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Remainders – The Things We Didn’t Post: Multi-Edition [Remainders]
Mar 5th
In today’s Remainders: the many. A new multitouch test app shows that multiple fingers confuse the Nexus One; Windows 7 has sold multiple copies (roughly 90 million); Chrome and its numerous extensions are catching up to Firefox, and more
MultiSlouch
Nexus One users have been reporting some multitouch wonkery for a while now, and to get to the bottom of things Robert Green put Read more ...
Remainders – The Things We Didn’t Post: That’s a Gas Edition: [Remainders]
Mar 3rd
In today’s Remainders: laughs. The Onion riffs on Google’s privacy issues; Virgin America’s triumphant claim of going Flash-free is sort of a joke; a clever Chatroulette user pranks people into looking at themselves, and more.
Grounded
Yesterday Virgin America announced that they were actively ditching Flash for an all HTML website, explaining that it would make the site more accessible for mobile users. The media made it out to be a pretty big deal—which it might have been, had it been completely true. We visited Virgin’s brand new site yesterday Read more ...
Remainders – The Things We Didn’t Post: Gone In the Blink of an Eye Edition [Remainders]
Mar 2nd
In today’s Remainders: disappearing acts. TigerText, a new iPhone app, makes your illicit text messages vanish; an official HTC video shows you how to disassemble an HD2; Intel’s new Convertible Classroom netbook makes its keyboard go “Poof!” and more.
Grrrr
Incriminating text messages, as a thing, aren’t going away any time soon. That is, unless they do go away, which is the whole point of Read more ...
Remainders – The Things We Didn’t Post: Breaking News Edition [Remainders]
Feb 26th
In today’s Remainders: news that’s breaking. Boxee Beta is available on Apple TV; Symbian^4 rears its ugly head; analysts analyze things and predict cheaper iPhones; Carly Simon reveals who was so vain; and a nation-sized iceberg breaks free in Antarctica.
Boxee On Your Apple Boxy
According to the Boxee blog, Boxee Beta is now available on Apple TV. If you had the Alpha version installed you can just update the Launcher, but if you’re going in Read more ...
Remainders – The Things We Didn’t Post: Empire Edition [Remainders]
Feb 25th
In today’s Remainders: Empires. Apple tends to theirs at their annual shareholders meeting; Verizon reinforces their cellular empire for Spring Break action; and the Galactic Empire’s graphic design team faces off with Ole Miss’s new rebel mascot. And more!
It’s a Mascot!
Ole Miss has been without a mascot since 2003, when its Colonel Reb was deemed offensive. A campus-wide vote was initiated to determine the new one, and the University has gravitated towards a Rebel of a different nature: Admiral Ackbar! Star Wars fans shouldn’t get too excited; the Associated Student Body President said that the campaign is Read more ...
