Y Combinator’s Short-sighted and Irresponsible Declaration of War Against Hollywood

Y Combinator, one of the most influential investment funds in Silicon Valley, declared war on Hollywood on Friday. I wish they had really thought through the unintended consequences of their call to arms, because lots of innocent people are about to get hurt. Y Combinator is essentially asking for entrepreneurs to take on the Hollywood… Continue reading Y Combinator’s Short-sighted and Irresponsible Declaration of War Against Hollywood

Even Santa Uses an iPhone [VIDEO]

This is definitely the best holiday-themed ad I’ve seen this year. Apple does a good job highlighting Siri’s usefulness. On a side note: did Santa really calendar in all of the world’s children? Did he use up all of Apple’s iCloud storage space or something?!

Say Goodbye to the Old Facebook: Timeline Launches for All

Facebook has announced (at 4:30 AM PT for some reason) that Timeline is now available to all users worldwide. Timeline made its developer debut in September to positive reviews, and the company has been updating and debugging the service ever since. Last week, Facebook began rolling it out to individual countries — New Zealand was… Continue reading Say Goodbye to the Old Facebook: Timeline Launches for All

Gmail for iOS Adds Support for… Scribbles?! Yes, Scribbles

Google just launched a new update for Gmail for iOS, and it comes with a few useful features and one that makes me scratch my head, but could prove to be useful. The list: Custom signatures for mobile emails Ability to set vacation autoresponders Support for nested labels More distinct notification sound The big addition… Continue reading Gmail for iOS Adds Support for… Scribbles?! Yes, Scribbles