Software

How to Make Sure Someone Will Buy Your App (Hint: Use Comic Sans)

Chocolat, a text editor for Mac, offers its users a free trial before asking users to buy its app. After the free trial is over, you can still use the app but… it’ll display everything in Comic Sans. You win Chocolat. [Chocolat via @jakemarsh via Stellar]


February 23, 2011
Online

US Courts Using Facebook To Weed Out Jury

Gizmodo AU

In what could signal a worrying trend, some US prosecution and defence lawyers have discovered that social media sites such as Facebook and MySpace may provide valuable clues about the personality of a particular Jury person.


August 25, 2010

Kickback-Accused Apple Exec Stuffed $US150,000 In Shoeboxes

Prosecutors in the case against Apple’s Paul Devine – accused of taking $US1 million in payola from Asian parts suppliers – say they found $US150,000 in shoeboxes at his home. Investigators are now looking for the rest, at home and abroad.