Microsoft, in regards to Apple, is kind of like an annoying little brother. It’s always copying what Apple does in an attempt to be cool, but it always ends up falling short. The most recent example of shameless Microsoft copying is of course Redmond’s foray into the world of retail. Now, it’s not as if […]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 29, 2009
Comments Off on Driving a car remotely using an iPhone – there’s an app for THAT?!
And you thought starting your car with your iPhone was impressive? You ain’t seen nothing yet. Students and researchers in the Artificial Intelligence Group at the Freie University of Berlin are pushing “there’s an app for that” to new extremes. In the video below, students hooked up a Dodge Caravan with two omnidirectional video cameras, […]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Windows 7 has gotten a lot of favorable reviews thus far, but when a Japanese TV show tried to demo the new multi-touch capabilities of Microsoft’s new OS, well, let’s just say it resulted in a big fat FAIL.
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Round 1: About a week ago, Verizon launched a commercial pointing out all the features that the iPhone doesn’t have but that the upcoming Motorola Droid will have, such as a 5 megapixel camera and “widgets”, whatever that means. And adding insult to injury, if you want to call it that, Verizon laced their commercial […]
Continue reading...Friday, October 23, 2009
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Check out this hilarious spoof of those atrocious Windows Launch Party videos.
Continue reading...Friday, October 23, 2009
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9to5Mac nails it when they call the Microsoft Store some sort of Bizarro Apple Store, straight out of Seinfeld. Seriously, this takes the “Microsoft copies Apple” idea to new heights.
Continue reading...Thursday, October 22, 2009
Well that sure didn’t take long. Apple tonight debuted three new “Get a Mac” ads which directly take on Windows 7, which hit store shelves earlier today. The first ad is titled “Broken Promises”, and features the PC promising the Mac that Windows 7 won’t have any of the problems that Vista had. Justin Long, […]
Continue reading...Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Apple designer Jonathan Ive, Apple’s Senior VP of Mac Hardware Bob Mansfield, and Mac product manager Scott Brodrick wax poetic on the new mouse and iMacs Apple launched today. It’s well worth checking out.
Continue reading...Sunday, October 18, 2009
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The Windows 7 launch party video that made the rounds a couple of weeks ago was cringe inducing, though the ensuing bleeped out parody clip from Cabel Sasser was downright hilarious. In that vein, we checked out some of the other videos from the Windows 7 launch party team and did a little remix of […]
Continue reading...Sunday, October 18, 2009
On November 8th, Fox will air a Windows 7 themed/sponsored episode of Family Guy. Now what does such an episode entail? Well, if the clip below is any indication, it means a pathetic attempt at getting a younger viewing audience familiar with some of the features in Windows 7. As Adam Sandler used to say […]
Continue reading...Friday, October 16, 2009
Comments Off on Live demo of how Expose on the iPhone might work [Video]
Check out this video demo of how Apple might implement Expose on the iPhone, should they ever choose to go down that route. It all looks pretty slick, but it might be a solution a problem that most people don’t think they have.
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 14, 2009
There have been some discussions lately on how to improve navigating through the iPhone when you have pages upon pages of applications. I’m of the mind that sifting through apps on the iPhone is pretty simple and straightforward as is, but that doesn’t mean I’m not willing to check out new ideas. And on that […]
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Friday, October 30, 2009
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