Foster the People Pumps Up with Logic Pro
For several months in 2011, the radio hit “Pumped Up Kicks” by Foster the People was the song we couldn’t get out of our heads. For Mark Foster, who wrote the song, getting it out of his head — and into a demo — was no problem at all. Using Logic Pro, and playing all the instruments himself, Foster was able to write and record the single in just a day and a half. After the demo went viral on the web, the song climbed the charts and...
Sprint sells 1.5 million iPhones, 1 million other smartphones, but makes a net loss of $767 million
By Daniel Cooper posted Oct 25th 2012 7:05AM Sprint’s latest financials show that while the network is slowly stemming the flow of cash from its veins, it’s not quite there in terms of turning a profit. The country’s third biggest carrier suffered a $767 million net loss and an operating loss of $231 million — much less than the $629 million operating loss it had in Q2, but on-par with the $208 million lost in...
100,000 new jobs for tech industry through midyear 2012, report says
Three of the four high-tech job sectors analyzed by TechAmerica Foundation saw positive job growth in the first half of 2012, amounting to nearly 100,000 new jobs for the tech industry. The organization called the gains “modest,” however, and warned against taking the industry’s relative job strength for granted. View post: 100,000 new jobs for tech industry through midyear 2012, report saysempower network...
China goes from zero to 200 million 3G users in only three years
By Steve Dent posted Oct 25th 2012 8:25AM Considering that China 3G network trials only started in anger in 2009, and that the figure stood at 100 million users just last year, a new report from Sina Tech that the number now stands at 202.6 million is fairly mind boggling. The launch was delayed to begin with, as operators used an alphabet soup of different wireless technology and early results were mixed at best. But the popularity...
iFixit tears down 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro, rates it two grumpy kittens for repairability
By Brian Heater posted Oct 25th 2012 8:39AM You know the drill (er, screwdriver): someone releases a shiny new gadget and the internet tears it apart, both figuratively and literally. iFixit did the latter like clockwork, getting its tools on the new 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display. As with its older sibling, the notebook didn’t do all that well on the repairability scale, scoring a two out of 10 — slightly better...
