The U.S.A.F. is outfitting its flight crews with iPads instead of flight manuals, which is projected to save millions in fuel costs alone.
A Facebook update in real life
Facebook.
Bloomberg still sucks
Bloomberg Apple coverage fails. Again.
10 photo editing apps that aren’t Photoshop
Ten alternatives to Photoshop; most work on the Mac.
NYPD can’t arrest topless women
New York is crazy sometimes.
‘Nintendo Wii U: Death by Apathy’
EA has decided not to make any more Wii U games, which has Matt Martin wondering if the console has any future at all.
White Dynomite
Allston rocks.
Police break up fight between Doctor Who and Star Wars fans
Police broke up a fight at a sci-fi convention between fans of Doctor Who and Star Wars.
Say goodbye to EA’s onerous ‘Online Pass’ program
EA’s making itself slightly less obnoxious by axing its unpopular “Online Pass” program.
Nvidia’s Shield game system goes from project to real product
Nvidia is making its Shield game console a reality – expect to see it in June, for $349.
T-Mobile jacks iPhone 5 down payment up $50 to $149
T-Mobile is no longer offering a $99 down deal to get you an iPhone 5 – now it’s $149.
FreeCiv game playable in Web browsers
FreeCiv, the Civilization clone, now runs in an HTML 5-compliant Web browser.
Changes coming to AppleCare coverage
At a Town Hall meeting with Apple employees, the company has announced some major changes to its AppleCare extended service plans.
Apple adds two-step verification to more countries
Apple has rolled out two-step verification of Apple IDs to additional countries.
Bloomberg reporters discuss magnets
Fuckin’ magnets, how do they work?
Bloomberg reporters allegedly spied on Wall Street using Bloomberg terminals
The New York Post alleges that Bloomberg reporters used Bloomberg terminals to spy on Wall Street investors.
International Space Station ditches Windows for Linux
The International Space Station has switched laptops from Windows XP to Debian Linux in an attempt to improve reliability.
“What Apple means when it says it has ‘sold’ a product”
Erica Ogg breaks down what Apple means when it says it’s “sold” something – and channel inventory weighs importantly.
Another day, more hysterical anti-Apple bullshit from Bloomberg
Bloomberg just can’t help trashing Apple, no matter how hysterical or wrong-minded it is.
World of Warcraft loses 1.3M players in three months
Blizzard Activision says it’s lost 1.3 million World of Warcraft subscribers in three months.
AT&T launches new prepaid service with iPhone, other handsets
AT&T is launching a prepaid subsidiary that is selling the iPhone and other handsets.
Pixelmator 2.2 adds new shape, move, paint selection tools and lots more
Pixelmator, the excellent image editing software, has gotten a major update with its new 2.2 release.
In which Bloomberg just makes shit up about the iPad mini
Philip Elmer Dewitt has caught Bloomberg’s Tim Culpan in a lie about iPad mini demand.
T-Mobile sells half a million iPhones in a month
T-Mobile reported selling half a million iPhone 5s to new and existing customers in their most recent financial report – not bad for a month’s work.
Hollywood effects legend Ray Harryhausen dead at 92
Ray Harryhausen, the pioneering special effects master behind some of the 20th century’s most astonishing creature effects, has passed away at the age of 92.
Spock vs. Spock in new Audi ad
Zachary Quinto and Leonard Nimoy – the two Spocks – star in a viral video from Audi. The results are hilarious, if you’re a Star Trek fan.
Iron Man set to…Iron Man
He is Iron Man. Tony Stark, I mean.
Adobe shifts from Creative Suite to Creative Cloud
Adobe’s kicking Creative Suite 6 development to the curb to focus purely on Creative Cloud.
“Addressable markets for high-end phones”
Ben Evans takes a look at the global market for phones like the iPhone, and decides that there are about 1.6 billion people left who might get one.
iPhone sales growth stalls internationally as carriers balk at subsidies
Apple’s facing global pressure to work differently with international carriers that represent huge numbers of cell phone users, in order to expand iPhone market share.