iPhone
Vegas Tech
Tap on Drinks
March 8th, 2012
It all started with a beer—one that I ordered and paid for at The Beat coffeehouse using an iPhone app. The waiter received my order through his iPad, and the beer was promptly delivered to me upstairs at a desk in the downtown tech library Read more »
Nightlife
Where’s the party at? There’s an app for that!
October 6th, 2011
Get ready to see your virtual world and your real world converge with impending launch of Clubdango, a Las Vegas-based but worldwide relevant nightlife app that lets you know what deals are available nearby no matter where you are. Read more »
iPhoning Home
Local professor documents Las Vegas via Hipstamatic app
May 5th, 2011
The Alicia Motel on Fremont Street isn’t much to look at with the naked eye in broad daylight. It’s just another seedy, crumbling, inexpensive respite in downtown Las Vegas. But in Dr. Gregory Robinson’s new exhibit, Vegas From the Hip, an image of the Alicia possesses the alluring qualities of a cherished family photograph kept for years in an old scrapbook—overexposed, tinged with nostalgia, mystery-flecked. Read more »
Technology
On the Case
July 29th, 2010
Unless you live in a cave with poor Internet service, you know that Apple gave case makers a very big gift in the iPhone 4. The iPhone 4’s antenna wraps around the outside of the phone, so if you touch it in the wrong spot, the signal weakens significantly. Admitting the problem, Apple is providing iPhone 4 buyers a free “bumper” to wrap the phone. Problem solved! Read more »
