Monthly Archives: November 2011

The tough phone dunk test: sending a txt underwater

Read more about the phones, and their super soaking, on NBR here. (Click icon bottom right of video for full screen view.)

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Siri asked: Should I vote for Paul Goldsmith?

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Ad agency down the hall pushing its luck

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Auckland man sent phone

And they say passive-aggressive tweets don’t pay. After all my moaning about Apple’s tardiness sending me a review iPhone 4S, a benefactor has couriered me said handset. 64GB model, too. Nice. Read the latest on Vodafone and Telecom’s iPhone 4S … Continue reading

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Mmm. Yeah. Not so much.

Sunday Star Times’ Sunday magazine, Nov 20, 11.

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Google junk mail

More.

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Live blogging the election

Listen to MediaWatch Nov 6 2011 ABOVE: @Toby etc (full name: Toby Manhire Who Used to Work for The Guardian) discusses the surge in live blogging during the last UK election, and covering the current race via @ListenerLive. From RNZ MediaWatch, Sunday … Continue reading

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Women struggling to drink water

“Woman struggling to drink water” seems to be latest craze in stock images, similar to the way “Woman alone laughing with salad” quickly spread through commercial photo libraries earlier this year (via ace London photographer @SteveKeall, @thehairpin).

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Siri v Furby

And what of the New Zilund accent? Apple says Siri hasn’t been programmed for it, but she can learn. More on Kiwis’ experiences with Siri, and the local iPhone 4S release at my NBR blog.

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Scared of mouse

I took one look at the manual for Microsoft’s new Touch Mouse (which has no buttons but recognises finger gestures) then quickly palmed it off to the more dexterous @lxwalls to review. Anticipated tears of rage as I made the wrong finger … Continue reading

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