If this 11-minute documentary about a 9-year-old named Caine doesn’t restore (or strengthen) your faith in humanity, it’s going to be a long day.
Working out of his dad’s used auto parts shop in East LA, Caine built his own …
Would You Pay $850 for an iPhone if Carrier Subsidies Disappeared?
How much would you pay for an iPhone if you had to pay full price? More than the $200 or $300 you did for the smartphone you currently own? How many people even know the iPhone’s actually a lot more expensive than one of Apple’s …
AOL Stock Soars 40% on Billion Dollar Patent Sale to Microsoft
Wall Street cheered AOL’s deal to sell $1 billion worth of patents to Microsoft, sending the onetime Internet pioneer’s stock soaring over 40% Monday to levels not seen in nearly two years.
via AOL Stock Soars 40% on Billion Dollar Patent Sale to Microsoft | Business | TIME.com.
TechnologizerTablets
Toshiba’s New Tablets Loom Large (and Small, and Medium-Sized)
In their never-ending, so-far-unsuccessful quest to give the iPad a run for its money, makers of Android tablets have produced models in a dizzying array of sizes. It doesn’t seem to be helping, and the novelty is wearing off. …
Meet the Quantum Computer Inside a Diamond — Does It Run ‘Forever’?
What happens if you embed an ultrafast quantum computer inside a diamond (you know, aside from qualifying for sale in one of Tiffany’s catalogues and inviting “forever” computing quips)? Answer: You get a quantum computer that …
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Improbable PC Pioneer: Commodore’s Jack Tramiel, 1928-2012
The PC industry is so young that a remarkable percentage of its most significant figures are still with us. But it lost a key one on Sunday when Jack Tramiel, the founder of Commodore, died at 83. Commodore was one of the first …
TechnologizerHome Entertainment
TiVo Gets Comcast’s Xfinity on Demand
I have a gazillion boxes of various sorts connected to the two TVs in our household, but the longest-serving one is my TiVo DVR. I got it when I moved into my present home and signed up for Comcast cable TV — and I still …
How to Quit Instagram and Export Your Photos
Seeing as I just started using Instagram last week when it first became available for Android, it’s hard for me to muster outrage over the fact today Facebook bought it for $1 billion.
But apparently people are upset.
I …
iPhone and iPod Touch Rumors Collide in Apple Rumorpocalypse
What’s better than a blog post based on a single sketchy iPhone rumor? A blog post about three iPhone rumors, of course, with a side of iPod Touch speculation for good measure.
First up is 9 to 5 Mac, which states that Apple …
Facebook to Acquire Instagram Photo-Sharing App
Facebook just announced that “it has reached an agreement to acquire Instagram, a fun, popular photo-sharing app for mobile devices.” The deal consists of “approximately $1 billion in a combination of cash and shares of Facebook” …
Navy Looking to Use Helicopter Drones to Hunt Pirates
Pirates are funny when they’re portrayed by a rum-soaked Johnny Depp. In real life, however, they pose a serious problem, with around 160 ships and 4,000 sailors affected by pirates in the last decade. Last year, three American …
Will ‘iPad’ Become a Generic Brand Name? Let’s Hope Not
I remember when, not so long ago, my parents as well as the parents of friends referred to video games as “that Nintendo.” “It’s time to turn off that Nintendo,” or “If you don’t stop getting up in the middle of night to play it, …