Mario Aguilar, Author at Gizmodo

FCC Tells Verizon It Can’t Force You To Pay $20 For Tethering Anymore

The FCC and Verizon put an ongoing dispute to rest today when the carrier agreed to allow is customers to use tethering apps with its data plans. You’re damn right! Until now, Verizon worked with Google to block tethering apps from being downloaded to Android devices from Google Play. The company instead demanded that customers…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jul 31 '12

Go Get Your @Outlook Email Address Quick Before Someone Else Does

The new Hotmail is here, and with it comes a whole new @outlook.com domain to colonize. That means it’s time to act quickly to get [email protected]. Certain members of our staff with very very common names—not saying who—have scored in the Outlook landgrab. GOGOGOGOGO before it’s too late! Protip: We’ve had better luck going for…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jul 31 '12

Google Maps Mercifully Now Shows NYC Subway Alerts

Google wants to relieve New Yorkers of one of the Subway’s biggest annoyances: Planned service changes you didn’t know about. Now, whenever you click on a Subway station in Google Maps, the information box that pops up will display detailed service advisories like the ones the MTA posts on its website and in stations. The…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jul 31 '12

ASCII-ized Google Street View Is a Beautiful Way To Get Lost

Digital maps of the world have gotten so comprehensive, complex, and accessible that it’s easy to take marvels like Google Street View for granted. Leave it to these gorgeous, real-time ASCII renderings of Street View to remind you that holy crap it’s incredible. Coded by Peter Nitsch ASCII Street View plays on the ages old…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jul 30 '12

Put a Wang in Your Ear Hole

Do you remember five years ago, when you could spot an iPod/iPhone owner from a mile away by their standard issue white Apple earbuds? There’s much more headphone diversity these days, but buds are still immensely popular and Apple sells bunches of them. Fanny Wang wants to stick it to Apple hard with Wang Buds.…

Gadgets Mario Aguilar Jul 30 '12

Infuriating RIAA Knew That SOPA and PIPA Were Useless All Along

TorrentFreak has posted a supposedly leaked presentation by the RIAA’s chief lawyer that says that it defended SOPA and PIPA even though it knew the censorship legislation wouldn’t be effective against music piracy. Is the RIAA for real or are they just covering their asses, and what does it mean for your freedom going forward?…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jul 30 '12

At Least Digg’s Killing the Dreaded DiggBar

Just a few weeks ago, Digg sold itself for a pittance. Now, the new Digg team has posted a preview of what it’s calling v1: its ambitious plan to fix the ailing network. Signs of life! A battery of new changes! The new design launching later this week will dispense with horrid DiggBar. Will it…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jul 30 '12

Boeing 787 Rains Burning Engine Debris Down on Airport

During a ground test on a runway in South Carolina over the weekend, a Boeing 787 Dreamliner expelled a piece of debris that landed on grass and caught fire. It’s just the latest setback for the $200 million passenger megaplane of the future. Scary. The Chicago Tribune reports that the National Transportation Safety Board is…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jul 30 '12

Charles Darwin Hacked Together His Own Office Chair Because He Was a Genius

If you’re reading this post there’s a pretty good chance you’re doing so on a computer. You’re probably sitting in a wonderfully ergonomic office chair too. We have Charles Darwin to thank for the latter—sort of. Darwin was a notorious workaholic. Though he spent many years gallivanting around the world collecting specimens, at some point…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jul 27 '12

3 Million Suckers Still Pay For AOL Dial-Up

Remember the whimsical sounds your 56k modem made as it connected to AOL? BADONG-BADONG! Then a semi-officious voice announced you were online, “Welcome!” Yeah, that was in the 90’s. Well according to the company’s latest earnings report there are three million fools who are still paying for AOL dial-up Internet. WHHHHHHY? According to Dan Frommer…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jul 27 '12

Delightful Vintage Speakers Resurrected for Your Music Player

If you walk into any thrift store from coast-to-coast and wander over to the electronics section, you’re likely to find an old bedside radio castaway amongst the discarded tube televisions, and 100-disc CD changers. This German company’s taking those vintage audio electronics and turning them into gorgeous speakers for your smartphone. These individually hacked-together speakers…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jul 27 '12

How Google Plans to Turn a Profit on Kick Ass Gigabit Fiber—Maybe

Sometimes with all of Google’s highfalutin talk about making the world’s information useful, it’s easy to forget that it’s a business. GigaOm reports that the Google Fiber “experiment” in Kansas City is no exception. It’s not infrastructural charity. It’s a money-maker. Or at least it could be. On paper the economics of Google Fiber seem…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jul 27 '12

Makerbot-Forged Mixtape Is the Most Nostalgic Way to Spread Music Love

Before sharing a playlist of songs with a crush was as simple as a few clicks, the mixtape was a labor of love; a time-consuming project. Every song was carefully considered. That’s all gone now, of course, but this DIY MP3 player conjured up by MakerBot can help bring it back. The MakerBot Mixtape is…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jul 27 '12

The Most Bullsh*t Specs List I’ve Ever Seen

The list of features on this $200 Bluetooth speaker is absolutely remarkable. I’ve never seen so much bullshit on one page, and I look at bullshit about shitty products all day. The marketing materials for Croon Audio’s The Original are pretentious mound of meaningless jargon. Even the name, “The Original,” clumsily falls off your tongue…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jul 26 '12

Why Your Old Mac Can’t Use Mountain Lion AirPlay Mirroring

AirPlay mirroring is one of the sweet new features that arrives on your Mac with OS X Mountain Lion—as long as you have a newer computer. But if you’ve got a pre-2011 Mac, it’s not going to work. Cult of Mac explains that it’s a hardware problem and not a conspiracy. https://gizmodo.com/os-x-mountain-lion-all-the-good-stuff-5928962 You need a…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jul 26 '12

Your Sprint 4G Sucks Because of BIRDS

Sprint’s LTE network has been slow to roll out with only 15 cities up and running so far. On the company’s conference call this morning, it divulged an unusual culprit: Birds! It seems that birds are living all up in Sprint’s LTE towers and hampering your 4G coverage. We’re so glad human incompetence and technical…

Biology Mario Aguilar Jul 26 '12

Fanny Wang 3001 Noise-Canceling Headphones Review: Phat Sound, Phony Fashion

If we’ve learned anything from Beats by Dre, it’s that adding a little bit of style to an audio product goes a long way. The people will pay for it. But is there room for more than one purveyor of premium, fashionista cans? Fanny Wang intends to find out. What Is It? A $300 pair…

Reviews Mario Aguilar Jul 25 '12

This Magnesium Firestarter Will Impress Fellow Outdoorsmen—And Maybe Save Your Ass

If you get lost in the woods, sooner or later you’re going to run out of waterproof matches. Right? Or at least that’s why I always go hiking with a block of magnesium in my bag. This handy firestarter tool takes that rudimentary lifesaver to a magnificent new level. The Magnesium Fire Starter from Kaufmann…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jul 25 '12

The Bots That Run Wikipedia

Wikipedia is probably the most impressive crowdsourced endeavor in history, but if you think that every little edit is being clacked out in the basement lair of some volunteer, you’re way, way wrong. Wikipedia relies on an army of bots to keep the quality of articles high and trolls at bay. The BBC has a…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jul 25 '12

This Gorgeous Dutch Bike Is the Perfect City Ride

I’ve got a FAST custom road bike. I love it, but in the city it feels like a sports car. It needs a lot of TLC, and I’ve got to constantly worry about it getting stolen. For what? To be stuck in traffic? I need a killer city bike like the Vanmoof 5.7. Dutch bike…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jul 25 '12

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FCC Tells Verizon It Can’t Force You To Pay $20 For Tethering Anymore

Go Get Your @Outlook Email Address Quick Before Someone Else Does

Google Maps Mercifully Now Shows NYC Subway Alerts

ASCII-ized Google Street View Is a Beautiful Way To Get Lost

Put a Wang in Your Ear Hole

Infuriating RIAA Knew That SOPA and PIPA Were Useless All Along

At Least Digg’s Killing the Dreaded DiggBar

Boeing 787 Rains Burning Engine Debris Down on Airport

Charles Darwin Hacked Together His Own Office Chair Because He Was a Genius

3 Million Suckers Still Pay For AOL Dial-Up

Delightful Vintage Speakers Resurrected for Your Music Player

How Google Plans to Turn a Profit on Kick Ass Gigabit Fiber—Maybe

Makerbot-Forged Mixtape Is the Most Nostalgic Way to Spread Music Love

The Most Bullsh*t Specs List I’ve Ever Seen

Why Your Old Mac Can’t Use Mountain Lion AirPlay Mirroring

Your Sprint 4G Sucks Because of BIRDS

Fanny Wang 3001 Noise-Canceling Headphones Review: Phat Sound, Phony Fashion

This Magnesium Firestarter Will Impress Fellow Outdoorsmen—And Maybe Save Your Ass

The Bots That Run Wikipedia

This Gorgeous Dutch Bike Is the Perfect City Ride

La-Z-Boy’s New Recliner Blasts Surround Sound at Your Butt

Crypto PACs Have More Money Than God (and Some Republican Groups)

Geekom’s 2026 Ryzen 9 Mini PC Hits All-Time Low at 33% Off (16GB RAM, 1TB SSD), No CPU or GPU Hunt Required

Forget JBL Go 4, Anker’s Soundcore Select 4 Go Speaker Is Down to Just $23 on Amazon

Back in 2000, Fox Executives Thought the ‘X-Men’ Movie Would Be a ‘Disaster’

Sleep-Tracking Earbuds Didn’t Fix Me, but They Did Open My Eyes

Apple M5 MacBook Air (16GB RAM, 1TB SSD) Just Got a Lot More Tempting, Now’s the Cheapest Time to Buy on Amazon

The Puppeteer Behind Rocky in ‘Project Hail Mary’ Is Oscar Eligible

Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic Drops to All-Time Low at Nearly 30% Off, Way Easier Than Buying a Rolex

Mint Mobile Is Giving Away the Samsung S26, Here’s How to Get One for $0

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