Wired Magazine Sends Shameful Mixed Message About Women

by Kari Tervo

I'm interested in science and technology, so I've been a Wired subscriber for years. One thing that has always kind of bummed me out about it is that it's so heavy on men and "men's interests" (even men's fashion spreads!), often leaving women in the cold. Well, I guess they dissected a Midol once for their "What It's Made Of" feature. Good looking out for the interests of women, Wired!

So I was particularly jazzed about the cover of the November 2013 issue:

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Ladies and Gentleman: Let's Talk iPhone

Any minute now Tim Cook will take the stage up in the bay area at Apples HQ theater, 4 Infinite Loop. What will we see today? Well I suspect this post will be updated. The lights have dimmed and the show is on.

[Update  10:15]  Time Cook has taken the time to talking shop on stage. The Macbook Pro and the iMac have become the best selling notebook/desktop in America, oh and they threw a mention to that thing I think is called an iPod (that has a lot of market share). As I type Tim is talking iPhone market "More coming up on iPhones..." as he moves on to iPad.

[Update  10:30]  Scott Forstall has been invited to the stage. He is talking iOS and App Store. He is talking about iOS 5's announced new features. New Lockscreen, Notification Center, iMessage, Reminders, "deep" Twitter integration and Newstand. "Comes with more than 200 new user features".

[Update  10:36] iOS 5 will drop for iPhone 4/3GS, iPad/iPad2 and the most recent Touch's on October 12th! (No mention of iPhone 4S/5)

[Update  10:39] Eddy Cue has taken over from Scott with a recap on iCloud and iTunes in the Cloud. Most of this has been heard before at WWDC. People in the crowd are getting anxious waiting for a new announcements. iCloud will launch October 12th (I see something to this 10/12 date *hint*) and iTunes Match will be $24.99/year and launch at the end of October in the U.S.

[Update  10:46] Phil Schiller is on stage talking iPod hardware. New iPod Nano being announced. They are adding new clock faces for those that wear it as a watch (really?). It will come in seven colors and is now priced at $129 for 8GB and $149 for 16GB. Available today.


[Update  10:46] Next is a new iPod Touch. It will run iOS 5 with all it's wonderful features, now comes in white also. 8GB was priced at $229 now it's $199 with the 32GB coming in at $299 and 64GB at $399. Available October 12th. (That date again.)


[Update  10:54] Next up is iPhone, and here it is "[We are]Pleased to tell you about the brand new iPhone 4S". More to come just click through the break (Hit the Rawr just below) to hear what's next.

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Tech: Madden 12 Free Download!

Do you like Madden? Do you have an Android phone? Are you on Verizon? Well if you answered yes to all three of those then listen up! This entire weekend (The 1st through 3rd) Verizon, partnering with the NFL, is giving away to all it's customers a little game called Madden 12, no strings attached. This very lovely little offer will net you a $7 savings, which is quite the pretty penny these days. So in the spirit of the game, let's play some football!

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Tech: Amazon announces new Kindles!

While the tech media waits patiently for October 4th to roll around, one of our old friends decided to pay a visit. Amazon today trotted out the Kindle horse, unveiling three full new devices in the e-book dominating family for us to feast our eyes on. 

First of the bunch is the Kindle Fire, which bring to fruition rumors that date back almost a year of a Kindle branded tablet from the online retailer. This little 7-inch bad boy is quite friendly too, he runs a heavily modified version of Android, likely 2.2 or 2.3 (sorry no Honeycomb here). The real kicker for this introduction is the price, coming in at just $199 this guy likely will have legs, coming in cheaper than it's direct competition, the Nook and Kobo, as well as the tablet titian iPad 2. 

Alright so lets talk specs, for the price you are losing a camera, microphone and no 3G fun, just WiFi. But internally you gain a dual-core 1GHz processor (of the TI OMAP4 variety), 512MB of RAM, and 8GB of internal storage. Not entirely revolutionary specs, but the Kindle Fire certainly doesn't disappoint and does pack some heat under the hood. Lastly you can expect up to 8 hours of continuous reading (7.5 of video) and a 3.5mm headphone jack and a speaker for your listening pleasure.

The Kindle launches on November 15th and Amazon is already taking pre-orders. Hit the break (the Rawr just below) to check out the Kindle Touch and the plain old (new) Kindle.

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Video: Did you know? Technology.

Pretty interesting video here. Take five minutes and watch it. You might find yourself shocked.

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