Gadgets of ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ (movie)
Anyone who’s read through Stieg Larsson’s Girl with the Dragon Tattoo may have noticed Larsson’s incredible attention to detail. In particular, in naming the gadgets used by the characters, down to the exact product name. The original book takes place sometime in 2002, as is evident by Lisbeth’s arsenal of gadgets. The movie, however, was shot […]
Samsung’s Super Bowl ad
Twitter reactions: Dear #samsung, 2001 called. It want’s its #stylus back. #stylus #BringBack1998 Apple has “Research and Development”, Samsung has… a #stylus! #Fail don’t call it a come back #stylus Somehow The Darkness was not the most out of date element of that Samsung ad #stylus And then there’s this quote from a few years […]
HTC: big, bulky LTE phones were kinda sucky
SlashGear: HTC: We “dropped the ball” with oversized LTE phones HTC “dropped the ball” on its 2011 devices, the company’s CFO has admitted, with LTE-equipped handsets simply too thick and offering insufficient battery life. Speaking on the company’s financial results call today, following HTC’s unappealing Q4 2011 results, Chief Financial Officer Winston Yung conceded that HTC […]
Honeywell sues Nest Labs over thermostat patents
Honeywell: The patents are related to, among other things, simplified methods for operating and programming a thermostat including the use of natural language, user interfaces that facilitate programming and energy savings, a thermostat’s inner design, an electric circuit used to divert power from the user’s home electrical system to provide power to a thermostat, […]
Twitter during the Super Bowl
A few interesting tidbits on how people tweeted during the Super Bowl In the final three minutes of the Super Bowl tonight, there were an average of 10,000 Tweets per second. Also: Madonna’s performance during the Super Bowl’s halftime show saw an average of 8,000 Tweets per second for five minutes. And lastly, The highest […]
Netflix original show ‘Lilyhammer’ now available on instant stream
Netflix’s first original show is now available today for Netflix streaming subscribers. I haven’t watched the show yet, but it looks interesting. This is just the start, really, with more original content coming soon. I guess that letter had something to it. “Lilyhammer,” follows New York mobster Frank “The Fixer” Tagliano as he enters the […]
Philosophy of tech companies
AAPL Orchard (via Daring Fireball): Not Everyone Copies Apple Distinct CEO terminology, Apple vs Sony. Apple: best, world, delight, proud. Sony: growth, business, accelerate, domains.
Interesting Facebook facts
845 million monthly active users as of December 31, 2011, an increase of 39% as compared to 608 million monthly active users as of December 31, 2010. 483 million daily active users on average in December 2011, an increase of 48% as compared to 327 million daily active users in December 2010. Over 425 million […]
Letter from Zuck
In case you haven’t heard, Facebook filed for IPO (initial public offering), meaning the company will be trading publicly in the stock market (as FB for those interested). Below is a letter from Zuck, in which he talks about Facebook’s goals going forward. It’s definitely a good read, if nothing else. Facebook was not originally […]
Professor holds class without cell service or wifi
Time via (LoopInsight): Yale Professor Moves Class to Room Without Wi-Fi. Cue Outrage. The well-known professor tells the Yale Daily News he wanted the darker room so students could see the projected images of art better, enhancing the classroom experience. Add the darker room to the fact there was no wi-fi availability and he had a […]
Cell phones and dating facts
Vancouver Sun (via BGR): Android users more likely to have sex on first date: Survey At 55 per cent, Android users also were the most likely to have one-night stands. According to the survey results, 50 per cent of iPhone users have had a one-night stand and 47.6 per cent of Blackberry users said also they […]
Sticking it to GameStop and giving back to the publisher
Ars Technica: Parcel Gamer wants to share used game profits with publishers At first, the concept behind the site sounds too good to be true. Not only does Kennedy plan to pay “30 percent more for your trade-ins than the corner retail store,” and offer free shipping both ways, but he also promises that used games […]
Facebook stock: ‘Go the f**k to sleep’
All Things D: Go the F**k Back to Sleep, Silicon Valley: Facebook IPO Likely to File Later Today at Earliest If you give a about Facebook’s stock going public today, All Things D claims that it isn’t going to happen “until this afternoon, after the markets close, at the earliest.” It’s expected to boost Facebook’s wealth, […]
BlackBerry’s Be Bold team
Mobile Syrup: RIM creates 4 cartoon characters to spread the “Be Bold” message This is a thing that exists.
The negative $70 million buzzword
Dustin Curtis: Motorola’s Buzzwords and Made up Names Here are a few of Motorola’s buzzwords of 2011: Unveiled the award-winning DROID 4 by Motorola Announced the “life proof” Motorola DEFY™ MINI and slim MOTOLUXE™ Shipped award-winning MOTOACTV™ And what did they end up with? 70 million fewer dollars than they did three months before. Fact: […]
Samsung’s got every inch covered
Screen sizes in inches for Samsung smartphones and tablets: 3 3.2 3.5 3.7 4 4.3 4.5 4.52 4.65 5.3 7 7.7 8.9 10.1 With an average difference between the sizes being 0.54-inches, it’s almost comical. Oh, and they’ve got a tablet of the 11.6-inch variety rumored to be coming soon. The real question here is where is […]
Smiling in your Facebook photo
ReadWriteWeb: Why You Should Smile in Your Facebook Profile Photo People who smile more in their public Facebook photos tend to have better social relationships. Past research, which the study thoroughly references, shows that people who smile in photos are generally warmer and friendlier than their sad face counterparts. The smilier they are, the easier time […]
For HTC, less is more
Mobile Today Magazine: HTC is holding out for a market hero HTC UK executive director Phil Roberson: We have to get back to focusing on what made us great – amazing hardware and a great customer experience. We ended 2011 with far more products than we started out with. We tried to do too much. So […]
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