High-res images in iOS 5 spur rumors of Retina display in iPad 3

Keen eyed observer and Twitter userFrankhas noticed that there are some additional ‘2x’ images in the Twitter framework of iOS 5. Those images clock in at 2048×1536, double the current resolution of the iPad 2. This is sparking rumors that we may see a Retina display in the next generation of iPad. This isn’t the first time that we’ve seen these double-size images as theyshowed upjust before the iPad 2’s release in the iOS 4 beta....

2 min · 215 words · Matthew Alvarado

Highlighter lets readers comment and link to specific sections of an article

Update:We’ve been told that the official launch isn’t for a few more weeks, and only previous customers were notified. It looks like we’re getting a sneak peak! Brace yourself for a few bugs here and there. Ever wish your blog could be more interactive? Now it can be withHighlighter, the brainchild of Josh Mullineaux, Matt Blancarte and Nate Whitehill, founders of Unique Blog Designs, a full-service blog and web design firm....

3 min · 543 words · Jasmine Smith

Hilarious: Rain could corrupt your data in the Cloud, Indian official says [Video]

Do you know why American executives do not allow sound recorders into a meeting room until an hour after the meeting has concluded? Because the sound particles are floating in the room during that time and can be snapped up on a recorder by unscrupulous employees! Do you know why cloud computing is dangerous? Well, how will you ensure that the data does not get corrupted when it rains?! Calling all Scaleup founders!...

2 min · 359 words · Tasha Lawson

Hilarious: Son tells 81 yr old dad that Twitter is Google Search. You’ve gotta see the tweets.

Find stories like this every day atTNW Shareables. Norman N.is an 81-year-old man whose son told him that to search for things on Google, you needed to type the search phrase into Twitter,Gizmodo reports. Norman searches for everything from information on his rashes to soft-boiled grapes (I didn’t know there was such a thing), and perhaps my favorite is an old man’s version of Internet porn: “diane sawyer swimsuit pictures.”...

2 min · 229 words · Amber Delacruz

Hipmunk launches hotel search based on “Ecstasy” and helpful heat maps

This summer, MIT-grad Adam Goldstein and Reddit Co-founder Steve Huffman ignited the travel experience with their intuitive and dead simple flight search engine,Hipmunk. Last week,we interviewed Danilo Campos, Hipmunk’s “mobile dude” about its shiny new iPhone app, presenting travelers with an intuitive interface to visualize flight options based on “Agony,” which factors in price, duration, number of stops, etc. Today, Hipmunk unveils its foray into hotel search, providing worldwide coverage with hundreds of thousands of properties....

4 min · 831 words · Megan Lawson
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