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  • Time gives the iPad a second go

    Time gives the iPad a second go

    Posted on June 10, 2010 | No Comments
    Steve Jobs gave us a little sneak peak at Time's upcoming iPad app during the iPhone 4 keynote. Here's a full video demo. It's the future -- and very ambitious one at that. Time definitely improved on the current iPad app. Too bad it's still $5 an "issue."

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  • Time is Money: a review of the Meeting Cost Calculator and Clock

    Time is Money: a review of the Meeting Cost Calculator and Clock

    Posted on April 23, 2010 | No Comments
    Many people lament about how unproductive the traditional "business meeting" is. One or more participants feel the need to assert their opinion at great length, or simply regurgitate the same information multiple times. Most of us sit passively through these time-wasting meetings because ... well ... I don't know! But now you can have the facts on your side when you want to remind people that any particular meeting is wasting time. Just Bring TIM, the "Time is Money" meeting cost calculator and clock! Read on for more, and a chance to get one for free.

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  • Time for E-ink: Seiko announces the first active-matrix watch

    Time for E-ink: Seiko announces the first active-matrix watch

    Posted on April 2, 2010 | No Comments
    Here's an interesting little tidbit; Seiko just announced that they are going to producing the world's first active matrix e-ink timepiece. That's right, a wristwatch that uses e-reader technology to display the time. Could we be looking at the next LCD display technology?

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  • The first perpetual mechanical timepiece: Cabestan Sol Invictus

    The first perpetual mechanical timepiece: Cabestan Sol Invictus

    Posted on March 18, 2010 | No Comments
    Even discounting the fact that this is a watch, this is just an amazing little piece of machinery. The Sol Invictus puts a modern spin on the perpetual motion machine, using micro-motors, solar cells, and a chain system to create an incredibly complica...

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  • Aspiral Clock makes telling time a ball

    Aspiral Clock makes telling time a ball

    Posted on March 15, 2010 | No Comments
    Most concept clocks are high on art, and low on functionality. That's not the case with the Aspiral Clock, designed by Will Aspinall and Neil Lambath. Instead of using the standard hands, this clock uses a small ball to tell the time.

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  • Time Inc. wants a Kindle-alike

    Time Inc. wants a Kindle-alike

    Posted on September 11, 2009 | No Comments
    Is this what Peter Ha is working on? Owen Thomas wrote a piece about Time Inc. wanting a specialized e-reader a la the Kindle, thereby allowing them to eschew paper magazines entir

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