We want information… information… information

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Paranoid: Where am I?
Apple: In the Village.
Paranoid: What do you want?
Apple: We want information.
Paranoid: Whose side are you on?
Apple: That would be telling. We want information… information… information.
Paranoid: You won’t get it.
Apple: By hook or by crook, we will.
Paranoid: Who are you?
Apple: The new Number 2.
Paranoid: Who is Number 1?
Apple: You are Number 6.
Paranoid: I am not a number, I am a free man

(The Prisoner, the classic TV series from the 60’s

Oh, you don’t remember? with the funny little car, gigantic balloon and no end…)

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MobilityLeaks: He Don’t Know Shit from Shinola”

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On 4/22/2011 9:07 PM, Jimski wrote: Interesting that the 3,000 registered users of this app represent 77 different countries/regions. Pretty amazing based on the small sample size that probably works out to 0.1% of total WP7 users. Doug Simmons: First of all Gramps without looking at anything 3m sounds a bit steep to me, even … 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.

International Snooker and Doodle Pool Come To Windows Phones

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International Snooker and Doodle Pool are both distributed by Big Head Games, hit the Marketplace within a day of each other, are available on other platforms and if you hadn’t noticed have a similar game, so let’s talk about them together since they’re both pretty nice. I like saying ‘snooker’ so let’s do International Snooker … Read more

Google mocks Apple and shows them what data collection looks like

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Ok so Apple has admitted, at least in part to data collection, but if you want to now how to collect data then a new Wall Street Journal investigation has shown how Google collects data and they mock Apples messily attempts. To be clear, Apple admitted, months ago, to collecting personal data and they spell … Read more

Mobility Digest Deals: Motorola FINITI BT Headset $50.00!

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Wow, David just tipped us off to some great deals happening at CellPhoneShop.net. They have a Last Day Easter Sale with the Motorola FINITI Bluetooth Headset for $49.99! That’s 62% off the original $129.99 price. This is the headset that is David’s daily driver and he says he loves it so it must be pretty … Read more