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02 Sep 2010 01:30

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Tech: New Twitter iPad app blows every other Twitter iPad app away

  • Even though we’ve felt like Twitter’s official iPhone app (formerly Tweetie) has been overrated to some degree, we can’t say the same thing about Twitter’s official iPad app. It’s got this magical ability to be as simple or as complex as you’d like it to be, and that’s really hard to pull off. Layers can hide as neces­sary as the content requires. Links are done in a way that feels intuitive, and it could even teach Flipboard some things about elegance, which is saying a lot. Let’s just get it out there now: We’re fans. Nice work Atebits. source
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31 Aug 2010 21:34

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Chatter: Glenn Beck’s “The Blaze”: Well, the design is kinda cool

  • Credit where credit’s due: The Blaze, clearly Glenn Beck’s attempt at a Huffin­g­ton Post-style site, has a design that tops pretty much every site of its kind out there. HuffPo is an exercise in throw­ing a ton of crap on a single page. The Daily Caller, while it had an engag­ing pitch at launch, definitely had a by-the-numbers design that looked out of date before it had ever heard of Journo­list. The Blaze, while stick­ing with WordPress, has a downright elegant, photo-heavy, type-focused look. Too bad it’s as adver­sar­ial and divisive as Beck can be. source
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20 Aug 2010 11:39

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Tech: Foursquare isn’t doing too bad considering, y’know, Facebook Places

  • cause Facebook launched its Foursquare-aping “Facebook Places” feature, leading many to claim that the service was going to die soon. Because that’s what Facebook does. They rip off other services.
  • effect Instead, Foursquare co-founder Dennis Crowley tweeted this: “Just heard from The @HarryH that today was @foursquare’s biggest day ever in terms of new user signups.” Hmm. Inter­est­ing. source
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28 Jun 2010 09:17

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Tech: iPhone sales figures: Apple’s got it, so they’re gonna flaunt it

  • 1.7 million phones sold in just three days – that's hot source
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24 Jun 2010 21:38

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Tech: iPhone launch report: A lot of scattered, potentially serious issues

  • Be it yellow residue that hasn’t completely dried or anten­nas that aren’t working very well, a lot of new iPhones have been having some pretty bad issues at launch. And it’s something that could cause Apple to lose a little of its luster if it proves to be too bad or too serious. Apple’s allowed a rough launch every once in a while. OK? source
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09 Feb 2010 14:12

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Tech: Twitter’s abuzz about Google Buzz, and so are we



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08 Feb 2010 09:49

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U.S.: NASA finally managed to launch a space shuttle nearly on time

  • 4:14 a.m. space shuttle Endeavor's launch time earlier this morning
  • 24 hours the length of time after the original launch time it was delayed source
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07 Feb 2010 10:20

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U.S.: Obvious: Space shuttle launch delayed by some weather problem

  • So, why do we launch space shuttles out of Florida, anyway? NASA’s Shuttle program may be coming to a close in the near future, but while they’re still happen­ing, they’re keeping up a common trend – a delayed launch. With just 40% of launches happen­ing on time, it’s more common for a ship to be delayed by weather than not. And Florida kinda has a lot of it. Anyway, the Endeavor was delayed again this morning. By what, you say? Clouds. source
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27 Jan 2010 09:19

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Tech: Twitter’s excitement about the Apple Tablet just reached fever pitch

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05 Dec 2009 10:22

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Tech: Reuters’ redesign is one of those designs that starts slow, gets better

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  • The inter­est­ing thing about Reuters’ redesign is the same thing that’s inter­est­ing about “All My Friends” by LCD Soundsys­tem: It starts out not looking like much, but as you get further down the page you realize that there’s a ton going on here. That’s how it starts, the way it does in bad films. Except the part where the motor kicks in. source
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