Mario Aguilar

​Nokia MixRadio Is the Easiest Streaming Music Service Yet

Sometimes all you want to do is press play on a magical big red button and hear the music you like. That one-touch startup has never been done as simply as has been in Nokia Music’s overhauled Windows Phone app, MixRadio. You turn it on, and it plays a station that’s perfectly tailored to all…

Google Play Newsstand Is Your Personalized Feed of Stuff to Read

Google is overhauling its approach to serving you articles and news. With “Newsstand” Google’s taking another shot at building a one-stop app for all the different stuff you might want to read online. It’s a bit like Flipboard meets your magazine subscriptions in a single application for your phone. Google Play Newsstand replaces the existing…

Logitech PowerShell: A Slim, Sturdy, (Maybe Dope) iOS Gaming Controller

The anticipated gaming controllers for iPhone and iPod Touch are arriving in droves it seems. Today, we’re getting our first look at the Logitech PowerShell, an insanely simple little gamepad that’s supposed to turn touch gaming into something closer to console gaming—without going overboard. The timing of today’s announcement is conspicuous given that the Moga…

All the Weird Stuff Blockbuster Stores Are Putting on Craigslist

At Blockbusters across the country, Everything Must Go! Pretty soon, the rental chain’s remaining locations will be closed, so last week, workers sifted through the rubble of their once thriving businesses and prepared the stores for the final rite of retail: The liquidation. https://gizmodo.com/rip-blockbuster-or-why-cant-i-watch-indiana-jones-1459602835 We sifted through the multitude of closing announcements on Craigslist and…

Today, Amazon is rolling out pretty slick Goodreads integration to the Kindle Paperwhite. You might recall that just yesterday, Kindle Fire tabletsgot a very similar update. If you’re a Goodreads user, the update affords you handy features like the ability to share passages without leaving the page you’re on. If you’re not a Goodreads user,…

Moga Ace iOS Game Controller First Look: Cheap Fun, Huge Potential

Ever since Apple introduced reference designs and an API for iOS gaming controllers at WWDC, we’ve known some kind of officially sanctioned iOS hardware was on the way. The Moga Ace is the first we’ve gotten in our hot little hands on, and after playing with it for a few days, we can safely say…

Shelved Android Code Hints That Way Better Camera Apps Are Coming

Android has come a long way as a platform in the last couple of years, but one drawback of the phones is that for the most part their cameras lag behind what’s available for Windows Phone and iOS ). A batch of comments discovered in the Android source code hints that the cameras might be…

Nokia 1520 Review: A Burden in My Hand

Is a device with a 6-inch display even a smartphone anymore? The Lumia 1520 is so comically large that doing ordinary smartphone things with it feels like you’re making a joke. At its best, the 1520 is a funny party trick. At its worst, it’s absurd. What Is It? A Windows Phone with a 6-inch…

The Google Play Music iOS App Is Finally Here

Google Play Music has always sort of been available on iOS through your favorite HTML 5-enabled browser app, but today, the service is available as a native iOS application. Rejoice! The new Google Play Musi app includes both the standard, free Google Play Music service that allows you to match and upload your music collection…

Deconstructed Gaming Controllers Reveal Gorgeous Old School Guts

Above, you’re looking at the surgically disassembled guts of an old Jaguar controller, the short-lived console originally released by Atari in 1993. It’s a thing of beauty, and just one of a series that’s equal parts nostalgia and drool. Brandon Allen‘s photos of dissected gamepads are nothing short of breathtaking. A strange obsession with the…

Nexus 5 Camera Battle: Welcome to Photography, Google

Last year’s Nexus 4 was a wonderful phone paired with a miserably subpar camera. By contrast, the Nexus 5 is loaded with all the excellence Google and LG could muster, including a camera that can almost keep up with the big boys. Here’s how it stacks up. Just how good is the camera on the…

AMD’s Roadmap: More Horsepower, Less Juice, But Is It Enough?

Since Intel ramped up its mobile chipsets a few years ago, AMD has been losing a lot of ground on laptops and tablets—in the public mind at least. The company just announced the rest of its product roadmap for next year. They feature a significant power-to-performance efficiency improvement. Will it be enough? Over the summer,…

Motorola Moto G: $180 (Off Contract!) of Android KitKat Goodness

For all the super-powerful flagship Android handsets out there, the OS gained popularity because it’s traditionally been a cheaper alternative to the priciness of Apple’s iPhone. With that in mind, here’s the Motorola Moto G, a solid Android phone that’ll be available off-contract for just $180. https://gizmodo.com/android-is-popular-because-its-cheap-not-because-its-g-5977625 So here’s the spec breakdown: $180 gets you…

iPad Mini With Retina Display Spills Its Glorious High-Resolution Guts

The new iPad Mini with retina display finally started trickling into stores yesterday, and as usual, the fine folks at iFixit have taken up their multifarious tools of gadget disassembly and seized upon the unsuspecting device. Here’s what this baby looks like under the hood. There are slight design changes and tweaks under the hood,…

This Dope Music Video Was Shot With an iPhone and a Weird Lens Adapter

The video for Leverage Models’ new single, “Sweep,” is a total heart-stopper. The slow-motion footage and shallow depth-of-field perfectly matches the song’s billowy dance rhythm. It’s absolutely gorgeous, and it might surprise you to learn that it was shot on the absolute cheap for less than $500. No fancy video cameras here—just a couple of…

Google Glass Is Officially Getting Google Play Music Integration

Google is expanding its Glass platform to include Google Play Music integration integration—and a snazzy set of $85 earbuds to boot. So now you can bark at your augmented reality specs to play jams at you. “OK Glass: Play METAL!!” Indeed, as reported earlier today by the NYT, Google Glass will now be getting all…

Gmail’s New Buttons Let You Take Care of Business Without Opening Email

Anything Google does to prevent my needing to dive into my email to perform simple tasks gets a big old thumbs up, which is why I’m stoked (*STOKED*) that Gmail is getting a new set of “quick action” buttons that’ll let you do more directly from your inbox subject lines, without actually opening up an…

How the GoPro Became the Best Selling Camera In the World

The GoPro is an amazing action camera that lets people record extreme sports, daredevil feats, and other spectacles. Just a few years ago, it would have been impossible. But, today, it is the best-selling camera in the world. https://gizmodo.com/ride-along-as-a-madman-drives-a-snowmobile-off-the-edge-509535953 In a short 60 Minutes profile, Anderson Cooper runs through the story of the rugged camera…

Swipe Passwords for Online Banking Is a Genius Idea

Online banking on your smartphone is one of those wonderful services that lets you avoid overdrafts, or more importantly, awkward, “your credit card has been declined” moments. But entering an online banking password on an itty bitty keyboard problem is no fun. Capital One’s new SureSwipe allows you to set up an Android-style pattern password…

Xbox One vs PS4 Streaming Apps in One Glorious Megachart

Both PlayStation 4 and Xbox One want to be way more than just your gaming console—they want to be the centerpiece of your home entertainment system. This week, we got our first look at the apps that’ll launch with both consoles. Here’s how they measure up. On the numbers game alone, Xbox One appears to…