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Archives for January 2013

Power To The People

From the Anker portable charger for MacBook, iPhone, iPad.

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Is Liquid Metal In The iPhone’s Future?

Apple has applied for a patent for a method to fabricate a sheet of metallic glass matrix composite. That strange name is often referred to as liquid metal. Some details of the patent application are in PatentlyApple's Apple Reveals New Machinery for Creating Liquidmetal Forms.In order to make cool... Read More »
Monday, January 28, 2013

Goodbye, H.264, Hello, H.265

The future standard for online video has been etched in stone. InfoWorld reports that the International Telecommunication Union has approved H.265 to replace H.264, in use on about 80-percent of the web's videos.H.265 standard is intended to help keep video flowing among smartphones, tablets, TVs,... Read More »
Friday, January 25, 2013

OS X Keyboard Shortcuts

From Apple. I've been using a Mac as long as anyone you know and I didn't know some of these keyboard shortcuts.Option-Delete: Delete the word that is left of the cursor, as well as any spaces or punctuation after the word.Control-B: Move one character backward.Many more.... Read More »
Thursday, January 24, 2013

The Post-PC Era

Despite record revenue, record profit, and record sales for iPhone and iPad, Apple's stock is being hammered by disappointment. Again.The company said on Wednesday it shipped 47.8 million iPhones, a quarterly record that nonetheless disappointed many analysts accustomed to years of outperformance... Read More »
Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Top 100 ‘Most Romantic’ Restaurants

My wife and I honeymooned on Maui and dined at the Hyatt Regency's Swan Court. A few decades later, the aging restaurant makes the OpenTable Top 100 'Most Romantic' restaurants list.Classic cuisine for the next generation. The best in fresh local fish, lobster, steaks, and chops. An extensive selection... Read More »

Hurry Up And Die

From ABC, Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso on social security reforms in a country where 25-percent of the population are 65 and older:Even if doctors said they could keep me alive, it would be unbearable. I would feel guilty, knowing that treatment was being paid for by the government.And...Why... Read More »

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Be A Network Traffic Cop

Monitor Internet, Wi-Fi, and home or office network performance from the Mac's Menubar with PeakHour, this week's sponsor. Keep ISPs honest and track Internet usage in real time. PeakHour sets up fast, works with UPnP and SNMP routers.

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Calling It Quits?

From Tony Nitti in Forbes, pro golfer Phil Mickelson may quit the game due to climbing tax rates.Mickelson will experience an increase in his top tax rate on ordinary income from 35% to 39.6%, and an increase in his top rate on long-term capital gains and qualified dividends from 15% to 20%.Clearly,... Read More »

Because The World Needs Another Smart Phone

Proving that smart phones are the new feature phones, Mozilla is pushing Firefox OS onto the market with two developer models. From Killian Bell on Cult of Mac:Neither of these devices are going to compete with today’s high-end smartphones, of course, but they’re not aimed at consumers. They’re... Read More »
Saturday, January 19, 2013

January 19th, $500

What happened to Apple's stock price the past few months? Joe Springer in Seeking Alpha says it was call options. From John Gruber's DaringFireball on Tuesday.Billions of dollars at stake if AAPL stays near or under $500 a share until January 19 and then makes a run after that. No tinfoil hat required... Read More »