A nice twist on my setup by Bradley Chambers.
Category: General Tech
Apple Loses Appeal in UK⇢
Eric Slivka:
Back in early July, a UK court ruled that Samsung had not infringed upon the design of the iPad with its own Galaxy Tab device, with judge Colin Birss ruling that the Galaxy Tab was simply “not as cool” as the iPad. Roughly a week later, Birss ruled that Apple must publish advertisements on its website and in newspapers acknowledging that Samsung did not copy the iPad’s design.
Verizon’s Gone Creepy⇢
Declan McCullagh:
The company this month began offering reports to marketers showing what Verizon subscribers are doing on their phones and other mobile devices, including what iOS and Android apps are in use in which locations. Verizon says it may link the data to third-party databases with information about customers’ gender, age, and even details such as “sports enthusiast, frequent diner or pet owner.”
“We’re able to view just everything that they do,” Bill Diggins, U.S. chief for the Verizon Wireless marketing initiative, told an industry conference earlier this year. “And that’s really where data is going today. Data is the new oil.”
Pebble Hits Pre-Production⇢
Eric Migicovsky:
Pebble is not in mass production yet. These sample Pebbles are from an early pre-production test build. We only turned the assembly line on for one day to test the process.
The watch isn’t shipping yet, but hey, I entered to win a t-shirt!
On the Yoga⇢
Does anyone actually want systems like this?
Ballsy⇢
I wouldn’t jump.
My 2012 Mac Setup
Back in 2009, my setup was featured on Shawn Blanc’s website. Back then, I was running an Apple-Authorized Service Provider, only had one kid and used a desk I didn’t build with my own hands. In the last three years, my computing needs at home and at work have changed, I’ve changed jobs, had a second kid, bought a house and built a desk. Seems like it’s time to re-visit that old article.
The ThinkPad Turns 20⇢
I love ThinkPad hardware. If these machines ran OS X, I’d be set.
Apple Using Retail Staff to Improve iOS 6 Maps?⇢
Other than using the Genius Bar to track unusual failure trends, Apple usually doesn’t utilize retail staff for much past selling and support of its products. This really speaks to how hard Apple must be working to fix its Maps data.
The CD Turns 30⇢
Andrew Everard:
Today’s a significant anniversary in the history of recorded music: the world’s first CD players were announced in Japan on October 1st, 1982.
The Fiftyfootshadows iPhone 5 Wallpaper pack⇢
I love this collection.