Good news for the unemployed: Microsoft has posted job listings for its retail stores. Those living near or around Scottsdale, AZ or Mission Viejo, CA can now apply to work in one of the wall sized screen equipped stores.
SF Mayor Gavin “Handsome” Newsom just announced via Techcrunch that the city will start placing crime, health and other city data online for people to use. What’s it for? Think iPhone apps that show restaurants’ health code ratings, for one.
A survey by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) revealed that the U.S., Canada and Spain pay considerably more for mobile phone service than dozens of other nations. Of course, the carriers were quick to spin the findings.
In quite possibly the funniest story I’ve heard all year, 19 year old Sean Stanley Smith was arrested for indecent exposure and resisting a police officer after he entered a casino buck naked claiming to be a Terminator sent from the future.
With America’s status as a technological superpower comes a tendency to occasionally straight ignore the rest of the world. For better or for worse, here are technologies we’ve all but completely missed out on.
Barack Obama is set to notify his subscribed fans supporters via text message when he selects a vice-presidential candidate. Verizon’s website lets you send a free text message to anyone on their network, so use Obama’s short code (62262) and announce the running mate of your choice. The picture above, unfortunately for followers of His Steveness, is only real in our hearts. McCain, of course, is set to notify Republicans via carrier pigeon. [Wonkette]
