The iPhone Home button: A look at how it has evolved, and where it still needs to go

The iPhone Home button: A look at how it has evolved, and where it still needs to go | iMore.com

Pebble smart watch review

The Pebble: Is the Time Right for a Smartwatch? | 512 Pixels

The idea of the smartwatch is cool, but the Pebble is rather simple and — in places — downright crude. But it’s pointing the way forward.

Maybe.

I feel a little silly for having bought it.

Pebble smart watch review | The Loop

Mat Honan: ‘The Samsung Galaxy S4 Is Completely Amazing and Utterly Boring’

The Samsung Galaxy S4 Is Completely Amazing and Utterly Boring | Wired.com

ほかならぬ Mat Honan ・・・

Mat Honan: ‘The Samsung Galaxy S4 Is Completely Amazing and Utterly Boring’ | Daring Fireball

Samsung has run into the same perceptual problem that Apple did several years ago: at a certain point, each generation of your device is an evolution, not revolution — but the critics crave constant revolution.

Tesla v. The New York Times

Stalled on the E.V. Highway | NYTimes.com

Tesla Model S vs. the East Coast | Daring Fireball

A Most Peculiar Test Drive | Tesla Motors

When the facts didn’t suit his opinion, he simply changed the facts. Our request of The New York Times is simple and fair: please investigate this article and determine the truth. You are a news organization where that principle is of paramount importance and what is at stake for sustainable transport is simply too important to the world to ignore.

Tesla v. The New York Times | The Loop

Elon Musk’s Data Doesn’t Back Up His Claims of New York Times Fakery | The Atlantic Wire

Elon Musk’s Data Doesn’t Back Up His Claims of New York Times Fakery | Marco.org

Tesla vs. The New York Times: Everyone’s A Media Company Now | SplatF

I won’t pretend to know who’s actually right or wrong here — Tesla certainly only has an interest in telling its side of the story — but the fact that a company has the tools and distribution to quickly publish something like this today is pretty amazing.

But many brands have established themselves as credible publishers. And why shouldn’t they be? They almost always know their industries better than the reporters covering them. And in many cases, their executives are actually great writers. [...] Some of my favorite things to read today are made by companies that previously had nothing to do with publishing.

Video of Elon Musk talking to John M. Broder | The Loop

“Game of Thrones” Review

“Game of Thrones” Review : The New Yorker

In the première, a ten-year-old boy was shoved out of a tower window. The episode climaxed with what might be described as an Orientalist gang rape / wedding dance. I figured I might catch up later, if the buzz was good.

Pebble smartwatch review

Pebble smartwatch review | The Verge

The Pebble smartwatch is a lot more than just a watch — it’s the latest attempt to turn your wrist into the launchpad for a wearable computing revolution. It’s also the preeminent symbol of the Kickstarter hardware revolution. After 85,000 orders, 10 million crowdfunded dollars, and one or two slipped ship dates, the Pebble is finally here, ready to pipe emails and texts directly to your wrist.

8.2 VERGE SCORE
GOOD STUFF
- Looks like a regular watch
- Works well with iPhone and Android
- Solid battery life
BAD STUFF
- iPhone support limited by iOS itself
- Android support limited by app development
- Screen is just okay

Nilay Patel Reviews the Pebble Smartwatch | Daring Fireball

ポケットガイガーのための被ばく量基礎知識篇

ポケットガイガーのための被ばく量基礎知識篇 | Macテクノロジー研究所

iPhoneで使える小型の放射線測定器「Pocket Geiger Type4」| YOMIURI ONLINE（読売新聞）

ソフトバンクBBは、「SoftBank SELECTION」ブランドで、簡単な操作で放射線量を測定できるiPhone/iPad/iPod touch用小型ガイガーカウンター（放射線測定器）「Pocket Geiger Type4」と、セシウム134、137（134Cs/137Cs）の簡易スクリーニングに特化したiPad用簡易スペクトロメトリ（分光測定器）「iMetry」を、「SoftBank SELECTIONオンラインショップ」で発売した。

オンラインショップでの価格は、「Pocket Geiger Type4」が6450円、「iMetry」が4万9800円。

iPhone・iPad用放射線測定器　ソフトバンクBBが発売 | Action Japan! 復興支援サイト

‘The Holy or the Broken’ by Alan Light

Time Passes, but a Song’s Time Doesn’t:‘The Holy or the Broken’ by Alan Light | NYTimes.com

Leonard Cohen spent years struggling with his song “Hallelujah.” He recalls being in a New York hotel room in his underwear, “banging my head on the floor and saying, ‘I can’t finish this song.’ ” He wrote perhaps as many as 80 verses before paring the song down and recording it on the 1984 album “Various Positions.” Then his label, CBS Records, refused to release “Various Positions,” not realizing that “Hallelujah” would become one of the most haunting, mutable and oft-performed songs in American musical history.

A Cold and a Broken “Hallelujah” | Killing the Buddha

iTunes — It Goes To 11

iTunes – Everything you need to be entertained. | Apple

Miscellaneous Thoughts and Observations on iTunes 11 | Daring Fireball

Apple releases iTunes 11 | The Loop

iTunes — It Goes To 11. (In Design, If Not Performance.) | TechCrunch

iTunes 11 finally available for download, features redesigned interface and increased iCloud support | The Verge

一変した iTunes 11 を使ってみて早速設定したことや気付いたこと | トブ iPhone

iPad mini Review – AnandTech

iPad mini Review | AnandTech

In my first week with the iPad mini, it quickly became the iPad I actually wanted to carry around. The mini’s form factor is really where all of the innovation is. It’s thin, light and an almost perfect balance of functional screen size and portability. I really love this form factor. In my life, a tablet is really an augmentive device rather than something that takes the place of a larger notebook. As such, I actually want something even more portable than the current Retina iPad and the mini delivers just that. It’s small enough that I don’t mind taking it with me, and it retains nearly all of what made the iPad such a great consumption device. I say nearly all because there are some definite tradeoffs when moving to the smaller display. Mainly all UI elements shrink in size, which can be a bit annoying when tapping small widgets (especially at the corners of the display). There’s always something to be given up in pursuit of ultimate portability.

A Retina mini? | AnandTech

None of these options is particularly enticing for Apple, especially given the low (for Apple), starting price for the iPad mini. If you’re expecting next year’s mini to have a Retina Display, I wouldn’t hold your breath.

AnandTech Doubtful on Chances for Retina iPad Mini Next Year | Daring Fireball

I feel certain the Mini will go retina, and that when it does, it will do so exactly like all previous iOS devices: same physical size, double the pixel resolution. The only question is when. The iPhone went retina in the fourth generation; the full-size iPad in the third. Seems like too much to ask for the Mini to do so in its second.

Retina mini が来年出る可能性は低い：AnandTech | maclalala2