Linked List: May 3, 2013

Friday, 3 May 2013

Google Changes ‘Palestinian Territories’ to ‘Palestine’ 

Also interesting: instead of “I feel lucky”, they have “Stroke of luck”.

Google Glass Battery Life 

Joanna Stern:

You can’t wear them all day long. Well, you can, but they will just be a funny-looking accessory since the battery doesn’t last more than 3.5 hours right now.

No problem, just buy three of them.

(Via Jay Yarow’s roundup of Glass reviews.)

J.C. Penney Apologizes in TV Spot 

Excruciatingly embarrassing to watch. A company with no dignity or pride.

Update: Penney claims the ad was developed under Ron Johnson. I don’t care who put it together, it’s awful. Update 2: Regarding that claim, Ken Segall says “Totally untrue. The ad was created by Y&R, who was hired to be the new agency after Ron left.” So as soon as the ad debuted, they started lying about who was responsible for it, which makes the whole thing even more embarrassing.

Acer Iconia A1 Tablet 

The Verge:

Acer also revealed that you’ll be able to use a five-finger gesture to power on the device.

Finally, the modern tablet era can truly begin.