Vox Active Guitar Headphones

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Headphones with built-in amPlug technology that allows you to obtain full-fledged guitar/bass sounds.

What a great idea. Vox has been doing some great digital gear over the last few years.

Exchange and iOS

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Mike Rose:

The issue manifests as one recipient declining an invitation which mistakenly cancels the meeting for everyone, “hijacking” the meeting out from under the original organizer.

Reports are the bug has actually gotten worse with iOS 6.

Cats in the Cradle

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I worked far too much when my kids were young (and still do). I missed a lot. […]

André the Giant

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In honor of the classic flick, we took a look at one of its biggest stars (literally and figuratively) André Roussimoff — known to the world as André the Giant. The legend himself has been gone for almost twenty years but his name and image are still a major part of pop culture.

Q&A with Mark Zuckerberg

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In 2004, Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook (FB) from his Harvard University dorm room, hoping to see what his classmates were up to on campus. The following eight years brought international fame, unimaginable wealth, a hit Hollywood movie, a disastrous initial public offering, a sagging stock price—and one unprecedented achievement. On Sept. 14, the company reached 1 billion active users.

It is amazing.

AssistiveWare adds American children’s voices to Proloquo2Go

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Founded in 2000, AssistiveWare has established itself as the worldwide leader in innovative assistive technology software for Mac OS X and iOS.

I got a demo of the voices from CEO David Niemeijer in June. I can’t tell you how impressed I was.

Apple named No. 2 global brand

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Mikey Campbell for AppleInsider:

According to Interbrand, Apple’s brand value increased 129 percent to reach an estimated $76.5 billion, the most growth shown by any of the top 100 companies on the global list. In determining value, the firm measures financial performance of branded products or services, the role of brand in the purchase decision process and the overall strength of the brand.

Coca-Cola was No. 1.

Netbot

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Netbot is a full-featured iPhone App.net client.

Amplified: Bending Is A Talent

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On this week’s episode of Amplified, Jim and Dan discuss advertising for mobile devices, Nokia’s financial woes, untold stories about Steve Jobs, growth of the tablet market and the rumored “iPad Junior”, the iPhone 5’s vibrations, AT&T’s coverage and dead zones, Apple Maps, Stevie Ray Vaughan, blues, guitars, and more!Sponsored by Shutterstock (use code DANSENTME10 for 30% off any package), Squarespace (use code DANSENTME10 for 10% off), Shopify (three months free on signup), and CacheFly

The Noun Project

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The Noun Project has just launched a great redesign and aims to collect every icon, pictogram and symbol from everywhere, even from you.

[Via Coudal]

Foo Fighters hiatus

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Dave Grohl took to the Foo Fighters Facebook page Tuesday with a note confirming the band will take a hiatus just a few days after his onstage comments at the Global Citizen Festival in New York led to rumors of a break-up.

One of the last shows they did was at the iPhone 5 launch, and I was there.

Do Not Disturb

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I’m loving these articles that Dave Caolo is putting together. This one is on how to use the Do Not Disturb feature on the iPhone.

The Plagiarius Award

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Initiated already back in 1977 by Prof. Rido Busse, the negative award “Plagiarius” serves to inform the public about the problem of fakes and plagiarisms and the negative impacts they have on not only the economy as a whole, but also on small companies and designers.

Samsung could win this hands down.

Grandfather and an iPad

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Nejc Žorga Dulmin sent me this picture of his grandfather (89), his wife and him with three generations of the iPad. He said his grandfather has been reading the newspaper on the iPad for a year because it’s easier to handle and he can pinch and zoom.

Much respect to his Grandfather.

Homeless Nokia

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“We are evaluating different options for non-core parts, such as real estate holdings, and that includes the headquarters,” spokeswoman Maija Taimi told Reuters.

Nokia makes fun of the iPhone 5 and it can’t even sell enough phones to keep its headquarters.

SRV style guitar lessons

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Anthony Stauffer is a great blues player and teacher. I thoroughly enjoy watching his guitar lesson videos.