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A Non-Nerd's Guide to Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference
| Apple’s iPhone 3G S. You don’t have to be a developer to appreciate Apple’s seasonal unveiling of new products. Here are five takeaways any Mac user can understand:
There was no Kindle-crushing Apple “tablet” or oversized iPh...[Read on] |
The Apple iPad: What Does It Do, and Why Would I Want One?
| The author holding an Apple iPad at today's event. A couple of days ago, I wrote a short piece for this site about what I expected the then-mythical Apple “tablet” to be. In a nutshell, my prediction was that this would be not an earth-shatter...[Read on] |
The iPad: Yet another product from the he-man's woman-haters club?
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Despite sounding like a space-age feminine hygiene product, Apple's new iPad launched today with nary a lady or lady part in site. Even though we here at BUST were as excited about the launch of this product as anyone from the cock-and-balls set, Apple se...[Read on] |
Apple to Introduce Concert-Ticket App?
| From Patently Apple.
The Internet is filled with rumors today that Apple has patented something called a “Concert Ticket +,” which is like an iPad plus an iPhone ticketing app minus an iPad. Reports the Wrap: “The paperless tickets would be displaye...[Read on] |
Another Must-Have from Apple: The iPad
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Amidst all the glitz and bedazzled glamour that was last week’s Grammy Awards, one small item made its way to the stage, in the hands of comedian Steven Colbert, and stole the show from some of the entertainment world’s biggest stars. This small item ...[Read on] |
Buy Me Love: Beatles Songs Reportedly Coming to iTunes
| Hot on the heels of Facebook’s quasi-resurrection of Google Wave—“It’s not e-mail”—comes an announcement from Apple. Though the big reveal is not scheduled until 10 a.m., last night, word broke that Steve Jobs might soon be welcoming the Beatl...[Read on] |
Iphone App Features Absurdly Sexist Wallpapers For The Iphone 4
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I was browsing the iPhone app store looking for some new images to download for my phone's wallpaper, when I happened upon these four images from A+ Wallpapers HD , filed under "funny".
Description and website information here: A+WallpapersHD .
Aft...[Read on] |
Tricky tech problems chicks can fix
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So I have a bit of a problem.
This past weekend, just three weeks after I excitedly bought the brand new 5th generation 16 gig iPod nano (see it here in all its stupendous, working glory), I found that not everything was perfect with my shiny new gadge...[Read on] |
Dolls team with AR Rahman for Slumdog’s Jai Ho
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The Pussycat Dolls have teamed up with two time Oscar winner A.R. Rahman for an English interpretation of the song “Jai Ho!”, the spectacular finale to the Oscar winner for Best Picture, Slumdog Millionaire.
Listen here for a preview of A.R. Rahman a...[Read on] |
Sex & The City 2: Aidan's Back!
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What you've been waiting for - the newest trailer for Sex and The City 2!
The movie, out May 27, fast forwards two years in the ladies’ lives when Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda take a week off and venture to Abu Dhabi for a break from real ...[Read on] |
Kim Gordon Watches Gossip Girl. You Got a Problem with That?
| Kim Gordon, on stage at the Apple Store SoHo. Photographs by Hamish Robertson. Last night, Kim Gordon sat in a Soho office, a blue silk dress grazing her knees. Her outfit, complete with elegant low black heels, seemed fit for a tea party, not a rock show...[Read on] |
A typical day at Green Mountain at Fox Run
| It’s been a great week at Green Mountain at Fox Run! If you have not read my earlier posts, please catch yourself up!
I wanted to describe what a typical day is like here… so here it goes. You wake up and get ready for the day – workout clothes is ...[Read on] |
iPhone Software Update Will Address Creepy Location-Tracking Mechanism
| Last week we were concerned about the creepy way our iPhone was tracking and storing our locations. Would the iPhone reveal to a friend, perhaps via a rogue text message, that we were not “on the way” to the restaurant across town at eight p.m., but i...[Read on] |
Oh What a Tangled Web We Weave: How to Escape the Internet
| Today’s Wall Street Journal exposes the growing trend of the Internet being used as a tool of procrastination. (Surely you, person reading this on a Tuesday at four p.m., have not heard of anything like this.) Easily distracted novelists seek solace in ...[Read on] |
Lady Gaga in the News: 99 Cent Copies of Born This Way, Invaluable Performances on S.N.L.
| Early this morning Lady Gaga released her second album, Born This Way. If you haven’t yet purchased it, considering doing so through Amazon, which is selling the entire thing for 99 cents. And what’s driving such generosity? According to Time’s Tech...[Read on] |
Tipsy Tuesday: Spiked Sparkling Cider
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Sound and look familiar? That’s because I saw this in Real Simple Magazine and had to put it in here. Granted, they have a party recipe. Me? I don’t host parties this time of year, but wanted to give this a try. Here’s what I found works best for a...[Read on] |
Soundtrack to a Chick’s Life: Great Songs For Every iPod
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Personally, I think One Tree Hill’s Peyton Sawyer said it best on Peyton’s Podcast: “Sometimes, things find you when you need them to find you, I believe that. For me, it’s usually song lyrics.”
Almost every chick has had a moment in her life w...[Read on] |
OnStar to go mobile for Chevy Volt owners
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OnStar released a new mobile application at the Consumer Electronics Show this week that will allow owners of the highly anticipated Chevrolet Volt to have 24/7 connection and control of vehicle functions and certain OnStar features - via their smart c...[Read on] |
Win a copy of Cheri and The Last of Cheri
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Michelle Pfeiffer opens in Cheri on Friday (I am helping to promote the film) and the folks who publish Colette’s books that the film is based on have offered 3 copies of the books to Women & Hollywood readers.
Here are a couple of questions you need t...[Read on] |
Feminist Artist Watch: Melissa Giges
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New York native Melissa Giges just released her national debut of Evident, where she sings with a soft yet almost haunting voice which conveniently matches the production of the music in the album, particularly the song, Evident. (Listen below.)
Utili...[Read on] |
Minivan moms can be pretty high-tech
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I am a high-tech Mom and here's the proof: I purchased my first CD burner in 1989 and used it to create holiday music mixes I gave to friends at Christmas. I was one of the first people I knew to sign up for broadband internet in 1998. I opted for a DV...[Read on] |
Me & Goji delivers a healthy breakfast option
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Crunchy. Crispy. Chewy. Healthy?
With nine base cereals offered and over fifty “enhancers” everyone is sure to find a tasty combination of Me & Goji custom artisanal cereal. My creation, the “Mighty Mango” (don’t ask me why I picked that name) ...[Read on] |
What's the deal with Women Drinking and Driving?
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Is binge drinking for women out of control? How much is too much and when do you know if you have a problem? In light of last month's tragedy about Long Island mom Diane Schuler, whose wrong-way drunk driving on a New York highway took the lives of eig...[Read on] |
Women & Hollywood in the Press
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Here are two pieces about New Moon where Women & Hollywood was featured last week.
From CNN.com – Hey Hollywood, the Fangirls are Calling:
But successful female-centric films often are dismissed as flukes instead of viewed as trends, says Melissa Silv...[Read on] |
Sharon Robinson produces one of Rolling Stone’s 100 Best Albums of the Decade
| Sharon Robinson backstage at the Bowl. Photo credit: Greg Gold
Record producing in Hollywood is no girl’s club. In the music biz women generally sing, write songs, and maybe get a shot at a record exec spot, but rarely find themselves the sole produce...[Read on] |
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