Tag: apple
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App gives you healthy options of supermarket food
It’s been around for a while now, but I discovered a new app at the weekend which tell you about healthy alternatives to food you’d find at the supermaket. Scan an item from your supermarket (it has info on more than 90 products) using the built in barcode scanner and it looks up the total fat,…
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What wearable tech should look like
The concept of wearable tech is starting to hit the mainstream with Samsung having a smartwatch available for some time and rumours of what Apple might bring constantly circling. A freelance designer from Hungry has imagined a blending of traditional and tech in a “watch-like watch that just happens to be smart” From The Verge:…
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Long copy isnt back
The Asbury & Asbury blog recently had a great post about some long copy Apple adverts: Asbury & Asbury: Long copy isnt back. “Right now, it feels like more and more people are questioning Apple’s claim to superiority. Maybe this was Apple about to come out and tell a few home truths. Remind us exactly how…
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Apple, patents and ideas
There’s been a lot of commentary about Samsung’s $1b bill for infringing Apple’s patents, and I’ve found the whole case rather depressing – the patent system seems to have been abused, with examples such as slide to unlock. But it’s the attitude behind the lawsuits that is perhaps most disappointing. In 1996 in a PBS documentary…
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How tech giants deal with dissent.
A few weeks ago I saw this peice on The Register about an Apple employee who was fired as a result of privately making derogatory comments about Apple’s brand and products on his Facebook wall. His undoing was that not all his “friends” were friends, and one printed off the comments and showed them to…
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How to build a Hackintosh Mini for under £500
The nice guys at life hacker have put together a DIY guide on how to build yourself a Mac Mini for under $600 lifehacker.com/5815715/how-to-build-a-hackintosh-mini-for-less-than-600 I’ve done a bit of research in sourcing the same parts (mostly from Amazon, once piece from Scan) to see what the equivalent machine could cost over here. My list comes in at…
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Charlie Brooker isn’t a fan of the iPad
First he did a nice piece on Newswipe (the example of content delivery is nice): [youtube width=”425″ height=”270″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9a74zoHEAE[/youtube] And then last night on 10 O’Clock Live was quick to jump on the iPad 2 launch (who DOES applaud a cable?!): [youtube width=”425″ height=”270″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmWnAE-SFeM[/youtube] Apple launch events must induce a strange mix of hysterical laughter and violent face palming in the…
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Blackadder meets iPad
Samuel Johnson “I hope, sir, that you are not using the world’s first dictionary iPad to look up rude words!” Edmund Blackadder “I wouldn’t be so hopeful. That’s what all the others will be used for.” Thanks to www.woostercollective.com and http://blog.rocketboom.com