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iOS and Android make for fastest tech adoption ever

by Mike Schramm (Aug 27th, 2012)

Mobile marketing and analytics firm Flurry has another great research post up, this time about the speed of adoption for both iOS and Android. This one goes a little far into comparing apples and oranges, so to speak, but it's still interesting. Flurry notes that both iOS and Android app usages ...

iPort: Wall-mounted home automation for iPad

by Mike Schramm (Aug 20th, 2010)

I have already seen the iPad used in home automation -- Savant is using an iPad app to hook up to some of their home automation systems, using Apple's tablet to control the TV, a whole entertainment system, or even do some remote control of house lights or HVAC, or even monitor cameras remotely ...

Sam and Max voted as next Telltale franchise on the Mac

by Mike Schramm (Mar 2nd, 2010)

When Telltale Games kicked off their Mac revolution at Macworld a few weeks ago, they also set up a poll on their website where players could vote on the next franchise in their company to get a full release on the Mac. The vote is now over, and the Sam and Max franchise was chosen as the next ...

Found Footage: Woz on coloring computers

by Mike Schramm (Feb 5th, 2010)

This video of Woz talking about the "revolutionary" idea of putting color into computers is amazing. It sounds like an LSD trip -- he says he was awake for four days in a row, plunged into some sort of television screenglow madness, and somehow emerged from this zeroes-and-ones induced frenzy ...

Found Footage: iPhone Consumer Revolt (NSFW)

by Erica Sadun (Aug 17th, 2009)

Forget about everything else. The cool consumer rage is currently directed at AT&T. Pat Lee, a Chicago iPhone user, is asking the iPhone community to petition Apple to drop AT&T exclusivity. In this biting 30-second video, Lee suggests that disgruntled users voice their displeasure about ...