The Loop reports on Microsoft’s ad attacking the Google Chromebook.

This ad makes the case that the Chromebook is not a real laptop, that when it is not connected to the internet, it is “pretty much a brick.” I don’t own a Chromebook, and I’m not necessarily a Chromebook fan, but fair is fair. A “brick”? It took me all of 2 minutes reading reviews to dispel this myth.

Microsoft seems to think that attacking other brands’ products is the best way to promote its own products.

Apple Insider also looked at the Microsoft ad bashing the iPad Air.

Ars Technica reviews OS X Maverick after a month of use.

Responsive scrolling only works on apps that implemented it.

When Mavericks’ new responsive scrolling feature is working as designed, it draws sections of your window that aren’t yet on-screen so that they show up more quickly when you scroll down (or up). In apps that have implemented the feature (Tweetbot for Mac is one), scrolling is, in fact, pretty smooth. Unfortunately, the feature seems to have broken scrolling for other programs.

Multi-monitor is buggy.

Power button makes the computer sleep. This is rather disruptive especially when the Mac locks when it sleeps. Before Mavericks, the power button shut down the Mac and throws a shutdown dialog before it does so. Dismissing the dialog is a lot easier than having to log into the system.

In Mavericks, pushing that power button automatically puts the computer to sleep, no questions asked. You don’t need to push down on the button for any particular length of time, and there’s no dialog box to ask you what you wanted to do when you pushed the button (or if you meant to push it at all). And unlike some of our multi-monitor gripes, there’s no way to revert the button behavior back to its pre-Mavericks state.

It’s not often that you see this happen, but it’s also nice to see social media used in positive ways. Now if only carriers paid that much attention to existing customers.

T-Mobile and AT&T went head-to-head on Twitter over a customer

If this move happened a few years ago, BlackBerry’s BBM could have owned the mobile messaging scene. Disputes and infighting prevented that. Targeting developing markets is a good move, though BlackBerry will now have to contend with other messaging giants such as WeChat, Viber, LINE, and several more. LINE in particular just passed the 300 million user mark.

BBM will be preinstalled on some Android smartphones, BlackBerry says

BlackBerry this morning announced that BBM will be preloaded on some Android smartphones starting in December. The specific models weren’t named — BlackBerry said “from leading [original equipment manufacturers]” — but you’ll be able to find them in Africa, India, Indonesia, Latin America and the MIddle East.

Most of us have had stuff confiscated by TSA agents before in the name of security. While it’s understandable that we don’t want a plane to blow up in the middle of the skies, the fact that folks are also able to build DIY guns based on stuff purchased after passing through security also shows the futility of such practices.

The TSA Is No Match For This Mad Scientist And His Gun Made With Junk From Airport Stores

He realized that airport stores sell lithium metal batteries, which, when combined with water, create a chemical reaction with enough heat to explode a bottle of Axe. This is what powers his “Blunderbussiness Class” shotgun, which he demonstrates shooting $1.33 in pocket change through a piece of drywall, as well as his “Fraguccino” thermos grenade. “Right now if I wanted to build something very potent, I would probably go toward lithium,” says Booth.

A new take on blogging is always intriguing. With established blogging software such as Blogger, WordPress already in the market, not to mention journals such as Day One, it’ll be interesting if Dayre manages to merge the key features of those platforms together with the microblogging aspects of Twitter and Instagram.

Dayre could be the hassle-free solution to long-form blogging you’re looking for

Let’s say you’re already used to posting on Instagram and Twitter every couple of hours in your day. You can replicate the exact same steps in Dayre — except you get 500 characters for each component — much more than what 140 characters or a filtered photo will allow. What the app then does is accumulate these separate moments into a ‘day’ of your life.