Happy 15th Anniversary MethodShop, You Bastards! – Love Frank Radice
All we got for our birthday is this blog post from Frank Radice.
Technology
QR Codes: How Brands And Consumers Are Using Them
Is the QR Code finally going mainstream? From Starbucks ads to government documents, QR Codes (quick response codes) seem to be everywhere these days.
Will It Blend?: iPad Gets Shredded In A Blendtec Blender
Blendtec, the infamous blender company who likes to blend popular gadgets (amoung other things) on its online show Will It Blend? to promote their blenders, finally killed an iPad.
Verizon Ending iPhone’s Unlimited Data Plan
That was fast! Verizon is already looking to eliminate its $30 all-you-can-eat data plan. Verizon just recently made the iPhone available to its 93M customers last month.
MethodShop Superfan: Collin the Graphic Designer
Please say hello to the latest MethodShop Superfan… Collin.
Rumors Say A 6 Inch iPad Mini Is Coming Soon (2011)
It's expected that the smaller iPad, or the "iPad Mini," would debut in the middle of this year.
The Coca Cola Happiness Truck Spreads Joy In The Streets Of Rio de Janeiro
How is Coca-Cola going to follow up on the viral success of its "Happiness Machine video? How about by driving a giant red truck full of happiness around Rio de Janeiro? Their new Coca Cola Happiness Truck campaign looks like another instant viral video for the soda company.
WATSON Wins Jeopardy!
Last week, an IBM supercomputer named Watson kicked the s%$* out of his human competition on Jeopardy!. Represented solely by its name on the contestant podium, Watson didn't have much of a physical presence to the TV audience. However it was Watson's knowledge that captured everyone attention and stole the show. The massive IBM supercomputer was designed to recognize language and synthesize answers from a preposterous amount of preprogrammed information. After analizing a question, Watson would process the information and could buzz in as fast as 10 milliseconds. Essentially making it impossible for humanoid competition to beat.
iPad Sales Soaring: Apple Expected To Sell Over 20 Million iPads in 2011
Apple sold 8.5M iPads in 2010 and gobbled up 88% of the tablet market. This year, they're expected to sell nearly 20 million iPads.
New Grey’s Anatomy iPad App
Last week, ABC unveiled its Grey's Anatomy Sync app for the iPad. Powered by Nielsen's "Media-Synch" platform, the app is designed to be used while watching first-run episodes - prompting viewers to participate in live polls, answer trivia questions and view and share behind-the-scenes insights into what they're seeing on screen.
Which ISP Has the Best Netflix Streaming Video Performance?
This week, Netflix released a chart ranking the nation's fastest ISPs (Internet Service Providers). s you can imagine, Netflix made both friends and enemies. Which ISP do you have? Do you think you are being throttled?
Retro Floppy Disk Found In On The Streets Of Manhattan
We found this random object in the snow this morning. Can anyone born after 1990 even guess what it is?
Steve Jobs Out Sick, But Apple Still In Good Health
Steve Jobs health issues are not impacting Apple's stock price. If he's is going to take some time off to take care of his health, now's as good a time as any to bow out for a while.
Apple’s iPad Dominates Tablet Market With 87% of Q3 2010 Tablet Sales
Apple continues to take over the world, now dominating — nay, destroying — the tablet market, with iPad sales accounting for 87.4% of all media tablet sales in Q3 for 2010.
If iPad Email Signatures Were Honest
Why do people insist on bringing their work iPads into the bathroom? Yuck. If iPad Email Signatures were honest, they would say "Sent from my iPad, while pooping."
Verizon iPhone Coming February 10th
Love your iPhone but hate your service? Dissatistified AT&T users in the United States got some good news yesterday when Verizon announced they will start offering Apple's iPhone to its 93 million customers starting February 10th.
iPhone Users Overload and Crash AT&T’s Network at CES
AT&T's entire 3G network went down this afternoon at CES. Guess there are a lot of iPhone users in town. Not a good thing in any case, but even worse for this convention. I hope to get some photos out sometime later today, but it's spotty AT&T service here at the LVCC at best.
