Canon’s Project Imagin8tion – When You Find Me
Director/Producer Ron Howard and Cannon teamed up to make a film inspired by you. Based on photos from Canon users that were sent to Ron Howard a short film, When You Find Me, was made. Read the rest of this article…
Could You Disconnect From The Internet For A Year? Would You?
If you’ve never connected to the internet, subsequently letting it invade your way of life, a question like this isn’t going to apply. There are still millions of people out there who have no idea how much the globe’s data network can augment their lives. But for those of us who were weaned on it, the prospect of leaving can be a scary one. The Verge’s Paul Miller – and benefactor of that pyramid thing I’ve been working on – set out on an epic journey: leave the internet entirely for a year. Obviously this seems nigh-near impossible for someone who works on a tech news site of all things, but what about you? Could you do it? Would you even want to?
Lets All Block The Pirate Bay Because There Are No Other Sites to Pirate From, Right? Right.
I don’t understand how governments work 90% of the time with bills like SOPA and CISPA that get proposed then voted for. Well UK’s High Court in London ordered ISP’s in the country to block The Pirate Bay. Read the rest of this article…
Microsoft to Preview new Music Service at E3
There was some confusion last night when Microsoft “updated” their Zune software and removed the ability to search and download Windows Phone 7 apps from the application. This falls in line with some rumors that Microsoft may be giving Zune, as a brand name, the ax. This is now proven to be exactly the case as The Verge has gotten exclusive news that Microsoft will be debuting a new music service at E3 this year.
Sorry Dropbox, Google Drive Won
I’ve been a Dropbox user for the past four years and it’s been an incredible service. Kelly and I have used it regularly to swap art and documents on our various projects over the years and Cody and I use it on a regular basis to work on the comics (which will return sooner than later!). You drag your files to it and it syncs across all of your devices easily, it’s wonderful. Unfortunately for Dropbox, I’ve been a Google user for twice as long, biting down when I was invited to the early Gmail beta in 2004. I had some doubts that Google’s new Dropbox-ish cloud storage service wouldn’t be able to match, but now that it’s finally out for the masses (except Kelly) it wasn’t a difficult switch.
Space – Soon We’ll Be Deep In You, Thanks To Planetary Resources Inc. And Google
Google, Ross Perot Jr. James Cameron and asteroid mining? In space?!
What would you say if I told you that deep space exploration and resource gathering were in our [relatively] near future?
Now what would you say if I told you that the government space programs of the world had absolutely nothing to do with it?
Well, that’s exactly what’s going on. Corporate and privately funded deep space exploration is on the horizon and I, for one, think it’s about damned time someone stepped up to the plate and started looking outward, toward the future.
Spotify’s New Android App Finally Doesn’t Suck! But…
Two months ago, I wrote about the terrible headache I was having with Spotify. While the desktop app has been relatively stable (and it’s been bettered since that writing, too) the mobile app has always been a rubbish, barely-tolerable experience. Between a non-optimal layout, frequent crashes, and connection issues, it was dreadful to use if you weren’t on wi-fi. Yesterday, Spotify introduced a beta for their upcoming Android app and it rights almost all the wrongs of its previous iterations, but it introduces a few niggling things as well. So how is it? Let’s break it down.
Lenovo – The Jetpack: When Do Gets Done
Are you an inventor? Do you like to get things done? Even if you answered no to either one of those questions, listen up and listen up good. Raymond Li had a dream. A dream to build something that everyone said couldn’t be built. A jetpack. But this is no ordinary jetpack and he needed a little help. Read the rest of this article…
The Nokia Lumia 900 Review – Drool Worthy
By now, I’m sure we’ve all read Josh’s wonderful review of the Lumia 900 from The Verge. No one seems to be content with the end result. Does this phone really deserve a mediocre score? Well, we here at FleshEatingZipper respect The Verge’s heavily biased anti-everything-that’s-not-Apple-or-Android opinion. Want a review from someone who is actually going to use this phone for the next 2 years instead of 15 minutes? You’ve come to the right place.
Joshua Topolsky Doesn’t Understand Windows Phone
Microsoft wants the Lumia 900 to do business. Fifteen months after their initial partnership with Nokia was announced, all the pieces seem to be falling into place. Microsoft, who had an operating system without a hero, and Nokia, who had hero hardware without an operating system, seem to be some perfect match, the latter becoming a sort of ‘premier partner’ for Windows Phone after titans like Samsung, HTC, and LG have completely failed to make an exceptional device for it. Well, it’s time for Microsoft and Nokia to get paid after setting up the dominos for so long with the launch of the new Lumia 900, Nokia’s first major phone in the States in years, Microsoft’s first real ‘flagship’ phone, and AT&T’s largest marketing campaign, as they say, since the early iPhones (back when they were exclusive).
Then Joshua Topolsky stepped in.
