Despite growing competition as new tablets begin to enter the market, Apple’s iPad is still king when it comes to consumer demand and customer satisfaction according to a recent ChangeWave survey. The new research, which surveyed a total of 3,091 consumers just prior to Apple announcing the iPad 2, confirms the new tablet market has drawn [...] Apple iPad crushing competition in consumer demand and customer satisfaction ratings is a story by TiPb. This feed [...]

The dime-sized tracking devices that movie spies stick on villains’ cars don’t exist (that we know of). But there are some fairly small options for keeping tabs on your closest enemies. 1. Lightning GPS Spark Nano Not much bigger than a Zippo, the Spark determines its position via cell towers. Just tuck it into something you need [...] Source: http://www.wired.com/reviews/2011/03/pr_reviews_gpstrackers_spy/ Norah Jones

An exploration of mathematical shapes could explain why skin gets wrinkled after too much time in the tub. Understanding the geometry of wrinkly skin could help design new materials that can stretch out without losing strength. “The paper explains a mechanism that can explain the structural stability of keratin in skin and its ability to absorb [...] Source: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/03/pruney-finger-physics/ Samantha Morton

Magnet URIs, which are a way of downloading torrents without actually downloading a .torrent file, are a fantastic idea, but a bit… long-winded. They’re regularly over 200 characters long, making them too long to share with Twitter. Email clients can break them by inserting line breaks, and most annoyingly, very few IM clients make magnet links ‘clickable.’ Mgnet.me, as you can tell from its ruthlessly eviscerated noun, shortens magnet URIs into something a lot more [...]