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Wil Shipley makes a very good case for Apple to design in an upgrade path for apps.

It would be big. Really big.

RIM resignations.

Zynga, purveyors of annoying, Facebook spamming games, have decided to release a complete and total rip off of NimbleBit's Tiny Tower.

Apparently, Zynga tried to acquire NimbleBit, and when they were turned down, just copied their game. Way to go.

#nimblebit #tiny tower #zynga

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This isn’t exciting because Apple’s the first company to create worthwhile digital textbooks. That honor goes to Inkling. It’s exciting because Apple’s the only company that is in a position to completely change how we learn, and iBooks certainly has the power to do so. For the first time ever, elementary and high school students will be able to replace twenty pounds of books with a one-and-a-half pound device.

"We found that Apple takes supplier responsibility seriously and we look forward to their participation in the Fair Labor Association," said Auret van Heerden, FLA's President and CEO. "We welcome Apple's commitment to greater transparency and independent oversight, and we hope its participation will set a new standard for the electronics industry."

#apple #fla

Reviewing the Samsung Galaxy S II

Charlie Kindel, who used to work on Windows Phone, won an Android 'phone in a raffle. His review is to the point, and he admits he may have some bias, although his points seem spot on to me:-

A typical non-geek consumer would be absolutely-fraking-crazy to pick an Android phone over a Windows Phone. Windows Phone is vastly more refined, cohesive, and easy to use. Period.

People who enjoy “managing” their phone might enjoy “managing” their Android smartphone. Those folks will probably forget how much fun “managing” a smartphone was after they’ve used Windows Phone for a while. Instead they’ll see how much fun it is to “use” a smartphone.

#android #windows phone

My primary phone is the iPhone, I love the beauty of it. But I wish it did all the things my Android does, I really do.

Steve Wozniak.

#woz #iphone #android

There was a dramatic graph produced by Fortune recently, that showed Apple sales soaring above the other main PC manufacturers if the iPad was included in the figures. It turns out that the figures and the graph produced weren't entirely accurate.

Sebastian Peitsch of Outsider has done the math correctly, and come up with the same conclusion (albeit a bit less dramatic).

#apple #ipad

The computer gaming experience you never had.

#computer games

Waterproof iPhone, anyone? Possibly.

#apple #iphone #hzo

Yet another great idea on Kickstarter. If I hadn't just bought a Jawbone Jambox, I'd have signed up for one of these. They look very Apple-like.

#kickstarter #bluetooth

I used to work in real-time control, so the idea of using PID control for a coffee machine seems like such a fantastic idea...

Consistent pressure and temperature through the entire pull is the key to getting a perfect shot of espresso. And that's exactly what our machine gives you, at a price far below any machine currently out there.

There are basically two kinds of home espresso machines on the market today. The affordable models have no good mechanism of temperature or pressure control. These machines can’t pull consistent shots. So if you're serious about espresso, you’ll need one of the higher-end machines - they make great coffee, but they also start around $700.

But we’re engineers, and we knew that we could design a machine that was just as good as the expensive models - for less. And because we’re coffee enthusiasts ourselves, we kept the consumer experience in mind, and included features that we ourselves lusted after in an affordable machine.

Our machine will retail for around $400, but it's available to you guys on Kickstarter for only $200!

No other machine at this price point offers high-end quality, PID-controlled customizable temperature and pressure, pre-infusion, or shot-time settings - we do.

How could someone bring a great idea to market like this in the pre-Kickstarter days?

#kickstarter #coffee

I think that Kickstarter is one of the most exciting internet-enabled sites I've seen. Here's a review of some of the projects that got off the ground in 2011.

#kickstarter

Ever wondered how different operating systems carry out a restart? No? Shame on you.

#restart

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