Month: June 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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Microsoft Mobile

Microsoft retrieves lost Windows Phone handset running on prototype software

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As reported on The Verge. By Tom Warren   Apple famously lost an iPhone 4 prototype in a bar, sparking a hunt for the individuals involved in the loss and sale of the handset. Microsoft has also lost a phone, one running a future Windows Phone ‘Blue’ version of its mobile software. A Reddit userposted screenshots and information obtained from the device over the weekend, generating interest in unannounced features for Windows Phone which included an early prototype of…

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Android Apple Application Mobile

What Android Has That iOS Has Not (Yet)

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As reported on TechCrunch. by JOSH CONSTINE Android is open and customizable. iOS is closed, designed for ease. But iPhone users are maturing, demanding more personalization, and Apple might give it to them at WWDC. AtD11, Tim Cook said “I think you will see us open up more in the future, but not to the degree that we put the customer at risk of having a bad experience.” Here we’ll look at some Android options Apple…

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Application Culture

The Battle To Be First App Opened

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As reported on TechCrunch. by RYAN LAWLER Competition is heating up in the on-demand transportation industry, but unlike other segments of the market, there’s no lock-in that keeps customers loyal to one service or another. Users looking for a way to get from one place to another seemingly only care about the cost, convenience and reliability of the service. With that in mind, services like Uber and Lyft aren’t fighting to be the only app people…

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Apple

It’s Time For Apple To Treat Us Like Adults

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As reported on TechCrunch. by FREDERIC LARDINOIS It’s time for Apple to treat us like adults. The company revolutionized the smartphone with iOS, no doubt. But as iOS gets older, its users are, too, and fewer and fewer of them are first-time smartphone owners. It made sense to hold everybody’s hands when this whole idea of a computer in your pocket was new. But just as Apple will probably move from skeuomorphic design to a more…

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Application

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5 now available for $149

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As reported on Engadget. By Jon Fingas Adobe teased us with a Photoshop Lightroom 5 beta at the start of the spring, and it’s closing out the season by releasing the finished goods. Mac- and Windows-based shutterbugs can download the completed image management app today, either at no extra charge through a Creative Cloud subscription or $149 for a stand-alone version ($79 for an upgrade). Buyers get the same core updates no matter how much they spend, including an Advanced…

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