Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Twitter tests massive profile redesign that focuses on photos

In its continued quest to make its product more accessible to the masses, Twitter has begun testing a comprehensive visual redesign of its profile pages. 
The new profile pages, as reported by Mashable, feature a big profile picture on the left flanked by a huge, 1500-pixel-wide cover photo with follower counts and tweet counts layered atop it. The tweet stream has been turned into a mosaic-view of tweets...

iOS 8 'Healthbook' App Depicted in New Mockups

healthbookSeveral concept images for the rumored "Healthbook" app that may be included with iOS 8 were today published on the MacRumors forums by member CarlosGQ. According to9to5Mac, the site that shared the original Healthbook rumors, the app mockup "vaguely" resembles the actual app that Apple is working on and thus hints at what such an app might look like. 

According to sources, the mockups are "vaguely" the right idea. Of course, Apple is likely testing multiple different user-interfaces for this software, and since we are several months out from an official introduction, things can and likely will change (even drastically)…

LaCie Fuel Offers 1 TB Wireless Storage with Hotspot Sharing for iOS Devices and Macs

lacie_fuelAt CES last month, LaCie announced its "Fuel" wireless hard drive for iOS and Mac devices, allowing users to easily expand storage for their devices. 

With the Fuel now available for purchase, LaCie has given MacRumors some hands-on time with the Fuel, showing that the device does indeed live up to its billing for those willing to carry around an extra device as needed. 

Similar to the Wireless Plus from...

Toyota: Ανάκληση 1,9 εκ. Prius

Σε ανάκληση περισσότερων από τα μισά οχήματα Prius που έχουν πωληθεί ποτέ, προχωρά η μεγαλύτερη αυτοκινητοβιομηχανία στον κόσμο Toyota Motor Corp. 

Όπως αναφέρει το πρακτορείο Bloomberg, η ανάκληση γίνεται για να διορθωθεί βλάβη στο λογισμικό του οχήματος που μπορεί να το επιβραδύνει ή να το κάνει να σταματήσει...

Noah's ark was round – so the ancient tablet tells us


Irving FinkelIrving Finkel is the curator from central casting. Battered clothes, bushy white beard, little circular glasses, boundless enthusiasm. From a distance he looks about 100, but as he sprints across the British Museum's Great Court to offer the warmest of handshakes.
In reality, he is 62 going on 12, since a lifetime spent examining the clay tablets of ancient Mesopotamia has left him seemingly unaffected by the cares of the workaday world...
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