Facebook is set to follow in Twitter’s path down the “paid verification for a vanity Blue Tick” route. It’s not a great idea for either service – or a whole host of other items. Here’s the definitive list.
Apple’s design principles have changed a little since 2008’s 2nd Gen iPod Touch. Feels like time for some improvement. The next item to come out of my old tech drawer is this 32GB iPod Touch 2nd Gen. I can remember exactly where and why I purchased this, too. It was not long after MacWorld in …
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I’m going to vote yes on this one. It’s quite simply adorable. Once again, I’m taking a deep dive into my old products drawer to see what I find. I’ll be honest, I wasn’t expecting to find the HTC Re. Quick disclaimer: HTC flew me to New York for the launch of the HTC Re… …
Once more unto the junk drawer of ancient phones, this time for a completely dead HTC Mozart 7. Over time, and because I’ve reviewed a lot of phones over the years, I’ve built up quite a stock of seriously old, seriously decrepit bits of tech. Honestly, most of the time phone makers ask for their …
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During an office cleanup, the Galaxy Note 3 emerged from a desk drawer. It’s a little long in the tooth to be used as a daily phone (and way, way behind on security updates). So what to do with it? As chance would happen, the same drawer also had my store of googly eyes… …
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We absolutely take the idea of mobile phones for granted these days, but it really wasn’t that long ago that they were utterly experimental technology — as this clip from the late 1970s so amply shows. There’s nothing — and I mean nothing — about this 1970s BBC clip that I don’t adore. This isn’t …
You know what you need to beat those Monday morning blues? A dose of Cookie Monster… with a little 70s style disco funk.
Because we all needed to see Godzilla on the toilet, right?
With a Federal election looming, I ponder the question literally nobody is asking: Which way would Godzilla vote?
