Gowalla shuts down

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Location check-in service (and Foursquare competitor) Gowalla has shut down, three months after its acquisition by Facebook.

Steve Jobs approached CBS for Apple TV content

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Hollywood Reporter:

CBS CEO Leslie Moonves said Saturday that he was approached about a year ago by Steve Jobs to provide content for Apple’s long-rumored television service but he declined to participate.Moonves told a conference audience that he met with Jobs, the late Apple CEO, and heard a pitch for what was billed as a subscription content service, but ultimately he said he wasn’t interested in providing CBS shows or films to the venture.

IfAlarm – a smarter alarm

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Digital Nomad:

IfAlarm is the first ever alarm to set alarms not just by times but by real world conditions.If Alarms are set like they’re said: * “If it’s a beautiful day wake me at sunrise.” * “If I slept at least 6 hours wake me shortly after.” * “If it’s been raining wake me around 7, otherwise wake me at 8.” * “If it’s been snowing and it’s a clear day wake me at sunrise, otherwise don’t wake me at all.”IfAlarm keeps track of the details while asleep, and intelligently wakes up when asked, in plain English. Set alarms to wake early to avoid bad traffic, to go for a morning stroll, a dawn surf, to be the first on the mountain if there’s fresh powder, or sleep in till the last minute if really needed.

As someone who works at home, I don’t get up at a set time each day. It changes according to the time I went to bed and what I have planned for the following day. So I’m always changing my iPad’s alarm clock Wake Time. IfAlarm isn’t a complete solution but it adds some very interesting configurability.

Coors launches iced tea flavored beer

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Time:

Do you ever have those days when you just can’t decide between an iced tea and a beer, and you think, If only I could combine them?No? Seriously, you don’t? Well, that’s not going to stop Molson Coors from launching Coors Light Iced T. The beer giant announced Tuesday it will roll out the new product in Canada next month, followed by a likely debut in the U.S. The iced-tea-flavored brew will contain 4% alcohol and no caffeine

Do. Not. Want. But I bet it still tastes better than Heinken.

The “Better Bacon” book

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Cool Material:

If you were to write a list of all the potentially manly things a person could do, reading a cookbook would probably not be on it. The Better Bacon Book is a manly cookbook.Yes, it exists. It has 20 HD videos, 150 hi-res photos and 31 original recipes from top chefs that cover everything from Pancetta to Pork Belly to Bacon Crème brûlée.This could very well be the Bacon Bible.

If you’ve ever seen any of the guys who write for The Loop in person, you’d know there isn’t a vegetarian among them. We’d love this cookbook!

The iPad is unbeatable

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Slate:

Imagine you run a large technology company not named Apple.How are you feeling today, a day after Apple CEO Tim Cook unveiled the new iPad? Are you discounting the device as just an incremental improvement, the same shiny tablet with a better screen and faster cellular access? Or is it possible you had trouble sleeping last night? Did you toss and turn, worrying that Apple’s new device represents a potential knockout punch, a move that will cement its place as the undisputed leader of the biggest, most disruptive new tech market since the advent of the Web browser?For your sake, my hypothetical CEO friend, I hope you’re frightened.

Apple to double Austin, Texas workforce

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Apple’s doubling its workforce in Texas and building new headquarters for them, according to a statement Friday from Texas governor Rick Perry’s office.

Valve denies “Steam Box” console rumors

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Valve denies it’s on the cusp of introducing a “Steam Box” console to let players play games through its Steam online service – for now, Mac and PC gamers are safe.

iPhoto’s Google Maps defection explained

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Wonder why Apple isn’t using Google Maps in iPhoto for iOS? Geoff Duncan thinks it’s because Google is insisting that new services which rely on the data let it display ads.

The first 45 years of Star Trek

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TECHi:

Space may or may not be the final frontier, but the television and movie series Star Trek and its subsequent incantations have sparked the imagination of sci-fi fans across the ages. From Kirk and Spock to Picard and Data, then back to a new Kirk and Spock, Star Trek has become one of the most influential fictional concepts of the modern era.From nerds to geeks to hipsters and beyond, the dreams of millions have been guided by the ideas of particle transporters, warp engines, and photon torpedoes. It is an icon of pop culture and road map towards a better distant future.

Time to get your geek on!

RadioShack to sell Apple’s new iPad

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CNET:

Besides Apple, RadioShack is now open to sales of the new iPad.Today the company said it’s taking pre-orders for the new tablet, which was announced at an event yesterday and proceeded to go up for pre-sale only on Apple’s Web site.There is a catch for those who choose to pre-order with RadioShack though, buyers need to purchase a $50 RadioShack gift card, and make the pre-order from one of RadioShack’s retail stores.

No mobile hotspot for the New iPad LTE from AT&T at launch

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The Verge:

An AT&T spokesperson says “We are working with Apple to enable this feature in the future, but we currently do not offer it.” So for the moment, hotspot capability on the new iPad appears to be a Verizon exclusive in the US.

Might make the choice of US carrier easier for some people.