After Apple’s announcement of resigning from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce over its stance on climate change, the Chamber has fired back with a letter, stating the Mac maker “didn't take the time to understand” its position. The letter, signed by Chamber President Thomas Donohue, was addressed t... |
7 October 2009
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MyFonts has confirmed that its WhatTheFont iPhone application has been downloaded over 100,000 times since it was approved by Apple in the App Store three months ago. The iPhone version of WhatTheFont uses the phone’s built-in camera to snap the text in magazines, posters, billboards, etc., and instantly identi... |
15 May 2009
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Apple has approved a new free app for iPhone and iPod touch, placing it in the “Reference” category of apps, as it can identify any font by snapping a picture of it. WhatTheFont is the work of MyFonts studio (owned by Bitstream, Inc.).The official description of WhatTheFont goes (from the iTunes App Store... |
19 February 2009
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In what is one of the most surprising moves from Apple's CEO this year, Steve Jobs has posted an open letter to the Apple Community, admitting health issues had to do with his not attending the Macworld Expo this year. As Apple fans may recall, the company has stated on numerous occasions that Steve Jobs was fi... |
5 January 2009
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In an attempt to counterbalance the possible damage made by the proxy fighter Carl Icahn, who sent a letter to the stockholders of Yahoo! asking them to replace the current board of directors, the company's CO and CEO resorted to the same method. Their aim is directed, of course, at their continuing to work at Y... |
17 July 2008
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It seems that Christmas doesn't always comes with good deeds made by good people who want everybody to have a good time. Actually, it seems things can turn to be quite the opposite when a Sony PSP is involved. And, even though this story might seem a hell lot of fun for some people, it actually isn't. Hihi... |
3 January 2008
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Are you smarter for having "A" and "B" initials than "C" and "D"? The "name-letter effect" on people's performances was first noticed by '80s researchers. "Basically what [they] found was that people tend to favor the letters in their own name, and in particular, they have a fondness for their initials", sa... |
18 December 2007
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An UCLA team has imagined and mass-produced billions of fluorescent microscale polymeric particles in the shapes of all 26 letters of the alphabet in a liquid solution displaying "exquisite fidelity of the shapes". The "LithoParticles" could have important technological and scientific uses. "We can even choose the fo... |
22 March 2007
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