Following our post last week on Hohenthaner's tasteless ad for gadget bedazzling, you wrote to them, a T-Mobile representative who reads the site became aware of the ad, and CBS News on LOGO did a report on it.
The result, above, as seen in the same publication. Nice work, everyone.
Hohenthaner did the right thing.
Those of you salivating for the next iPod may be in for a treat a week from today as Apple promises an announcement about something, which most likely means lifting the veil on full-length downloadable movies from the iTunes music store and something new and shiny to run them on.
New whispers about the Apple iPhone were heard coming from American Technology Research today, however, as an analyst shared details of the forthcoming device: "We believe this smart phone has been in development for over 12 months and has overcome substantial challenges including design, interference, battery life and other technical glitches. The design will be an iPod nano-like candy bar form factor and come in three colors (we are not certain of the exact colors but we suspect black, white and platinum, similar to Apple's current color scheme of iPods and Macs)."
Like vultures, Westboro Baptist Church shows up at funeral for Montana Senator Max Baucus' nephew, slain in Iraq.
The pre-Reichen days: Lance Bass' closet companion Jesse.
Man who killed his classmate in 1985 for revealing he is gay is released from prison after serving 20 years: "Rosenkrantz of Calabasas was 18 when he was sentenced to a 17-year-to-life term for second-degree murder in the June 28, 1985, shooting death of his boyhood friend Steven Redman. The 17-year-old boy was shot 10 times after revealing Rosenkrantz was gay following their graduation from Calabasas High School."
Fighting the dog that moos: Focus on the Family just spent half a million dollars on new group to battle two anti-gay ballot measures in Colorado.
Paramount Pictures demands Tom Cruise take pay cut before greenlighting any more films: "Cruise fans fears that, unless the hardworking actor learns some humility, an illustrious career which has matured from the cocky boy of Risky Business and Top Gun to more naunced performances in The Last Samurai and Collateral may burn out. 'Right now,' said an insider close to the negotiations, 'he is simply too expensive to employ.'
Hacker proves crackability, clonability of RFID (radio frequency identification technology) tags planned for use in new passports: I spend most of my time making the RFID industry's life miserable," the doctorate student told AFP. "I am not anti-RFID. It has the potential to make people's lives easier, but it needs to be used responsibly. The industry and government needs to not be scared of us," Rieback said. "They need to talk with us and to work with us. Hopefully, together we can come up with some kind of reasonable compromise."
Jake Gyllenhaal gives a dog a bone.
Smoking rate higher in gay community: stress, targeted ads, club and bar scene cited. Researcher: "If you said you smoke because of job stress, well, for an LGBT person, stresses can include 'Do I come out at the office?' and 'Am I going to get fired if they find out I'm gay?' There's sort of an added layer for LGBT people."
Tony Bennett on receiving a surprise kiss from Elton John at a recent benefit concert: "I told the audience it was the first time I'd been kissed by a man. I liked it!"
UK gay rights group Stonewall announces first annual awards to honor positive contributions to gay community from individuals and organizations. Awards will be handed out in London on November 2nd.
>TED is an annual conference that happens every year in Monterey, California that brings together 1,000 leaders in technology, entertainment, and design (thus, TED). Up till now, only attendees have been able to hear the keynote speeches given by invited guests like Al Gore, Majora Carter, Sir Ken Robinson, and David Pogue.
Friend of Towleroad and former Planet Out CEO Tom Rielly has just informed me that a series of TED talks is now online, available both at their website and available on iTunes as Podcasts.
These talks are meant to enlighten and inspire and may provide a great aural alternative at the beach for those of you not interested in jamming along to Jessica Simpson's "A Public Affair".
Here's this weeks round-up of science and tech from Daniel Williford!
Okay, Apple has done some gimmicky things in the past with their special edition iPods and and joint promotions, but this is absolutely on the mark. Coming this July, Apple and Nike will jointly release a new line of products and software geared towards athletes. The campaign is built around a new device: a small receiver attaches to the base of the iPod Nano and receives signals from a small disk that hides in your shoe, allowing the music player to record and respond to your movements. The Nike Plus shoe conveniently has a special pocket under the inner sole to store the disk. The Nano tracks your distance, pace, and calories burned, and transmits it to your computer so that you can analyze and view your progress over time. You can compare your progress with others over the internet, and even challenge other users to a virtual race. And iTunes, of course, will offer a number of new downloads, such as continuous workout mixes that offer coaching and training tips over-top of the music. That is HOT, but not as hot as watching Lance Armstrong demonstrate the device.
This cute and clever polyester tub is as portable as it is playful. The steel coils act as a wood burning fireplace, gently heating the water. When it's filled with boys, it's like a big bowl of noodle soup! [via uncrate]
With Tivo and on-demand video over the internet, analysts have been worried about the fate of traditional commercials, which provide a large part of the financial backing that making television programming possible. Google this week has made it clear that one possibility is, like everything, the internet. The darling of search has launched a program that will enable video commercials to display on the network of websites that display its ads. Like YouTube, the "video clip" advertisements will not run until users click them, allowing for targeted, voluntary and therefore highly effective ads.
MIT showed off its first working prototype of a $100 laptop, in an ongoing effort to get cheap laptops to children in developing countries. It is part of the non-profit project One Laptop Per Child, which encourages research into mass-producing $100 laptops to distribute through government initiatives. [via gizmodo]
Does your boyfriend spend too much time on the computer after you go to bed? Or too much time in front of the television when you go to bed? You need Bob. Not a kinky threesome (let's face it, when you tried that last summer it was a disaster), but an electronic time manager that lets you control the power source of any device with an a/c plug. Limit his time away from you by allotting set time limits and times of day that a device can be used. It locks with a key and is controlled with a secret pin number. He'll learn to love the power play, and you'll learn to love being second choice. [via outblush]
We're totally hot for this classy brand of leather electronics cases. These colorfully stylish leather fashions slip onto cell phones, slide over iPods, and bottom for digital cameras. Pictured are the Motorola V3 and the Palm Treo 650, dressed and ready to play.
An ambitious new start-up called M2Z has approached the FCC requesting a band of radio spectrum to be used as a national, free high-speed internet connection, comparable to that of broadcast television. While the innovative idea depends on cooperation of the FCC, the company would give them some unfortunate control: "M2Z plans to include a filter with the free service that would block access to "indecent" material, a definition [the company] says could be made by the government, just as it controls standards for broadcast television."
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