In a first-person account, Kid Pix creator Craig Hickman explains how he settled on the name 'Kid Pix,' favoring three-letter words that echoed his family's naming pattern and worked well visually and phonetically. He describes testing the software directly on his son and preschoolers to refine its interface, and notes that Broderbund later tried unsuccessfully to rename the product before a hired naming consultant advised against changing it.
red-green-blue.com
· 2026-10-12
The International Astronomical Union has officially approved asteroid (14331) Alyankovic, honoring musical satirist 'Weird Al' Yankovic, alongside another asteroid named for Tom Lehrer, the mathematician and satirical songwriter who died last year at 97. The naming effort was led by planetary scientist Allison McGraw with support from several scientists including astrophysicist Steve Desch, Smithsonian curator Tim McCoy, and Spacewatch program leader Melissa Brucker.
science.slashdot.org
· 2026-09-25
Apple has updated Apple Maps to display Lake Ontario as 'Lake America' for users in the United States, following Google's earlier change to its maps. The renaming stems from an executive order President Trump signed after US-Canada trade talks collapsed, with Canadian users still seeing 'Lake Ontario' and the rest of the world seeing both names. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Trump personally contacted Apple to push through the naming change.
techspot.com
· 2026-09-02
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