Archive | March, 2011
Apple Store in Grand Central Station ain’t gonna happen
Back in February, word spread that Apple was exploring putting up a new Apple Store inside the historic Grand Central Terminal, otherwise known as Grand Central Station in NYC. But getting an Apple retail store inside a city landmark is no small feat, and requires an inordinate number of applications and a long drawn-out approval […]
Continue reading...Super Mario as a first person shooter [Video]
19. March 2011
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Freddie Wong operates the extremely popular YouTube channel freddiew and has amassed over 1 million subscribers in just one year, making it the 18th most subscribed YouTube channel of all time. How, you ask? Well, with original and expertly produced videos like this – Super Mario as a first person shooter. Amazing. In case you’re wondering, […]
Continue reading...Kevin Rose leaves Digg to focus on new startup
19. March 2011
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Digg founder and all around Web 2.0 icon Kevin Rose is saying goodbye to the popular social media site he founded back in December 2004 and will now divert his efforts to a new startup he’s working on. Word has it that this new company is already closing on a $1 million financing round and […]
Continue reading...The opportunity cost of the New York Times’ Pay Wall
19. March 2011
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There’s been a lot of debate surrounding the New York Times’ recent announcement of a pay wall. The merits and complexities of the Times’ subscription options aside, former Times employee and design director Khol Vinh argues the opportunity cost incurred to develop the pay model will not be worth the payoff. Explaining that it took […]
Continue reading...Super Mario’s strategy for getting some
18. March 2011
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Stuck in the friend zone, Super Mario has a fool proof plan to bypass a relationship and get some no-strings attached action instead. We don’t know if Sir Mario is a fan of Hypnotiq, Sky Vodka, or perhaps, both, but we’ve played Mario bros. enough to know that Alcohol should take him where he needs […]
Continue reading...Algoriddim’s amazing Djay app now available for the iPhone and iPod Touch
18. March 2011
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Algoriddim’s award winning Djayapp is an amazing iPad app that’s now coming to the iPhone and iPod Touch. The app lets users make use of their full iPod library while giving them the tools to scratch, tempo match, loop, and record like a pro. The iPhone version of the app costs $9.99 and can be […]
Continue reading...Study claims browsing on Android is 52% faster than on the iPhone 4 – but study is flawed
18. March 2011
Apple and Android nerds were abuzz yesterday over a report by Blaze, a Canadian software company which claimed that Google’s Nexus S was able to load webpages over an average wi-fi network 52% faster than the iPhone 4. Testing encapsulated more than 45,000 page loads from 1,000 websites with the average load time on the […]
Continue reading...Microphone on the Wi-Fi iPad 2 a little better than on the iPad 2 3G – Report
18. March 2011
iLounge is reporting that they’ve discovered noticeable acoustic differences in the sound quality of recordings done with the Wi-Fi enabled iPad 2 and the iPad 2 3G. Specifically, they observed that sound recorded on the Wi-Fi iPad is of a higher quality than sounds recorded on the 3G iPad. The difference in audio quality can presumably […]
Continue reading...By country, Switzerland has the highest Mac OS X market share in the world
18. March 2011
As if we need more proof that the Swiss have an exquisite taste for good design, the Pingdom blog measured visitor data across a sample size of three million websites and found that Switzerland has the highest percentage of Mac users than any other with a 17.61% share. Luxembourg comes in second with a 15.79% […]
Continue reading...New York Times start charging access fees for iPhone and iPad users
18. March 2011
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The New York Times announced earlier today plans to move to a paywall model for its online content while also mentioning that it’s on-board with Apple’s controversial in-app store purchasing guidelines which require that the NYT give Apple a 30% cut of all revenue generated from subscribers that sign up via the iOS app. As […]
Continue reading...Satellite photos of Japan: Before and After
18. March 2011
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Sad and gripping depiction of the tragedy in Japan using satellite photos courtesy of the New York Times. Note that the photos are interactive via the slider mechanism in the middle of each photo.
Continue reading...New report claims iPhone 5 will come with NFC technology
17. March 2011
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With the dust still settling from the iPad 2 launch, the rumors circulating around the upcoming iPhone 5 remain scarce. While it was largely assumed that the next-gen iPhone would come equipped with NFC technology for electronic payments and such, it was reported earlier this week that Apple was holding off on implementing the technology […]
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19. March 2011
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