Unlock Your Phone with a Digital Tattoo

From The Official Motorola Blog: It’s another step in making it easier to unlock your phone on the go and keep your personal information safe. An average user takes 2.3 seconds to unlock their phone and does this about 39 times a day—a process that some people find so inconvenient that they do not lock…

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New MacBook Air Ad: Stickers

It’s a departure from their normal ads, but it still shows off the way people love to use the product. Here are some of my favourite decals from Etsy (which I’m expecting is going to be seeing an increase in decal sales now) and elsewhere: Superhero skin keyboard decal (I use this on my iPad’s…

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DiRT: Digital Resource Tools directory

The DiRT Directory makes it easy for digital humanists and others conducting digital research to find and compare resources ranging from content management systems to music OCR, statistical analysis packages to mindmapping software. A great idea. If you’re looking for tools to do data analysis, screencasting or even use an iPad, the DiRT Directory can…

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goTenna – Send Texts Without the Need for a Network Signal

Founded in Brooklyn to help people communicate all over the world, the goTenna: “…enables you to communicate without any need for central connectivity whatsoever—no cell towers, no wifi, no satellites—so when you’re off-grid you can remain connected. In fact, goTenna will even work if your smartphone is in “Airplane Mode”” How useful will this be…

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