Category Archives: News

Link: Amazon to Hold Presser on 9/6 →

A day AFTER the Microsoft announcement for Windows Phone 8. Probably two different agendas, but interesting that both companies are attempting to preempt any Apple announcement.

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Link: Kinect 2 Sensors Show Great Improvement →

This would make the Kinect a great solution for applications beyond just gaming — like physical therapy or fitness exercises. The amount of depth is pretty amazing.

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Link: Starbucks to Accept Payments with Square →

Love the URL for the letter — signifies the forward movement this startup company has with the partnership.

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Link: The Daily Lays Off 50 Staffers →

The Daily is a good idea in principle — as tablet marketshare goes up, so will news media on tablets. The issue is the experience continues to be subpar compared to free alternatives. Slow loading times, laggy page turns, and … Continue reading

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Link: Outlook.com →

It’s Hotmail with a pretty impressive Metro skin on top. This is the beginning of a bigger transition to match Apple’s iCloud offering by making a completely web based solution. So far the start is impressive and hopefully more development … Continue reading

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Link: Mountain Lion Downloads Top Three Million →

Phil Schiller: Just a year after the incredibly successful introduction of Lion, customers have downloaded Mountain Lion over three million times in just four days, making it our most successful release ever. And by incredibly successful, he means 1 million … Continue reading

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Link: Google Didn’t Delete Wi-Fi Data After All →

And I’m not surprised.

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Link: Apple Removes Reference to Safari for Windows →

The Safari experience is probably crippled on Windows due to a lack of the Core features in Mac OS.

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Link: Pebble Watch Delayed →

From the team on Kickstarter: In terms of our schedule, we’re sticking pretty closely to an aggressive timetable we put together at the end of May (remember our first timetable was created before we launched on Kickstarter, when we were … Continue reading

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Link: John Siracusa’s OS 10.8 Review →

It’s always a pleasure to read his reviews, and that’s largely due to his intense attention to detail. Here are some highlights of things that I found to be “additional” of what most already know about the OS: Coverage of … Continue reading

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Link: Nokia posts $1 billion operating loss for Q2 2012, net cash up $125 million →

Aaron Souppouris summarizes Nokia’s Q2 report on the Verge. Nokia remarks that Q3 won’t be much better, either. Yikes.

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Link: Google’s Marissa Mayer Becomes Yahoo’s Chief →

Marissa has a huge challenge, but she has a lot of experience too. She has been at the helm of many key projects, including News and the unified search bar (she has patents for both). I was most intrigued that … Continue reading

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Weekly Download #38: Google I/O, Podcasts.app, Mansfield

Tarun and Chris discuss the announcements of Google I/O, including the Nexus tablet and the exciting Glass product. We also touch on the Podcasts app from Apple and say good bye to Bob Mansfield. Thanks for tuning in! Podcast: Play … Continue reading

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Link: Everything from I/O… Almost →

Google has covered most of the highlights here. The Nexus 7 is more of a competitor to the Kindle Fire, than the iPad. Google will continue to push their tablet offerings against the iPad, but it is clear that entertainment … Continue reading

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Link: Retina Macbook Pro Orders Are Lagging →

The first time in a long time that people get delayed orders. Apple’s high quality standard is likely effecting display creation, which probably doesn’t have the best yield right now.

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Link: The Obese 3DS →

Kyle’s Orland’s paragraph here pretty much sums up the bet: Nintendo is counting on rapidly increasing 3DS sales to turn around historic losses for the last fiscal year, but the market for larger Nintendo portables isn’t exactly proven. While the … Continue reading

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Weekly Download #37: WWDC, Microsoft Surface, Windows Phone 8

Tarun and Chris return from a two month hiatus and get right back to business. This episode recaps three tech main news events from the past three weeks: WWDC 2012 (Apple’s annual conference); Microsoft Surface (Microsoft’s entry into the tablet … Continue reading

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Link: Our Users Are Dumb →

The Windows 8 announcement has jipped some current Nokia handset owners, including myself. I understand why — my device doesn’t support most of the capabilities the new software includes (NFC support, shared core). No beef with that, and I’m happy … Continue reading

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Link: Skype for Windows introduces ads during one-on-one audio calls →

As if Skype weren’t bad enough… this is just despicable. I can think of a few better ways to make money: Introduce a Skype enabled API. Create a Skype phone (similar happening next week). Charge for conference calling.

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Link: Verizon Clarifies →

Great headline. Brian X. Chen for NY Times: Customers with unlimited plans will get to keep their unlimited plans. But when shared data plans become available, the unlimited option will no longer be available to customers when they buy a … Continue reading

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Link: Yahoo! Pushes Thompson Out the Door →

Kara Swisher points out a few other key mistakes Thompson has made during his tenure, but a false résumé shouldn’t have been the thing that pushes the company over the edge. In any case, it is a welcome sight to … Continue reading

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Link: New Maps in iOS 6 →

9 to 5 Mac with the scoop. This is one area that Apple has been dependent on a third-party for, and using in-house software/development will seal the deal in terms of having complete control over the OS. I don’t really … Continue reading

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Link: Yahoo CEO says he never provided a resume →

Normal job application rules don’t apply in high level position hunting — especially when headhunters were looking for someone to run a company..  

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Hiatus

The podcast is going to take a small break this May. This is because both hosts, Tarun and Chris, are AFK for the entire month. We will return to our normal schedule beginning in June. In the meantime, we will … Continue reading

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Link: Different Strokes, or Living in the Past? →

Nintendo has suffered through poor quarter, and Zynga has had another booming one. This article from AllThingsD quotes Michael Pachter, an analyst, speaking on the current state of the gaming industry and consoles: Nintendo is living in the past, repeating … Continue reading

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