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“Touching and Amazing”

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That’s what my wife just said about this ad which ran during Idol and hopefully elsewhere. “I liked it, very relatable and sweet; it connects everyday people with Google – why do you keep asking? Dinner’s ready,” she revealed during her debriefing. Doug Simmons

AOL Taking a Bath

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In a valiant effort to shine shit, AOL’s CEO declared today a “milestone in the turnaround of AOL as [ad revenue] [grew a little] for the first time [in years]” and that he is “proud” and “focused on accelerating momentum through continued execution strategy to become the premier digital content company.” Translation? AOL’s earnings dropped … Read more

Mobility Digest Review: Toddy Gear: Toddy Smart Cloth

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The fingerprint is the natural predator of the shiny electronic gadget. Touch screens and piano black finishes are the most susceptible victims. Although the shirt wipe is a temporary relief measure, it generally does not clean off a touch screen but more often just evens out the fingerprint grease film.

Today’s review item was designed specifically to clean electronic surfaces while adding a feature to protect both the device and user. The Toddy Smart Cloth is a microfiber screen cleaner created to keep even the most sensitive surfaces scratch free while offering an antimicrobial coating.

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Dude, That’s Impressive Maths

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Whenever I use Panglozz’s sales estimates y’all get agitated, rejecting its veracity (because they’re not flattering enough to your mobility ego maybe), then we go back and forth on it with you eventually saying Well let’s just wait for the numbers from Microsoft (yeah okay, youdothat). Well if it’s of any worth Verizon recently announced … Read more

Patent No. 7,933,122 given to OtterBox’s Defender Series Cases

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I know the team at OtterBox are very proud of their cases and now can rest assured that their hard work and innovation will be protected from would be fraud artists trying to steal their innovation and sell it for their own gain. I have actually encountered some of these rip off Defender Series Case … Read more

Damnit Would You Stop Sending Me Ecards

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Off to a bad start today. Spilled coffee everywhere, drenched my new keyboard. But it gets worse: On today’s quarantine report of my primary email account, the one I intend to use for the rest of my life, a friggin’ ecard. Great. Opened it up through Google’s Postini so as not to trip any remote … Read more

Psychology of Technology: Caught in the ‘Net

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If you’ve followed my tech-related blog posts over the last few years (if you haven’t, you can catch up here), you know that I have real concerns and what I consider to be some healthy skepticism about the impact of new technology and social media on people, particularly their biggest consumers, children and young people. … Read more

And the suing continues; Samsung sues back Apple

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There you go, Samsung counter sues Apple. Earlier Apple sues Samsung for copying the designs of the iPhone and iPad on the Galaxy S devices and the Galaxy Tab. And now it’s Samsung’s turn to sue Apple. Samsung filed lawsuits against Apple involving ten patent infringements in three different countries. Five in Korea, two in Japan and three in Germany.