Monday, May 31, 2010

New Kindle?


Amazon is scheduled to release the next Kindle this summer. What new advancements will be made with this newer model? We're not sure. They've commented that the new Kindle will still be black and white, and will remain to not be touch sensitive. Although, looking even more foward to the future, they may be working on touch sensitive surfaces for a later product, most likely a future model of the Kindle.

The neurobiology of music.


Aniruddh D. Patel has been studying the relationship between music and the brain. He hypothesizes that humans have a
neurobiological capacity for music, much like we do with language, or auditory communication. Interesting. . .

Two Million iPads Sold!


Since its release nearly two months ago, the iPad has sold two million copies. This statistic absolutely screams that this product has been a success, going against the congjecture of some who belived the price, mixed with an unclear identity/purpose of the iPad would prevent its popularity. Considering that the iPhone took 74 days to reach ONE million sales, it's a no brainer that the iPad has struck a chord with the masses.

Apple: the world's most valuable technology company


Last week, Wall Street valued Apple at 2.94 billion dollars more than Microsoft. This is the first time in history that Apple has been more valuable than Microsoft. The pioneer and inventor of the personal computer has finaly become the most powerful technology company. It's been long time coming, but the virtue of patience has finally paid off. The tables have turned.

Monday, April 5, 2010

At long last!


The iPad was released on April 3rd. We'll see if it lives up to it's expectations.

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

The New Yahoo



Yahoo has hired almost 12 journalists from online and elsewhere business department in Washington to push original conten and increase it's popularity.

Bejing rights activits get email hacked.


In Beijing, the email accounts of more than 12 rights advocates and journalists have been intruded upon. Their email addresses were hacked. Interesting. . .

YouTube mimicks Starbucks


YouTube is trying to keep their watchers online longer. Just like how Starbucks keeps their customers at their facilities by offering a friendly, accessible environment, YouTube is going a similar route.

The polar opinions on Apples new iTouch

Interestingly, tech geeks hate the Apple iPad, while average consumers love it. Techies complain that it is nothing more than an oversized iPod touch, and that it's potentiality of replacing computer needs is low. Consumers, on the other hand, have conveyed that they may never go back to their computers after using an iPad.

You'll just have to get one to see.

Truck-driver text-ban

It was proposed by the Transportation Department that texting while driving interstate commercial buses and trucks should be illegal. The intention of this is obviosly crash prevention.

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

3rd Party eBook sellers


The Apple eBook store may have some competition once the iPad is released. 3rd party stores may be offering cheaper deals with eBooks. iBook apps are free, so the only profit they make is off their books. 3rd party apps will also be offering the same crisp text and pain free "flick" page turning as Apple will be. Interesting. . .

Friday, March 12, 2010


There is a rumor that formspring will be revealing the identities of people who posted anonymous questions. This is said to be happening on April 1st. Interesting. . .

Sunday, February 28, 2010

Cricket Warnings


It has been discovered by researchers from the University of South Carolina, that pregnant crickets can warn their soon-to-be offspring of dangerous predators in their presence. They can forewarn. How they go about doing this is yet to be discovered. One theory is that the mother cicket transmits a hormone to her unborn offspring. Interesting. . .

The new approach to online privacy

Many things on the internet have changed over the years. One thing that has stayed relatively constant, is its approach to online privacy. Although, this may very well soon change. Recently, policy and privacy experts have agreed that the long written policies written to safeguard privacy are impractical. One big reason, is that these policies are rarely read. Because of this, experts claim that users don't have much understanding of the usage of their online information.

Are e-books taking over?


Statistically, it doesn't look that way. Last year, less than two percent of books sold were e-books. This trend however, could rapidly change. With the new interest in digitized books, (and of course, the soon-to-be released Apple iPad), e-books may soon get their foot in the door, so to speak.

After a flirt with bankruptcy, Sirius XM pulls through


A company that seems to be doing well during the recession, is Sirius XM. Their stocks have sharply risen since last year, when they came close to bankruptcy. This may be due to sales of new cars and their cheeper prices. In the forth quarter, Sirius XM added 257,00 new customers and ended the year with 18.8 million. We are all very happy for our pals at Sirius XM.

Will we be able to purchase shopping items with our phones?


Soon, shoppers will be able to stand outside designer Norma Kalami's store in Manhattan, point their phones at merchandise of their interest, and purchase it. Although this will obviously be limited to shoppers at this boutique, could this be the start of a new age of shopping? Interesting. . .

Microsoft redoes Phone software

After some fumbles, Microsoft has now "perfected" their phone software, which uses tiles instead of icons. The Microsoft phone is scheduled to be released late this year. Will this phone make it big? Probably not. Something people tend to oversee is that Microsoft is a software company, not a hardware company.

Friday, February 26, 2010

Harvesting Body movements as electricity?


A Doctor from Princeton is developing a way to capture human movements, and turn them into electricity. They're taking piezoelectric crystals (which produce an electric current when bent), and printing them on a flexible, rubber material. They'll first try by putting them in shoes, but eventually intend to implant them in the chest, and elsewhere. Interesting. . .

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Avatar for the win!!!


Avatar, as of last week, is the highest grossing film of all time! It is the first film in history to gross more than $2 billion, and it's still in theaters. Interesting. . .

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Pearl Jam tweet deal


Pearl Jam is offering a free, live recording of their new single "Just Breathe", in exchange for one tweet. Just go to justbreathe.pearljam.com, connect to twitter, tweet about Pearl Jam, and presto.

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Soundgarden Reunite


Grunge gods Soundgarden reunited as of this year. It was said that talks of the reuinion started at a Pearl Jam show in L.A. (a show that I attended). At the show, Pearl Jam (whose drummer, Matt Cameron is also the Soundgarden drummer), welcomed guests Chris Cornell (Soundgarden frontman), and Jerry Cantrell (guitarist for Alice in Chains), to play. Apparently the rest of Soundgarden (guitarist Kim Thayil and bassist Ben Shepherd), attended the show, and talks of the reunion ensued.

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