Today is “Dress Up Like Steve Jobs Day,” Yahoo fires Carol Bartz, .XXX domains launch, TiVo unveils its most geeked-out DVR yet and more, as we take a quick look back at what happened in tech this week.
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Reviews & Features
There Is No Tablet Market: Why Consumer Experiences Matter
Ben Bajarin is the Director of Consumer Technology Analysis and Research at Creative Strategies, Inc, a technology industry analysis and market intelligence firm located in Silicon Valley.
Buried deep in the language on Apple’s website for the iPad 2 you’ll find this phrase: “It’s not a tablet, it’s iPad 2.” I would also challenge you …
Two Minute Video: Wooden iPad, Liquid Cremation, Apple Loses Another iPhone
A woman buys a plank of iPad-shaped wood, liquid cremation hits the big time, and Apple loses yet another secret iPhone in a bar. All that and more as we take a quick look back at what happened in tech this week.
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Taking You Higher: ‘Jetpack Joyride’ Review
When I first saw Jetpack Joyride a few weeks back, it was still being called Machine Gun Jetpack. It was after my demo of Fruit Ninja Kinect–also made by Australian dev studio Halfbrick–that I saw a quick run-through of the still-brewing iOS game. I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it in the months that have passed.
The …
Apple Will Still Be Apple, Even Without Steve Jobs
Ben Bajarin is the Director of Consumer Technology Analysis and Research at Creative Strategies, Inc, a technology industry analysis and market intelligence firm located in Silicon Valley.
Although the news of Steve Jobs’ resignation was sudden, as most news is, many of us in the analyst community have been prepared for it. To some …
Two Minute Video: Steve Jobs, This Is Your Life (at Apple)
The world is a little less geeky today, friends. Here’s a quick look back at Steve Jobs’ career at Apple.
MORE: Steve Jobs Resignation Coverage on Techland
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God Said Knock You Out: ‘El Shaddai’ Review
In 2011, the Rapture was supposed to come. It didn’t. Instead, we get a video game based on the Bible. Well, sort of.
El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron takes its inspiration from the Book of Enoch, an apocryphal text authored centuries before the birth of Christ. Even though it isn’t considered canonical in most Judeo-Christian …
Excellence from the Machine: ‘Deus Ex: Human Revolution’ Review
Deus Ex amounts to a sacred text for video game enthusiasts. The 2000 release designed by Warren Spector and Harvey Smith changed the way that people thought about playing through a video game story.
Playing as UN anti-terrorist agent JC Denton, you uncovered a vast and centuries-old conspiracy that threatened the geopolitical …
Infographic: Which States Have the Best (and Worst) Internet Speeds?
Which state can claim the fastest average internet speeds? Pando Networks tracked downloads from 4 million people across the U.S. between January and June of this year, and reported the findings late last month.
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In general, Pando found the following:
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Google, Motorola and HP: How the Tech Industry Is Changing
Ben Bajarin is the Director of Consumer Technology Analysis and Research at Creative Strategies, Inc, a technology industry analysis and market intelligence firm located in Silicon Valley.
It’s not every week that two major industry announcements happen that could change the technology playing field forever. But the fact is that the …
Ask Techland: How Can I Clear Up Space in Gmail?
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Question from Steve: My Gmail inbox is almost full. What’s the best way to free up some space?
Answer:
Ah yes, the Gmail promise: Never having to delete an e-mail. Everything is archived, and since people are given a (relatively) insane amount of storage space, we’d never …
Don’t Blame Social Media for Social Unrest
Last week’s horrific London riots have been blamed on everything from solar flares to incredibly good design, but one contributing factor has been villainized above all others: social media.
The Daily Mail ran the headline, “Rioting thugs used Twitter to boost their numbers in thieving store,” and police officials and members of …