Adrian Covert, Author at Gizmodo

Apple Snags Warner for Their Mythical Streaming Music Service

The latest chapter in the never-ending anticipation of Apple’s streaming music service sees Warner Music striking a deal, according to Cnet sources. Whether or not they’re one of the labels mentioned in last week’s rumors, nobody knows. [Cnet via Engadget]

Tech News Adrian Covert Apr 25 '11

Camera Boost Wants to Make Your iPad 2 Camera a Little Less Terrible

It seems oxymoronic to discuss stylized photos and the iPad 2 in the same breath, but Camera Boost, the latest iOS photo app, wants to help with the lack of camera apps made especially for the iPad. More than just an image effects app, Camera Boost offers up a live preview of multiple effects while…

Tech News Adrian Covert Apr 22 '11

The White iPhone 4 Shows Itself In the UK, Possibly Hitting Stores Next Week

Engadget says that’s the box for the white iPhone 4 shipping to Vodaphone retail outlets in the UK. Someone unwitting sales associate sold one to a customer before Vodaphone sent out a comapny-wide email halting sales until “next week.” There’s also a shot of the phone itself here, which offers up another piece of legit…

Tech News Adrian Covert Apr 22 '11

More Proof of Windows 8 Facial Recognition Shows Up in API

Facial recognition was one of the purported Windows 8 features to surface last summer in a batch of leaked docs. Now, the login API in the latest build of Windows 8 is making that rumor seem more likely. Windows8Italia made the discovery, and Microsoft News thinks the feature could be used in a Kinect-like manner:…

Tech News Adrian Covert Apr 22 '11

Google and Spotify Discussing Possibility of Launching Mega Streaming Music Service

Cnet has sources telling them that Google and Spotify are discussing the possibility of co-launching a streaming music service in the US. Considering the arms race Google is engaged in with Apple and Amazon to cloudify everything, this makes sense. Spotify wants to launch their beloved streaming music service in the US, but seems to…

Tech News Adrian Covert Apr 22 '11

Let Us Count the Ways We Can Explode a Cadbury Creme Egg

To celebrate the Easter holiday, a gaggle of UK chemistry boffins subjected the legendary Cadbury Creme Egg to a handful of experiments in the name of science. SPOILER: many creme eggs were harmed while making this video. [The Atlantic]

Tech News Adrian Covert Apr 22 '11

It’s Earth Day! Wanna Donate to Worthwhile Non-Profit Organizations?

Farming! Tree Planting! Sustainable Housing!!! It’s Earth Day and our good friends over at Philanthroper and TreeHugger have combined do-good powers to send money to non-profits interested in keeping the Earth inhabitable. But they need your help. Normally, Philanthroper has a single chairty each day that you can send a dollar to (no more, no…

Tech News Adrian Covert Apr 22 '11

The T-Mobile G-Slate Is $100 Off if You Know the Secret Password

The 3D functionality of the T-Mobile G-Slate might be a total joke, but it’s a pretty good Android tablet. And now T-Mobile is offering a $100 instant discount if you give them a call and mention the right promo code. T-Mo News says all you have to do is call T-Mobile (1.866.464.8662), select option three,…

Tech News Adrian Covert Apr 22 '11

The Man Who Successfully Challenged Five Speeding Tickets Using Traffic Photo Timestamps

Will Foreman keeps getting nabbed by traffic cameras for speeding. Believing the cameras to be inaccurate, he analyzed the timestamps and the position of his car in each pair of photos, using them to successfully contest five speeding tickets. According to the Washington Times, the traffic cameras in Prince George’s County, MD use a sensor…

Tech News Adrian Covert Apr 22 '11

FDA Gives Robots Permission to Sew Hair On Your Scalp

Balding sucks. But will you trust the machines to repair your scalp? The FDA does, which is why they approved this piece of robotery to perform hair transplants. It’s name is ARTAS, and it lives in your dermatologist’s office. If you have straight hair that’s brown or black and you want more if it, you…

Tech News Adrian Covert Apr 21 '11

Let’s Talk About Smartphones and Puke Everywhere While Doing Barrel Rolls in a Stunt Plane

There’s lots of good info in this video about the Samsung Galaxy S II, I’m sure. But honestly, watching TheNextWeb’s Matt Brian attempting to talk about the phone’s finer features while a stunt pilot rolls, flips and dives is far more entertaining than any phone could ever be. That goes double when it involves blowing…

Gadgets Adrian Covert Apr 21 '11

A Wireless Charger for Your…Chargers?

When the wireless charging standard you support is floundering and nobody wants to adopt the technology in their actual products, making a wireless mat for portable USB chargers is one dumb way to keep yourself occupied. Panasonic’s Chargepad uses the Qi standard to power USB bricks that you can take on the go so that…

Tech News Adrian Covert Apr 21 '11

Google Kills Roku’s Unofficial YouTube Channel

Google caught wind of the private, unofficial YouTube channel available for Roku boxes. They didn’t like it one bit, which is why they had it taken down. [Zatz Not Funny via GigaOm]

Tech News Adrian Covert Apr 21 '11

AT&T Tells the FCC It Wants T-Mobile Because It Can’t Handle All the Smartphones and Tablets

AT&T submitted its public filing to the FCC, stating why they want to takeover T-Mobile. AT&T says their network, in its current form, is overwhelmed by the influx of smartphones and tablets. https://gizmodo.com/at-t-is-buying-t-mobile-to-become-the-biggest-carrier-i-5783766 A smartphone generates 24 times the mobile data traffic of a conventional wireless phone, and the explosively popular iPad and similar tablet…

Tech News Adrian Covert Apr 21 '11

Razer’s New Motion Controller Looks Awesome When Paired With Portal 2

Razer’s Hydra PC gaming controller is taking the guts from two Wiimotes and packing them into the form factor of its nunchuck accessory. They say it’s the first “gaming-grade” motion controller. Ostensibly, the response time and six-degree, magnetic motion tracking is good enough for serious gamers (they say it can track movements as slight as…

Tech News Adrian Covert Apr 21 '11

Never Dye An Easter Egg Ever Again

If faced with the decision of having a colorful egg you can peel and eat, or a colorful egg that glows in the dark, which would you choose? I’ll go with the LED Easter eggs every time. No more ink on the fingers. No more boiling. And no more chewing through the awkwardly-textured egg yolk.…

Tech News Adrian Covert Apr 21 '11

When the Amazon Cloud Goes Down, Your Favorite Internet Time Sucks Go With It

Amazon’s EC2 cloud storage service had some problems while we were all sleeping last night (Read: IT CRASHED), causing a few websites we’ve come to know and love to take a brief nap (Read: THEY CRASHED). EC2 is Amazon’s scalable data center, which lets companies pay for more server storage and bandwidth on the fly,…

Commerce Adrian Covert Apr 21 '11

News.Me Has Arrived on iPad to Challenge Flipboard’s Social News Dominance, But It’ll Cost You

The New York Times’ News.Me app is here, which allows you to source your news from those you follow on Twitter. If it sounds a little like Flipboard, that’s because it’s essentially a stripped-down version. Instead of launching an iPad-exclusive publication like their publishing arch-nemesis News Corp. did, the Times thinks that improving the packaging…

Tech News Adrian Covert Apr 21 '11

New Self-Healing Polymer Gets the Job Done in 60 Seconds or Less

They may not exist outside laboratories, but self-healing polymers are fantastic. When they rip, they’re normally held under a UV ray for 30 minutes, and they repair themselves. But new research breakthroughs have cut that time down to a minute. https://gizmodo.com/self-healing-polymer-uses-light-to-rebuild-itself-5711255 According to Ars Technica, typical self-healing polymers rely on organic compounds and chemical bonds…

Physics & Chemistry Adrian Covert Apr 20 '11

Eye-Fi’s Direct Beam Mode Now Works

When the Eye-Fi X2 wi-fi SD card appeared, it introduced a new feature, Direct Beam, which opens a direct connection with Android and IOS smartphones and tablets. Now the necessary apps for those devices have arrived. [Rob Galbraith via Engadget]

Tech News Adrian Covert Apr 20 '11

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Apple Snags Warner for Their Mythical Streaming Music Service

Camera Boost Wants to Make Your iPad 2 Camera a Little Less Terrible

The White iPhone 4 Shows Itself In the UK, Possibly Hitting Stores Next Week

More Proof of Windows 8 Facial Recognition Shows Up in API

Google and Spotify Discussing Possibility of Launching Mega Streaming Music Service

Let Us Count the Ways We Can Explode a Cadbury Creme Egg

It’s Earth Day! Wanna Donate to Worthwhile Non-Profit Organizations?

The T-Mobile G-Slate Is $100 Off if You Know the Secret Password

The Man Who Successfully Challenged Five Speeding Tickets Using Traffic Photo Timestamps

FDA Gives Robots Permission to Sew Hair On Your Scalp

Let’s Talk About Smartphones and Puke Everywhere While Doing Barrel Rolls in a Stunt Plane

A Wireless Charger for Your…Chargers?

Google Kills Roku’s Unofficial YouTube Channel

AT&T Tells the FCC It Wants T-Mobile Because It Can’t Handle All the Smartphones and Tablets

Razer’s New Motion Controller Looks Awesome When Paired With Portal 2

Never Dye An Easter Egg Ever Again

When the Amazon Cloud Goes Down, Your Favorite Internet Time Sucks Go With It

News.Me Has Arrived on iPad to Challenge Flipboard’s Social News Dominance, But It’ll Cost You

New Self-Healing Polymer Gets the Job Done in 60 Seconds or Less

Eye-Fi’s Direct Beam Mode Now Works

Oscar Isaac Says ‘Somehow, Palpatine Returned’ Came From Reshoots

Welcome The Mandalorian and Grogu Into Your Home With These Star Wars Echo Dots for 20% Off

Metro by T-Mobile Is Ready to Give Way More for Your Money, Free Galaxy A17 5G and Get iPhone 16e at No Cost

Volcanoes Send Tiny Warning Signals Before Eruptions. These Scientists Are Decoding Them

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Discovers ‘Origin-of-Life’ Molecules Never Before Seen on Mars

New a16z-Backed News Brand Wants to Be Like Cramming Every X Post Into Your Brain at Once

Last Day to Get 4 Free Months of ExpressVPN: 78% Off Deal (Ends on April 21st)

What a John Ternus Era Means for Apple

What Footage Could Possibly Be Added to ‘Endgame’ to Make it ‘Critical’ for ‘Avengers: Doomsday’?

Spirit Airlines Wants a Trump Bailout as Jet Fuel Prices Skyrocket

I’ve Tested a Lot of Bad Smart Glasses and These Are the Worst Yet

Roborock’s Qrevo Curv 2 Flow Is the Ultimate Robot Mop—If You Don’t Have Corners or Walls

Alienware’s $350 QD-OLED Gaming Monitor Nixes Everything for a Pretty Screen

Sony Inzone H6 Air Review: A Perfect Case for Open-Back Gaming Headsets

Anker’s EufyMake E1 Finally Brings Printers Out of the Dark Ages

The Soundboks Mix Is Going to Make You the Most Popular Guy at the Park

Asus Zenbook A16 Review: Start Considering Snapdragon on PC, for Real

Aqara Thermostat Hub W200 Review: Almost Better than My Ecobee

HP Omen Max 45L Review: 4K60 Gaming Has Never Been So Easy

Ecovacs Winbot W3 Omni Review: Window Cleaning Robots Have a Long Way to Go