25 years ago, LA Times predicted 2013: E-mail? Yes. Robot dogs? No »
The 1988 Los Angeles Times Magazine featured illustrations by futurist Syd Mead. A detail from one work shows 1st Street looking west. (Syd Mead) Do you enjoy waking up in your self-functioning house, coffee already prepared, your “personalized home newspaper” printed out and your robot cheerfully scurrying about the house doing…
Foursquare’s Yelp Problem
My hunch is that TechCrunch got this one right: Foursquare is going to get some more money soon, and the terms won’t be awful not a down round, but not an exuberant one, either. The last time Foursquare raised, back in June 2011, it was reportedly valued at $600 million. There was…
WiFi Repeater Signal Problem
Yesterday I received a WiFi repeater that I had ordered from Amazon, and after I had completed the setup I experienced problems with the signal between the repeater and my main router. 1) Signal drops occasionally between my laptop and the repeater2) Internet connection is considerably slower when connected to When…
Man faces sentencing in iPad data breach case
NEWARK, N.J. — A man convicted of illegally gaining access to AT&T’s servers and stealing more than 100,000 email addresses of iPad users is facing sentencing. Andrew Auernheimer is scheduled to appear in federal court in Newark on Monday. The former Arkansas resident was convicted in November of…
Roundup: Android tablets under US$200
The good: Ice Cream Sandwich experience for only US$250; more extras than the Kindle Fire. The bad: Screen doesn’t look as good as other PLS displays; camera performance is lacking. The bottom line: The Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 offers an excellent value and a full Android 4.0 experience that Price: US$179
Ask Dave Taylor: Tablets… Android vs. iOS?
The latest buzz in the online world is that Android tablets are poised to overtake Apple’s ubiquitous iPad. The iPad line dominates the tablet market, but Apple’s market share has been slowly diminishing as powerhouses like Amazon, Samsung and Asus have iterated through designs to find what’ll help them gain…
Netbook goes straight to system recovery Windows 8
When it starts up it boots straight into system recovery, but says it is unable to fix the problem. I formatted a USB stick to boot, Win 7. But, my current laptop I’m using to fix the netbook is x86 Windows Vista. The netbook is Windows 8 x64 and the When I…
Dolphins guard Richie Incognito unleashes Twitter campaign to keep Jake Long …
It’s well-known that Miami Dolphins offensive guard Richie Incognito is not the most restrained individual in the universe. Since he was selected in the third round of the 2005 NFL Draft by the St. Louis Rams, and even before then when he played for Nebraska and Oregon in college, Incognito One…
Apple Tells Us Why iPhone Is the Best After Galaxy S4 Launch
You’ve seen the specs: a 5-inch screen with 441 pixels per inch, 1080p display, a quad-core 1.9GHz processor and a 13-megapixel camera. Feature for feature, Samsung’s next-generation Galaxy S4 has the iPhone beat. But just two days after the S4’s launch, Apple released a webpage explaining why its flagship smartphone is…
Best new dino-themed iPad apps for kids
‘Dinorama,’ from thesixtyone, Inc. is a new dino-zoo simulation game that lets kids play with dinosaurs as they learn to manage money while running their own business.”(Photo: thesixtyone, Inc.)Story HighlightsGet your own dinosaur zoo with DinoramaAnsel & Clair are back with a new time-traveling gameThird Ansel & Clair game introduces…
