I write to you from the San Diego, where I’m attending the overwhelming, nutty and ultimately rewarding media mega frenzy known as Comic-Con International. On Saturday night, I’ll be moderating a panel on the future of graphic …
Gadgets
The 3D Hype Bubble Is Now Completely Busted
The evidence that people are getting tired of 3D continues to pile up.
The latest bad news comes from Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, who in an interview with The Independent admitted that interest in 3D is “perhaps slightly …
Tired of Losing Your iPhone at Bars? Maybe You Need a ‘Drunk Phone’
Today in trends that may or may not be actual trends: drunk phones! What, pray tell, is a drunk phone? According to Laura Krajecki, chief consumer officer at Starcom MediaVest Group, they are cheap phones that young people carry …
Why Tablets Are Content Creation Devices: It’s All About Context
In the wake of my colleague Harry McCracken’s sensible commentary on Richard Gaywood’s TUAW piece about the iPad’s viability as a content creation tool, I wanted to write from the standpoint of someone with friends in both the …
When Should You Give Your Teenager Their First Cell Phone?
At this point in our shared history, cell phones have become indispensable. Not only have they become the go-to way to keep in touch with each other, today’s smartphones are robust enough to use in a business context. They’re …
Aggressive Android Adware? Here’s How to Retake Control of Your Phone
Forget about viruses, trojans and botnets for a moment. The latest threat to smartphone users, according to mobile security firm Lookout, is pesky advertising.
This week, Lookout wrote a blog post to warn the world about …
TouchFire: The iPad’s Keyboard Gets Physical
Last November, I wrote about TouchFire, a Kickstarter-funded gizmo that aimed to make iPad input comfier, faster and more accurate by letting you type on a clear piece of silicone rubber with cushioned “keys” that sit on top of …
I’m Sorry, All Computers Are Fundamentally Compromised Content-Creation Devices
Richard Gaywood is a blogger at TUAW, one of my favorite Apple sites. In a new post, he pokes at a controversy which I thought had pretty much died down: Is the iPad good for content creation as well as content consumption?
By …
New Exhibit Celebrates 50 Years of James Bond
A half-century of 007 style — from his perfectly tailored suits to his high-tech gadgets — goes on display in London.
A New Exhibit Celebrates 50 Years of James Bond | NewsFeed | TIME.com.
6 Tablets to Consider for Windows 8’s October Launch
The release timing for Windows 8 has been somewhat of an open secret, but now it’s official.
Microsoft says the final version of Windows 8 will be available by the end of October, along with the first PCs running Windows 8 …
Next Issue’s ‘Hulu for Magazines’ Hits the iPad
Back in April, a company called Next Issue Media launched its digital-magazine app. A joint venture of five big publishers–Condé Nast, Hearst, Meredith, News Corp and TIME’s owner, Time Inc.–it bundled a bunch of famous …
Windows 8 Speed: It’s Not About the Benchmarks
PCMag.com’s Michael Muchmore has helpfully performed an array of speed tests of various sorts on the Release Preview of Windows 8, comparing it to Windows 7. The news is mostly good: Windows 8, which we now know is due to arrive …