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Entries from November 7, 2010 - November 13, 2010
Saturday
Nov132010
Brandon DavenportTwitter now supports iTunes links - Listen to music inside Twitter
Twitter now supports iTunes links - Listen to music inside Twitter
I have to admit, this is pretty sweet being able to flip through music on Twitter without having to load the iTunes page. What I’m not so enthused about is the integration with Apple’s Ping (which is a crappy service to begin with), and having Ping spam your followers. Overall, it’s neat — but Twitter, get rid of the Ping crap!
Saturday
Nov132010
Squarespace was hit with a DDoS Attack yesterday, but we're back!
Squarespace was hit with a hard-core DDoS attack last night, and their entire service was down, including their own website. Most companies don’t survive this without issues, but Squarespace managed to pull out of the attack within a few hours, and have everything back to normal. They managed to switch IP’s and temporarily avoid the attack until their Peer1 infrastructure could filter the attack, and allow Squarespace to revert back to normal.
Saturday
Nov132010
Microsoft shows us that Macs and PC's can be friends
Microsoft shows us that Macs and PC's can be friends
This is a new commercial from Microsoft, and may I say that it could be one of the best I’ve seen in a very long time. It’s light-hearted, and isn’t so harsh on the Mac. It points out an advantage that the PC has over the Mac, and has fun with it. No hurt feelings — all smiles. Good work Microsoft, we want more ads like these!
Friday
Nov122010
Sparrow for Mac gets Gmail Labels
We have talked about Sparrow for Mac before, and it has gotten even cooler since then. It has gained a new ability to display Gmail Labels, along with a tight bundle of new features and improvements:
- Labels
- Quicklook on attachments
- Save Cc/Bcc state
- Click on a sidebar icon (inbox, favorite…) get you to the top of the list‘
- Move to inbox’ from archive and search sections
- Memorize main window size
- Attachments saved in ‘downloads’ folder
Friday
Nov122010
Rubik's Cube Solving robot made using Lego and a Nexus One
Rubik's Cube Solving robot made using Lego and a Nexus One
This is just too awesome to be ignored — a Rubik’s Cube speed-solver powered by a Nexus One. What makes the robot so awesome is it’s made using Legos, and that is a sure sign that people can build robots using every day stuff, and that every day stuff has become more and more advanced over the years.
Friday
Nov122010
iPad iOS 4.2 Update should be here today - Delayed again
According to a recent post we wrote 2 days ago, the iPad update should be arriving in less than 2 hours (10:00AM PDT), but due to recent events, Apple has cancelled the 4.2 update and is holding off (again) until some serious WiFi issues are fixed. Basically, even if the iPad manages to successfully connect to a local network, the connection is lost after a few minutes. It’s hard to believe that iPad iOS 4.2 was originally set to release in October.
Friday
Nov122010
Kinect hacked to work as a Multitouch interface
Kinect hacked to work as a Multitouch interface
If this doesn’t scream Minority Report, than I don’t know what else would come even close. This is the coolest Kinect hack we have seen, and we have a feeling the hacks will just keep coming, and they’ll just keep getting more awesome. Did we mention the Kinect also works on the Mac?
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