Oct 25
West Elm Market launched this week, and it’s full of wonderful tools to use in your home, just like this Areawear Wood Flashlight ($50). More »
Oct 25
Rejoice people, for the wonder of ice cream sandwiches factories has been revealed in this perfect animated GIF! Chocolate cookies sliding on two sides while a machine cuts a never-ending stream of ice cream into perfect rectangular shapes. Perfection. More »
Oct 25
Is Your iMessage Busted?
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It appears that there is a large iMessage outage across iOS devices right now. iMessages will not send. Red alert! We’re noticing problems on our iPhones in the office. It’s pretty annoying that this seems to be happening all frequently for one reason or another. Is your iMessage working? And if not, how are you coping? More »
Oct 25
“Is it fair to say we’re going to do more hardware? Obviously we are. We did our first piece of non-Xbox hardware when we launch the Surface. Where we see important opportunities to set a new standard, yeah, we’ll dive in.”
It is in non-uncertain terms that Microsoft’s CEO Steve Balmer told the BCC that it will not hesitate to build hardware when it senses that the opportunity is right. Of course, the Xbox and Xbox 360 come to mind, but everyone wonders if and when Microsoft would release a smartphone, despite their strong alliance with Nokia. Obviously, the 7″ tablet question is also on the lips of a lot of reporters. (more…)
By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Skype boosts Xbox division quarter by 20%, Microsoft Purchases Yammer for $1.2 Billion,
Oct 25
A lot of people would agree that breakfast is perhaps the most important meal of the day. I agree and I never miss it if I have a choice. But if the mascots on the cereal boxes had a change of face and were changed to look like the ones below, then I wouldn’t hesitate to skip it.
Not because I want to, but because I don’t think I can stomach it.
These realistic renderings were done by graphic designer and illustrator Guillermo Fajardo who wanted to do something different with something that’s so well-known.
I’ve always wondered what if the characters from our favorite cereal boxes were actual real life moving and dramatic creatures…This project is based on a personal point of view, taking all my child memories and turning them into a new sarcastic and adult vision, remaking all the cereal gang.
Tony the Tiger, Cap’n Crunch, Count Chocula and Trix Rabbit never looked this realistic–or this mean, scary, and creepy.
What do you think?
[via Incredible Things]
Oct 25
At the moment, one of the downsides to picking T-Mobile over a number of other carriers is that T-Mobile doesn’t yet have a 4G LTE network set up. We were thinking that this would naturally mean no LTE support built into T-Mobile’s version of the Galaxy Note II, but today we’re finding out that assumption was wrong. AnandTech pointed out that T-Mobile’s version of the Note II has hidden support for LTE under the hood in its review of the device, meaning that you if buy the Note II, you won’t have to buy an entirely new device once T-Mobile gets the ball rolling on its own LTE network.
That definitely is something to get excited about, because while T-Mobile doesn’t have a 4G LTE network yet, it’s planning to soon. The company will be rolling out its LTE network across the country beginning next year, and when it does, Note II owners will be able to hop on and enjoy LTE speeds. The Verge confirmed LTE support in the Note II with T-Mobile today, though the carrier said that Note II owners won’t automatically have access to its LTE network once service is available in their area.
This means that Note II users will likely have to wait for a software update before tapping into T-Mobile’s LTE network. That will probably be an annoyance for some, but hey, it’s better than not having LTE support at all. The carrier also confirmed to The Verge that its planning to cover “200 million Americans” with its LTE network by the end of 2013, so if you pick up the Note II at T-Mobile, it seems like there’s a pretty good chance of having LTE access by this time next year.
However, that depends on whether or not T-Mobile’s LTE roll out goes as planned. There’s plenty of room for error with this difficult nationwide launch, so don’t be surprised if T-Mobile hits a few bumps along the way. In any case, we now know that Note II owners should eventually have LTE access on their phone going through T-Mobile, a little factoid that may just help the carrier rack up some additional sales.
T-Mobile’s Galaxy Note II has hardware support for LTE is written by Eric Abent & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Oct 25
Apple Hardware Sales In FY 2012: 125.04M iPhones, 58.23M iPads, 18.1M Macs And 35.2M iPods
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Apple’s Q4 results mean we also now have the total hardware sales the company managed for the 2012 financial year. The company sold an amazing 125.04 million iPhones, 58.23 million iPads, 18.1 million Macs and 35.2 million iPods. To put that in perspective, it sold only 72 million iPhones across all of FY 2011.
Apple also sold around 32 million iPads in 2011, 17 million Macs and 42.6 million iPods. The FY 2012 numbers make for a 74 percent increase in iPhone sales year over year, an 81 percent bump in iPad sales, a 6.5 percent jump in Mac sales and a 17 percent drop in iPod sales. Clearly, the growth is in Apple’s iOS devices, with smartphones and tablets making up a growing piece of its overall hardware picture, which isn’t surprising given device performance over the past few years.
The iPod touch accounted for more than half of all iPods sold, too, so even among the dwindling iPod sales, iOS is still leading the way in terms of growth.
Oct 25
Amazon announced their earnings for the third quarter of 2012 today, and while they beat the expectations they set for themselves last quarter, they ended up with an operating loss of $28 million. However, the company’s net sales reached $13.81 billion dollars, which is a whopping 27% higher than last year.
With almost $14 billion in revenue, it’s certainly not good news that the company lost $28 million, especially when they profited $79 million during the third quarter of last year. However, back in July, Amazon said it expected anywhere from a $50 million to $350 million loss. Thankfully, their loss this quarter wasn’t in that range.
Of course, Amazon may just be prepping for the holiday season, as well as bolstering up their various web services. The company’s Kindle Fire HD 8.9-inch tablet has yet to be released and won’t be launched until mid-November, so you should expect Amazon’s fourth quarter to be slightly better, and the company expects sales to reach at least $20 billion next quarter.
Amazon has seen a lot of success with their recent devices. The Kindle Paperwhite is a huge hit, and eventually sold out when it first launched. Plus, the Kindle Fire HD is another hit amongst budget tablet users, and it’s been a great device for reading newspapers, magazines, and other periodicals.
Amazon posts Q3 2012 earnings, reports $28 million operating loss is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Oct 25
Warner, Redbox agree to 28 day delay on disc rentals, UltraViolet support for Redbox Instant
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Redbox and Warner Bros. were at odds in January when Warner wanted to extend the window before discs hit kiosks to 56 days, but now the two have come to an agreement that keeps it at a 28 day delay. When their previous deal expired Redbox said it would find other ways to obtain discs and offer them day and date to its customers, although actually finding them in kiosks could be tough. The new two-year deal covers movies that debut after January 1st, 2013, and claims to improve economics for both Warner (which has apparently seen fit to eliminate the delay entirely for brick & mortar renters) and Redbox. Additionally, Redbox has joined with the DECE team and will support UltraViolet with its upcoming Redbox Instant service. With the new deal, it can offer UltraViolet digital access to Warner movies, and distribute movies through its subscription service. We’ll have to wait for Redbox Instant to launch to know more information about that, for now check out the details in the press release after the break.
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Oct 25
An obsessive coffee aficionado uses the pour-over method to get the absolute maximum control over the way the cup comes out. But not everyone has 20 minutes to sit there babysitting every cup, making sure 500 mL of water takes exactly 4 minutes to saturate the grinds. More »
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