In the days before electronic music, musicians used to have to play things called “guitars.” There are very few players left among us with the skills necessary to play this seemingly lost instrument but programmer Chris Ladd hopes to resurrect the so-called “git-fiddle” with modern technology. Ladd, a former programmer for the New York Times, created TabBank, a… Read More
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Just because you drive an old car doesn’t mean you can’t have the fancy safety gadgets.
Source: CNET
You can pick the phone up right away and it won’t cost you any more than the existing colour options.
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Just in time for NFL football, the $35 per month streaming TV service closes a Big Bang-sized hole in its channel lineup.
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The standard-sized Pixel also gets a $125 discount. And both have headphone jacks.
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Hope you didn’t skip arm day last week.
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Gizmo maker Apple just launched its official Instagram account, @apple. But this isn’t your average corporate account as the company doesn’t want to showcase its own product ad nauseam. Instead, Apple is going to share photos shot with an iPhone. In many ways, this Instagram account feels like the natural extension of the “Shot on iPhone” billboard ad campaign.… Read More
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The war between Airbnb and the hotel industry rages on, and it’s reaching new lows here in New York. A campaign, backed by the Hotel Association of New York City Inc. and the union that represents hotel workers, launched a 10-day, 30-second ad that links Airbnb’s short-term rentals to public security threats. The ad sets the stage for fear-mongering, stating that NYC remains the… Read More
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AT&T’s live TV service DirecTV Now has just upped the ante for cord cutters debating their various options. The company announced this morning it has reached an agreement with CBS that will allow it to live stream from local CBS and The CW stations in nearly 25 U.S. markets. These stations will be available in all DirecTV Now packages, the company notes, while others, like Pop,… Read More
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Program creates fake ads, send warning to those who respond: “You may be contacted by law enforcement.”
Source: Wired