Mario Aguilar

iOS 8 Concept Shows Just How Useful Widgets and Live Tiles Would Be

Designer Jay Machalani just posted a concept that explores how iOS could be vastly improved if app icons weren’t just static blobs. Instead, they could be dynamic UI objects that behaved more like widgets in Android or Live Tiles in Windows Phone. Machalani’s concept is so slickly produced that it might leave you drooling. He…

Report: Amazon’s Streaming Music Service Will Only Have Older Tunes

Buzzfeed reports that the rumored Amazon Prime streaming music service will launch this June or July, and that will only contain songs that have been out for six months or longer. That way it’ll be an added service for its own customers without providing a comparable alternative to services like Beats Music and Spotify that…

9/11 Museum Gift Shop Removes One Tacky Item Following Outrage

After widespread outrage over the tacky crap that stocks the shelves of the 9/11 Museum’s gift shop at Ground Zero, an especially tasteless 9/11-themed cheese plate has been removed. Museum officials have vowed to consult families of victims over the remaining items. Kudos on the correction, but it probably should have been done sooner. Tons…

Beats Solo2: A New Day, Same Beats By Dre

It’s been hours—hours!—since Apple and Beats announced they would be tying the financial knot, and today, we’re getting a revamped version of Beats’ most popular headphone. The Solo was a winner, and so the new Solo2 doesn’t mess with the recipe much. The Solo2 sport an identical foldable, on-ear design to the older model. The…

Vimeo’s ordering up its first batch of original content for its on-demand service in the form of six episodes of the hilarious web series High Maintenance. No word on how much individual episodes will cost.

Apple Just Hired the Two Smartest Music Moguls of Our Time

It’s official, Apple’s dropping $3 billion on a headphone empire. But more than a blockbuster headphone brand and a promising streaming music service, Apple is getting two of the smartest music and entertainment minds in the world. Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine work for Apple now, and that’s a potentially revolutionary combination. Beats by Dre…

Apple Is Officially Buying Beats for $3 Billion

After weeks of rumors and speculation, Apple has officially bought Beats By Dre for $3 billion. The deal includes both Beats’ immensely lucrative headphone business and the recently launched streaming audio service. Beats founders Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre will join Apple. That’s right, Dr. Dre works for Apple now. There has been a lot…

Samsung Wants to Be the Central Platform for All Wearables

In the last year, Samsung has released three different smartwatches in an apparent attempt to iterate and get out ahead of the pack with a viable product that’s actually useful. Today, we’re getting a look at Samsung’s master plan here: It wants to develop the central open platform for all the the data your wearables…

LG G3 Hands-On: Glorious Hardware, With Software That’s Actually Usable

Last year’s LG G2 was a marvel of hardware stuffed with miserable software that made the phone a perfect case for ditching bloat and rooting it, as unappealing as that option might be to normal folk. So I had a feeling that this year’s G3 would bring more of the same. After spending a few…

LG G3: A Bigger, Burlier Smartphone Workhorse

Today, LG is dumping the details on its latest Android flagship, the G3, which follows last year’s promising—and disappointing—top tier smartphone. This year’s model antes up on screen size and power, but does it have the brains to match? The LG G3 has a 5.5-inch Quad HD (2560 x 1440) display—that’s a pretty significant screen…

Lomography’s First Instant Camera Uses Real-Life Filters

The retro camera fanatics at Lomography are diving into the world of instant photography with a colorful new shooter packed with all the charm and nostalgia of the 35mm Lomos you’ve known for years. It follows from the spirit of the Impossible Project, which proved that stirring up interest in lo-fi photo is eminently possible…

The anonymous sharing app, Secret, is now available for Android. Now everyone can spill the beans without revealing themselves.

Giroptic’s Egg-Shaped 360cam Captures Perfect HD Video Spheres

The little palm-sized egg above looks like a kitchen timer, but it’s really a powerful video camera that records 360 degree video. It’s rugged like an action camera, loaded with connectivity options, and designed to work out of the box without any proprietary kinks. Giroptic has been in the 360 video game for years, but…

The Tasteless Crap That Fills the 9/11 Museum Gift Shop

The National September 11 Memorial Museum opens to the public this Wednesday, May 21st. It’s an important place of remembrance for the thousands of innocent people killed that infamous day in 2001. It also has a gift shop full of tasteless kitsch. The purpose of the 9/11 museum shop is to raise money for the…

Reminder: DJs Don’t Do Anything Besides Press Play

The latest SNL Digital Short features ex-cast member (and last weekend’s SNL host) Andy Samburg as a world-famous DJ who doesn’t do anything but press a single button on stage. It’s a hilarious parody, but it also tells the stark truth about DJs: Once they’ve put in the hard work of producing a track in…

Foursquare’s new check-in app, Swarm, is rolling out for iPhone and Android. When it’s live those links will work. Let us know what you think.

Thousands of Gallons of Crude Oil Spill In Los Angeles

As many as 50,000 gallons of crude oil spilled onto the streets of Los Angeles early this morning when a 20-inch pipeline ruptured. According to the Los Angeles Fire Department, the oil is knee-deep in places. The LAFD says that 50,000 gallons spilled. The latest AP report says only 10,000 gallons spilled. Either way, that’s…

Tivoli’s Music System Three Is Portable, Bluetooth, and Beautiful

Tivoli’s gorgeous radios and music player combos are all about their throwback design. Design that harkens back to the old days when hi-fis were unwieldy plugin appliances that you installed in a corner of your living room. Today, the company’s powerful Music System line goes portable for the first time. The new Music System Three…

Today Is Your Last Chance to Watch NASA’s Space Oddity Recorded in Space

A year ago, Col. Chris Hadfield posted a stirring home-brew video of him performing David Bowie’s Space Oddity—while afloat in the International Space Station. For copyright reasons, today’s your last chance to watch the video. 22 million views later. Sheesh. Col. Hadfield just posted the following to his Tumblr: Bowie’s last day – we had…

What Other Companies Could Apple Buy With Its $150 Billion In Cash?

At the end of its last financial quarter, Apple had $151 billion in cash just sitting there collecting dust. Is it any wonder it’s going after profitable companies like Beats? What’s $3.2 billion? Here’s a humorous look at just how many companies Apple could buy with its stack-o-cash—and just how easily a corporate shopping spree…