Microsoft Windows 10 Technical Preview
Microsoft announced the next version of the Windows operating system in a small event held in San Francisco...
Mt Ontake Eruption – Nagano
This weekend (September 27 Japan time), Mt Ontake (Japan’s second highest active volcanic peak at 3,067m or 10,062ft)...
Apple finally adds DuckDuckGo to Safari on the desktop
iOS 8 included DuckDuckGo as a default search engine option but until todays Safari 2.1 update, you needed...
Facebook going into the ad competition space with Google
http://recode.net/2014/09/28/facebook-will-facebook-data-to-sell-ads-on-sites-that-arent-facebook/ This doesn’t come as a surprise to me (finally going outside of Facebook after months of rumors)....
Authors protesting Amazon e-books tactics
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/29/business/literary-lions-unite-in-protest-over-amazons-e-book-tactics.html Seriously, we live in bizarro world given the price fixing anti-trust case that ended up going against...
Microsoft plans to open a flagship Fifth Avenue Store in New York
http://online.wsj.com/articles/microsoft-to-open-fifth-avenue-store-1411959661 And once again, they are trying to chase Apple when they really need to be watching out...
I called it – morons bending iPhones and posting it to YouTube
http://bgr.com/2014/09/29/iphone-6-plus-bendgate-video/ The U.K. has similar destruction of property laws that make this a criminal act there. It’s also...
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 pre-orders sell out
http://www.cnet.com/news/samsung-galaxy-note-4-preorders-in-south-korea-sell-out/ That’s the take away from this article. Note these pre-orders were sold out to Korea’s three main...
iPhone 6 Plus Bendgate redux (uncut)
I’m not going to bother to link to the new “uncut” iPhone 6 Plus bending video (meant to...
Consumer Reports durability test
As promised, Consumer Reports performed a series of durability tests with the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. Turns...
iPhone 6 Plus impressions
I’m going to cut to the chase. This device isn’t for everyone. Users who have a preference for...
Apple Store’s need to beef up security
There are reports of people trying to bend display units in Apple Stores. Here is one such photo...