John Paczkowski

Google Brands Intellectual Ventures a Patent Troll for Latest Suit

“Invention capital firm” Intellectual Ventures sues Motorola Mobility. Again.

John Paczkowski in News
June 19, 2013 at 4:49 pm PT

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Water Wigs
We found a bunch of awesome bald men and hurled water balloons at their heads.
The Garden of Your Mind
Mr. Rogers gets his long overdue autotune treatment.
Welcome to the official Kickstarter page for Greece!
Greece is a small country in the south of Europe known for inventing democracy and western philosophy and for its national motto, “Release the Kraken!”
Paula Deen’s Health Food Cookbook
SPARKLING WATER INGREDIENTS: 1 glass sparkling water 1 ham DIRECTIONS: Put ham in water.
Home Video Commentaries: Not Where You Saw
“It really conveys the sound of pride leaving the body.”
Nonsense Shopping List Prank
Got any stove babies? How about a baby-size shark cage?
Yelping With Cormac
Taco Bell: The man spoke of his trials with the taco so terrible even God could not eat it.
Siri Meets Eliza
How long have you been fine. Thanks for asking?
ThunderLOLcats
I CAN HAS OMINS?
Cookie Monster sings Tom Waits
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QOTD: One Steve Jobs Prediction That Was a Little Off

All the work that I have done in my life will be obsolete by the time I’m 50.

– Apple co-founder Steve Jobs in 1994

Apple Wins $30 Million iPad Contract From L.A. Unified School District

John Paczkowski in News on June 19 at 12:01 am PT

A huge education win for Apple.

Dish Drops Out of the Bidding for Sprint

John Paczkowski in Mobile on June 18 at 4:11 pm PT

Dish said the “extreme deal protections” included in Sprint’s revised pact with SoftBank made a counterbid impossible.

Huawei “Open-Minded” but Has No Plans to Buy Nokia

John Paczkowski in News on June 18 at 2:32 pm PT

A little off-the-cuff remark spikes Nokia’s share price more than 10 percent.

Tesla to Demo On-the-Road Battery Swapping

John Paczkowski in News on June 18 at 10:55 am PT

A battery-pack swap would certainly cut trip time. The thing weighs half a ton, but Elon Musk says it’s not that hard to do.

Microsoft Looks to Boost Surface With Big Discounts for Schools

John Paczkowski in Mobile on June 18 at 5:07 am PT

It turns out that Microsoft’s Windows in the Classroom Surface Experience Project was just the beginning of the company’s efforts to push its new tablet into the education market.

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Sprint Lights Up LTE in 22 More Markets

John Paczkowski in Mobile on June 17 at 1:17 pm PT

Sprint’s laggard 4G LTE network received a nice boost Monday as the carrier lit up LTE service in nearly two dozen cities, among them Miami and Tampa, Fla.; Napa, Calif.; Raleigh, N.C.; and Baton Rouge, La.. Those along with 17 others expand Sprint’s LTE footprint to 110 U.S. markets, and take the company closer to its goal of providing LTE service to 200 million people by the end of the year. By comparison, AT&T provides LTE service in 278 markets and Verizon in 497.