Day: June 11, 2013

Education

‘Man of Steel’ review: finally, the Superman we deserve

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As reported on The Verge. By Todd Gilchrist Christopher Nolan and Zack Snyder deliver a superhero for the modern era Superman is probably the superhero least in need of an existential crisis, but leave it to Christopher Nolan to give him one anyway. As the producer and co-writer of the story for Man of Steel, the auteur who put the dark in The Dark Knight strips away the character’s unassailable integrity and moral certitude and gives us a Kal-El…

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Apple Business Tech

Apple’s Flashlight Is Why We Can’t Fund Nice Dumb Things

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As reported on TechCrunch. by ALEXIA TSOTSIS Flashlight apps are a testament to the power and simplicity of modern technology. Power outage because of a hurricane? There’san app for that. Need to stealthily kill a mosquito without waking up your partner? There’s an app for that, too. Actually, there are more than 1,000 in the App Store alone, many with 5-star ratings, because flashlight apps, which turn the flash of your iPhone camera into a literal…

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Apple

Design, And Insecurity, Is Back At Apple

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As reported on TechCrunch. by RYAN BLOCK “CAN’T INNOVATE ANYMORE, MY ASS.” The phrase uttered by Phil Schiller during today’s keynote got a few laughs from the predictably enthusiastic WWDC audience. To me it dropped like a ton of bricked iPhones. Let’s catch up. The last time we heard from Apple was at its absurdly aggressive September 2012 press event, where it introduced the iPad mini and refreshed an astounding number of its products in one fell…

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Automotive Hardware Dev

Corning’s Gorilla Glass might be key to quiet, fuel-efficient cars

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As reported on Engadget. By Mariella Moon Corning’s Gorilla Glass might soon step out of its phone- and tablet-filled lifestyle to explore a bigger part of the jungle. The material — used thus far to make a plethora ofscratch-resistant mobile device screens — could replace some of the standard glass on car windows, according to company Senior VP Jeffrey Evenson. Speaking at MIT Technology Review’s Mobile Summit, Evenson says Gorilla Glass will reduce a vehicle’s weight and lower its center of mass.…

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Apple Hardware Dev

Apple MacBook Air hands-on and first I/O benchmarks (13-inch, mid-2013)

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As reported on Engadget. By Brian Heater As expected, this year’s WWDC was all about the software, and certainly there was plenty to talk about on that front, what with the unveiling of of iOS 7 and OS X Mavericks. We did get a little bit to whet the appetite of hardware lovers, however — mainly a sneak peak of the cool new cylindrical Mac Pro and a refresh to Apple’s popular MacBook Air line. We managed to snag a few pictures of the forthcoming tiny…

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