Day: February 5, 2013

Art Article

Documenting the Never-Built Dreams of the City of Angels

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As reported on Wired. BY TIM MALY Tower of Civilization, 1939 Los Angeles World’s Fair Courtesy Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical GardensThe 1939 World’s Fair was held in New York but Los Angeles wanted it. The tower would have been 150 feet wide and 1,290 feet tall (the current tallest building, the Burj Khalifa is 2,722 feet). “It would have been the tallest structure in the world at the time,” writes Lubell. “It was going to be…

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Military Story

Palm-Sized Nano-Copter Is the Afghanistan War’s Latest Spy Drone

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As reported on Wired. BY SPENCER ACKERMAN British Army Sgt. Scott Weaver of the Queens Royal Lancers launches one of the world’s smallest drones from a compound in Afghanistan. Photo: U.K. Ministry of Defence   British troops in Afghanistan are flying a drone that’s shrunk down to its essentials: a micro-machine that spies, built for a solitary user. This is the Black Hornet. Its Norwegian manufacturer, Prox Dynamics, bills it as the world’s smallest military-grade spy drone,…

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Apple Business

Apple Shows Signs a Major Interface Overhaul Is Coming

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As reported on Wired. BY CHRISTINA BONNINGTON Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired   The Jony Ive era is upon us. It has become increasingly clear since the ouster of Scott Forstall as Apple’s iOS chief, and the elevation of design wunderkind Ive to oversee both product industrial and user experience, that Apple is planning an iOS and OS X interface overhaul. “I don’t think Apple will ever stop refining their OS’s and interfaces, and with Jony Ive at the helm…

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Politics Space Story

Ahmadinejad says he wants to be Iran’s first human in space

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As reported on The Verge. By Amar Toor After last week’s allegedly successful monkey launch, Iranian president makes bold declaration Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wants to be the first Iranian to go to space, and he’s willing to make the necessary sacrifices. The Iranian president made the declaration at anexhibition of the country’s space achievements in Tehran this week, just a few days after the country announced the successful launch of a monkey into orbit. “I’m ready to be the…

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Entertainment Story Tech

Drive-in theaters could be saved by digital projection

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As reported on The Verge. By Amar Toor Drive-in theaters may seem like relics from a bygone era, but the film industry is doing its best to push them into the 21st century. This week, the National Association of Theater Owners (NATO) and Cinedigm, a leading digital equipment maker, announced plans to help drive-in theaters make the transition to digital projection systems by offering funding, installation, and operations support. While many traditional movie theaters have already transitioned from…

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Business

GoDaddy: smart and sexist

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As reported on The Verge. by Jacob Kastrenakes Did you geeks know that the Super Bowl was last night? I have curly hair, wear glasses, and work in tech, so I’m not really up on these ‘social’ things — unless you’re going to end that phrase with ‘network’! Ha! But seriously. I’m actually the guy who watches for the commercials. On a good year, they’re darn funny, a seriously fine display of short form filmmaking. Did…

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Application

Best New Apps: Vine

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As reported on The Verge. By Thomas Houston  Lifting the burdens of film-making. Here’s the thing: most apps suck. And not only does that make bad apps hard to avoid, it makes the good ones hard to find when there are hundreds of thousands of apps out there. So in this new series, we’ll be highlighting our favorite apps on every platform, whether it’s for your phone, your tablet, your laptop, or any other device. But…

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Apple Hacking Mobile Tablet

iPhone 5, iPad mini jailbreak now available

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As reported on The Verge. By Sam Sheffer All iPhone, iPod touch, iPad and iPad mini models running iOS 6 can now be jailbroken thanks to the evasi0n tool It’s taken around five months since the release of the iPhone 5, but the moment many of you have been waiting for has finally arrived: an untethered jailbreak for iOS 6.1 has been released. The tool, dubbed evasi0n, is available for Mac, Windows, and Linux, and was developed…

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Business Culture

Maynard Webb On ‘Rebooting’ Your Career By Relying On Yourself, Not Your Employer [TCTV]

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As reported on TechCrunch. by COLLEEN TAYLOR Maynard Webb knows a thing or two about navigating through a career path. From the start of his professional life as an entry-level employee at IBM, he has risen to be one of the tech industry’s most respected veterans. After working his way up through increasingly senior ranks at technology firms, he became perhaps best known for working in executive roles including COO at eBay from 1999 to 2006, helping build the e-commerce…

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Mobile Story

BlackBerry Z10 Selling In “Large Numbers”, Says BlackBerry — Some U.K. Retailers Sold Out Over The Weekend

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As reported on TechCrunch. by NATASHA LOMAS The company formerly known as RIM is holding its first developer event in Europe since launching its new BlackBerry 10 platform last Wednesday. Speaking at the BlackBerry Jam event in Amsterdam, UK MD Stephen Bates said the launch of the first BB10 device — the full touch Z10 — has exceeded expectations, with some U.K. retailers selling out a few days after launch. Bates did not, however, put any concrete figures on early sales. The U.K. was the…

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