It turns out Steve Ballmer was directly responsible for developing Windows’ most hated feature
When former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer officially bought the Los Angeles Clippers, many Twitter comedians used the opportunity to rebrand the team the “L.A. Clippies,” in honor of the much-loathed cartoon paperclip Office assistant that famously drove users crazy during Ballmer’s reign. However, it turns out that Ballmer was involved in developing something far more annoying to Windows users than even Clippy — that is, the Blue Screen of Death.
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It turns out Steve Ballmer was directly responsible for developing Windows’ most hated feature
When former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer officially bought the Los Angeles Clippers, many Twitter comedians used the opportunity to rebrand the team the “L.A. Clippies,” in honor of the much-loathed cartoon paperclip Office assistant that famously drove users crazy during Ballmer’s reign. However, it turns out that Ballmer was involved in developing something far more annoying to Windows users than even Clippy — that is, the Blue Screen of Death.
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How to make thousands of dollars just by standing in line for the iPhone 6
Earlier this week, we all had a good laugh at the seemingly sheepish iPhone fans who were standing in line outside the Apple Store on 5th Avenue in New York to wait for the iPhone 6 days before it’s even set to be announced. It turns out, however, that those alleged “iSheep” are a lot smarter than we thought and will themselves be laughing all the way to the bank.
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Meet Bleep, a simple iCloud alternative for backing up all your nude pictures
Bleep is a smartphone accessory that has already passed its $20,000 goal on Indiegogo with 51 days left in the campaign, which means it will become an official product ready to fix two particular problems smartphone users have – charging the battery of their device and simultaneously backing up their personal data on it.
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10-minute video brutally explains why Google Glass is ‘the worst product of all time’
We’ve seen a lot of people express their disillusion with Google Glass over the last year — Google fanboy Jeff Jarvis’s declaration that he “*hates*” Glass is still one of our favorites — but a new 10-minute video posted by Geek Beat is the single most brutal point-by-point takedown of Glass’s design and functionality we’ve yet seen.
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PAID APPS GONE FREE! $50 worth of awesome paid iPhone apps you can get free right now
Another day, another set of several hundred paid iPhone and iPad apps that are now on sale for free. BGR sifts through all of them for you each day in an effort to move past the junk and share only the most interesting apps in Apple’s App Store. And today, we have eight nifty apps for you that are worth a combined $50, but can all be had for free if you move quickly.
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Jony Ive reportedly boasts that the iWatch will do to Switzerland what the iPhone did to BlackBerry
In a new piece on tech and fashion, The New York Times also looked at Apple since it’s one of the companies that’s expected to launch a fashionable smart wearable device soon. The piece is notable because it revealed that Apple’s design chief Jonathan Ive thinks very highly of the soon-to-be-unveiled smartwatch and he sees it as a danger for those gorgeous but dumb watches coming out of Switzerland.
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The iWatch’s final specs detailed in solid new report
We still have no idea what Apple’s mysterious iWatch will look like but now we might know what some of its final specifications will be. Per 9to5Mac, KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claims Apple will launch two different versions of the iWatch — one with a 1.3-inch display and another with a 1.5-inch display. Both devices will apparently come packed with 512MB of RAM and 8GB of internal storage, which are both very impressive specifications for a device that will be so tiny — indeed, Samsung’s most recent Gear S smartwatch similarly packs 512MB of RAM but also comes with just 4GB of internal storage.
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Apple may have another big surprise up its sleeve at the iPhone 6 event
Apple may have something special to announce during the upcoming September 9th media event, in addition to the iPhone 6 and iWatch, KGI Securities Ming-Chi Kuo revealed in a note to investors obtained by AppleInsider.
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Beats cofounder takes on Apple with futuristic new headphones
Apple’s recent $3 billion acquisition of Beats shocked the tech world for a number of reasons. For one, it marks the first time Apple will take on and manage a non-Apple brand. For another, Beats’ core strategy — sell mid-quality, high-cost headphones by marketing them to young consumers as “cool” — doesn’t seem to align with Apple’s product strategies. But the deal is done, and now we sit back and wait to see what new products Beats comes up with under Apple’s wing.
One man isn’t content to sit around and wait, however. Beats cofounder Steven Lamar has broken away from his former company and on Thursday, he announced innovative new headphones called Ropes that aim to rocket wearable audio accessories into the future.
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