Techno-Shaman

What new Flash content?

August 31, 2010

We wonder what sites Dave Winer visits when he argues that Apple’s boycott of Flash for its iOS devices isn’t working. I see new Flash content several times every day when I catch up on the news with my iPad. What Flash-heavy news sites is Dave visiting, because we don’t see them. Before the iPad [...]

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The 2010 Toyota Prius IV.

July 27, 2010

The 2010 Toyota Prius IV isn’t the type of automobile that car aficionados lust after. Rather, it’s the type of car that those who only want to get from Point A to Point B will love because it’s fuel efficient and reminiscent of a luxury sedan. That’s not to say that it is a luxury [...]

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Automobile audio done right.

July 19, 2010

When the mp3 was created, it didn’t take long before people wanted a way to play these digital music files in vehicles. Juggling cassettes and compact discs was cumbersome, and “skipping” discs were exceptionally annoying. The mp3 was a perfect solution for audible, mobile content, but the adoption of this format has hardly been seamless. [...]

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Still no iOS app data backup in iTunes?

June 30, 2010

We’ve now seen four generations of iPhones, have witnessed iterations of the iPod Touch, and seen the birth of the largest iOS device, the iPad. And, of course, we’ve seen numerous versions of iTunes supporting the various iOS releases, with app management advances such as folders and the ability to import files like PDFs from [...]

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Microsoft Kinect: a cute novelty.

June 29, 2010

We haven’t weighed in on Microsoft’s Kinect (formerly “Project Natal”) because we haven’t seen anything exciting about it yet. Maybe it’s better than Sony’s Move, and advancing what the Wii provided from a technological perspective. But let’s step back for a moment and look at where this all began, with Nintendo’s current console offering. We [...]

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Upgrade to iOS 4 and lose cellular data?

June 25, 2010

A number of people have reported losing data over AT&T when upgrading older iPhones to iOS 4. The culprit isn’t clear, though many owners reported jailbreaking their iPhones in the past, though this doesn’t appear to be a universal factor. Regardless, the common solution for getting data back is to restore the iPhone from a [...]

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