Daily Archives: July 4, 2009

The most annoying advert in TV history

Posted on July 4, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

via youtube.com Annoyingly catchy. Posted via web from Ian Betteridge’s lifestream

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UserLand Product News: Radio UserLand service closing

Posted on July 4, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

“UserLand has decided to close the Radio UserLand and Salon Radio services as of December 31, 2009.” via productnews.userland.com This will mean almost nothing to anyone else, but Radio was the second blogging platform I used (after Blogger), and it … Continue reading →

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Amazon seems keen to try out new models for books

Posted on July 4, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Amazon appears to be applying for a patent on inserting adverts into ebooks, and predictably some people aren’t particularly keen on the idea. But it seems to me that Amazon wants to do is explore different ways to get people … Continue reading →

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FriendFeed adds real-time search

Posted on July 4, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

“Just enter a search query as you always have, and see new results instantly stream in at the top of your screen in real-time. No need to constantly click refresh. It’s an extremely useful (not to mention mesmerizing) way to … Continue reading →

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Impending Newton Y2K10 apocalypse narrowly averted – Ars Technica

Posted on July 4, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Make fun of Apple’s Newton MessagePad all you want, but the proto-PDA introduced by Apple in the early 90s managed to gather some rather tenacious followers. Current users of the then-revolutionary, now-exceedingly-bulky personal digital assistants were afraid that a date … Continue reading →

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Video Interview: Marco Arment of Instapaper

Posted on July 4, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

via steverubel.com If you have an iPhone and you’re not using Instapaper, you’re really missing out. Posted via web from Ian Betteridge’s lifestream

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Deathmatch rematch: BlackBerry versus iPhone 3.0 | Business Center | iPhone Central | Macworld

Posted on July 4, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Galen Gruman compares the iPhone to Blackberry Bold and concludes that it’s time to retire the Blackberry. I’m not sure that he’s wrong, despite liking the Blackberry’s approach to email more. “The iPhone clearly has some issues, but for such a … Continue reading →

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