and you’ve covered most of apple products.

Apple wants the App Store and iTunes to be the only shop for all software and digital media content for their customers. There is nothing really stopping them from completely abandoning CD-Rom technology, and I predict Apple will stop shipping CD drives with all of their portable computers next year.

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Siri does standup comedy at WWDC 2012

Posted on June 12, 2012 by | Comments Off

Pretty clever intro to the wwdc keynote. Siri does a little standup.

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Steve Jobs Will Be Forgotten?

Posted on June 8, 2012 by | Comments Off

Malcom Gladwell thinks Steve Jobs will be forgotten while Bill Gates will be be remembered.

In a recent talk at the Toronto Public Library’s Appel Salon, Gladwell said that Jobs, the late Apple co-founder, will likely be forgotten for his contributions to the technology industry. The author suggests that entrepreneurs, like Jobs, aren’t worth being idolized.

Gladwell does, however, think that Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates will be remembered, but for his philanthropy not entrepreneurship.

“Gates is the most ruthless capitalist, and then he wakes up one morning and he says, ‘enough.’ And he steps down, he takes his money, he takes it off the table,” said Gladwell. “I firmly believe that 50 years from now, [Gates] will be remembered for his charitable work, no one will even remember what Microsoft is.”

I agree that Bill Gates will be remembered in parts of the world where Steve Jobs won’t even be mentioned or recognized in 50 years from now. But I also believe the two men will be remembered for different things 50 years from now. Steve Jobs was famous in a way that Bill Gates never will be.

His charisma made him as interesting to the general public as rock stars or movie stars are . He was very outspoken and could be controversial at times while always maintaining a mysterious persona.

Bill Gates will be remembered for his charity, but there’s just not enough drama there to make a movie Ashton Kutcher could star in.

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Apple is not making a standalone camera

Posted on June 1, 2012 by | Comments Off

As much as iPhones (and iPads) have improved in camera technology over the past two years, Apple’s goal is to keep slimming them down, which limits the light-gathering and zoom capabilities of camera sensors and lenses – image quality compromises. A standalone digital camera could accommodate a bigger sensor and integrated zoom lens, which Apple would select as a “satisfies most needs” option rather than offering detachable lenses. Lytro’s minimalist body for the Light Field Camera shows how simple it could get, but Apple would want a much larger screen.

- iLounge

I don’t buy this for a second. Sounds like a bunch of BS from iLounge to try to sell more iPad buyer guides.  Apple will not ship any  iphone without a camera. Not for a long time at least. And I don’t believe Apple would want to start selling standalone Cameras either. Its a dying business.

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Steve Jobs All things D videos are free on itunes

Posted on June 1, 2012 by | Comments Off

As a memorial to a great man, and, in the spirit of sharing a priceless piece of history, we are making all six of these appearances available free, in high quality. We thank Apple for its cooperation in making these videos available for all.

- All Things Digital

Watch it here.

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Non Sticky Ketchup Bottles

Posted on May 24, 2012 by | Comments Off

Finally.

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Apple is paying for more celebrity ads

Posted on May 24, 2012 by | Comments Off

The latest one includes John Malkovich.

Malkovich: Life.

Siri: Try and be nice to people. Avoid eating fat. Read a good book every now and then. Get some walking in. And try to live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations.

Malkovich: That’s pretty spectacular advice, actually. Thank you. I enjoyed this chat immensely. You are very eloquent.

Siri: That’s nice of you to say.

Watch it here. Apple has always been known to use celebrities in their ads and it has worked well for them. My favorite is this drunk Jeff Goldblum ad.

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Stiffer roads are better for car performance and the environment

Posted on May 23, 2012 by | Comments Off

A new study by civil engineers at MIT shows that using stiffer pavements on the nation’s roads could reduce vehicle fuel consumption by as much as 3 percent — a savings that could add up to 273 million barrels of crude oil per year, or $15.6 billion at today’s oil prices. This would result in an accompanying annual decrease in CO2 emissions of 46.5 million metric tons.

- MIT News

3% might not sound that much but when you put it in the dollar amount I think it should spark a good debate.

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