Friday, 4 May 2012

How to tell if an email is a phishing scam

http://www.macworld.com.au/help/how-to-tell-if-an-email-is-a-phishing-scam-52430/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=New+iPhone+illustrations+revealed+boy+urinates+on+30+MacBooks+how+to+detect+scam+emails+and+more&utm_content=New+iPhone+illustrations+revealed+boy+urinates+on+30+MacBooks+how+to+detect+scam+emails+and+more+CID_80a40d93d56a939df06acb07c61eec01&utm_source=Email+marketing+software&utm_term=What+you+need+to+know

/ malware cyber criminal theft fraud Trojan /

Smartphone screens are getting bigger

3.5 inch doesn't cut it any more.  My next phone will be 4 inches at least.


/ iPhone mobile cell iOS Android phone diagonal /

X-Mini KAI wireless Bluetooth mono speaker review

http://the-gadgeteer.com/2012/04/24/x-mini-kai-wireless-bluetooth-mono-speaker-review/#more-91675

/ sound system phone tablet /

Sorry, FOX News – wind farms are not causing global warming

As previously reported here, there is evidence that wind farms have been associated with LOCAL warming effects at night. This was taken up by Fox as: "New Research Shows Wind Farms Cause Global Warming."

http://inhabitat.com/sorry-fox-news-wind-farms-are-not-causing-global-warming/

IE on a rebound, browser share data shows

http://m.computerworld.com/s/article/9226753/IE_on_a_rebound_browser_share_data_shows

/ Internet World Wide Web WWW browse browsing Explorer Microsoft /

The death of film

http://www.Centives.net/S/2012/the-death-of-film/

/ digital format movies /

RIM responsible for Apple protests

Interesting concept: the company that has been asleep at the wheel for years is telling the most successful smartphone manufacturer to "Wake up"!


Apple store BlackBerry protest RIM Tongue wake up iOS iPhone iPad /

Insanely simple: The obsession that drives Apple’s success

http://www.funkyspacemonkey.com/insanely-simple-obsession-drives-apples-success

/ design Steve Jobs UI user interface iOS OSX Mac Macintosh iPhone /

Patent wars: Apple & Samsung CEO meet May 21st to talk settlement

http://www.bgr.com/2012/04/30/apple-samsung-ceo-meet-settlement/

Android AppleiOS iPhone lawsuit, mobile patent infringement Samsung settlement smartphone phone mobile cell /

Mobile data is growing, but voice & SMS slowing

"Mobile data will be 95 percent of the global mobile traffic by 2015."

This article fits my smartphone use: very little voice & SMS. Voice is now mainly data over Skype. SMS has largely been displaced by email, except where the recipient has a dumb phone.

http://gigaom.com/mobile/as-mobile-data-zooms-voice-sms-revenues-slow/

/ smartphone Apple Android iOS cell phone /

Scientists call for rethink on consumption & population

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/25/us-science-consumption-idUSBRE83O1J120120425

/ overpopulation resources food agriculture water sustainability renewable /

Chinese vs western mothers: Q&A with Amy Chua

http://healthland.time.com/2011/01/11/chinese-vs-western-mothers-q-a-with-amy-chua/

/ tiger mom /

iHome releases iDM5 Executive Work Station

http://the-gadgeteer.com/2012/04/24/ihome-releases-idm5-executive-work-station/

Wobble Bowls: easy to rock, impossible to roll (video)

Wobble Bowls are "round-bottomed, brightly colored all-purpose bowls that are easy to set in motion — watch 'em rock and twirl! — but they never spill."

Sound like a whole lot a fun!

Wobble Bowls is a Kickstarter project.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/speechless/wobble-bowls-by-speechless-studios?ref=NewsMay0312&utm_campaign=May03&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter