News spread this morning that MOG has been purchased by HTC/Beats Audio for $10 million, which probably was not the payout the Berkeley-based company was hoping for (disclosure: I used to work there once upon a time). And while Spotify appears destined to win the streaming music wars (as far as subscription services go, at least), each service has its own merits. So what service did you end up choosing? Spotify, Rdio or MOG? Maybe even Rhapsody or Slacker? More »
WMPowerUser is reporting that Microsoft’s research team is working on this curved software keyboard, leaked from an internal presentation. It even speculates that it might be made available in Windows Phone 8. More »
There’s nothing fancy or sophisticated about GamaGo’s dinner placemats fashioned in the likeness of a vinyl record. And it’s hard to argue that they’re not a little bit kitschy, but they just have a certain charm that makes the music nerd in me smile. But what say you? Awesome or terrible? [Gama-Go via Apartment Therapy] More »
Wthr is the latest meteorological app to hit the iPhone and has had the internets going nuts because it was conceived around Dieter Rams’ 10 principles of good design. But personally, I think the look and overall function of the app is just OK. I’d much rather have an apps that look or behaves along the lines of Clear, or Agenda or Buzz, and not something that is trying to visually mimic a piece of hardware from the 1960s. Am I crazy? More »
On Friday afternoon, an anonymous Redditor posted a follow-up to a thread he’d since deleted, explaining that Google had fired him for posting pictures of his company uniform. More »
The Neccomimi ears—an animatronic headband controlled through the power of your mind—that we first covered last year are finally coming to America! Designed and built by Neurowear, a Japanese fashion electronics company, the ears respond to their wearers emotions, perking up and flopping over depend on your mood. They will retail for $100 and be avialable at Comicon and through the Neurowear website. These are obviously quite awesome but what I want to know is, would you wear them? You know—in public? More »
At first, I thought that this electric butter knife—which heats itself to an optimum temperature (41 degrees celsius) in under 20 seconds—was nothing more than a frivolous byproduct of first-world culture. But the more I think of my epic struggles with a cold stick of butter sometimes, the more I think I like it. What say you, readers? [Daily Mail via Laughing Squid] More »
For many of us, Facebook was around in college. Which means there are some awful, awful pictures of us circulating on the internet. I’m one of the guiltiest offenders. But that’s all right. Because a lot of these images taken at bad angles, in weird costumes, and blind drunk are great memories and make for a laugh now. So I’m sharing a few of mine (sorry, mom!) and asking you, what’s the worst photo of yourself on Facebook? More »
If you missed the news, HP will not be making any tablets that only run the WinRT (aka Metro) part of Windows 8. It says the decision came before the unveiling of Microsoft’s Surface tablet, but others say HP decided against it because it was miffed that Microsoft decided to compete with its own partners. But here’s the larger question: Would it even make a difference one way or another if other companies produced Windows 8 tablets? [Bloomberg] More »
Five years ago today, people were getting their hands on the iPhone for the first time. Know what that means? We all had something that wasn’t an iPhone. Or an Android Phone. Or a Windows Phone. So what did you have? Are there any BlackBerry users out there who are using the same phone now that you had back then? More »
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