September 2011
11 posts
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For once, the Government does something right.
Written by Drew Greene
Rejoice Team Magenta! There is hope. The Department of Justice filed today to block the acquisition of T-Mobile by Ma Bell. Now I’m not one to favor the government much, but I must admit that I am quite surprised by this swift action from the DOJ. I fully expected the merger to go forward in the same way that all these mergers go, typically the parties involved...
August 2011
14 posts
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TML's Weekly Music Recommendation
Adam’s Pick: We Were Promised Jetpacks - These Four Walls
We Were Promised Jetpacks, with their debut album ‘These Four Walls’, are a boisterous, energetic band with a lively musical style and anthemic, highly accented vocals. Their music centers around face-paced guitar riffs and hammering drums and are definitely influenced by The Twilight Sad and...
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Daily iOS Tip #1: How to Pause an App Download
by Adam Meshell
Hey, I bet you didn’t know you can pause the downloading of an app or, if you’ve got several in queue to download, you can pause one to begin another. It’s so simple!!!! Are you ready?
On any iDevice, once you’ve made your purchase or update from the App Store the...
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TML's Podcast Revue: My Brother, My Brother and Me
by Adam Meshell
My Brother, My Brother and Me, often referred to as MBMBaM, is a comedy advice podcast hosted by the brothers McElroy, that’s Justin, Travis, and Griffin. Justin and Griffin are best known for their work on joystiq.com as video game journalists. Justin was also one of the hosts of the now defunct Joystiq Podcast where Griffin...
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TML's Podcast Revue: The Smartest Man in the World
Written by Drew Greene
Comedian Greg Proops (His Royal Ambassador, his preferred title), has been working in entertainment for years. He is most known for his quick wit on the improv show, “Whose Line is it, Anyway?”, that was popular in the late 90’s and early 00’s. Those skills have not declined, and are in clear display on his podcast “The Smartest Man in...
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TML's Weekly Music Recommendation
Drew’s Pick: Raphael Saadiq - Stone Rollin’
Raphael Saadiq (@rayraysaadiq) has had a long and winding career. He is a former member of the 80’s soul group Tony! Toni! Tone!, and then has continued on to become a popular writer/producer/performer extraordinaire. In the early “aughts” he started to release solo records, and really started to carve out and perfect his...
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Google buys Motorola for $12.5 billion: What this...
by Drew Greene
Well if you’ve been locked in your tech-cave for the last couple of days, you may have missed the GIGANTIC news that Google is buying Motorola Mobility for the princely sum of $12.5 billion. This has obviously sent shockwaves through the mobile industry, with the consensus seems to be that this is a defensive move by Google to protect Android from further patent...
TML's Weekly Music Recommendation
Drew’s Pick: Kaki King- …Until We Felt Red
Kaki King is known mostly for her amazing guitar playing. Seriously, if you’ve never heard of her, I beg you to youtube, download, or whatever her and watch her perform live. This record is even more remarkable, in that this is the first full band record (complete with vocals) she made. It’s dark, beautiful, and dynamic. Her...
TML's App Review: Evernote
Written by Nick B.
Are you forgetful? Did you forget that job interview or to get those crabs checked out?
Well guess what? There’s an app for that!…..or maybe there isn’t…..I don’t remember…..let me check my notes…..oh wait, there is!
There are many notepad and sticky note apps on the market, but few come with the backup power of the cloud. It will...
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Review: Fruit Ninja Kinect (XBOX 360)
by Adam Meshell
Fruit Ninja’s jump from portable devices to my huge television was an amazingly exciting announcement and has finally arrived as Fruit Ninja Kinect. Many casual games have attempted this, with some success, and this game is no exception.
The addition of motion controls here are welcome and there could not be a better, more intuitive way of playing...
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TML's Podcast Revue
Written by Drew Greene
Are you tired of listening to the same music over and over again? Overwhelmed with all the news in the blogosphere? Or maybe you’re feeling down and just need a good laugh? Well, worry not, podcasts are here to help. Podcasting has been around since the nascent days of the digital music revolution. The name comes (obviously) from iPods (remember those?), and it was...
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TML's Weekly Music Recommendation
Adam’s Pick: The Twilight Sad - Forget the Night Ahead
Hailing from Scotland and containing ex-Mogwai band members, The Twilight Sad are a haunting experience. Musically they are capable of producing an overwhelming wall of sound effect that can fill a room and exercise your ears; the guitars are repetitious and the drums are even more so. This seems to create an interesting sense of...
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A Closer Look At the Endless Runner Genre (iOS)
By Adam Meshell
The endless runner genre of video games definitely has exploded in popularity over the years and the life of flash games and mobile devices. In these games you find your character, whether it be human, dinosaur, pig, etc., traveling down a never-ending path usually to escape a grim fate but inevitably failing. With so many to choose from you may find yourself endlessly running...
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TML's Weekly Music Recommendation
Drew’s Pick: Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
If you are a fan of jazz, you have probably already spent time with Mr. Davis and his wonderful records. If you are like me, and never really got around to checking some of these classics out (with the exception of his stunningly melancholy Kind of Blue); Bitches Brew will destroy what you thought you knew about music....
