December 2011
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December to Remember?
Sidling up to a new Accord in this year’s Honda holiday spot, hawkster Patrick Warburton deadpans, “Are you a millionaire? No? Then you probably don’t give cars to people as presents.”
Such is Honda’s poke at Lexus’ decades-long “December to Remember” promotion. You know the one: thoughtful spouse surprises his/her beloved with the gift of a...
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#RantFriday -- Feature Pile-Up
New math: Sometimes one good feature plus another good feature equals two useless features.
Case in point: The Maps App on iOS.
Turn on traffic (Options>Show Traffic).
This a very useful feature that shows major roads and highways illuminated in green, yellow, or red stripes to correspond with the movement of traffic. This is a great feature.
Turn on Driving Directions (Directions tab).
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#ElectricCar -- Nissan Leaf Test Drive
Driving the Nissan Leaf is a little like the world of 2015 dropping by for a spot of tea: a lot like 2011 but with a few pleasant improvements.
These are the comments I wrote last March when I took part in Nissan’s “Drive Electric” event in Washington, DC. Nissan sets up a mobile version of a test center and showroom all wrapped up into a smallish suburban parking lot. Taking a...
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RantFriday -- Kensington is Honey Badger of Retail
Kensington, maker of laptop computer locks and other peripherals, isn’t interested in my business.
There’s a particular little connector they sell that I want to buy. Two, actually.
I’d get it, except their “Add to Cart” button doesn’t work (as of this writing).
I’d inquire politely, but the email feedback form doesn’t work—instead it goes...
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Experts Agree with WKF: Android is Insecure for...
In speaking about the state of encryption platforms in April, I suggested that in contrast to Apple which had just earned its first government encryption certification, “the level of effort necessary for Google to obtain a comparable Android full device encryption solution seems too great to overcome in the short term.”
In other words, ‘Andoid ain’t secure enough for...