The Microsoft Surface commercial is bad. And they should feel bad too When I first saw the commercial for Microsoft’s surface, my first reaction, was ‘Ug’. Why the hell are all these kids jumping around just because a keyboard was connected to a tablet? Kind of like why when I drink a beer, tonnes of my friends and a bevy of hot babes do not suddenly come… Read More
An experience with Virgin America’s website I didn’t have but won’t soon forget When it comes to domestic travel Virgin America has been a dream come true for me. I fly it often for business and from the check-in counter to that cool blue cabin, I am greeted by friendly helpful staff that create an experience that I feel would be drab by comparison on any other carrier.… Read More
More data that fewer people are using Maps in iOS6, Apple fan boys get their panties in a bunch. Last week I wrote a story on the reduction of people using iOS Maps, and cross posted on VentureBeat on how Snappli did a quick survey of use patters and found a significant drop in the number of people using Maps after iOS6. Of course, plenty of fanboys got all in a huff questioning results,… Read More
Here is proof and data that iOS6 maps sucks, people are not using it anymore So its pretty much old news that iOS6 maps is awful. Many writers have noted its Maps failures and its even garnered a growing tumbler of fail. Its so bad, Apple actually apologized. However, we are now seeing data for the first time just how drastic the rejecting of maps is from iOS6 users. A… Read More
iOS6 maps sucks so bad, I’m writing a follow up. So I played a bit more with the iphone 5, the real deal, not my emulator, and Maps is worse then I thought. So much that I thought I would bitch about it again. However, before I let lose the downvotes, let me say right off, the iphone 5 is fast! fast fast fast! I… Read More
Why Maps in iOS 6 is a disappointment. There are a lot of very cool things in iOS6 that iPhone 5 users are going to get. Maps is not one of them. Dont get me wrong, the 3D stuff is very cool, but I do not need this on my iphone. Street view would be far more useful. But that is not the… Read More
Is FileSonic Toast? If you used the popular Torrent sharing site “FileSonic”, you may have noticed that the site has been down sense Wednesday. This comes a few months after the site started to limit what its users could upload and download, reportedly after MegaUpload had been raided by the FBI for copyrighted material. Eventually, completely disabling any… Read More
Reddit down? BLAME OBAMA! Yup, he’s doing an IAMA I have been trying to get into Reddit since the started and its totally down. Check out the post from venturebeat with more info in case you do not know what IAMA means. Normally, unless you are a Redditor, you would not even know about this and thus, “I” would be able to see this.… Read More
Scumbag Steve’s tips and cheats for social games. I saw this on VentureBeat and thought I would put a summery together, check out the full post if you have the time. But before we get started, I chose Scumbag Steve for a reason, I think cheating at social games is pretty weak. I mean really, its suppose to be a fun relating thing,… Read More
Mat Honan was hacked hard, lessons he could have used from a PC user In the great OS war between PC and Mac, its seems Mac has the upper hand with the current generation of user who can choose what OS they want to use. In general, those with Macs think they are pretty secure, at least that is what Mat Honan thought. As someone who has loved tablet… Read More
Save As will overwrite the original file in OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Just read this in Hacker News. Gezz.. I think I will have to keep a much closer look at OS X 10.8. Heck, I have not even written about the battery issues yet. Ok, check this out…. OS X Lion 10.7 removed the Save As command; see Save As Command Forces Multi-Step Workaround, Data Destruction.… Read More
Chick-fil-A PR fail starts to approach Epic levels. And its not over yet. Seems like every year is here is some sort of PR fail or chick-fli-al that goes beyond a simple slip up to epic proportions. And looks like we are approaching Critical Fail with Chick-fil-A ‘s ever expanding controversy over its stance on gay marriage. What started out as a protest against Chick-fil-A giving money to… Read More
SimCity social… I did not like, but that does not mean it’s bad It only took 10 min of trying SimCity Social to realize this is not for me. Perhaps because I’m a pretty hard core fan of the original game, this pop version is simply a turn off. Perhaps if I was 8 years old… Naw, not even then. Thats pretty harsh I know, but that just… Read More
They are taking iGoogle away. Do not want! I rely on iGoogle. Its my default page. I love it because its simple, clean, fast. Have my RSS feeds, mail, comics and weather. Its great. And now Google is going to kill it end of next year. Damn. So why is Google doing this? Not to make friends thats for sure. On the google… Read More
As bad as it looks for Facebook, its much worse for Zynga Its pretty well know that Facebooks stock dropped pretty low after its first launched. However, in the last few weeks, it has been crawling back from its low of $26.50 a share closing today at $33.10. Once cannot say the same for Zynga. After today’s announcements of new games and initiatives, Zynga stock actually dropped… Read More
More passwords shared. Its time to change all the passwords Sigh. First the passwords from linkedIn, then eharmoney and today we find out passwords from last.fm may have been stolen. Odds are pretty good that there are a few more sites out there that have had it list of passwords compromised and we do not know yet.. So guess whats its a good time to… Read More
SceneTap – Big Brother in a bar near you So I heard last year that there were a series of San Francisco bars that were installing inside cameras and providing a live stream of the action so potential patrons could check out the scene before heading out. This service provided by an Austin based company called SceneTap. Seems for the bar in the above… Read More
Siri used to think the Lumia 900 was the best phone, but she has been ‘corrected’ Love it. A few days back we heard that if you asked Siri what the smartphone (not smart phone) is, it would reply back with the Lumia 900 by Nokia. This is because the answer comes from Wolfram Alpha, a service Siri often queries. Wolfram Alpha’s answer was based on “customer review average” across the… Read More
Facebook claims its current vulnerability is because of jailbreak. Oh really? The news has been moving around the interwebs on how Gareth Wright found a security issue with Facebook on the iphone. Seems the key information needed to request and hold a token to Facebook is stored unencrypted in a plist file. Facebook claims that this is not a security risk since its stored in a… Read More