We’ve discussed the Fujitsu IS12T a number of times here on TNWmicrosoft, mostly because it was the first Windows Phone running Mango to beofficially unveiled. Today it knocked down another record, and manged to be the first Windows Phone 7.5 handset to have an advertisement touting it hit the Internet. Why does that matter? Because Microsoft needs the hardware side of Windows Phone to improve enough to help the software side of its platform catch the eye of the consumer....

10 years ago, if you wanted to plan a family vacation to the Caribbean, you likely had to go through a travel agent. Today, there are a slew of travel planning sites likeGogobot,TripAdvisor, Expedia, etc. that help you navigate to warmer waters. Today the business of buying outdoor advertising space, a 6 billion dollar a year industry, is stuck in the 90s. To buy billboards, wallscapes, transit space or innovative street art campaigns requires lengthy excel spreadsheets, phone calls, and driving from site to site....

We first wroteaboutAdstrucin March, the New York City based startup that’s changing the future of outdoor advertising space, by providing an online auction and listing-based marketplace for sellers and buyers. Founder and CEO John Laramie brought his team together last summer under the mentoring ofDavid Cohen’s TechStarsprogram in Boulder, Colorado, to build the entire system in just three months. This winter, Adstruc released a campaign titled, “Billboards for Everyone.” Their first billboard, which depicts a play on the immigration policy and is aptly displayed in Arizona, was designed by Shepard Fairey’s creative agency Studio Number One....

Welcome toAdventures with AI, a column exploring what happens when artificial intelligence takes control of everyday tasks. I enjoy exercise, but I’ve always hated gyms.I loathe them for many reasons: the pugnacious meatheads always hogging the bench; the vacuous EDM pounding my brain into mush; the putrid blend of BO dripping off the walls; the eye-watering fees; the fear of being judged. Gyms are ghastly places frequented by some of the most unpleasant people on Earth....

Adventures with AI: Here’s what happened when I ate a three course meal designed by artificial intelligence Enter Hell’s Kitchen L’entree Access to GPT-3 remains prohibitively pricey for most, but the nutritional boffins atRefluxgatekindly provided me with a selection of its recipes. For my starter, I whipped up a plate of honey and soy-glazed vegetables. The model suggested every ingredient you’d expect from such a dish — except for the vegetables....