Casey Chan

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4 Eyes: It’s a quick search tool for your iPhone. You know how in your desktop web browser you can program search shortcuts like ‘wiki’ for a wikipedia search or ‘yt’ for YouTube, 4eyes captures the same idea. You hit pre-programmed typing shortcuts to search the specific service you want to be searching. No more…

Is Apple Selling Refurbished iPhones As New iPhones in China?

A group of people who’ve bought new iPhone 4s in China are claiming that they’re actually refurbished iPhones. Their evidence is that the warranties, which typically last a year for new phones, only had warranties as little as 6 months. This is what happened according to two customers who bought new iPhones at the Xidan…

Apple Filed Misleading Evidence Against Samsung…Again

Just like they tweaked their evidence against Samsung with the Galaxy Tab, it looks like Apple has flubbed evidence regarding the Samsung Galaxy S too. They shrunk the image of the Samsung phone to look like the size of an iPhone, even though it’s not. https://gizmodo.com/apple-presents-misleading-evidence-in-german-case-again-5831208 Officially, the Samsung Galaxy S is 122.4 by 64.2…

Is It Weird That I Find These Robot Girls Made from Computer Parts Attractive?

I usually don’t like robots. Not my style, really. So what is it about these bots? The spunky ponytail made from wires? The CD hips? I don’t know but I think I’m in love. Too bad these “girls” are only advertisements for a gym. Made by Murilo Melo, its a series of posters for Companhia…

Morton’s Steakhouse Met a Man at the Airport with a Steak After He Asked For One on Twitter

Peter Shankman, an angel investor, was hungry right before he boarded his flight. So he fired off a tweet jokingly asking Morton’s Steakhouse to meet him at the airport with a porterhouse steak when he landed. They did. It’s an unbelievable story that only gets more unbelievable once you hear the details. Shankman was tied…

Another Stage Collapses in Belgium

Not again. Last night, during a Smith Westerns set at Pukkelpop 2011 in Belgium, a stage collapsed during a massive storm, killing five people and injuring more than a hundred. The video above shows the stage as it’s coming down down. https://gizmodo.com/terrifying-video-of-the-deadly-indiana-state-fair-stage-5830685 It’s a tragedy for everyone involved and unfortunately, part of a larger, worrying…

How to Shut Up the Celebrities You Hate on TV

Michele Bachmann. Sarah Palin. Justin Bieber. Donal Trump. Twilight. Two and a Half Men. What do all these things have in common? They annoy the soul out of me, yet they’re always on TV. Thankfully, we can shut them up. You use a DIY device called Enough Already and it’s brilliant. Matt Richardson, the creator…

The World by National Geographic for iPad: I’ve Always Wanted a Spinning Globe

Did we ever figure out the appeal of spinning globes? Oh, no shit. It’s the spinning part. But how come I don’t ever see them anymore? Is it not cool? I don’t care cause The World by National Geographic turns your iPad into a spinning globe and I LOVE it. What’s it do? It’s a…

Who Knew Cutting Meat Could Be Such an Intense Competition

The Texas Roadhouse Meat Cutting Challenge is an event that brings in the best butchers from around the country to compete with one another to see who can cut meat precisely while still making it pretty pretty and delicioso. I know cutting fine pieces of meat with samurai worthy knives is a meticulous science, an…

Someone Please Be Roommates with This Kick Ass Guy from Craigslist

Moving to a brand new city where you don’t know anyone? Fuh-fuh-frightening. Not for this guy who posted on Craigslist looking for a roommate. In his words, he’s a master chef of yellow squash carpaccio, Vonnegut reader, James Fucking Taylor on the geetar and not a racist. This 25-year-old marketing agent from Alabama is looking…

Android Users Don’t Really Use That Many Apps

It’s not that Android users don’t use their apps, they do: Nielsen says Android users spend about an hour a day on their phone with two-thirds of that time being spent apps. It’s that they’re all spending their time in the same apps (probably because most apps just suck). According to Nielsen’s numbers, the top…

What Flying Around Africa Looks Like

A guy attached a camera to his DIY hexacopter and shot a bird’s eye video of Cameroon, West Africa. It looks stunning. Natural, colorful and bursting with life. I love how people react to seeing a hexacopter in front of their face. [Shrediquette via Vimeo via The Awesomer]

Watch a Competitive Lockpicker Who Truly Loves Locks Talk About Locks

If you were curious about how locks work and/or curious about what kind of person is a competitive lockpicker (as in they pick locks for sport) meet Schuyler Towne. He’s completely obsessed with locks and loves to talk about ’em. In his own words, he says the smell of brass and grease is invigorating to…

The Most Cleverest Business Card I’ve Seen

Business cards are so boring. Name, contact info, company, yadda yadda snooze. Is it possible to stand out without being a giant, self-important dickwad? Sure! Be like this guy, his business card slickly contains all the contact information you need from just his e-mail. So freaking clever I’m mad I didn’t do it myself. And…

Ugandan Police Sprayed People with Pink Water Cannons to Break Up a Ceremony

Seemingly lifted straight from some B-movie horror flick, a group of mourners in Uganda were sprayed by the police with water cannons filled with pink dye. The police said they were only “preventing the worst from happening.” Along with the pink water, tear gas was thrown to break apart the vigil. The people, who are…

Stealing ATM PIN Numbers Using a Thermal Camera Is Too Freaking Easy

I can’t believe criminals haven’t jumped onto thermal cameras because they’re apparently BOSS at stealing your ATM PIN number. Not only can they figure out the set of numbers in a pin but sometimes they can even tell the order too. Scary. Researchers from UCSD pointed thermal cameras towards plastic ATM PIN pads and metal…

AnimGIF Live Wallpaper 2 for Android: Liven Up Your Phone with Some GIFs

If you didn’t know, we love GIFs here at Gizmodo. They’re little Internet treasures that you hold on to forever. But you know what needs more GIFs? Your phone. AnimGIF for Android turns your favorite GIFs into wallpapers. What’s it do? It’s a wallpaper “app” that lets you use any GIF you find on the…

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Watch Every Football Game with Sunday NFL Ticket On Your PS3

Xbox 360 users might have their fancy ESPN but the only sport most people care about is football. Sony just announced that PS3 users can sign up for NFL Sunday Ticket (a DirecTV exclusive) even if they don’t have DirecTV. That means you can watch every NFL game straight from your PS3. https://gizmodo.com/the-new-espn-on-xbox-360-is-the-only-way-i-want-to-watc-5824986 Here’s how…

Can Someone Tell Me Why This Man Is Riding a Desktop Computer Attached to a Mini Motorcycle?

In what is perhaps the fastest mod you can give your computer, a man modded his Cooler Master HAF X (with a real computer inside) with his mini motorcycle to create one speedy, rideable and usable beast. But…why? The obvious reason for doing something as far out as this is why the hell not (or…