There’s Magic on Your Desktop
Gadgetwise blogger Nick Bilton at The New York Times reports taking Magic Trackpad for a test drive that covered “two-finger scroll on Web pages, pinch and zoom on images in Apple’s Preview application, and a number of other multitouch features.” He concludes: “I’m pretty certain I will never own a traditional mouse again, at least when I use an Apple computer. Instead I will own a trackpad — a Magic Trackpad.”
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There’s Magic on Your Desktop
Our Brains on the Internet: A Defense [Internet]
The debate on how the internet is affecting our brains rages on, with the latest take coming from Nick Bilton on the NYT's Bits Blog. His contention? The web is stretching our brains in new and valuable ways. [ NYTimes ] More
We Think Google Reader Play Is Perfect For Tablets, But What About TVs? [Google]
We thought that Google's Reader Play is perfect for tablet computers , but the New York Times ' Nick Bilton has other ideas. He thinks that the feature is perfect for TVs and other larger screens. [ NYT ] More
A Multi-Touch iPhone OS Layer On Top of Mac OS X?
In a NYTimes' blog post, Nick Bilton describes how PCs aren't as easy to use as the iPhone, and explores why the iPhone OS simply can't be used in a future iteration of Mac OS X. Bilton quotes a former senior Apple engineer who explain...
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A Multi-Touch iPhone OS Layer On Top of Mac OS X?