Author Archives
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What can you buy in India for the price of an iPhone?
India is the biggest market that Apple’s iPhone hasn’t fully cracked. In the first quarter, Apple only made about 3% of the smartphones sold in the country. Still, it’s a huge market and investors think Apple could turn India into… Read More ›
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Yawn: Adventures in Boredom
It’s boredom, the subject of Yawn, a delightful and at times moving take on the oft-derided emotion and how we deal with it. Deftly wrought from interviews, research, and personal experience, Yawn follows Mary Mann’s search through history for the… Read More ›
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FES Watch U
Now available in Japan, which I am guessing is a market is more likely to succeed in. If you want to know more, see below (good luck)- 柄が変わる腕時計 FES Watch に待望のニューモデル「FES Watch U」が登場。 専用のスマートフォンアプリで好みのデザインを追加、ひろがる着せ替えのバリエーション。
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Don’t walk and text
I enjoy seeing people walking along staring at their phones and then moving so I am in their line of travel. When they bump into me they are always very apologetic. It’s the only fun I have when I am… Read More ›
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Bulova’s Accutron Astronaut
The skin of the A-12 was made of titanium and it was the very first aircraft ever to be made entirely of the metal. Prior to this titanium had only been used for certain parts and the supplier to Lockheed… Read More ›
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National Geographic Traveler didn’t pay…
My name is Mustafa Turgut, and I’m a professional photographer based in Istanbul, Turkey. One of my photos was published on the cover of the China edition of National Geographic Traveler magazine in November 2011… and I was never paid… Read More ›
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The limits of tech writing
For some time now I have been struggling with the idea of writing new tech articles every day. When I say for some time, I probably mean the past 3-4 years. This is not because manufacturers are not developing good… Read More ›
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What’s disruption?
tweeted by Farooq Butt. An amazing graph.
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In-App Purchase Scams
After skipping that, the app tells me my device is at risk. Of course it is. It‘s also ready to “Device Analyze”, Quick and Full Scan, and secure my internet (I can’t wait!). Tapping “Device Analyze” shows my iPhone’s free… Read More ›
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LaMetric Time
The La Metric is an alarm clock. But not the conventional kind. It brings updates to you when you need them, in the form of visual notifications outside your phone. It debuted quite a while ago, and has been slowly… Read More ›
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