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While there is certainly a ways to go, it is clear that the company is indeed moving quickly to address issues and improve coverage for the flagship 3D mapping and imagery features in the app.

Great news.

Vice:

Maritimers communicate with one another like young twins that invent gibberish language. For starters, Maritimers speak at a speed that can only be compared to an episode of Gilmore Girls cast with leprechauns on crank.Here are a few tips if you ever want to try and converse with someone from Tatamagouche.

I had tears in my eyes reading this. I love my home province but there’s no doubt – we talk funny sometimes.

If you’ve hung around The Loop’s Publisher long enough for him to have sucked back a few Heineken, you’ll have been lucky enough to hear some of these. And I’ll admit to talking way too fast at times, too.

Hat tip to the @beardsdaughter for the link!

Fascinating.

HP this morning lost one of the few Wall Street analysts that was still giving it the benefit of the doubt. Sterne Agee analyst Shaw Wu downgraded his recommendation to neutral, telling us that HP’s balance sheet is so awful, the company’s stock is really worth negative $2.

Actually, less than worthless.

Evan did my business cards for me and I love them. Superb quality.

This is just all kinds of wonderful.

I’d like to thank Studiometry for sponsoring The Loop’s RSS feed this week. Much respect.

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That was awesome. […]

A compilation of some atrocious-looking logos from black metal bands.

I’ve been using this one lately for my App.net account.

According to court papers revealed recently, Apple offered to license Samsung’s 3G/UMTS technology for 33 cents per unit before they got to trial. Samsung wouldn’t agree to the deal.

Wow. Just wow.

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.

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.

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

A new study says bald men are perceived as more masculine but less attractive.

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.

More bullshit, this time from Forbes’ “The Street” blog.

They say that those in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones. Good advice. […]

Samsung claims the foreman of jury responsible for the $1 billion Apple patent verdict is guilty of misconduct.

The Weather Channel:

During the upcoming 2012-13 winter season The Weather Channel will name noteworthy winter storms. Our goal is to better communicate the threat and the timing of the significant impacts that accompany these events. The fact is, a storm with a name is easier to follow, which will mean fewer surprises and more preparation.

Winter is coming.

Hurricanes have been given individual names for years and those fancy pants Europeans have been naming winter storms since the 1950’s. The list of names is interesting too – I can’t wait for that storm with the K name so we can all look skyward and scream, “KHHAAAANNNN!!!”

Om Malik talking about Color and Airtime:

I added up all those random quotes from Gannes’ post so you can see what he is saying: absolutely nothing. Airtime really is a house of cards standing on a handful of matchsticks.

I love it when smart writers get angry and say what they are thinking.

The second-generation Nest Learning Thermostat is 20 percent thinner and has a new all-stainless steel ring that mirrors your wall color or pattern to create a chameleon effect and blend into any décor even more effectively

It’s those small details that matter so much.

[Via GigaOM]

A U.S. judge says that Samsung can sell the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the US – for now.

Rian van der Merwe looks at ways developers can make confusing behavior in their apps easier for users to understand.

First, we are introducing a $5/month Member plan. Some folks have been asking for a monthly plan since day one, and given all of the progress that has been made in the App.net ecosystem, we think now is a good time to introduce it.Second, we are dropping the Member price from $50/year to $36/year.

A new report says that Ultrabooks – the PC clones of the MacBook Air – haven’t exactly set the sales world on fire.