The desire for the “Oh, how the mighty Apple has fallen” narrative is so strong that the narrative is simply being stated as fact, evidence to the contrary be damned. It’s reported as true simply because they want it to be true. They’re declaring “The King is dead; long live the King” not because the king has actually died or abdicated the throne, but because they’re bored with the king and want to write a new coronation story.
Let’s Date Adds A ‘Wingman’ Feature For People Who Just Want To Recommend Dates For Friends
Anthony Ha, techcrunch.comLet’s Date, the iPhone dating app founded by Suicide Girls co-creator Sean Suhl and backed by Los Angeles incubator Science, Inc., is releasing its first significant update since the app’s national launch a month ago. The big focus —…
Great feature. This just opened up a new user demographic previously ignored by dating apps. Brilliant.
Quora’s contextual menu for handling urls by providing the user with 3 ways to represent a link: plain text, active link, title of the link.
Apple Doesn’t Care, That’s Why It’s Winning
Josh Constine, techcrunch.comApple doesn’t care if competitors have cheaper products. It doesn’t care if its next big thing cannibalizes its last big thing. Not about buying big money-makers, and certainly not about how you think it should deal out stock. Today at…
Typically there is serious tension between being big and being bold. Cook seems to be determined not to let this shake out on his watch, like his predecessor.
Pro tip: Music alone can have a strangely high quantity of positive impact on mood in certain situations. Don’t underestimate the simplicity of the human brain and the ease at which it can be manipulated for your benefit.
I find that productivity increases as my mood improves. There are undoubtedly diminishing returns of this effect making efficacy of music for this purpose contingent upon your current state of mind.
Because we are capable of such complex thought and emotions, we often forget the rather simplistic input -> output nature of our brains. I know I do.
Do we need to talk about suicide?
pandodailyguest, pandodaily.comA very popular founder named Jody Sherman died this week. He was the founder of Ecomom, and had a wonderful reputation for being relentlessly positive, driven and fun.We weren’t close friends, but we were friends. I’ve received dozens of emails fr…
“At the very least, as a community we can make it absolutely clear that success is measured not in net worth or how much you’ve raised, but how you conducted yourself in pursuit of your dreams.”
Apple Ousts Samsung As No.1 Mobile Maker In U.S. In Q4 2012 — Taking Record 34% Marketshare, Says Strategy Analytics
Natasha Lomas, techcrunch.comApple took the title of largest mobile maker by volume in the U.S. in Q4 2012, according to Strategy Analytics, which said Cupertino rose to the top of the U.S. phone maker charts for the first time ever — taking a record 34 per cent…
Rough quarter for Apple…
