Monday, July 2, 2012
Good golly, Miss Dolly - I loved it! Joyful Noise is so bad it's a joy to watch
Windows 8 Will Live or Die Based on The Start Screen
Earlier this week, Microsoft principal program manager Chaitanya Sareen dished out information on why Microsoft ultimately decided to kill the Start Menu and replace it with the polarizing Start Screen. According to her, killing the Start Menu wasn't seen as a big deal, given that consumers and businesses had largely stopped using it. We’d...
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Visualized: The iPhone five years after launch
In case you somehow missed it, today is an important milestone in technology nostalgia: it's the fifth anniversary of the original iPhone's launch. We'll let you explore the memories of that insane day on your own terms, but ComScore has produced a visual breakdown of just how ownership has grown and shifted over the years. It's not hard to see that adoption has been on an accelerating curve, especially after the 2010 launch of the Retina display-toting iPhone 4: as of this past May, about three quarters of owners have either the iPhone 4 or the iPhone 4S. And the 2007 edition? Only two percent of all iPhone owners are still actively holding on to the aluminum-clad debut model, which suggests most would rather have Siri than reminisce. Whether you're a fan or have since moved on to a competitor, the chart is a reminder of just how far one of Steve Jobs' biggest projects has come.
Visualized: The iPhone five years after launch originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 29 Jun 2012 18:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Trippy Animations from Sara Gunnarsdottir Accompany Composer Kira Kira's Music
Artist Sara Gunnarsdottir created these trippy, colorful animations to accompany the spacey sounds of Icelandic composter Kira Kira. Watch them both (the first, visuals for a concert, and the second, a music video) below. (via Motionographer)
