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![Introducing Touch Tone Dialing: A Huge Leap In 1963 [Video]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Touch-Tone-Dial-Presentation-Demonstration-1-optimized.jpg "Introducing Touch Tone Dialing: A Huge Leap In 1963 [Video]")
Introducing Touch Tone Dialing: A Huge Leap In 1963 [Video]
When Apple held that now legendary keynote where they introduced the iPhone for the first time, we were all insanely impressed with with this new way of using our phone. We weren't just able to call someone anymore, we could also use our smartphone for a ton of other things. The impact has been huge ...
HAL9000 iPhone Siri Dock For Retro Fandom
The newest feature on the iPhone 4S must be Siri. During the original presentation, Siri didn't make such a great impression. I don't think it was because she didn't deliver, it was more because people had it in their minds that she was going to be yet another really bad voice command feature. Howev ...
Old School Rotary Phone Becomes Today’s Twitter Client
I think many of us are using different Twitter clients than the ones Twitter makes available on their site or through their apps. For those who don't know what "client" is, it is the software that you use in order to send and read tweets, etc. It's the program that you log into and use with Twitter ...
Levitating Lamp: The Future Of Interior Design
If you are one of those people who is continuously redecorating your home in order to follow the style and fashion of the trends, I am sure that you are always looking into the future for answers about where things might be heading. There have been many "concepts" of what we might put into our livin ...
Star Wars Han Solo Mimobot USB Flash Drive
If you are one of those geeks out there who is dying for a laser gun, a lightsaber or a spaceship, I am sorry because every kid knows that those things aren't going to enter our world for quite some time. However, if you are looking for some rather awesome and cool Star Wars accessories, you have ab ...
![How Social Media Compromises Home Security [Infographic]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Social-Media-Compromises-Security-Infographic-optimized.jpg "How Social Media Compromises Home Security [Infographic]")
How Social Media Compromises Home Security [Infographic]
I remember when social media first started becoming really popular back around 2009, people who were much older than me would many times make comments about how unsafe they thought it was for us to announce our whereabouts to the world. Although that concern seemed legit on a logical level, most of ...
![What You Text vs. What I See [Humor]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/What-You-Text-vs-See-optimized.jpg "What You Text vs. What I See [Humor]")
What You Text vs. What I See [Humor]
Texting is really strange when you think about it. Just yesterday I was standing in line at a store, and there was a group of four or five teenagers in front of me. I just stood there watching them because every single one of them was talking to the others, but at the same time, having text conversa ...
The 1983 Apple Gift Catalog: A Special Kind Of History
This brings back so many memories for me. I remember the first time I ever saw an Apple computer. It was in the early '90s. My uncle bought a Power Macintosh desktop computer, and everyone in my family thought he was nuts, except me. I was intrigued by how it looked, and I always wanted to visit him ...
Atari Flashback 3: Get The Retro Back Into Your Life
Do you sometimes long for the retro days of yesterday? Do you think gaming and entertainment was just a little more fun back in the days? If you answered yes, you are just like me. Games today aren't necessarily boring or less entertaining, it's just that the games of yesterday were a little less co ...
A Focus On StumbleUpon: The Rise Of A Social Media Giant
Since my technology company in Atlanta is part of the Apple Consultants Network, I am invited to attend the webinar trainings that Apple puts together. They are always outstanding, and there is a lot to learn each time. Yesterday I attended a social media webinar in which there was a Q&A at the ...
Interactive Digital Art All About Fun Facial Expressions
Almost a year ago, I wrote about how to get a smile full of LEDs and turn your teeth into a cyborg. That little invention, which went viral and made it all the way to the New York Times, was pretty neat. Even though it was a little disturbing, kids all over Japan were running around with their mobil ...
![Commodore 64: A Retro History Timeline [Infographic]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Commodore-64-History-Timeline-Infographic-1-optimized.jpg "Commodore 64: A Retro History Timeline [Infographic]")
Commodore 64: A Retro History Timeline [Infographic]
Oh how I loved the Commodore 64 when it was released. My brother and I managed to get a hold of one, and we used to work that basic programming language like our lives depended on it. We created small and large applications ranging from simple art to some extensive text adventure games which we show ...
Digimo Camera: The New Edge Of Photography
I think I have mentioned it many times before that I have a few friends who, when it comes to Photography, are in the elite layer of the amateurs. It sounds good yet horrible, I know, but I mean that in the very best way possible. The professional ones usually follow the mainstream and their photogr ...
15 Creative & Crazy Cool QR Code Designs
By now everyone knows that a QR code is a special barcode that is designed to be read by your smartphone. It's a very simple form of augmented reality since the codes are many times in our offline lives, yet once we scan them; we are taken someone online, if that makes sense. I remember back in earl ...
![The Most Famous Gadget Battles Of All Time [Infographic]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Famous-Gadget-Battles-In-Tech-1-optimized.png "The Most Famous Gadget Battles Of All Time [Infographic]")
The Most Famous Gadget Battles Of All Time [Infographic]
There has been some rather great battles in the world of tech since we first saw common man technologies on our streets. We have seen the video cassette battle the DVD, and we have seen the TV kill the radio. There have even been songs written about these battles, and they are still going on today. ...