The Big List: 02.20.11

look at this:

You haven't seen conceptual photography [via]

listen to that:

Morning Benders - Crying (Roy Orbison cover) [via]

Lykke Li - Sadness is a Blessing (Acoustic) [via]

Lykke Li "Wounded Rhymes" album preview [via]

The Hood Internet - Ride Some Chords [via]

GREAT remix: Adele - Someone Like You (Real Talk) [via]

Lykke Li - Paris Blues (Death to the Throne) [via]

watch this:

-Would you reveal your Facebook password for a job? [via]

-Will make you ask the question: "Do you own technology or does technology own you?" [via]

-Lykke Li - Love over Lust [via]

-Independent 9 year old girl [via]

-The world is addicted to Facebook [via]

-Footage from the Christchurch earthquake [via]

-Fireworks explode in a crowd [via]

-Nintendo hosts one of the most depressing product launches [via]

-Kitty falls asleep to music [via]

-"The Chronicles of Rick Roll" (Is this really happening?) [via]

-A very "holy shit" moment in magic [via]

that happened:

-SHOCKER: TSA body scanners don't work [via]

-How Chinese microbloggers jump the Great Firewall of China [via]

-Facebook breakup tracking app [via]

-China tells living Buddahs to obtain permission before they reincarnate [via]

-Google 'Person Finder' Christchurch edition [via]

-"Jasmine Revolution"? [via]

-Courts increasingly use Facebook to decide suitable jurors [via]

-Storytelling vs. Story building [via]

-Beyonce's face is too black. Controversial [via]

-Chinese workers demand Apple for apology [via]

-Android app gets driver out of a ticket [via]

-Mobile shopping is changing the world [via]

-No more Facebook contact sync on Nexus [via]

-The Disney social network for kids [via]

-Warner Bros to remake 'The Bodyguard' [via]

-Google & Facebook pushing adultery sites off the net [via]

look at this gadget:

-Toyota to finally start selling home chargers for Priis in 2012 [via]

-Apple charging a buck for facetime! [via]

wear that:

-Burberry Black Label S/S11 [via]

-Common Projects shopping tote [via]

-Men's day A/W11 recap [via]

-Burberry Prorsum Womens A/W11 [via]

The Big List: 02.13.11

Valentines day week 2011. The Grammys. Burberry & Marc Jacobs. A CORGI IN A SWING! Nokia is kind of a slut. Apple is greedy. Google and Facebook censorship. Singularity theory & Watson. Enjoy!

look at this:

-Black Swan vs. Bad Romance = Black Romance? [via]

-PLEASE.HELP.ME [via]

listen to that:

-Skream & Example - Shot Yourself in the Foot Again [via]

-Lykke Li - Love Out of Lust [via]

watch this:

-Now this is a CEO, American CEO's should take note [via]

-Epic Meal Time of Youtube fame celebrates Valentines day [via]

-Reporter @ The Grammys suffers stroke on air [via]

-LG - Apple flame war [via]

-Gang of sleeping puppies wake up for dinner time [via]

-Longest model stumble on a catwalk [via]

-Natalie Portman cries a lot [via]

-Behold: The Ass Cam (stay till :45) [via]

-ABOVE: Corgi in a swing [via]

-9 year old Winnipeg girl gets 10 mil views on youtube thanks to Lady Gaga [via]

-THE FUTURE: a slick production about our potential future [via]

-Egyptian revolution visualized as it happened on Twitter [via]

-Toddlers & Taekwondo [via]

that happened:

-Algeria shuts down Internet and Facebook as protests mount [via]

-RIP longtail? [via]

-Lady Gaga @ The Grammys red carpet in an egg (Cue jokes) [via]

-LG & Youtube democratizing 3D media production [via]

-Google Instant's blacklist: Why Google censors BT, not TPB, Xunlei [via]

-Facebook top news censors [via]

-Apple worth $100,000,000,000 [via]

-Twitter trends driven mostly by mainstream media (not so duh) [via]

-Nokia wanted to jump into RIM's arms before Windows [via]

-Watson of Jeopardy fame makes a mistake [via]

-Singularity theory. 2045. Functional Immortality [via]

-"Um. Well, I think that's really sad, but everything happens for a reason." Bieber on rape [via]

-Google is slightly less evil than Apple. Subscription models [via]

-The Metropolitan Opera will have glasses free 3d [via]
-Groupon backlash continues [via]

-Nokia bribing developers with free phones to stay [via]

look at this gadget:

-Android powered desktop thingy [via]

-Samsung Galaxy S2 (NEED THIS) [via]

-The most elitist elite tablet on the market, Motorola XOOM [via]

-More LG Optimus 3D coverage [via]

wear that:

-Band of Outsiders Fall/Winter 2011 mens [via]

-Burberry Black Label Spring/Summer 2011 mens [via]

-Scifen crew necks [via]

-Marc Jacobs Fall/Winter 2011 womens [via]

-Forgotten Future Fall/Winter 2011 mens [via]

-Penfield Spring/Summer 2011 [via]

-Creep Fall/Winter 2011 [via]

Nokia, future WP7 producer

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Last week Nokia made the move to enter an exclusive partnership with Microsoft effectively ending their independent bid within the mobile operating system wars.

Background:
Nokia has suffered what I would argue to be a slow and drawn out death. Ever since “Snake” on my Nokia 3300 the flow innovation had drawn a halt. Nokia most noticeably fell behind its class in 2009 with the behemoth iPhone’s launch.

Nokia has attempted variously with its own franchise of OS namely Symbian, an open source operating system maintained by Nokia.

Nokia N8

Most recently they released the N8 in late 2008, which was pretty cool, but a prototypical case of “too little, too late.”

Perhaps the innovation through an open source tactic fueled the animosity which sets the tone between Nokia’s rivalry with Android. Nokia’s former CEO, Anssi Vanjoki described phone manufacturers partnering with Android as doing no better than Finnish boys who “pee their pants in the winter for warmth” [Obligatory].

The Market:

The Android phone market is fickle and could be the harshest winter for manufacturers. Countless companies are clawing to release the next “best Android” phone. It’s the telecommunication ballet's Black Swan. A great article to read argues that the “Android Party” not only suffers from overcrowding, but the opportunity to launch a great android would be released to a market that quickly obsoletes even their greatest “best Android phone” giving them a typical lifespan of a few months before they are dethroned [via].

Rumored WP7 Phone

The Future:
The Nokia - Microsoft partnership is a controversial point of contention. Microsoft has the software; Nokia has the hardware. Even as early as this week rumors have already spread about the potential Nokia WP7, indicated by pictures spawning over the internet. It looks one word: amazing. I hope you’ll keep your ears to the ground on this issue and follow the story along with me!

In the mean time, I’d like to know, regardless of your phone orientation let it be iPhone, BlackBerry, or Android, do you think the Windows phone will have any impact on this market with Nokia on their side?

Please tell me!!