Love it or hate it, Apple had a pretty stellar 2011. According to crunched numbers from Asymco, between its iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, the Cupertino outfit sold some 156 million iOS devices in 2011 (37 million of which came this past quarter), marking a grand total of 316 million in the mobile OS’ short [...]
It’s a new year. You have big things planned and you made some resolutions. Save money. Get fit. Quit smoking. Etc, etc. Well now it’s time to put those plans into action. Here a six tools to help. More » Gizmodo
While many consumers are still waiting for something new from TiVo — finally enabling the second processor core on Premieres this weekend is a nice step, but how about more HD menus? — said company has found growth for the first time in four years by turning to a more traditional way to sell set-top [...]
We just witnessed quite the interview between ASUS chairman Jonney Shih and Walt Mossberg at AsiaD, and outside of revealing the Transformer Prime (and affirming that the impending Padfone would ship with Android 4.0), he also dropped a few other nuggets worth mention to the audience here in Hong Kong. For starters, he finally caved [...]
Since the earthquake and subsequent tsunami, Japanese companies have been focusing their efforts on creating products that can be useful in an emergency. And since batteries can be vital when a power grid’s been knocked out, Sanyo has been working to improve their shelf life. More » Gizmodo
Roz Savage is about to set a world record as the first woman to row solo across the three largest oceans of the world. You may think she’s an extreme athlete, but she’s actually a lot like you and me. More » Gizmodo
Microsoft Research was founded way back in 1991 as a way of turning cutting edge concepts into products. Over the years, the division has been behind some of the most exciting ideas that have come out of Redmond, from fluffy mice to HIV / AIDS research. The department is celebrating its 20th anniversary by highlighting [...]
This is the 1930 report card of Marie Garaventa. It has her academic evaluations, performance, and even a detailed history of the places she worked after she graduated. It’s whimsical and nostalgic and wonderfully voyeuristic. And in another 80 years, it might resemble all the data you store (and that’s stored about you) online. More » [...]
If you happen to be good friends with an accountant or basically anyone involved in crunching numbers in the financial sector and are scratching your head as to what to purchase for them as a present, might I interest you in what has long been deemed to be the gold standard of business calculation – [...]
The Most Interesting Man in the World’s got nothing on Tracey Moberly. She’s either incredibly exciting or is acquainted with plenty of people that are, because over the course of twelve years she’s collected enough interesting texts to publish a book about them. We can’t imagine saving and compiling thousands upon thousands of SMS messages [...]