The iPhone 5c Preorder Rush (and Skipping the 5s Line)
iPhone 5c preorders opened today while the 5s skipped preorders entirely, and the pricing on the "budget" phone tells a more interesting story than the five new colors do.
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Voyager 1 Just Left the Solar System
NASA confirmed yesterday that Voyager 1 has crossed into interstellar space, and the story of how they proved it (waiting a year for the sun to burp) is way better than another phone launch recap.
The Galaxy Gear's 25-Hour Battery Problem
Samsung's Galaxy Gear launched at IFA this week for $299.99, and between the 25-hour battery and the single-phone lock-in, I'm not sold yet.
Samsung Made a Watch and I Have Some Feelings
Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Gear smartwatch this week, and after two days of reading about it I'm still not convinced it beats the $150 plastic thing already on my wrist.
The Galaxy Gear's Wristband Camera Has Me Stumped
Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Note 3 and the Galaxy Gear smartwatch at IFA today, and the wrist-mounted camera on the Gear has me more baffled than impressed.
The Nasdaq Just Stopped for Three Hours and I Cant Stop Thinking About It
Nasdaq froze for three hours last Thursday and nobody could trade a single listed stock. A few thoughts on how shaky the plumbing under the market apparently is.
Three Hours Where the Nasdaq Just Stopped
A software glitch froze trading on the Nasdaq for over three hours last week, and the "look how resilient we are" reaction afterward missed the actual lesson.
The Day Nasdaq Forgot How To Trade
Nasdaq froze for three hours on Thursday and every tech stock on it just sat there dead. Some notes on watching it happen and why the "boring overload" explanation bugs me more than a dramatic one would.
The Day the Market Forgot How to Talk
Everyone's talking about Ballmer's exit, but the story that actually rattled me this week was Nasdaq freezing for three hours on a bad data feed.
The Stock Market Ran on a Bug for Three Hours
A software failure in Nasdaq's quote-data system froze US stock trading for three hours yesterday, and it's really a story about brittle infrastructure, not finance.
Amazon Went Down for Lunch
Amazon.com went down for about 40 minutes today mid-checkout on my end, a small expensive reminder of how much of the internet now runs through a handful of server rooms.
BlackBerry Is Basically Up For Sale Now, and My Bold 9900 Doesn't Care
BlackBerry announced last week it's exploring a sale of the whole company. I've still got a work Bold 9900 in my bag and I'm weirdly sad about all this.