Surgical modification for iPhone?
A North Denver Newsarticle article by James Benfly reported: Thomas Martel, 28, of Bonnie Brae is a big guy. So he has a hard time using the features on ever-shrinking user interfaces on devices like...
View ArticleBugs marketed as features: diet fork
I found out from FARK about a diet fork with the following features: Shorter and dulled teeth inhibiting user from grasping larger pieces of food at any one time Smaller triangular shaped surface area...
View ArticleApple fans outraged by price decrease
Two months after releasing the iPhone at $600, Apple reduced the price by $200. Early purchasers are outraged, despite the $100 credit Apple subsequently gave them. There were two outraged pleas on The...
View ArticleHDTV provides too much detail
According to The Consumerist, ratings plummeted for the TV show Desperate Housewives after high definition television (HDTV) "let viewers see the stars' wrinkles and age-lines in true detail"....
View ArticleBon mots
[After watching our nieces play with a Wii]Ellen: Apparently, the physics simulation on the Wii is so advanced that it's even more accurate than real life.[Discussing the week's news]Ellen: Hillary...
View ArticleHalf of UK Men Would Give Up Sex For 50-Inch Plasma TV
From Reuters via Consumerist: Nearly half of British men surveyed would give up sex for six months in return for a 50-inch plasma TV, a survey -- perhaps unsurprisingly carried out for a firm selling...
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What, quite unmann'd in folly?
I saw this bumper sticker in the Google parking lot:Don't get it? It's a reference to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) challenge to build a vehicle capable of driving itself and,...
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Apple users buy "I Am Rich" iPhone application for $999
From the Los Angeles Times: When the iPhone first hit the market in June 2007, those who paid the $499 entry price -- and signed the two-year AT&T contract -- owned a status symbol. A year later,...
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Another bad Google ad
I found the above screenshot via Mashable. See my prior example of bad ad targeting.Topic: BeyondSatireSubject: computer sciencemarketingtechnology
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Teen Girl Falls in Open Manhole While Texting: The family may sue the city. "Orgasm A Day" Campaign Directed At British Schoolchildren Sparks Controversy: The leaflet for high school students includes...
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