“Where were you on 9/11?” It’s the fundamental question posed in this beautiful application of Google Maps’ API used by the New York Times.
Ostensibly, it’s a map of the world where users can drop a pin to indicate where they were when they heard about the attacks. Color-coded signifiers dotting the map are used to add weight and …
Alas, the poor Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, we knew it well, but not in Germany, where a German district court ruled on Friday—it seems once and for all—that Samsung can no longer sell it, because, in so many words, it’s too much like Apple’s iPad 2. Worse still for Samsung, that means German retailers are banned from selling it …
Since I can’t turn on my laptop with the power of my mind, I guess I’ll have to live with waiting for it to boot up. You know, for eight seconds. It might be seven-and-a-half seconds too long, but since I can’t expect my phone to also cook, wash my clothes and let me travel into the future, I might have to recalibrate my …
It’s Friday! Maybe you just got paid. You could use that money for boring stuff like bills, rent, and food, or you could act like a wonderfully impulsive consumer and spend it on any number of products. Here are some ideas to get you started based on your taxable income bracket.
Inflatable X-Wing: $20
Let’s …
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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There is, it seems, only one problem with enforcing stricter copyright laws when it comes to online piracy: People stop using the Internet altogether.
It sounds dramatic, but evidence in both New Zealand and Sweden suggests that—rather than risk being caught downloading illegal material and facing fines (or, in New Zealand’s case, …
Whoa-hoa-hoa. Google quietly released its HTML 5-optimized Google Music web app a few moments ago on Twitter. And—surprise, surprise—it’s a thing of beauty, dare I say a bit Android-feeling.
It has a rich, responsive UI that allows users to access their Google Music accounts from iDevices and it’s surprisingly fast and easy to …
What’s that you say? The current U.S. political climate feels needlessly antagonistic, with cults of personality replacing discussion of actual issues, exacerbated by a media that promotes partisan thinking and personal attacks for profit and ratings? Clearly, you need something to help you relax. Why not take your mind off things with a …
Potential teenage Matthew Brodericks, beware: In this era of LulzSec, DDoS attacks on BART and hacktivst group Anonymous telling NATO that the world doesn’t belong to them anymore, the White House has decided that it’s time to take hacking seriously, asking for tougher sentencing for those found guilty of cybercrime.
Speaking before …
Google has announced that it’s acquiring Zagat Survey, the dining guide known for its 30-point rating scale and snippets of quotes from restaurant customers.
“Moving forward, Zagat will be a cornerstone of our local offering—delighting people with their impressive array of reviews, ratings and insights, while enabling people …
When Carol Bartz announced that she’d been dismissed as Yahoo’s CEO (over a phone call, no less), she quickly left her hotel and scribbled an email on her iPad to blast to the company’s 13,400 employees.
It was a move so boldly 21st century that it made many (including us) like her a little bit more.
Now Bartz—a woman who once …
Whatever your stance on the current state of patent law—it’s essential to protecting intellectual property, it’s detrimental to innovation, or something in between—the fact is that there’s a whole lot of patent-related activity happening in the tech sector right now, much of it to do with mobile devices.
Google’s …
