CNN reports that over 225,000 jail-broken iPhones have been hacked. “What does ‘jail-break’ mean,” our grandparents are asking. According to the article: “Jail-breaking allows iPhone owners to access parts of a phone’s file systems that are otherwise restricted for security… Read More ›
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Consumer Reports Rates Tesla Car 103 Out Of 100
Time reports that Consumer Reports has given the new Tesla Model S P85D a rating of 103 out of 100. As we are all about helping consumer reporting organizations out, here are: 3 Slogans We Propose For Consumer Reports Consumer… Read More ›
Enjoy Your Apple Watch Courtesy Of Major League Baseball, Ed Yost. Now Don’t Use It To Access Data.
MarketWatch reports that Major League Baseball gave the Kansas City Royals Manager, Ed Yost an Apple Watch for managing the AL team in the All-Star Game. And then MLB staff phoned him during last night’s Royals game to make sure… Read More ›
3 Questions We Have About Self-Driving Cars
USA Today reports that Apple joins Google, Tesla, Mercedes, and other car makers in testing self-driving cars. If the operating system for the Apple self-driving car crashes, what secret combination of buttons will we have to press to reset the… Read More ›
Columbia House Just Filed For Bankruptcy? Columbia House Still Exists?
Yahoo Finance reports that the parent company of Columbia House has filed for bankruptcy. Columbia House used to sell records, and then tapes, and then CDs, and then DVDs by mail. As we are all about helping companies, here are… Read More ›
3 Tips For A Globe and Mail Writer On Writing A Piece About A Debate
The Globe and Mail published a piece by Kate Taylor today in which she rants about her inability to watch last night’s Republican Candidate Debate on a television. Taylor wrote: “The debate was airing on a channel well above the… Read More ›
What Does A Robot Have To Do To Hitch A Ride Around Here?
A Canadian hitch-hiking robot that successfully toured parts of the world was reportedly destroyed in Philadelphia by vandals. CBC reports that fake surveillance footage of the destruction of “HitchBOT” has surfaced online. 3 People We Suspect Decimated HitchBOT 1. The… Read More ›
Now We Try To Guess Who Facebook’s New 49 Million Monthly Active Users Are
Facebook reported yesterday that monthly active users increased to 1.49 billion, or 49 million users. This compared to Twitter reporting 2 million new monthly active users earlier this week. We’ve been trying to guess this week who the 2 million… Read More ›
3 More Types of Monthly Active Users We Guess Are Using Twitter
Yesterday we wrote about Twitter’s monthly active users increasing from 302 million to 304 million people. Who are these mystery people? Here are 3 more guesses. 1. People who didn’t use Twitter every month until the Twitter app started sending… Read More ›
We Try To Guess Who Twitter’s Two Million New Users Are
Yahoo Finance reports that Twitter announced today that it’s monthly active users rose from 302 million to 304 million. Who are these new users? Here are three guesses. 1. Writers trying to get Twitter followers by following other writers back…. Read More ›
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