As ‘The Next Generation’ turns 25, we look at the ways in which it introduced us to the future we all live in
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Download TIME’s Populist iPad App and See All of Our Pop Culture Lists
In mid-October, when we re-launched this entertainment site, we also struck out into the wild world of tablet apps.
TIME Populist, available for the iPad (download here), took all of the Top 10, 15, 25 and 100 lists that we …
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JPTV Jr.: Tennessee Tuxedo, the iPad and Magic
A while ago, Tuned In Jr. needed to look up a fact for homework, so he went on Google and looked it up. Within a few minutes, he had the information he needed, and as is my wont in such situations, I said in my best Tennessee Tuxedo voice: “Phineas J. Whoopee, you’re the greatest!”
Tuned In Jr. asked what I was talking about, and I …
MacBooks and iPhones—The Real Stars of Mission: Impossible and Dragon Tattoo
I used this past holiday weekend the way the lord intended it to be used — as a time to catch up on some new movies. One I made sure to see was The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, David Fincher’s remake of the Swedish film version …
Go Shopping this Holiday Season with TIME’s Populist App
If you’re thinking about buying books, albums, or DVDs for your loved ones this season, you might want to check out TIME’s free Populist iPad app
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Hands-On With Murdoch's iPad Newspaper, The Daily
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For those of you for whom the ability to play large-format Scrabble games is not reason enough to own an iPad, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp today unveiled The Daily, its new, ambitious, multimedia iPad newspaper. You can see a demo of the product above and read writeups of the …
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Vacation Robo-Post: In Which I Surrender To the iPad
When the iPad was first announced early this year, I wrote a post explaining why, media junkie and Apple acolyte that I am, I was not running out yet to buy one. If you had “eight months” in your betting pool as to how long it would take me to finally cave, you win.
I had my reasons. I was taking a trip (the trip I am on right now) to …
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iRefuse: Why I Am Not Buying an iPad (Yet)
Someday, after I wash out of journalism, I am going to go into the lawnmower business. I am going to invent a really awesome, beautifully sculpted lawnmower. I will convince the press that my lawnmower will save their imperiled business model. Then I can sit back, relax, and watch news outlets fall over themselves to liveblog the day my …
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iPad: So Do You Want Some of This?
Steve Jobs finally unveiled Apple’s long-awaited tablet device, the iPad. Yeah, it’s a dumb name. Get all your jokes out of the way now. (They should call the 8GB version “Light” and the 32GB “Maxi,” the 3G version comes with wings, &c.)
The iPad is a lot of things—better-informed people than I can describe it for you—but it’s …