November 2011
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June 2011
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iOS 5: Can It Replace Your Computer? →
Apple took the wraps off iOS 5 earlier this month, giving many people the features they’d been requesting for years. Some of these features have already changed the game for some developers—…
6 Reasons iCloud Really Is the End of the PC →
Today, Apple showed off features of their iCloud project– an online sync engine that puts your photos, calendars, app data and documents on every one of your devices. While no part of this was…
May 2011
2 posts
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April 2011
8 posts
Storify: The Reinvention of Storytelling →
Is Storify, the new just-outta-beta storytelling tool, poised to change reporting? Or is it just another microblogging app?
One of the criticisms leveled at social media is that…
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Switch off the "aging" genes and live forever. →
Is it that easy? According to scientists at Kings College, London, it just might be.
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Why do some people just not need sleep? →
“There’s a physiological and psychological energy to them that we just don’t understand.”
Simplenote: An Even Better Notes App? →
Simplenote. It’s exactly what the name suggests, and not a whole lot more.
Where Evernote brings massive amounts of features (capture anything, in any format, on any device), …
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March 2011
6 posts
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Watchwhy you shouldn’t pick on people.
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February 2011
3 posts
Evernote: The Best Note Taking App? →
Someone says “it’s an online, synchronized, digital notebook.”
Quick, what do you think of? It’s probably Evernote.
(this is part 2 in a series on What’s the Best Note-Taking App of All?)
In…
What’s The Best Note-Taking App of All? →
Hey. Want to know a secret?
My memory sucks.
It’s always been laughable… but it’s gotten a lot worse. And I blame it on technology.
Well, OK, that’s not really fair— because it’s not…
OneNote’s Massive Failure: Are You Learning? →
No matter how great your app is, if you mess this up, it will fail.
I’m talking, of course, about user experience. Not design, not implementation.
Listen. User experience (UX) is tough. No…
January 2011
3 posts
How America Can Rise Again →
Why do Americans always think their country is going down the drain? It’s not… right? (a fantastic read, and very worthwhile)
(via Instapaper)
Verizon iPhone: More Apps in More Places →
Today’s announcement that the iPhone is (finally) coming to Verizon Wireless kicks off the “real” battle between Android and iOS.
Why now? Why not earlier?
Part of the difficulty in establishing…
Even English Majors Have Trouble →
Some of the most common English mistakes our generation makes are rooted in our increasing reliance on speaking rather than writing. And when it comes to punctuation and pronouns, even English majors find that logic gets in the way of their (I’m sorry, his or her) passive absorption of “the rules”. In other words, we want language to work for us, not against us— and...
December 2010
3 posts
“…more likely, he was suicidal. “That’s why he went to the bathroom,”...”
– http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2010/12/05/the_truth_about_suicide_bombers/?page=full
7 Reasons Chrome OS Means the End of Microsoft →
Yesterday Google took the wraps off its new network-only OS, “Chrome”, designed as a fast, lightweight, and super-simple way to get online. Initially targeted at netbooks and other “web-browser”…
November 2010
16 posts
Are “Tactile Touchscreens” In Our Future? →
A new patent filing from Microsoft (of all places) hints at a “textured touchscreen”: a tactile surface that could change shape at will. Is this the beginning of the end of physical…
“Black Friday has arrived, and with it, rabid hordes of shoppers. But are men...”
– Who Spends the Most? (via Instapaper)
Six Reasons Why We Spend So Much On Apps →
You’d think you would have stopped buying apps by now.
You got your smartphone months–or even years ago. You loaded it with stuff. You’re pretty sure you haven’t even used all of it–or if…
Ted Koppel: Olbermann, O'Reilly and the death of... →
The Insanity Virus | DISCOVER Magazine →
Schizophrenia used to be blamed on genes, bad parenting, or early environmental factors. Now it seems it might be based on something much weirder: a virus entwined in each of our genes. … woah.
http://bit.ly/b7b2Wt →
Think that online poker player is a bot? There’s only one way to know for sure— go to their house and watch them play 1000 hands per minute. (MUST READ)
The Seven Traits of Highly-Successful Apps →
Are you an iPhone app developer? Whether you’re new to this game or an old hand, there are some basic interface (UI) and user experience (UX) rules you’ve just got to follow (and I’m not…
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The Appculture Ten-Week Report →
Wow. It’s been a full ten weeks since Appculture began. Doesn’t seem like very long, especially since so much has happened! But there’s still a long way to go before Appculture can become the…
Amazon: You Wanna Buy Something. Trust Us. →
Amazon’s new Windowshop app for iPad fills a need I didn’t know existed: “I have all this disposable income and no idea what i should buy online.” (Part of me wants to say something…
Your Mac’s Menubar: A Guide to the Coolest Menubar... →
If you’re on a Mac, check the top-right edge of your screen right now. What do you see? If you’ve got the default menubar apps (sometimes called menulings), then you aren’t getting much use…
October 2010
11 posts
Dataloss DB keeps track of how much data is... →
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October Roundup: iPhone Finance, Predictive... →
October’s been a hell of a month here at Appculture. In case you missed it, here are some of the events and ideas you should know about:
Appculture Articles
It’s 2010: songs have gotten more…