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Just after the announcement of the new iPhone 4 at WWDC, Apple announced the release of Safari 5 for Windows and Mac. Unlike Safari 4—which focused primarily on cosmetic improvements like the Top Site
One of America’s most-read bloggers is Catholic, conservative, gay, pro-Obama—and from East Grinstead. Johann Hari profiles Andrew Sullivan, a writer with an extraordinary tale to tell …
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The No-Stats All-Star Statistical Anomaly His greatness is not marked in box scores or at slam-dunk contests, but on the court Shane Battier makes his team better, often much better, and his opponents
When Vivek Ranadivé decided to coach his daughter Anjali’s basketball team, he settled on two principles. The first was that he would never raise his voice. This was National Junior Basketball—the Lit
Lost executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse. Art Streiber In 2004, ABC called on producer J.J. Abrams to create a prime-time drama that capitalized on the success of Survivor : something tropical, Cast Away -ish, and closer to Lord of the Flies than Gilligan's Island . Oh, they asked,…
First, the paper magazine was crammed into the little iPad frame. In the form of a PNG slide show. To compensate for the lack of interactive logic, this pretty package was provided with a fruity navig
Lost executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse. Art Streiber In 2004, ABC called on producer J.J. Abrams to create a prime-time drama that capitalized on the success of Survivor : something tropical, Cast Away -ish, and closer to Lord of the Flies than Gilligan's Island . Oh, they asked,…
Ever since I hinted last month that this summer’s next-gen iPhones would sport double-resolution 960 × 640 displays, 1 there’s been a strain of incredulous feedback regarding this suggestion — emails
When putting money in your bank account, have you ever wondered “what is your bank doing with your deposit?” Does it go in a vault somewhere, and someday, you can pull that exact dollar back out? Not
No self-respecting education official today would dare question the importance of the literacy strategies that abound in school systems across the country. After all, a nation that doesn't value liter
The English architect Christopher Wren once quipped that his chosen field “aims for Eternity,” and there’s something appealing about that formula: Unlike the web, which often feels like aiming for nex
In some circles, the iPad was known as “the Jesus tablet.” Illustration by Paul Rogers On the morning of January 27th—an aeon ago, in tech time—Steve Jobs was to appear at the Yerba Buena Center for t
Summary: iPad apps are much improved, but new usability problems have emerged, such as swipe ambiguity and navigation overload. By Jakob Nielsen Jakob Nielsen on 2011-05-22 May 22, 2011 Topics: Mobile
With growth slowing, a lack of infrastructure investment catching up with it, and rising competition in the neighborhood, the Capital of the New South is looking vulnerable. Atlanta is arguably the gr
Consider the desk in your office. Maybe it reminds you of when you opened the box and put the pieces together. Or maybe it recalls your first day at work, when your colleague showed you where you woul
Embracing the digital book — Craig Mod , April 2010 "There is no style store." — William Zinsser on unnecessary embellishment "The commonality between two people who have read the same book is a profo
Why the oil spill could change everything. The continuing undersea gusher of oil 50 miles off the shores of Louisiana is not the only source of dangerous uncontrolled pollution spewing into the enviro
“My interpretation of Facebook: What if I told you that you could tell a private company all your interests and friends…. for free?!” Well, I hope all of our readers who use Facebook have been following the latest wave of mild user abuse. But if not, here’s my “take” on what’s going on. There are a…
All the Obama 20-Somethings “This party,” Herbie Ziskend announced, “is in honor of John Quincy Adams.” The dirty-blond, blue-eyed 24-year-old, who once handled luggage for Barack Obama’s campaign and
Our quest to find the answers to these questions began on April 11, 2003 with a simple inquiry. Lee C. Smith of Rolling Stone magazine was writing a piece on popular culture iconography (the Smiley Face, the Peace Sign, etc.) and he wanted to know the story behind the design of Fallout Shelter Sign…
Miguel de Icaza wrote a thoughtful, informative piece this week regarding how MonoTouch works, and how it might avoid conflicting with Apple’s new Section 3.3.1 . It was published two days ago, thus,
Twitter has become hugely popular and is only getting bigger. Some users don’t understand that the formatting and content of their tweets has a huge impact on how well or poorly they are received as i
Another year, another awesome poster from Jess Bachman showing how the United States government spent our taxes . As usual, we spend huge amounts of money on defense-related stuff. It was $664 billion
The Phone The first question is, how did the phone leave Apple’s campus? Starting a few weeks ago, some number of iPhone engineers who, because of the nature of their work were already familiar with t
Two years ago this month, Apple Computer released a small, sleek-looking device it called the iPod. A digital music player, it weighed just 6.5 ounces and held about 1,000 songs
In the wake of the 2008 financial meltdown and the deep, long recession that followed, the decline of America has become the preferred intellectual preoccupation of the elite—left, right, and center.
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