Eric Limer

iOS 6.1.3 Is Coming To Kill Your Jailbreak

Have one of those 7 million jailbroken iDevices? Like it that way? Then wait, stop, don’t touch anything. iOS 6.1.3 is poised to ruin your day, and there might not be any going back. https://gizmodo.com/evasi0n-jailbreak-has-unshackled-close-to-7-million-ios-5982790 iOS 6.1.3 is only in beta right now, so the matter isn’t that urgent, but it looks like when it…

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Mastercard’s MasterPass Turns Your Phone Into Your Own Personal Checkout Lane

MasterCard is no stranger to high-tech purchasing. Its existing PayPass Wallet already lets you tap your credit card on NFC terminals. But the new MasterPass service takes it all to another level, letting you do things like scan barcodes and buy items with your phone, right on the spot. MasterPass isn’t an app, but rather…

Could This Smart Armband Take The Cameras Out of Gesture Control?

Gesture control is a tough nut to crack. Microsoft’s Kinect has proven that. But there are bright spots—like Leap Motion—that promise a futuristic world of hands-off finesse. Add Thalmic Lab’s muscle-sensing Bluetooth arm band “MYO” to that list. https://gizmodo.com/is-this-the-best-gesture-control-system-ever-5911894 Instead of watching your hands and arms directly—like current solutions do—the MYO sits on your bicep,…

Samsung Confirms the Galaxy IV’s Coming March 14th

There have been rumors that Samsung’s new flagship Galaxy phone was not one for Mobile World Congress, but would instead have its own gala on March 14th. We’d heard reports earlier today confirming the date, but now Samsung has made it social media official. Get ready. https://gizmodo.com/report-the-galaxy-s-iv-is-definitely-being-announced-o-5985135 At Mobile World Congress, Samsung Electronics’ mobile division…

New YouTube App Code Shows Pay-To-View Is on the Way

Remember those rumors that YouTube was working on rolling out some paid subscription channels? According to Android Police, code in the recently updated YouTube app shows that Pay-To-View is in the works. It’s just a matter of when. https://gizmodo.com/report-youtube-may-start-making-you-pay-for-content-5979851 The code pretty much speaks for itself: < string name="paid_channel_subscribe_message">You can only subscribe to this paid…

Survive In Style With This Foldable Emergency Crossbow Slingshot

If you’re going to prepare for a disaster, you might as well cover all the contingencies, and that’s exactly what Joerg Spave has done. With a coating of rubber. Chances are slim you’d find yourself hunting game in a post-apocalyptic wilderness, but in theory, this crossbow slingshot would be the way to go. And in…

This Is Firefox OS in Action

Firefox OS won’t be coming to the U.S. until 2014, and chances are that its rather budget approach is not for you, dear gadget-obsessed Gizmodo reader. But Firefox OS burst onto the scene today at Mobile World Congress with announcements of new, upcoming handsets, and a global roll-out plan. It’s poised to bring smartphone goodness…

Drag and Drop to Your iPhone the Easy Way With This Pseudo AirDrop App

Your iPhone is on your desk right in front of your Mac and all you want to do is drag one picture from one to the other. It doesn’t take a herculean effort, but it can take just enough to make you seethe. InstaShare can help by adding a little AirDrop-like action to your whole…

Benchmarks Are In: Nvidia’s Tegra 4 Really Cooks

When Nvida announced the Tegra 4 back at CES, they laid down the claim it was the world’s fastest mobile processor. Now Nvidia’s got some prototype devices at Mobile World Congress, the benchmarks are coming in and there’s no questioning it. The Tegra 4 is a total speed-demon. A generation better than the Tegra 3…

Samsung’s HomeSync Android Box Brings a Whopping 1TB of Storage to Your TV

Set top boxes aren’t exactly mobile tech, but Samsung has unveiled its new one at this year’s Mobile World Congress. The HomeSync aims to work with your mobile devices and serve has a hefty little Android-powered box for all your media. A 1TB box. Running Android Jelly Bean (version unspecified) the HomeSync will let users…

Meet the ZTE Open, The First Official Firefox OS Phone

There have been a few Firefox OS developer phones floating around but now, Mozilla has announced the first official Firefox OS handset at Mobile World Congress: The ZTE Open. It’s not a high-powered guy, packing a Cortex A5 processor, and a 3.5-inch display. It’s like a glance into Android’s past. Information beyond that is a…

Check Out The Whole History of Display Resolutions In One Big Stack

Computer screens have come a long, long way in the past decade and a half. With all these retina-grade, impossible-to-decern-the-pixels resolutions floating around, it’s hard to believe we used to deal with displays as low as 640×480 back in the day. This is what all that resolution evolution looks like all in one place. In…

That Six-Strikes Anti-Piracy Plan Could Be Rolling Out Tomorrow

A tougher stance on piracy from all your friendly neighborhood ISPs has been a long time coming. Wisps and shadows of a policy involving throttled Internet speed and blocked pages have been around for over a year, and have gradually solidified into a six-strikes plan aimed to make a pirate’s life a hassle. And mounting…

Report: Microsoft Blue Is Coming this Summer with Internet Explorer 11 Baked In

Rumors of Windows Blue—Microsoft’s push for a routine, yearly upgrade cycle—have been lurking in the shadows for a while now, and have been all but officially confirmed by some recent job postings. As we’re getting closer to its inevitable roll-out, even more is coming to light. According to The Verge, it’s coming as early as…

The Carcass Of Megaupload Still Gets Millions of Visitors a Month

It’s been over a year since Megaupload was ripped from the fabric of the Internet, and its successor has already risen to fill the hole. But Megaupload was a truly gargantuan site. So much so that it’s still getting millions of visitors per month, even though there’s nothing there. The file-sharing services long cold corpse…

Safety Not Guaranteed: Grab Your Flux Capacitor

There’s a storied history of time travel movies, so you might be thinking “who needs one more?” You do. And this is the one you need. Admittedly not your traditional “time travel” movie in the same way that the classics of the genre are, but its weird angle on the concept is what Safety Not…

Tonic: If You Could Only See

Due to a chain of events that I can’t rightly remember, I embarked on a journey today; I began to plow through a wondrous Spotify playlist featuring all the tracks from “Now That’s What I Call Music” albums 1-45, in order. Tonic’s “If You Could Only See” is but one of the hidden treasures the…

What It’s Like to Have Synesthesia And See All Your Numbers in Color

In the big wide world of mental disorders, synesthesia is probably one of the most interesting and least harmful. It’s like a sensory remix. But what’s it really like? Alex from Bite Sci-Zed, who “suffers” from a flavor of the disorder where her numberals have very distinct colors, explains it. By the numbers. [Numberphile]

Some Off-Shore Oil Rigs Have Been “Incapacitated” By Malware Thanks To Pirated Music and Porn

Hacks have been popping up all over the place recently. Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, various news organizations. And off-shore oil rigs aren’t to be left out. According to the Houston Chronicle, more than one of the things have been “incapacitated” by malware that can be traced back to the Internet’s most common vices: pirated music and…