Building on the success of the Genius bars, Apple stores across the country unveiled the Friend Bar, a new service that pairs insufferable Apple customers with “friends” that will listen to them rattle on for hours.
Oh, and if this is the first time you’ve listened to a news report from the ONN, please note that ANYTHING coming from them shouldn’t be taken too seriously. :)
Unless you’ve been living under a rock somewhere (or that you just don’t care about these kinds of things), you’ve probably heard about the double rainbow guy in the past week. In case you missed it, here’s the video:
Now after seeing this, the people behind “Auto-Tune the News” got the brilliant idea of making a song out of the original video. Check it out, this is priceless:
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If at first you don’t succeed, just try lowering the difficulty setting…
If you’ve ever played Little Big Planet (which is one of the best games on the PS3, especially if you have kids), this video will remind you of the giant skateboard challenge located early in the game. However, riding a giant skateboard all alone looks much more dangerous in real life than it is in the game. Check it out:
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In the following 10-minute video, bestselling author, political adviser and social and ethical prophet Jeremy Rifkin investigates the evolution of empathy and the profound ways that it has shaped our development and our society.
It appears a new incarnation of the iPod touch is on the way with both the hardware and software capabilities to take advantage of the new iOS4 system.
Most current iPod touches can, of course, be updated to run the system, but features such as FaceTime video calling are a no-go without a camera.
PocketLint has a report of a presentation by Rob Hennessy, the audio and telecoms buyer for John Lewis, a leading UK department store chain, discussing the new model. Unless he’s a rambling lunatic (which seems unlikely given the chain’s hiring policy) it appears that the details are legitimate and he’s talked about the new iPod touch earlier than Apple would have liked.
According to Hennessy, the new model will include a 5-megapixel HD camera with flash, an accelerometer, and a gyroscope. He also mentioned FaceTime calling (through WiFi only naturally), which suggests a front-facing camera.
To all intents, it seems to be an updating of the idea that the Touch is simply an iPhone without the phone facilities.
Hennessy also suggested the model will mainly be aimed at younger users, which makes sense as they are less likely to be able to afford (or even get credit for) the monthly service fees of the iPhone.
Meanwhile a Taiwanese blog, spotted by AppleInsider, has reported Apple suppliers have produced a 3cm square touchscreen for a future product. The accompanying photos don’t actually offer any evidence there are input facilities rather than it simply being a display.
The blog speculates that the screen may be designed for revamped nano or shuffle models, but more intriguingly has the idea it could be for a wristwatch-style product. It is hard to imagine such a tiny touchscreen being able to offer more than one “button”, but a wrist-based iPod which lets the user control music without needing to press physical buttons might appeal to the sports market.
Remember TomTom’s Darth Vader GPS recording session we posted a few months ago? Well to promote their new Yoda GPS voice pack, the company has just released a similar video, but this time, featuring the green little guy. Check it out:
Sure, lots of people have made beer fetching robots in the past, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen one as effective as this one. I mean, look at the thing! It can even open bottles for you if you don’t have a beer bottle opener handy. Simply awesome.
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The following video features excerpts from Carl Sagan’s Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space. More specifically, from the chapter titled A Universe Not Made For Us. Narrated by Carl Sagan himself, the clip is truly a wonder to listen to. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did.