Monthly Archives: December 2011
Apple Blames Glitch for Siri’s Anti-Abortion Bias
With a calming voice and no dearth of sassy responses, voice-controlled digital assistant Siri charmed the masses when the iPhone 4S first launched. Over the last week, however, it seems as if she’s gone political on us.
Critics Line Up to Bash Maker of Secret Phone-Monitoring Software
The backlash against a formerly obscure, California mobile-monitoring software maker grew even larger Thursday, with a Senator asking questions, citizens bombing them with bad online reviews, and former customer Apple swearing it off. Adding possible legal jeopardy to its woes, … Continue reading
Amit Gupta Could Have Marrow Transplant by End of Year
One month ago, Wired.com reported that Amit Gupta, a 32-year-old Indian-American entrepreneur with acute myeloid leukemia, had 30 days to find a bone marrow donor. His friends orchestrated a campaign called Amit Gupta Needs You and worked tirelessly to increase … Continue reading
Iron Man Gets the Shakes and Other Superheroic Animated GIFs
Tony Stark suffers the DTs in a freaky animated GIF created from a classic The Invincible Iron Man cover. Lovingly crafted by comics creator Kerry Callen, the image is one of four he made to test his hand at injecting … Continue reading
Senate Wants the Military to Lock You Up Without Trial
The Senate is poised to pass a bill tonight that would let the military detain American citizens whom the government says are terrorists, effectively forever. If President Obama backs down from a veto threat, get ready to see Americans at … Continue reading
YouTube Revamp Foreshadows Google’s Vision of Media
SAN BRUNO, California — YouTube is ready for its close-up, Mr. DeMille. Google’s streaming-video arm launched a complete site overhaul on Thursday, setting its sights squarely on reshaping the media landscape. The central focus of the redesign rests mainly on … Continue reading
TouchFire iPad Keyboard Seeks To Put The Touch Back In Typing
The iPad has a perfectly good software keyboard but it’s … not perfect. I wouldn’t go so far as to say that a better keyboard is a missing piece of the iPad. But Steve Isaac would.
5 Best Spotify Apps … So Far
We’ve been playing with Spotify’s new app framework, and we’re impressed. The potential for apps to take advantage of Spotify’s streaming capabilities to deliver some incredible experiences is huge. Here are our favorite Spotify apps so far.
WikiLeaks Unveils the Selling of Surveillance, Sort Of
The WikiLeaks submission system may still be incommunicado, but the secret-spilling site woke up on Thursday to release a trove of marketing documents from surveillance companies hawking their wares to governments – though many were previously published by the Wall … Continue reading
