If you’re on the iPad and for some reason aren’t using the excellent, free, official Twitter app — this will probably make you happy. Twitter has completely overhauled twitter.com for the iPad, pushing out a redesigned HTML5 version that’s better designed for the device.
The HTML5 web app looks heavily influenced both by the official iPad app and the new Twitter interface that rolled out a couple of months ago, and the split pane interface makes much better use of the iPad’s real estate.
The only-occasionally reliable
Pegatron Technology has landed orders for 10 million units of iPhone 5 to become the second ODM of the smartphone. Shipments will start in September, according to industry sources.
Hopefully the combined might of Pegatron and Foxconn will mean that it’s actually possible to get hold of an iPhone 5 somewhere near launch without having to make a human sacrifice to the elder gods or something similar.
I wouldn’t count on it though.
We still haven’t heard definitively if this will be a September or October launch, with rumors and “unnamed sources” pointing to both.
Who doesn’t like IKEA? Probably people with a pathological fear of unpronounceable letters, but that’s beside the point. The much loved furniture store has ported its famous catalog to the iPad, so you can now ogle at tasteful and affordable furniture without needing the dead-tree version.
Now, if only there was an IKEA less than three hours from me.
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Once the jailbreak is installed, all you have to do is point your browser at your phone’s IP address, and you’ll be able to send text messages, access your address book, even insert emoticons.
It certainly beats checking your pockets whenever you get a ding.
Just be careful about which computers you use this on, it could be a major security problem.
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This story is more breaking, significant news than it may seem at first glance: Foxconn, which manufactures products for a wide array of electronics companies including Apple’s iOS devices, is going to replace workers with a million
Why replace robots with humans? Simply, they are superior to humans in any jobs that do not require emotion, empathy, or creativity. Robots have an unmatched precision with benefits such as a lowered amount of defective devices due to the lack of human error as well as how there is no need for them to be programmed to focus on anything but work, they can be significantly cheaper, and many of the jobs that they are fit for arguably do not really seem natural for humans to be doing anyway. Foxconn is assumedly making the move now as a result of raising salary requirements that may make it unfeasible for them to operate at the dirt-cheap prices that clients like Apple insist on.
The underlying significance of the story is that anybody with business sense should realize that this is just the beginning of robots taking the place of humans in the workplace; some, including myself, have already foreseen this for years. It will be quite interesting to see how long it takes businesses to make such a transition, particularly in service industries. The pros of using finely-tuned robots for a majority of jobs in place now can greatly outweigh the cons for businesses.
It seems that this will eventually become such a serious issue that the government will have to step in to regulate the usage of robotic devices. They will have a responsibility to due so as an effect of unemployment going way up once the robotics industry advances just a little more. A job will require special connections or talents to get into the few markets that robots could not pursue and excel at.
Mark my words: the generation of the 22th century will be going places like McDonalds to have orders taken, cooked, and served by robots. (Not to sound too I, Robot, more specifically computerized devices.) Of course the restaurant would also be cleaned by, you guessed it, robots, and may not even have a manager on-premises but rather a couple of people remotely keeping an eye on every location in the area. Who knows, maybe the “robots” that take food orders will be created by Apple in a form similar to the
Robots will not begin taking human jobs overnight. The process would be very slow, relying on the domino effect, and Foxconn could very possibly have knocked over one of the first dominos. It is far-fetched to believe that companies will transition over in one fell swoop, but rather in minuscule steps beginning with the simplest jobs. In fact, a fairly significant amount of jobs have already been eliminated by automated, computer-based systems.
I believe it is undeniable that we will see tremendous growth in our future with the technological advancements that have only just begun, especially considering how much we have accomplished in just the last 50 years. Here’s to wherever the future takes us.
After the recent rumor that the iPhone 5 would not see the light of day until October, UK newspaper The Guardian has chimed in with its thoughts on the matter. It firmly believes that September is still the month for the iPhone 5 launch.
The Guardian reporter Charles Arthur is pulling no punches when it comes to questioning the reliability of the recent All Things D report; which claimed that the iPhone 5 would not be released until October. He believes that the All Things D sources are nowhere near water tight and the argument for an October launch is flawed. The basis of his argument is centred on the fact that carriers are now in possession of iPhone 5 test boxes.
My carrier sources tell me that the boxes in which the new iPhone hardware is encased have been transported to carriers for testing. This is an important step in the release cycle for any phone. The next iPhones go for their testing inside locked and sealed boxes so that the carriers can carry out checks on their network compatibility in their labs. The new iPhones are in the system, which means they now just have to get approval – which will probably only take a few weeks at most – and can then be signed off for manufacturing. My gut feeling, allied to the information from carriers and Apple’s history, is that we’re still looking at a September release. Who knows, perhaps someone was even misdirecting the good people at ATD by suggesting October.
Algebra Touch, by Regular Berry, is an iPhone and iPad educational math app.
Have you forgotten most of your algebra? Algebra Touch refreshes your skills using techniques only possible on your iOS device.
As a math educator, this app makes me very excited. One of the challenges of teaching algebra is finding effective teaching techniques geared towards visual learners. Algebra Touch is not only a great visual tool, but a very physical and hands-on one.
Algebra Touch is available on the iPhone and iPad for $2.99. Screenshots after the break.
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