So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn’t worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case.
Inside the iPhone 5 Factory, or Not
Could this really be a picture of a Wintek factory worker inspecting iPhone 5 screens? Well, sure it could. But it more likely isn’t, on account of the total lack of evidence. These displays could be for literally any phone on the planet, except maybe the HP Veer, on account of that one’s so tiny and newly dead.[UberGizmo]
https://gizmodo.com/hp-killing-webos-devices-5832291
Romantic Boar Hunt for Two
Winners of this penny auction will be treated to a lavish wild boar hunt for two at the “famous” Bear Run Hunting Lodge in “historic” Clinch County, Georgia. It’s not really gadgety at all, but we thought you might like to know anyway.[Outdoor Sportsman Auctions]
Amazon Instant VIdeo Reaches 100,000th Title You Don’t Care About
I’m sorry; that was rude. It’s just that I much prefer it when Amazon mentions specific TV shows and movies that they’ve added as opposed to some BIG NUMBER that includes so much terrible awful unwatchable things. Quality v. quantity, etc. [Amazon]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjKxwcMhG3U
Terrible No Good Palm Memorial Video
Self-explanatory. Please don’t try to watch the whole thing. Maybe instead read this? [BoingBoing]
https://gizmodo.com/goodbye-webos-the-greatest-phone-youll-never-use-5832332
Left Behind is our daily collection of chaff things we didn’t think was quite good enough to post on its own, and why.
