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Business
Apple: “People Are Still Just Trying To Catch Up With The First iPhone”
8:35AM Matt Buchanan | Surprisingly the one real moment of shittake in the Apple earnings call was prodded by an analyst who asked Apple COO Tim Cook what he thought about iPhone wannabes “like Android.” Tim Cook flings some poo at everybody else: More »
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Steve’s Ice Cream
8:50AM Jesus Diaz | The Man is back, and he’s holding a cone: “I feel great. I probably need to gain about 30 pounds, but I feel really good. I’m eating like crazy. A lot of ice cream.” Hmmmm. Ice cream. [NYT]
Software
Weirdest Use Of Spreadsheets I’ve Ever Heard
5:40AM Jesus Diaz | I was reading the feeds today and came across this “Intimacy Tracker” application for iPhone, a really ugly app that allows you to track your sexual life stats. The only good thing about it, however, was one of the reviews: More »
Entertainment
Walt Mosspuppet: “Gizmodo Makes Me Want To Vomit In My Mouth!”
12:00PM Dan Nosowitz | Walt Mossberg, that wrinkly goateed goblin hired by the Wall Street Journal for some reason, is known as the world’s most powerful Apple fanboy, at least to him. The latest Mosspuppet video, featuring Muppet Mossberg, includes a not-so-friendly Gizmodo shout-out. More »
Science
Better Than TV
3:00AM Jesus Diaz | From Apollo 11’s Command Module, now on final approach to the Moon landing site: “We’re getting first view of the landing approach. Looks like pictures but difference of watching a real football game and watching it on TV.” More »
Phones
HTC’s Chief Innovator: ‘The IPhone Is Slippery Like A Watermelon’
2:00AM Jason Chen | In an interview with T3, HTC’s Chief Innovation Officer Horace Luke justifies the impressive Teflon coating on the HTC Hero by saying that the iPhone is slippery as hell. The obvious solution, of course, is seedless watermelons. More »
Business
Blockquote: How Google Is Turning Into Microsoft
1:50AM Matt Buchanan | Believed to be run by a Microsoft employee, the guy behind Mini-Microsoft has some pretty sharp words about what Google’s turning into—and not just because they’re in the OS business these days. They’re cutting because they’re true: More »
Software
Microsoft VP On Chrome: “Most Of What Google Does Is Defensive”
1:15AM Dan Nosowitz | Microsoft’s Vice President of Developer and Platform Evangelism, Walid Abu-Hadba, explained in an interview what he thinks Google’s real motivation for creating the Chrome OS might be, and according to him, it’s not out of love for the consumer. More »
Phones
Nokia: iPhone 3GS Has A Crappy Camera, N97 Rocks Faces
5:20AM Matt Buchanan | Need more evidence that Nokia just doesn’t get it? Here’s what UK General Manager for Nokia Mike Loughran says about the N97 versus the iPhone 3GS: More »
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