December 11, 2013 Google Bus Blocked in San Francisco Gentrification Protest by REUTERS By REUTERS A company commuter shuttle was blocked in the city’s Mission District on Monday morning, highlighting growing concern that an influx of tech…
December 11, 2013 Headphones to Block Out the World by ROY FURCHGOTT By ROY FURCHGOTT Comparing NoiseHush i7 headphones with Bose Quiet Comfort 15. Published: December 12, 2013 at 12:00AM from NYT Technology http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/12/technology/personaltech/review-noisehush-i7-sound-canceling-headphones.html via IFTTT
December 11, 2013 Worker Deaths Raise Questions at an Apple Contractor in China by DAVID BARBOZA By DAVID BARBOZA The Pegatron Corporation, which makes iPhones and iPads, acknowledged the recent deaths of young workers, but said it wasn’t because of…
December 11, 2013 Interview With Kevin Kelly, Author of ‘Cool Tools’ by NICK BILTON By NICK BILTON Kevin Kelly’s latest book, “Cool Tools,” is intended to be a compendium of the greatest tools on earth. It is presented…
December 11, 2013 New York Asks Cellphone Carriers to Explain Why They Rejected Antitheft Switch by BRIAN X. CHEN By BRIAN X. CHEN New York’s attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman, sent letters to AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile US, U.S. Cellular and Verizon Wireless asking…
December 11, 2013 Be Careful With Coin by DAMON DARLIN By DAMON DARLIN Coin, a device that will hold the information from all your credit cards, sounds like just the device you need. But…
December 10, 2013 A Stripped-Down Look to Highlight Your iPhone by GREGORY SCHMIDT By GREGORY SCHMIDT M-Edge has introduced Stripped, a line of cellphone cases with clear panels inlaid with reclaimed and natural materials. Published: December 12,…
December 10, 2013 Updated Microsoft Photosynth Makes HDTV Look Low-Resolution by NICK BILTON By NICK BILTON Microsoft announced updates to Photosynth that create fully immersive, video-like panoramas. The updates will be available on a first-come first-serve basis…
December 10, 2013 Today’s Scuttlebot: Protesting Google’s Shuttle, and Going Inside Samsung’s Testing Labs by THE NEW YORK TIMES By THE NEW YORK TIMES Monday’s highlights from around the web include a protest over the technology industry’s impact on San Francisco, and the…
December 10, 2013 Backing Up a Book With Gmail, and Another Screen for a Mac Laptop by J. D. BIERSDORFER By J. D. BIERSDORFER You can save a novel you are writing with either Gmail or Google Drive, and there are several ways to…