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Best letter ever written to a Lawyer
Now this may very well be one of the best responses to a legal threat we’ve ever seen. The backdrop: The San Antonio, Texas based Freetail Brewing Co. received a cease and desist letter from the Steelhead Brewing Co. (based out of Eugene, Oregon) demanding that they stop using “Hopasaurus Rex” as a name for [...]
Continue reading...Jerry Seinfeld explains Facebook back in 1992 [Video]
Friday, December 16, 2011
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Who knew that Seinfeld had the ability to so precisely describe the dynamic that makes Facebook so popular and addicting back in 1992. The following is the show opening from the famous Bubble Boy episode. Moops!
Continue reading...Samsung Galaxy S II ad makes fun of Apple users… again
Thursday, December 15, 2011
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In an effort to drum up sales for the Galaxy S II, Samsung a few weeks ago released a commercial poking fun at Apple fanboys, mocking the somewhat unique-to-Apple dynamic of waiting in line for hours on end in anticipation of a new Apple product. Taking things further, the ad comically painted Apple fans as [...]
Continue reading...Stephen Colbert takes on Siri
Friday, December 2, 2011
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Stalwart Apple fan Stephen Colbert talks about Siri and her oh so conservative ways. The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive
Continue reading...Samsung commercial makes fun of Apple fanboys
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
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By Josh Rosenthall: Samsung recently released a brilliantly funny commercial taking a swipe at Apple fanboys, or at the very least, the type of Apple fan who has no problem waiting in line for hours ahead of a new product launch. The commercial depicts Hipster looking folks sporting white headbuds waiting outside of what look [...]
Continue reading...Stuff Siri says takes on a life of its own
Monday, October 17, 2011
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By Luis Estrada: It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that the funny responses spewed out by Siri are already taking on a life of their own. We highlighted a few of these already such as Siri’s response to a marriage proposal and Siri’s response to a user’s request for marijuana. Now that the [...]
Continue reading...SNL’s Seth Meyers makes crack against Kindle Fire
Thursday, October 13, 2011
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By David Goldman: I was watching an episode of Lockup: Raw on MSNBC the other day – you know, the show that profiles inmates in prisons across the globe – and they happened to ask one prisoner what he’d do if he could do anything once released. Looking deadpan into the camera, the inmate said, [...]
Continue reading...From finding an escort to buying some weed, Siri’s got your back
Thursday, October 13, 2011
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By Luis Estrada: This is my Next has an amusing list – soon to be an anthology I’m sure – of all the quirky things Siri says. It turns out that Siri is like that best friend you’re a little bit embarrassed to bring around your other groups of friends. Sure, it can help tell [...]
Continue reading...Siri, “Will you marry me?” [Photo]
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
By Sarah Petit: As the NDA’s surrounding iPhone 4S review units continue to be lifted, folks are heaping endless amounts of praise on Siri. While Apple’s voice recognition software is still in Beta and occasionally gets stumped, the overall consensus is overwhelmingly positive. And in typical Apple style, it made sure to integrate a number [...]
Continue reading...Stephen Colbert pays comedic and touching tribute to Steve Jobs
Saturday, October 8, 2011
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By John Hiesler: Avowed Apple fanboy and hilarious television personality Stephen Colbert had a simultaneously funny and touching tribute to Steve Jobs earlier this week. You might remember that Colbert was the first person outside Apple to have an iPad when he showed it off at the 2010 Grammy Awards, having received it from Steve [...]
Continue reading...Conan O’Brien pokes fun at missing iPhone 5 prototype [Video]
Monday, September 12, 2011
There’s apparently quite an Apple following over at the Conan O’brien show. Earlier this Summer, Conan and co. released a decently funny spoof mocking the backlash surrounding Apple’s Final Cut Pro X. Now, the fine folks over at Conan are taking on the missing iPhone 5 prototype. If you recall, an Apple employee reportedly left [...]
Continue reading...Steve jobs’ daily calendar post CEO [Photo]
Monday, August 29, 2011
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Steve Jobs many no longer be Apple’s CEO, but in his new role as chairman of the board, Jobs will reportedly maintain an active involvement in Apple’s product strategy and long term plans. Late last week, Walt Mossberg cited extremely well-informed sources at Apple claiming, “To be very clear, Jobs, while seriously ill, is very [...]
Continue reading...XKCD hilariously takes on misleading app review ratings [Comic]
Friday, August 12, 2011
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The delightfully nerdy and often hilarious XKCD comic – from the mathematically geared mind of Randall Munroe – recently tackled the misleading nature of app store star ratings. But even more pertinent, we think, is Munroe’s take on the the hilarious and pointless nature of many app reviews one typically stumbles across on iTunes. Nothing [...]
Continue reading...OS X Lion’s new gestures visualized [Hilarious Photo]
Thursday, August 11, 2011
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OS X Lion is great and all, and we’re still coming around on the new scrolling mechanism, not to mention the new scrollbars and the like, so the always entertaining folks from Joy of Tech did us all a solid and came up with this handy graphic depicting some of OS X Lion’s lesser known [...]
Continue reading...Apple design secrets exposed! How Apple came up with the 6th gen iPod Nano and the iPod Shuffle [Photo]
Thursday, August 4, 2011
So how did Apple get from the 4th/5th gen iPod Nano to the device’s current form factor? Well, it was actually a complex process with multiple objectives as you can see from the photo below. They just divided the old style Nano in two – with the top half becoming the 6th gen iPod Nano [...]
Continue reading...Man brings goat into Apple retail store [Video]
Monday, August 1, 2011
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Mark Malkoff had an interesting observation. As far as he could tell, customers in Apple retail stores could do whatever they wanted. In fact, Apple gave customers so much leeway that it seemingly welcomed patrons to sing songs, record online videos, and even bring in housepets. Malkoff had even heard rumors of Apple Store patrons [...]
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Friday, January 13, 2012
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