March 2011

86 Stories

NY Times Bets Big on Their Muscle, Announces Paywall

NY Times Bets Big on Their Muscle, Announces Paywall

Starting March 28, you get 20 articles a month. That's it. Beyond that, it's $15 for 4 weeks for the...

Why ‘Big Media’ Was Just a Historical Blip

Why ‘Big Media’ Was Just a Historical Blip

The conversation about the shift from "old" to "new" media usually goes something like this: 1) the media business has...

Heavy Multitaskers “lousy at everything that’s necessary for multitasking”

Heavy Multitaskers “lousy at everything that’s necessary for multitasking”

New reports find that high multi-taskers are "lousy at everything that's necessary for multitasking." Considering the amount of time people...

Twitter Pushes https, Plans to Make it Default

Twitter Pushes https, Plans to Make it Default

With security being a major concern for Twitter over the years, they have been continuously making improvements and securing internal...

HTC Thunderbolt Strikes March 17, Brings LTE To Verizon Customers

HTC Thunderbolt Strikes March 17, Brings LTE To Verizon Customers

The first LTE-enabled Verizon phone is official. The HTC Thunderbolt will strike Verizon Wireless stores on March 17 for $249.99...

Proof That The Game Console Is Dead

Proof That The Game Console Is Dead

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qulUJrnriOI What happens when you take an iPad 2, an iPad game, and a 50-inch HDTV and put them together?...

Nokia and Windows Phone 7 To Miss 2011

Nokia and Windows Phone 7 To Miss 2011

Microsoft and Nokia have one thing in common: they like to do things extraordinarily slow. It appears that their newfound...

Test Drive A VW Directly From A Print Magazine Ad

Test Drive A VW Directly From A Print Magazine Ad

https://youtu.be/FhbkqFdKnP8?si=UoKmtOcy2QO6lVyL You know things are getting pretty ridiculous in the tech world when you can test drive a car directly...

Future (Fake) Tech: The Google Helmet

Future (Fake) Tech: The Google Helmet

Have you ever wished you could simply put Google in your mind? You could search for whatever information was out...

Head of Flickr Bails: Another Reason Why Facebook Should Buy Them

Head of Flickr Bails: Another Reason Why Facebook Should Buy Them

Matthew Rothenberg, the man who most believed ran Flickr for Yahoo!, announced his departure in a Tweet today. He was...

Kinect ‘Evil Genius Simulator’ Hack is the Most Dangerous To Date

Kinect ‘Evil Genius Simulator’ Hack is the Most Dangerous To Date

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNN4Oo0KhZo If there's one thing the Kinect is good for, it's facilitating interesting and downright clever hacks. Obviously. If you...

Sixteen Uses For Your Wrist Now That Your Phone is Your Watch

Sixteen Uses For Your Wrist Now That Your Phone is Your Watch

In the age of the pervasion of mobile devices, it would seem traditional wrist-mounted chronometers have fallen by the wayside....