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Daily Tech: Apple's Newest NYC Store Opens This Saturday

GeekSugar — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:02:52 PST

Check out Apple's beautiful new NYC store - Gizmodo
A hands-on review of Palm's Pixi device - Engadget
Vimeo launches mobile friendly versions for the iPhone/iPod Touch and Android - CNET
Some of the most wacky and high-tech vending machines for your viewing pleasure - The Business Insider
Learn how retro rotary phones can be used as decorative pieces in your home - Unplggd
Bing has rolled out some impressive new features - Download Squad

Stephen Colbert Replaces His $310,000 Vertu With an iPhone

GeekSugar — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 07:30:20 PDT

Oh man, if you missed The Colbert Report the other night, I've got to fill you in on the details about this hilarious segment. Stephen started talking about Milton Pedraza, the CEO of the "Luxury Institute," who recommends a strategy of "stealth wealth" and "avoiding conspicuous consumption for a less flashy image" during this economic crisis. Stephen then goes on to say that he took Milton's advice of forgetting $10,000 mobile phones and picking up iPhones instead, so he decided to trade in his $310,000 Vertu cell phone for an iPhone and a land line (keep your eyes peeled for his blinged-out rotary phone!). Ha ha Stephen, you woo us again with your antics.

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Rotary Phones - the Latest in Photo Booth Technology

Kelly Schwarze — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 07:17:02 PDT

In the days of cell phones and video chat, there's not much of a reason to keep a rotary telephone around other than its vintage good looks. A new project called the Rotobooth is repurposing those antique devices of yore in a way that is so 2012: a text message-sending photo booth.

Rotobooth users dial their mobile numbers the old-school way with long winds around the rotary phone located below the camera lens. Creators of Rotobooth hacked the phone with an Arduino microcontroller, so that once a photo is taken, it's sent to Flickr, and the user then receives a text message link to that photo on whatever number was dialed on the rotary phone.

This retro take on a modern digital photo booth was actually part of a hacking session at Twilio, a cloud-based texting company, and was used to send text message photo links to those smiling for the Rotobooth camera. Go, hackers!

Photo: Flickr User mauxfaux

See Kate Winslet Get Sexy For Lancôme's New Lipstick

Miriam Lacey — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 10:17:00 PST

Lancôme's new L'Absolu Nu lipstick ($29) is getting a seriously sexy boost with a new ad featuring Kate Winslet. The Oscar-winning actress spends a full minute luxuriating in a sheet (and apparently not much else) and talking on an old-fashioned rotary phone in a totally white room. The spot does make her lipstick look extremely fetching, so to see more of Kate, just keep reading.