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National Breast Cancer Awareness Month doesn’t take place until October, when the pink and Halloween orange will duke it out for color supremacy (I’d put my cash on pink, FYI), but new research (via Forbes) indicates that it’s time to rethink pink.
How to Understand Little Girls’ Love of Everything Pink
by Katherine Neer | January 28, 2011
Try to go shopping for any girl between the ages of say 2 years old and 10 and you’ll find a very common theme: pink. Who knew there were so many shades (other than the folks at Crayola)? OK, you’ll also find variations on the color purple and maybe some hints of aqua (the GIRLIEST blue) thrown in for good measure, but pink definitely reigns supreme. Why is that?
There’s lots of smartphone stuff going on these days. We’ll go chronologically. On Thursday, Apple’s set to announce its iPhone OS 4.0. There aren’t many details yet, though of course, that hasn’t stopped anyone from speculating. That’s fueled by Apple’s announcement Monday, described by CNET’s Erica Ogg as an HTML e-mail message inviting reporters to see what the future of the iPhone OS will look like.
You’ll find sodium nitrate in lots of pink meats like hot dogs and salami, but why? And is it bad for you? Find out what’s up with sodium nitrate in this podcast from HowStuffWorks.com.
In case you didn’t hear the scuttlebutt, on Monday BusinessWeek reported that Verizon and Apple had entered talks regarding a potential partnership. The goal of this alliance? To develop two new gadgets for the market. According to the article, one of these devices is a cell phone device that many are now calling the “iPhone lite.” The second device is the rumored tablet people have been buzzing about for the last few weeks.
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