Operation Gadget

Operation Gadget

  • Does the Amazon Fire Phone Break Any Important New Ground?

    Reading Time: 2 minutesI had an eye on a couple of live blogs of the Amazon Fire Phone announcement (see coverage from Gigaom and ReCode), and it was hard for me to see anything that broke any new ground that will change the current two horse race between the iPhone 5s and the Samsung Galaxy…

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  • Apple TV Turned into a World Cup Highlight Machine by WatchESPN

    Reading Time: 4 minutesI found some hidden features of the WatchESPN app on Apple TV that make it the best overall tool for U.S. cable and satellite TV subscribers who want to absorb as much of the sites and sounds of World Cup without actually being there. Most of the features highlighted in this article…

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  • Slingbox and WatchESPN Are Both Good for World Cup Watching, For Different Reasons

    Reading Time: 2 minutesOn Tuesday, Slingbox’s blog published an article Watching the 2014 FIFA World Cup. This article presents the major unique features of Slingbox that might benefit people interested in watching the World Cup: “No geographical restrictions when using a Slingbox as you have an internet connection wherever you happen to be”. True, that’s…

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  • I Know Somebody Who Got A Seat at an Apple Camp

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteDid you know that Apple Stores throughout the USA run three-day workshops for kids 8 to 12 during the summer? The free classes this year teach video creation with iMovie or book creation with iBooks. You pretty much had to have expressed interest in this program before it was announced, because…

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  • Apple Can’t Corner the Smart Home Market, Even if HomeKit is Great

    Reading Time: 2 minutesCMSWire has a post up titled Do We Really Want Apple to Corner the Smart Home Market? which essentialy argues that the existence of HomeKit, Apple’s new “new framework for communicating with and controlling connected devices in a user’s home” will allow it to exert control over the home automation hardware market…

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  • The End of an Era in Televised Hockey

    Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen the Stanley Cup was awarded to the Los Angeles Kings on Friday night, an era ended in Canada. The CBC drew the curtain on its last in-house production of a Hockey Night in Canada telecast. The program lasted for 62 years, from November 1, 1962 to June 14, 2014. Why do…

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  • Neurosurgeon Wrong About Bike Helmets

    Reading Time: 2 minutesOn Friday, Dr. Henry Marsh, a prominent English neurosurgeon said, “I see lots of people in bike accidents and these flimsy little helmets don’t help.” He said this during an interview with Ian McEwan about his Marsh’s book Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death, and Brain Surgery as reported in an…

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  • Apple Acquires Beats Electronics for $3 Billion

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteApple Inc. is acquiring Beats Electronics for $3 billion, culminating a deal that became a persistent rumor three weeks ago. Congratulations to Apple. If nothing else, this changes the perception among investors that Apple is not willing to pull the trigger on expensive acquistions. It’s clear to me that Apple will,…

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  • OWI RobotiKits 6-in-1 Educational Solar Kit: Good For Us But YMMV

    Reading Time: 3 minutesJimmy got a cool gift from a friend for his birthday: an OWI 6-in-1 Educational Solar Kit from OWI Incorporated. We have had a lot of fun with the Solar Car we built with this kit, and our success has created additional interest around simple electronic projects that are often associated with…

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