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New Google Search Ads Are a Case-study in Poor Design

Google has always been expert in design, mastering the art of clean, user-focused pages, but their new ad format does just the opposite. Google’s latest ads occupy nearly the entire search page above the fold, requiring users to scroll down to see anything past the first result. It makes Google unusable, without adblock. It’s so sad, when a company turns away from its mission...

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78 Things You Can Do With Google Glass: A Guide

The things that you can do with Google Glass are absolutely amazing. There are Glass apps for scanning 3D objects, and controlling drones. There are photo apps that take pictures when you wink. But the most amazing apps are apps that will change lives, like the CPR app(11), apps for surgeons (75), and apps to assist the deaf, and the autistic (63). Without further...

175,000 People Sign Petition Against New Youtube Comments

Youtubers have sent a clear message against the merging of Youtube and Google Plus (Google’s fledgling social network). 175,000 people have signed a petition launched a little over a week ago on Change.org which simply reads “Change the Youtube comment section back to its original form”. Because statistically less than 1% of supporters of an issue usually take any action, this sends a strong...

The Real SIRI: The Woman Behind the voice

If you’ve picked up an iPhone or iPad in the past years, or watched an Apple commercial, you’ve probably heard her voice. She’s SIRI, the automated virtual assistant that Apple created for the iPhone 4S, and that has appeared on every device since. But until today, the woman behind the voice has been secret. She’s the voice of SIRI, and she’s talking… and it...

Breaking: Apple Updates iMacs Ahead Of Expected iPad Event

Ahead of October’s iPad / Macbook Pro / Mac Pro event, Apple today quietly unveiled a new line of iMacs, finally sporting intel’s latest Haswell processors, and each coming stocked with 8 or more gigabytes of RAM. While cosmetically, the computers remain the design, this is definitely a powerful upgrade for the iMac. The upgraded RAM, new graphics card options, and upgraded processor make...