What Features Would You Want in an Amazon Phone? [Chatroom]

The Amazon phone rumor mill is in full force right now, and regardless of whether they’re true or not, the idea of Amazon making phones is an intriguing prospect. But without an operating system of its own, Amazon would need to imbue such a device with features that make it stand out. If you were responsible for an Amazon phone, what features would you stick in it? More »

Did You Know Your Kinja Avatar Can be an Animated GIF? [Chatroom]

With the arrival of our new discussion system, Kinja, came a new feature for your avatars: Animated GIFs. Yep, you can upload obnoxiously-wonderful GIFs for people to see everytime they read one your contribution to a discussion. So what’s the best GIF you got? Upload ’em. More »

Is HTC the New Doomed Phone Manufacturer? [Chatroom]

HTC’s fortunes aren’t going so well. At the start of the year, the company announced a 22 percent decline in operating income, year-on-year. Today, it’s had the misfortune to announce that its second quarter net profits for 2012 are down a hideous 57 percent compared to the year before. More »

Has an Incrementally Small Technological Advancement Ever Completely Changed Your World? [Chatroom]

I just discovered—because I hadn’t set foot in my gym, ever, until earlier this week—that the elliptical trainers have BUILT IN FANS. Fans! Right there! In the machine. Fans to blow cool air somewhere in the direction of your sweaty face/neck/chest area, while you run in an elliptical motion, Around The Fur blasting on your headphones. Somehow, this makes all the difference. Somehow, this is going to change my life. I’m going to be someone who goes to the gym. A real, responsible human. My mom will be so proud. More »

Whoa, Huh, the F-22 Is Still Broken (!) (?) [Chatroom]

I’m hoping you’re all planted deep in your seats with an oxygen mask strapped on, because the New York Times is reporting that the Air Force still can’t fix the F-22, the most expensive fighter in history. More »

Don’t Push All Your Freaking Foursquare Checkins to Twitter [Chatroom]

Do you really want all your Twitter followers to know that you’re currently at Dollar Rent-a-Car? I mean, if you do, that’s fine. But at the least, they probably don’t care and at the most they’re embarrassed for you. We’ve established that you shouldn’t arbitrarily push all your tweets to Facebook, and a similar maxim should apply to Twitter and your Foursquare Checkins. More »

Nothing Is More Frustrating Than Watching a Mobile Broadband Connection Try to Connect [Chatroom]

Searching for 4G. Connecting to 4G. Authenticating. Disconnecting. Searching for 4G. Searching for 4G. Switching to 3G. Searching for 3G. Connecting to 3G. Authenticating. Obtaining IP Address. Connected to 3G. YES! Disconnecting. NO! Searching for 4G. KILL ME. More »

What’s the First Email You Still Have Archived? [Chatroom]

Email archives are a awful, anachronistic time capsules of the things we used to say to the people we used to know. It’s easy to ignore, for the most part, except when you’re syncing a new computer’s email client for the first time, and you’re forced to look your past in the eye. More »

Is Skyping Without a Headset in Public Obnoxious? [Chatroom]

There are some perks to working as a blogger, and one of them is that anywhere with Wi-Fi is your office. Great! But often times, when working in a coffee shop for instance, you experience some outrageous behavior. More »

What Are the Best Fireworks You Ever Bought? [Chatroom]

Hey, today is the high holiday for lighting shit on fire and watching it explode in a mess of beautiful color. We’ve all been fixated with fireworks since we were kids, and certainly we all have our personal favorites. So what are the best Fireworks you’ve eve bought (legal or illegal)? Image Credit: TNT More »