You may have already seen this, but this chart from OpenSignalMaps is worth revisiting, especially now that Google, arguably for the first time, seems to be taking the issue of fragmentation seriously. BGR described the chart below two months ago: Using data from 681,900 devices that downloaded the firm’s software over the past six months, […]
Continue reading...Friday, April 13, 2012
Comments Off on Why women should always give men the benefit of the doubt [Photo]
Some Friday humor for ya’ll, and a lesson for all you ladies. If you see your man’s eye’s straying, don’t be so quick to judge. The streets are always full of surprises!
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Comments Off on Hilarious casting suggestions for upcoming Steve Jobs biopic [Photos]
With Ashton Kutcher all set to play Apple co-founder and icon Steve Jobs in an indie biopic, the clever folks over at Funny or Die thought it’d be funny to come up with some other casting ideas. Hugh Jackman as Woz? Sure, we’ll buy that. But then the listing takes an absurd turn into the […]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Comments Off on About those sexy Android names [Photo]
Seems like some Android manufacturers have been spending some extra time in certain aisles in CVS. So which is it, does your Android smartphone have something in common with a Condom? via The Intercom Blog
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Comments Off on iPhone 5 concept photos
CiccareseDesign a few weeks ago put together some interesting iPhone 5 mockups. They look pretty sleek, admittedly, but at the risk of being a total and complete buzzkill, it’s essentially just an iPhone UI melded with Apple’s Magic Mouse design. It also borrows heavily from the rumored iPhone 5 teardrop design that many expected to see […]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 15, 2012
Jesus Diaz put up a fascinating comparison of the 512×512 icons Apple currently uses on the Mac and iOS devices and the 16×16 icons Apple used on the original Mac. Absolutely incredible. Here are some more staggering numbers: 28 years ago, a monochrome icon on the Mac was 16 x 16 pixels. It only took […]
Continue reading...Friday, February 24, 2012
Comments Off on Ingenious way to encourage tipping
Some light Apple news today so we thought we’d send along what’s clearly the most ingenious way to encourage tips we’ve ever seen. Leaving a buck or two at a coffee shop? Yeah, that’s okay. But if you really want the tip money to roll in, you gotta give your customers a voice! To that […]
Continue reading...Friday, February 17, 2012
Comments Off on Alleged iOS 5.1 screenshot reveals camera icon on lock screen
The following photo purports to be of a screenshot of the homescreen in the pre-release version of iOS 5.1. Note how there’s a camera icon already present next to the slider. In the current incarnation, the camera icon appears on the lock screen when the home button is clicked twice. This scheme would make it […]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Comments Off on Apple marketing already brainwashing our children [Photo]
Well this certainly proves useful to all the folks out there who like equating Apple to a cult. The following photo reportedly comes a French kindergarten class in Vancouver. The teacher had asked the students to come up with various words that start with the letter ‘i’. And lo and behold, Apple’s diabolical plan to […]
Continue reading...Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Comments Off on Motorola’s MotoACTV looks a lot like the iPod Nano
Motorola on Tuesday announced the MotoACTV, a new “smart watch” powered by Android and aimed at serious exercisers. The watch plays music, tells time (of course) and can wirelessly upload a user’s fitness data to the web as it can track the distance, speed, and pace of runners. There are also optional headsets with built-in heart rate […]
Continue reading...Monday, October 17, 2011
Comments Off on Stuff Siri says takes on a life of its own
It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that the funny responses spewed out by Siri are already taking on a life of their own. We highlighted a few of these already such as Siri’s response to a marriage proposal and Siri’s response to a user’s request for marijuana. Now that the iPhone 4S has […]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 13, 2011
Comments Off on From finding an escort to buying some weed, Siri’s got your back
This is my Next has an amusing list – soon to be an anthology I’m sure – of all the quirky things Siri says. It turns out that Siri is like that best friend you’re a little bit embarrassed to bring around your other groups of friends. Sure, it can help tell you what the […]
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Friday, July 6, 2012
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