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Techland » Harry McCracken http://techland.time.com News and reviews from the world of gadgets, gear, apps and the web Sun, 27 May 2012 04:24:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://0.gravatar.com/blavatar/8e491cfd8b726ddb4ef11517aea44032?s=96&d=http%3A%2F%2Fs2.wp.com%2Fi%2Fbuttonw-com.png Techland » Harry McCracken http://techland.time.com WebOS: Dead? Oh, Sure, Almost Certainly — But Not Definitely http://techland.time.com/2012/05/25/webos-dead-oh-sure-almost-certainly-but-not-definitely/ http://techland.time.com/2012/05/25/webos-dead-oh-sure-almost-certainly-but-not-definitely/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 18:21:11 +0000 Harry McCracken http://techland.time.com/?p=133474 ]]> http://techland.time.com/2012/05/25/webos-dead-oh-sure-almost-certainly-but-not-definitely/feed/ 0 Harry McCracken Palm Pre hmccracken SketchBook Ink: iPad Art at Retina Resolution, and Way, Way Beyond http://techland.time.com/2012/05/24/sketchbook-ink-ipad-art-at-retina-resolution-and-way-way-beyond/ http://techland.time.com/2012/05/24/sketchbook-ink-ipad-art-at-retina-resolution-and-way-way-beyond/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 13:03:43 +0000 Harry McCracken https://timenerdworld.wordpress.com/?p=133329 ]]> http://techland.time.com/2012/05/24/sketchbook-ink-ipad-art-at-retina-resolution-and-way-way-beyond/feed/ 0 SketchBook Ink hmccracken Bump’s Newest Trick: Phone-to-PC Photo Sharing http://techland.time.com/2012/05/24/bumps-newest-trick-phone-to-pc-photo-sharing/ http://techland.time.com/2012/05/24/bumps-newest-trick-phone-to-pc-photo-sharing/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 13:00:32 +0000 Harry McCracken http://techland.time.com/?p=133338 ]]> http://techland.time.com/2012/05/24/bumps-newest-trick-phone-to-pc-photo-sharing/feed/ 0 Harry McCracken / TIME.com Bump hmccracken Yahoo’s Axis: Visual Search, an iOS Browser and No ‘Ten Blue Links’ http://techland.time.com/2012/05/23/yahoos-axis-visual-search-an-ios-browser-and-no-ten-blue-links/ http://techland.time.com/2012/05/23/yahoos-axis-visual-search-an-ios-browser-and-no-ten-blue-links/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 20:56:57 +0000 Harry McCracken http://techland.time.com/?p=133275 ]]> http://techland.time.com/2012/05/23/yahoos-axis-visual-search-an-ios-browser-and-no-ten-blue-links/feed/ 0 Harry McCracken / TIME.com Yahoo Axis hmccracken Digitimes on Digitimes: We Know What We’re Doing, and We’ll Try to Do Better http://techland.time.com/2012/05/23/digitimes-on-digitimes-we-know-what-were-doing-and-well-try-to-do-better/ http://techland.time.com/2012/05/23/digitimes-on-digitimes-we-know-what-were-doing-and-well-try-to-do-better/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 13:36:01 +0000 Harry McCracken http://techland.time.com/?p=132981 ]]> http://techland.time.com/2012/05/23/digitimes-on-digitimes-we-know-what-were-doing-and-well-try-to-do-better/feed/ 0 Digitimes hmccracken Coming Soon: TiVo Streaming for iPhones and iPads http://techland.time.com/2012/05/22/coming-soon-tivo-streaming-for-iphones-and-ipads/ http://techland.time.com/2012/05/22/coming-soon-tivo-streaming-for-iphones-and-ipads/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 02:13:05 +0000 Harry McCracken https://timenerdworld.wordpress.com/?p=133148 ]]> http://techland.time.com/2012/05/22/coming-soon-tivo-streaming-for-iphones-and-ipads/feed/ 0 TiVo Stream hmccracken Windows Aero: Why I’m Glad It’s Dead http://techland.time.com/2012/05/22/windows-aero-why-im-glad-its-dead/ http://techland.time.com/2012/05/22/windows-aero-why-im-glad-its-dead/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 11:55:36 +0000 Harry McCracken https://timenerdworld.wordpress.com/?p=132983 ]]> http://techland.time.com/2012/05/22/windows-aero-why-im-glad-its-dead/feed/ 0 Windows 8 Desktop hmccracken BREAKING: Chrome Just Became the Web’s #1 Browser (Unless It Didn’t) http://techland.time.com/2012/05/21/breaking-chrome-just-became-the-webs-1-browser-unless-it-didnt/ http://techland.time.com/2012/05/21/breaking-chrome-just-became-the-webs-1-browser-unless-it-didnt/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 18:47:39 +0000 Harry McCracken http://techland.time.com/?p=132877 ]]> http://techland.time.com/2012/05/21/breaking-chrome-just-became-the-webs-1-browser-unless-it-didnt/feed/ 0 Techland illustration Chrome Crown hmccracken Photos: 14 Masterpieces of Gadget Design http://techland.time.com/2012/05/21/photos-14-masterpieces-of-gadget-design/ http://techland.time.com/2012/05/21/photos-14-masterpieces-of-gadget-design/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 10:45:14 +0000 Harry McCracken http://techland.time.com/?p=132424 ]]> http://techland.time.com/2012/05/21/photos-14-masterpieces-of-gadget-design/feed/ 0 Getty ImagesView-Master, introduced at the 1939 World's Fair, springs eternal. Originally aimed at adults and featuring scenic photos, it became a kids' toy and is now a Fisher-Price product. But if you pop a 1939 reel into a new viewer, it'll work perfectly. 1950s-1960s models like this one are especially classic.]]> Apple iPhone Smartphone (2007) hmccracken Remembering Andrew Fluegelman, a Quiet Giant of the PC Revolution http://techland.time.com/2012/05/18/remembering-andrew-fluegelman-a-quiet-giant-of-the-pc-revolution/ http://techland.time.com/2012/05/18/remembering-andrew-fluegelman-a-quiet-giant-of-the-pc-revolution/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 18:20:58 +0000 Harry McCracken http://techland.time.com/?p=132736 ]]> http://techland.time.com/2012/05/18/remembering-andrew-fluegelman-a-quiet-giant-of-the-pc-revolution/feed/ 0 Andrew Fluegelman Foundation Andrew Fluegelman hmccracken The Knowledge Graph: Google’s Next Frontier for Search http://techland.time.com/2012/05/16/the-knowledge-graph-googles-next-frontier-for-search/ http://techland.time.com/2012/05/16/the-knowledge-graph-googles-next-frontier-for-search/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 17:00:34 +0000 Harry McCracken http://techland.time.com/?p=132394 ]]> http://techland.time.com/2012/05/16/the-knowledge-graph-googles-next-frontier-for-search/feed/ 0 Google Frank Lloyd Wright hmccracken Andromeda Browser Wars on iOS? Seems Unlikely http://techland.time.com/2012/05/16/browser-wars-on-ios-seems-unlikely/ http://techland.time.com/2012/05/16/browser-wars-on-ios-seems-unlikely/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 15:40:34 +0000 Harry McCracken https://timenerdworld.wordpress.com/?p=132339 ]]> http://techland.time.com/2012/05/16/browser-wars-on-ios-seems-unlikely/feed/ 0 Chrome for iPad hmccracken Battle of the Steve Jobs Movies http://techland.time.com/2012/05/15/aaron-sorkin-steve-jobs-movie/ http://techland.time.com/2012/05/15/aaron-sorkin-steve-jobs-movie/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 02:42:17 +0000 Harry McCracken http://techland.time.com/?p=132315 ]]> http://techland.time.com/2012/05/15/aaron-sorkin-steve-jobs-movie/feed/ 0 Getty Images Steve Jobs and Ross Perot hmccracken Jobs Movies Now Flipboard Does Audio, Too http://techland.time.com/2012/05/15/flipboard-adds-audio/ http://techland.time.com/2012/05/15/flipboard-adds-audio/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 01:00:52 +0000 Harry McCracken http://techland.time.com/?p=132246 ]]> http://techland.time.com/2012/05/15/flipboard-adds-audio/feed/ 0 Flipboard Flipboard hmccracken Wilson Electronics Aims to Boost Spotty 4G http://techland.time.com/2012/05/15/wilson-electronics-aims-to-boost-spotty-4g/ http://techland.time.com/2012/05/15/wilson-electronics-aims-to-boost-spotty-4g/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 12:30:57 +0000 Harry McCracken http://techland.time.com/?p=132035 ]]> http://techland.time.com/2012/05/15/wilson-electronics-aims-to-boost-spotty-4g/feed/ 0 Harry McCracken / TIME.com Wilson Electronics hmccracken Fact-Checking Digitimes, the Taiwanese Apple Rumor Source That Keeps Crying ‘Wolf!’ http://techland.time.com/2012/05/14/digitimes-apple-rumors/ http://techland.time.com/2012/05/14/digitimes-apple-rumors/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 09:47:25 +0000 Harry McCracken http://techland.time.com/?p=131819 ]]> http://techland.time.com/2012/05/14/digitimes-apple-rumors/feed/ 0 Harry McCracken / TIME.com Digitimes hmccracken Jeane Dixon Match the Yahoo Memos with the Pollyannaish Sentiments, 2007-2012 http://techland.time.com/2012/05/13/match-the-yahoo-memos-with-the-pollyannish-sentiments-2007-2012/ http://techland.time.com/2012/05/13/match-the-yahoo-memos-with-the-pollyannish-sentiments-2007-2012/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 23:31:28 +0000 Harry McCracken https://timenerdworld.wordpress.com/?p=131859 ]]> http://techland.time.com/2012/05/13/match-the-yahoo-memos-with-the-pollyannish-sentiments-2007-2012/feed/ 0 Terry Semel with Arnold Schwarzenegger hmccracken Yahoo Mess: More Proof That Media Companies Don’t Know Anything About Dealing with the Media http://techland.time.com/2012/05/13/yahoo-scott-thompson/ http://techland.time.com/2012/05/13/yahoo-scott-thompson/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 20:20:42 +0000 Harry McCracken http://techland.time.com/?p=131836 ]]> http://techland.time.com/2012/05/13/yahoo-scott-thompson/feed/ 0 Getty Images Scott Thompson hmccracken Qualcomm’s Tagg: Like ‘Find My iPhone’ for Your Dog http://techland.time.com/2012/05/11/qualcomms-tagg-like-find-my-iphone-for-your-dog/ http://techland.time.com/2012/05/11/qualcomms-tagg-like-find-my-iphone-for-your-dog/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 22:47:50 +0000 Harry McCracken https://timenerdworld.wordpress.com/?p=131805 ]]> http://techland.time.com/2012/05/11/qualcomms-tagg-like-find-my-iphone-for-your-dog/feed/ 0 Snaptracs Tagg hmccracken Tagg Tagg Passpoint Aims to Take the Hassle Out of Hotspots http://techland.time.com/2012/05/10/passpoint-aims-to-take-the-hassle-out-of-hotspots/ http://techland.time.com/2012/05/10/passpoint-aims-to-take-the-hassle-out-of-hotspots/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 13:45:31 +0000 Harry McCracken https://timenerdworld.wordpress.com/?p=131558 ]]> http://techland.time.com/2012/05/10/passpoint-aims-to-take-the-hassle-out-of-hotspots/feed/ 0 Wi-Fi Hotspot hmccracken