Kafka-esque iTunes Tweetie 1.3 flip flop at the app store leaves some questions…

Posted by on Mar 11, 2009 in Gadget and Tech Toys, General Musings

The byzantine mechanism by which new iPhone apps are approved for listing in the iTunes App store has always been a subject of somewhat derisive musings among Apple’s many fans. Yesterday however, the story reached Kafka-esque proportion when Apple rejected an upgrade to Tweetie, arguably the most popular iPhone Twitter app. The reason given was profanity, which they had noticed in a screen shot that displayed a dynamically generated has tag list. (see image) The truly amusing thing is that Loren Brichter, the developer of the app,  did not provide the offending screen shots to Apple,...

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Boxee Brings Hulu Back to Its Service… (maybe)

Posted by on Mar 6, 2009 in Gadget and Tech Toys, Social Media Sifts

The Boxee HULU Saga continues and will likely result in a series of technolgy and legal ping pong for some time to come. In the latest release of the Boxee application released yesterday, HULU content was made available via their public RSS feeds. Yet within hours HULU blocked the Boxee browser from receiving it’s otherwise publicly available content. Since then HULU content availability has been intermittent. Update March 12: HULU just announced the introduction of a Social Networking feature to allow it’s subscribers to exchange what they are watching. This is a feature Boxee...

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HULU is creating it's own desktop app

Posted by on Mar 3, 2009 in Gadget and Tech Toys, General Musings

So it would appear that HULU is partnering with other software providers do deliver their content on a desktop app. Surprise. Given the recent boxee debacle though, one wonders if these type of desktop apps will continue to be restricted to one content provider like HULU, or will continue to develop towards being boxee like portals to aggregate content from several. The consumer preference seems clear: HULU delivers a limited set of content only, and consumers want to access all their internet streaming content through one app, not many. So unless HULU partners with additional content...

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Self-assembling nanoscale discovery could catapult data storage capacity

Posted by on Mar 2, 2009 in Gadget and Tech Toys

Engaget reports a nanotech storage breakthrough that can fit the content of 250 DVDs on a storage unit the size of a quarter. This has the potential to revolutionize mobile storage, your iPhone could carry your entire desktop’s documents. by Darren Murph, posted Mar 1st 2009 at 6:52AM Ready to have your mind blown? What if 250 DVDs could fit onto a storage module no larger than a quarter? According to research conducted by brilliant geeks at the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Massachusetts Amherst, it’s all within the realm of feasibility. Reportedly,...

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Brammo Enertia electric motorcycle to be sold at Best Buy

Posted by on Feb 28, 2009 in Gadget and Tech Toys

For anyone who likes motorcycles and computers, here is a toy you will be able to pick up at your favorite Best Buy store. The part I don’t fully understand is that most bikes already get 50mpg fuel efficiency, and for a lot less money than $12,000. Or maybe it’s that I just love my BMW R1200RT. You’re already buying TVs, washing machines, cheap keyboards and cell phones at Best Buy, why not a $12,000 electric motorcycle? That seems to be the thinking going on at Brammo HQ, where an infusion of cash from Best Buy’s investment arm last year has now led to plans to...

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