Brent Rose

Cellular South Is Now C Spire. What?

Cellular South, the largest privately owned wireless telecomm in the U.S. is changing its name to C Spire. Let’s not beat around the bush here: What is a “C Spire”? The first dozen times Cellular South CEO Hu Meena said it I swore he said “Cease Fire.” According to him, “The C is for Customers.”…

The Military’s New Mega Spy-Blimp Struggling to Find Enough Helium

Yes, the world’s helium supply is slowly running out, and as sad as it will be to see thousands of tear-stained cheeks of balloonless birthday boys and girls, the military is already feeling the sting. https://gizmodo.com/the-world-is-running-out-of-helium-balloons-will-event-5618561 The military has been on a blimp bender lately. They can stay in the air longer than any drone…

How Today’s Cutting-Edge Surfboards Fly Through the Water Like Wings Through Air

Surfing has been around for centuries, because all you need is a piece of wood. But it’s evolved into one of the most high-tech sports in the world. This is the cutting edge of board design, according to three of the top 32 surfers in the world. You might not think it, but every bit…

7 Ways to Replace Your Wallet with Your Phone

You don’t have a Nexus S 4G, or Sprint or the Citi Mastercard required for Google Wallet. But that doesn’t you mean you don’t wanna live in the future, using your phone to pay for stuff. Here’s how to do that right now, no matter what phone you’ve got. https://gizmodo.com/google-wallet-the-future-of-money-is-here-sorta-5841865 PayPal Mobile Availability: iOS, Android,…

HTC Rhyme Hands On: Don’t Call It a Lady Phone (Or Do)

Droid phones on Verizon are pretty butch. Lots of cold black metal and sharp angles. While the HTC Rhyme isn’t “girly”, per se, it’s definitely got a closer balance of masculine/feminine… buuut then those accessories tip it over the edge. The Rhyme is a mid-range phone for Verizon. It’s not going to blow anybody away…

Netflix Doesn’t Own the Qwikster Twitter Feed. This Foulmouthed Pothead Does.

Netflix wasn’t the first to come up with the name Qwikster, which is what they are calling their new/old spinoff DVD company. That distinction goes to a Mr. Jason Castillo, a man with an affinity for bitches and weed. Or maybe this young gentleman is actually working for Qwikster, and he’s trying to do a…

Developers Can Finally Get Their Mitts on the Google + API

The Google+ API is now available for developers. This initial release focuses on public data (smart, from a privacy standpoint). This means we’ll soon start seeing deeper Google+ integration in apps and websites. Awesome, and good timing. [Google+ Blog] https://gizmodo.com/public-google-posts-have-fallen-41-percent-what-does-5840583 You can keep up with Brent Rose, the author of this post, on Google+ or…

UPS Just Made Me Love Them (via Text Message)

I can safely say that no package company has pissed me off more times than UPS. But now they’re going to text me with a smaller delivery window and let me respond in kind? Come back to me, baby! If you miss package deliveries enough to want to punch something, this will make you happy.…

Archos’ G9 Android Tablets Have Superfast Processors and… Hard Drives?

Archos Android tablets. Typically considered also-rans, but these things do have a 1.5GHz dual-core processor and up to 250GB harddrives. The 10-inch G9 “Turbo” is packing Texas Instruments 1.5 GHz dual-core OMAP 4 processor, and Archos claims that will make page loading 50 percent faster than competitors tablets (which typically run 1GHz dual-core Nvidia processors).…

Motorola Droid Bionic Review: It’s Superfast, But…

It’s funny, the way that Motorola keeps awkwardly scraping away at the future of computing. The Atrix was a phone with a dual-core processor-like your laptop!—that also turned into a laptop. The Droid Bionic is the next step—a dual-core transforming thing of a phone, but it pulls down real internet from the sky. https://gizmodo.com/motorola-atrix-review-great-phone-weak-netbook-5765852 Why…

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The Best Ways to Kill Your SMS Plan

Your phone company is screwing you on text messaging. SMS messages cost them next to nothing, yet they charge you up the yin-yang. So how’s about sticking it to the phone company with some viable alternatives to SMS messaging? https://gizmodo.com/at-ts-new-text-plan-overcharges-you-by-10-000-000-perce-5832245 Decent Alternatives Kik Platforms Supported: iOS, Android, Windows Phone Cost: Free What’s Good: It’s totally…

QNX BlackBerries Being Rushed Out (YES!) Without Real Email/Calendar (NOOOOOO!!)

BlackBerry sales have been in the toilet, so RIM has been scrambling to get their much-anticipated first QNX-based phones to market. Very smart. But they may be pushing them out without BES/BIS email/calendar calendar support. That would be unfathomably stupid. This morning, an article in Mobile Magazine had this little poo-nugget: It turns out that…

Cuba’s Lung Cancer Vaccine Could Save Your Life

Cuba, famed maker of delicious (and cancery) cigars, may just have an anti-lung cancer vaccine that’s worth getting excited about. CimaVax-EGF isn’t preventative, but it may make this horrible deadly disease just a plain old horrible disease. The newly available CimaVax-EGF is the product of 25 years of cancer research by Cuban medical authorities. While…

I Will Watch the Hell Out of Ricky Gervais’ Live-Streaming Commentary for the Golden Globes

The Golden Globes are arguably the most self-fellating award show in the galaxy. Ricky Gervais and friends (possibly including Louis CK, Chris Rock, Jon Stewart, and Larry David) might just live-stream a commentary track. Oh hell yes. Ricky hosted the Globes last year and will almost certainly never be allowed near the ceremony again. While…

The ContourROAM Action Camera: Small, Cheap, and Mighty Fine

We just got some playtime with the ROAM, a new action-minded video camera from Contour. Its strong, no-frills design and 1080p video makes it very competitive with similarly-priced GoPros. Like The build quality is terrific. It’s just an aluminum bullet, and it’s light, compact, and streamline. The 170 degree, rotatable lens pack a serious wide-angle…

Motorola Droid Bionic Hands On: The Good, the Bad, and the Grainy

Remember when you first heard about the Droid Bionic? You had no gray hair and Jimmy Carter was still in the White House. Well, eight months after CES, here it is—potentially the new king of Android pile on Verizon, at least this month. Remember the Atrix? It’s a lot like that, but with Verizon’s insanely…

Holy F**K That’s a Big Crocodile

This 21-foot, 2,375 pound megacroc destroyed four traps, one water buffalo, and possibly a fisherman before finally being captured in a specially-designed, reinforced, steel-wire trap. Trapped, not killed? And cue Jurassic Park theme music in 3… 2… 1… Dang, Philippines, y’all got some big reptiles. This crocosaurus stands accused of killing one large water buffalo,…

7 Tools to Make Going Back to the Office Suck Less

Ahh, a nice three day weekend. The weather was good. You’ve been outdoors, active, having fun, eating well. Now you’re back in your sterile, loveless office. Here are a few tools to make the transition back slightly less brutal. Image credit: Shutterstock/Peter Kim You can keep up with Brent Rose, the author of this post,…

Droid Bionic Coming September 8th, According to New Leaks

Droid Bionic, where have you been? You’ve been teasing us since January, and now that you’re finally coming, will people care or will you be out-shone by others who got to the party sooner and look at least as pretty? https://gizmodo.com/the-best-new-phone-is-from-our-wacky-sci-fi-dreams-5730820 Droid-Life has scooped up a bunch of docs that show the Motorola Droid Bionic…