God Can’t Get His Credit Report From Equifax

God Can't Get His Credit Report From Equifax

Dealing with credit agencies can be a real pain. A lot of times it feels like the credit bureaus just don’t care about regular folks like you and me. We’re not alone—turns out, even God can’t get an accurate credit report. Because Equifax doesn’t believe in Mr. God Gazarov.

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This Map Lets You Find Every Street, Place, and Thing With Your Name

This Map Lets You Find Every Street, Place, and Thing With Your Name

If you’ve ever secretly believed that you deserve a place named after you, then you have come to the right corner of the internet. This handy little app finds every street, river, garden, park, castle, or cave with your name already on it.

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Siri Actually Cares How Names Are Pronounced in iOS 7

Siri Actually Cares How Names Are Pronounced in iOS 7

In iOS 7, Siri’s voice is becoming less robotic and more human (we’ll have to wait and see if she’s more useful). One of those improvements will be how she pronounces names. Instead of butchering your name or choppily spelling out letters of your friends’ names, she’ll be able to be ‘taught’ what the correct pronunciation is.

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The iPhone Was Almost Called Telepod, Mobi or Tripod

During a talk at the University of Arizona’s Department of Marketing, Apple’s former head of advertising, Ken Segall, let slip about some of the alternative names seriously considered at Cupertino before the launch of the iPhone. They’re surprisingly bad. More »

What’s The Best Wi-Fi Network Name You’ve Ever Seen?

I was travelling this weekend and found myself connected to the incredibly blandly named “Home_Nework” Wi-Fi network. When I go home, it’ll be scarcely better when I connect to yet another router with a boring out-of-the-box name: “FastRabbit.” Bleh More »

Stop Using Fake Names on Facebook [User Manual]

For many good reasons, anonymity is important on the Internet. It’s handy for unfettered discussion, whistle-blowing, and dissent under oppression! For the general preservation of privacy, it’s nice to go nameless. More »