As we wrote yesterday, a new luxury iPad available from the United Kingdom includes splinters of 65-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Bones. 3 Worse Things To Include With An iPad 1. A coupon allowing 2 to dine for $9.98 at McDonald’s. Really? If… Read More ›
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The Rich Kids Of Instagram Are Getting Edgy! Will Someone Throw Them A Bone! Specifically An iPad Encrusted With Dinosaur Bones.
CNBC reports that British company Stuart Hughes is offering an iPad for about $8 million U.S., encrusted with diamonds, which can be viewed here. From the Stuart Hughes description of the “iPad 2 Gold History Edition” write-up: “However to make… Read More ›
Blackberry Bans Passwords Geeks Would Use If Geeks Actually Used Blackberries
Yahoo reports that Blackberry will ban 104 “unsecure’ passwords when it launches its new operating system in January, including: Gandalf, Merlin, and ncc1701 (we had to look this one up to find out it was referring to the USS Enterprise… Read More ›
Twitter Adding A Header Photo To Your Profile Tomorrow… But Will This Influence The Pope’s First Tweet?
CNBC reports that beginning tomorrow, Twitter will require your profile to include a header photo, similar to the Facebook cover photo. If you don’t provide a header photo, your profile will include what Twitter calls a “not fun” default grey… Read More ›
Finally, An Edible iPhone Case…
CNN reports that a company called Japan Trend Shop is selling a handmade iPhone 5 case made of rice and salt for $81. Or more accurately, was selling, as the case is currently listed as “sold out” on the company’s web… Read More ›
Sony Reportedly To Discontinue Cassette Player/Recorder, Which Will Lead To Making Whiny Mixed Tapes Becoming A Real Hassle!
Akihabara News reports that Sony will discontinue the cassette player/recorder in 2013. So last chance to run out and get one, unless you’re looking for one at Wal-mart, which currently indicates on their web site they are “not available at… Read More ›
Text Message Celebrated 20th Birthday With Sad Face Emoticon
CNN reported earlier this week, text messaging turned 20, however is expected to decline in popularity, as more people can avoid text messaging fees by using wifi. 3 More Embarrassing Moments In The Life Of A 20-Year-Old Text Message 1…. Read More ›
CNN Opinion Author Says Don’t Name Your Kid “Siri,” Apparently Unaware It Is A Real Scandinavian Name
In a “Special To CNN,” Dean Obeidallah wrote a piece entitled “Don’t Name Your Kid Siri.” The article provided a link to Baby Center.com’s “Hottest Baby Name Trends of 2012.” According to that article: “And parents like the sound of… Read More ›
Cyberdumb Day
A well known apparel retailer, which we won’t name here, because it will spoil potential surprises to NTWN gift recipients, has an interesting policy at the check-out page of its online store. For a fee, you can have your gift… Read More ›
Burger Launched Into Space!
Some Harvard students launched a hamburger over 90,000 feet into space, in a You Tube video that can be seen here. Spoiler alert: the burger, upon returning to earth landed in a tree. So, of course, the Harvard students found… Read More ›
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