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Apple Patents Technology That Lets Other People Turn Off Your Camera
17 Jun 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
And they’d been doing so well with the ‘not evil’ thing. Apple’s new patent is for software that would sense when people are trying to film concerts or events with their iPhone, then automatically disable the camera. It’d be nice to see a concert without a thousand iPhones blocking the way, but Big Brother much?
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BlackBerry Voted Coolest Brand In SA
26 May 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
So you thought CrackBerries were only cool in the eyes of business people addicted to their email? Think again. South Africa’s youth has voted BlackBerry the coolest brand in the country in the Sunday Times Generation Next 2011 Brand Survey Awards. That means BlackBerry trumps Apple, in spite of the latter’s beautifully designed and supposedly cooler iParaphernalia. And the reason? BBM and ‘free’ internet for the kids, obviously.
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Times Square Video Screen Hack
16 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This has been generating some online discussion – a video of a dude hijacking billboards in Times Square using an iPhone 4, a transmitter, a balloon and some tape, like a geeky MacGyver. The feeling at the moment is that this is a publicity stunt, but if so it’s an awesome-looking stunt.
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Want Free Condoms? There’s An App For That
16 Feb 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Yes, I know, me and everybody’s grandma used ‘there’s an app for that’ as the headline, but that’s because me and everybody’s grandma have an awesome sense of humour. New York’s Health Department released a smartphone app for finding free condom distribution points via GPS on Monday.
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Push Notifications From Real Life [VIDEO]
21 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Okay, now a revelation: I have a degree in Information Science. So there, now you know. Here I leap out of the nerd closet and admit that I have a thing for cool tech projects and nothing I have ever seen is as cool as this. Just take a moment of your life to watch this video from Make Magazine and you’ll be amazed.
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Is YOUR Fridge An iPhone-Controlled Beer Cannon? This Guy’s Is.
17 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Well, I guess Ryan Rusnak wins at weekends. Nice try, everybody. This dude set up his fridge to fire a variety of beers at him from across the room whenever he keys in the command on his iPhone. I mean sure, he’s choosing to have Bud Light thrown at him, but cultural differences. Focus on the potential here.
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The Mophie ‘Juice Pack Plus’ for iPhone 4
03 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
On the whole, I try and stay away from jokes that hinge on understanding two languages, because usually those jokes are goddamned awful and I mean hey, Leslie Nielsen died a few days ago, show a little class. That said, today is Friday, and there exists a product called the Mophie ‘Juice Pack Plus.’
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iPhone App Allows You To Track And Share Your Movember Progress
09 Nov 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
If you’ve jumped on the Movember train but are lacking the technology to track and share your progress, this is the app for you.
The Movember Mophone App allows you to track your progress and share it online, even making a stop-motion animation of your growth in the process. -
Take It To The Grave
06 Oct 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
If you knew you were going to die, what would you take with you to the grave…literally? I think I would take a cellphone, just in case…
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THE DUREX iPHONE APP – IF ONLY WE HAD IDEA CONDOMS
22 Jul 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Durex, the international condom manufacturer have, just like every other company with a marketing team worth its salt, developed a snazzy iPhone app. Kudos to them. That said, there are a few interesting things to note in the promotional video. Say, for example, their reasoning that guys don’t use condoms while making the beast with […]
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