Preschoolians: Where Barefoot Is Best

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I’d like to thank Preschoolians for sponsoring The Loop this week.

Preschoolians is a footwear company for children birth to five years of age. Our footwear most closely resembles being barefoot. Our footwear protects the feet while being sure to stay out of the way.

Our Visu-Fit is a clear panel on the bottom of the shoe which allows parents to know for sure if our footwear fits and when it is time for a new pair. Time Magazine awarded Visu-FIt Invention of the Year.

Our recently introduced E-Photo-Fit allows you to take a photo of the bottom of your child’s foot and know for sure which size to order. We have have the largest selection of footwear in the world for pre-schoolers; in fact billions of choices.

We are the only company which even allows you to custom design the colors using our Design Your Own.

Use the code: theloop to save 20% on your first purchase.

Google Reader’s creator reflects

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“When they replaced sharing with +1 on Google Reader, it was clear that this day was going to come,” he said. Wetherell, 43, is amazed that Reader has lasted this long. Even before the project saw the light of the day, Google executives were unsure about the service and it was through sheer perseverance that it squeaked out into the market. At one point, the management team threatened to cancel the project even before it saw the light of the day, if there was a delay.

Nice article from Om Malik.

Transitioning from Google Reader to Feedly

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I like the people at Feedly and the service. This could be a good alternative to Google Reader and they’ve promised to work with developers, so hopefully apps like Reeder will support the service as well.

Google removes ad blocking software from its store

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According to several sources, Google has started sending notifications to developers with ad-blocking software in the Google Play Store regarding these apps’ removal. Players like AdBlock, AdAway, AdFree and more are being whisked away.

Anyone surprised? Google will let all the Malware in the world in the store, but not ad blocking software.

Google Reader to shut down July 1

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We launched Google Reader in 2005 in an effort to make it easy for people to discover and keep tabs on their favorite websites. While the product has a loyal following, over the years usage has declined. So, on July 1, 2013, we will retire Google Reader. Users and developers interested in RSS alternatives can export their data, including their subscriptions, with Google Takeout over the course of the next four months.

One of Google’s most useful products. Gone.

About those IDC Android tablets passing iPad reports

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As with most numbers about products in the tech market, there should have been some caveats to every story that wrote about IDC’s report on Tuesday that Android-based tablets would overtake the iPad in 2013. Predictably there weren’t. […]

Amplified: Hee-Haw Folks

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Jim and Dan talk about truth in reporting, trusting the news and news agencies, android users in the air, twisting numbers, Rubin stepping down, “cheap” guitars, and more.

Sponsored by Hover (use code DANSENTME for 10% off), Shutterstock (use code DANSENTME3 for 30% off), and Squarespace (use code DANSENTME3 for 10% off).

CaptureAudio for iPhone

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Gone are the days of not being able to categorize your audio recordings and voice memos or remember important moments. With CaptureAudio, your audio recordings can be sorted into binders and notebooks. More importantly, during a recording you can quickly and easily mark significant moments with audio markers called “flags” to immediately start playing from that moment during playback.

I’ve been using this app for a couple of weeks and it’s great.

Riffstation: Great looking app for guitarists

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I’m downloading this today and giving it a try. You can slowdown a song to make it easier to learn how to play, which a lot of apps do, but the app will also show you the chords and when to change when you load an MP3 file into the app. I also like the feature for solos where you can isolate and mute the solo, which means you can play along with the song.

Apple’s Maps being updated often and significantly

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There is no doubt that Apple is working hard on improving its iOS Maps application in the past few months. The results can be seen in an update to the app this week in Japan, but Apple has been steadily releasing updates for countries and cities from around the world. […]

“Screw the readers”

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Tell me this – Do you want to go to a site, click on something that looks like a story and instead have an ad fed to you? Because that’s what Mashable just “invented.”

I know what I think of this.

Preschoolians: Where Barefoot Is Best [Sponsor]

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Preschoolians is a footwear company for children birth to five years of age. Our footwear most closely resembles being barefoot. Our footwear protects the feet while being sure to stay out of the way.

Our Visu-Fit is a clear panel on the bottom of the shoe which allows parents to know for sure if our footwear fits and when it is time for a new pair. Time Magazine awarded Visu-FIt Invention of the Year.

Our recently introduced E-Photo-Fit allows you to take a photo of the bottom of your child’s foot and know for sure which size to order. We have have the largest selection of footwear in the world for pre-schoolers; in fact billions of choices.

We are the only company which even allows you to custom design the colors using our Design Your Own.

Use the code: theloop to save 20% on your first purchase.

Linquet Mini

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This is cool. There are lots of products that help you find things like your iPhone, but they are already lost at that point. The purpose of Linquet Mini is to make sure you don’t lose them in the first place. Watch the video.

Barley: A new content editing system for Web sites

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Barley looks really cool with its inline editing and philosophy of having no backend admin section or plug-ins. It’s not available yet, but it will be interesting to see how it does when released.

NY Times review cost Tesla $100 million

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Musk, co-founder of Tesla and PayPal, recently said that Broder’s review cost Tesla $100 million.

During his SXSW talk, Musk called Broder’s review a “low-grade ethics violation” that “was not in good faith.” He added, “I don’t have a problem with critical reviews. I have a problem with false reviews.”

That’s a lot of money.

Apple’s Siri lawsuit against Samsung will go forward

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Apple also accused Samsung in a second lawsuit of violating a separate batch of patents, including the rights to search technology that is part of the iPhone Siri voice feature. That case is scheduled for trial in March 2014.

That’s what happens when you steal.

Save over $500 on top Mac apps with MacUpdate’s Spring bundle!

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Thanks to MacUpdate for sponsoring The Loop this week with their Spring Bundle.

For only $49.99 you get all this:

  1. Parallels Desktop 8 – $79.99 – The best way to run Windows on your Mac.
  2. DEVONthink Pro 2 – $79.95 – A powerful information organizer.
  3. Prizmo 2 – $49.95 – Scan/OCR any document or photo.
  4. MotionComposer 1.6 – $149.00 – Create professional HTML5 and Flash Web animations.
  5. 1000 OpenTypeFonts Collection – $99.00 – Complete with commercial-use and WebFont licenses.
  6. iStat Menus 4 – $16.00 – Monitor your Mac from the menubar; a power user’s dream.
  7. PhotoStyler 6 – $29.99 – Add dazzling effects and personalize your photos.
  8. DiskAid 6 – $29.90 – A must-have utility for iPhone, iPad, or iPod owners.
  9. Intego Mac Internet Security 2013 (3-Pack) – $74.98 – The #1 malware solution, rebuilt for 2013.
  10. MacUpdate Desktop (6 months) – $10.00 – The best way to keep all your apps up-to-date.

Don’t delay, this offer won’t last long!

Samsung: Windows 8 is no better than Vista

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Jun Dong-soo, president of Samsung’s memory chip division:

“The global PC industry is steadily shrinking despite the launch of Windows 8,” Jun said. “I think the Windows 8 system is no better than the previous Windows Vista platform.”

And, as if that wasn’t enough:

“[Microsoft’s] rollout of its Windows Surface tablet is seeing lackluster demand,” he said. “Meanwhile, previous vigorous pitches by Intel and MS for thinner ultra-books simply failed and I believe that’s mostly because of the less-competitive Windows platform.”

But the Surface makes you dance.

Bloomberg News vs Bloomberg News and the fight for stupid

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Here is a brilliant piece written by Daniel Eran Dilger in February 2013 that shows how pathetic the mainstream media is when reporting on Apple. Bloomberg even goes so far as to contradict its own reporting.

Dilger tears them apart.