New Google Search Feature Makes Stalking Easier
Google is my brain, let’s get that out there. Gmail, Google Tasks, Calendar, Gmail Contacts, Picasa Web Albums, Reader, you name it, I’m probably using that Google service. The first thing I did when I got my Palm Pre was set it to not use my Palm profile for anything and instead sync everything it could […]
Ad Spoof Exposes Fashion Magazines’ Not-So-Secret Secret
Last month, Techcitement’s Daniela Weiss-Bronstein wrote a detailed article about the problem of excessive use of Photoshop in fashion advertising. Because people buy the unrealistic image of unhealthily thin women, this problem isn’t going away any time soon. So, what do we do now? Well, if you’re filmmaker and commercial director Jesse Rosten, you make […]
CES 2012: DROID 4 And DROID RAZR Maxx
One of the best parts of attending the Consumer Electronics Show is getting to play with brand new, just announced phones like the DROID 4 and the DROID RAZR Maxx from Motorola for Verizon. Unfortunately, you get to play with them much the way you get to play with a cell phone at a store […]
CES Day Two Recap: Tablets News (Mostly)
Much like day one, day two of CES was also jam-packed with announcements. Tablet and smartphone news continued to come in at a breakneck pace. Intel, which has been teasing its line of mobile processors for quite a long time, is finally making the move to jump to the consumer market. The Lenovo K800 will […]
CES 2012: Diamonds In The Rough
The 2012 Consumer Electronics Show is probably not the place you go to find the new piece of consumer tech that is going to make you stand up, have your head spin around, and go “Wow, I really, really, really need to have that.” That doesn’t mean the show has been boring or that there […]
Some Good Old-Fashioned Product Liability With Quanta And AMD
This week, Quanta Computer Inc. sued Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Inc. in federal court in the Northern District of California. Quanta is a Taiwan-based contract manufacturer of notebook computers, which assembles notebooks for companies such as HP, Dell, and Acer. In its complaint, Quanta alleged that AMD sold defective chips that Quanta used in manufacturing […]
When Did Geeks Get Cool?
I have this friend Erez. Erez is a fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows, Visiting Faculty at Google, and has presented his ngram reader for Google Books at TEDxBoston. Erez is a diverse sort — he’s also worked on genome sequencing, an insole to help seniors keep their balance, and published a ground-breaking paper […]
Kodak Develops Plans For Bankruptcy
Photography giant Kodak appears to be headed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in coming weeks, leading people to ask the obvious questions “How?” and “Why?” to the long-standing company. One popular theory blames the rise in popularity of cameras built into cellphones as the culprit. John Paul Titlow of ReadWriteWeb argues photography was a specialized hobby […]
CES Day One Recap: Smartphones Come Out Strong
Day one of CES 2012 sure kicked off to a great start, especially with a bevy of new smartphones announced. Many of the major original equipment manufacturers, even Nokia, have come out with big announcements, though some of them seem a bit odd. Nevertheless, here is a breakdown of some of the more important announcements […]
On The Cheap: Barnes & Noble Wants To Sell You The N.Y. Times
Here’s a tempting offer: Barnes & Noble is offering a free Nook Simple Touch or a $99 Nook Color (the one that’s easily hacked into a tablet) if you subscribe to the New York Times through them. If you’re not much into hard news, they’re also offering the Nook Tablet for $199 (a $50 savings) […]