[Signal boosts are awesome! --L.]
- Menu replacement Cardapio now uses less than 5MB of RAM
- [OMG! Ubuntu!]
Main menu replacement Cardapio can truly boast to be a lightweight app, with it now using just 5MB of RAM when in active use.
- Weekly Poll: Does Android Have a "Dude" Problem?
- [ReadWriteWeb - Sarah Perez]
According to a recent survey of 78,835 mobile phone customers in the U.K., less than 5% of women would select an Android device as their next smartphone. The problem, explains Belinda Parmar, Founder of marketing agency Lady Geek which conducted the survey with YouGov Sixth Sense, is that "Android provides a perfect example of how not to market a platform to women."
[Why is this ever a surprise? -L]
…Of course, a survey from a women-centric marketing agency that talks of Android's lack of feminine appeal is a bit suspect, as many company-led surveys today are. But is it wrong?
…who can forget the clearly male-targeted Droid ads which indirectly implied the iPhone was too "girly?"
- NewsHour interviews with Justices Breyer and O’Connor
- [SCOTUSblog - Anna Christensen]
Two notable interviews with Supreme Court Justices have recently been released. Judy Woodruff, of PBS NewsHour, spoke with retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who discussed her current project, icivics.org, and commented on last year’s Citizens United ruling, as well as judicial elections and the presence of women on the Supreme Court; that interview is available here, with extra web clips available here. Meanwhile, Jeffrey Brown, also of PBS, spoke last week with Justice Breyer about his recently-published book; that interview can be accessed here. [links]
- A Moment of Silence
- [Feministe - Lauren]
[This is about BitchPhD's ending, but I'm linking to it for the fine, heartwarming example of early photography (which is 'shopped, but never mind). -L]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.]
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