Mario Aguilar

Skitch Update Might Make Doodling on Screen Captures Fun Again

Skitch is a wonderful screenshot annotation tool. Or at least it was, until version 2.0 of the application rolled out this past September. Despite a cleaner look, version 2.0 eliminated many of the features that made us love the app. Well, version 2.0.3 brings back some of the older and easier sharing features people liked,…

Is it OK to Propose on Twitter?

Electronic music superstar and friend of Gizmodo Deadmau5 just got engaged to the beautiful and talented Kat Von D. (Congrats dudes!!!) But no matter how happy we are for the love birds, we can’t seem to agree about whether or not popping the question on social media is OK. Discuss.

Google’s new music matching service is basically iTunes Match streaming playback for free. [ATD]

Sprint 4G LTE expands in Chicago. Now added: Indianapolis and parts of California and Pennsylvania.

How to Install an Escalator on the 101st Floor of America’s Tallest Building

Here we see an escalator being hoisted to the 101st floor of World Trade Center 1. (How did you think they got escalators up that high?) At first glance, the dizzying perspective of this photo will make your brain hurt. Here’s the thing: the photograph, posted by Reddit user Jacknappler, isn’t what it seems. The…

The Secret Behind The Hobbit’s Epic Sound

The Soundworks Collection has released a mini-documentary about how the epic sound of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was created. From begininning to end, Peter Jackson’s team used more advanced tech than on the original Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Despite having three films worth of Middle Earth sound to draw on, basically everything for…

If This Is Blackberry’s New OS, It Looks Very Familiar…

Vietnamese site Tinhte (link currently down) claims to have gotten its hands on some advanced screenshots of BB10, which is expected to launch at the end of next month. For the revamped operating system, it looks like RIM has taken pieces from Apple, Google, and Microsoft competitors and jammed them together. It’s the best looking…

This Poor Guy Got Nailed Trying to Steal a Creepy Miley Cyrus Sex Doll

This poor pimple-faced chum just landed himself in the slammer for attempting to shoplift this disgusting Miley Cyrus blow up doll. The retail price of the doll: $19.99. Verdict: Gross, and not worth the risk of getting your face plastered all over the Internet for trying to steal it. Benjamin Greene, 22, was busted trying…

TNT is blowing up on Amazon. Falling Skies and The Closer will now be available on Prime Instant Streaming.

Your Instagram Data Is Now Officially Facebook Data

A new Instagram privacy policy goes into effect on January 16th, 2013. The service will now be sharing your data with its new owner Facebook. Get used to it. Basically, Instagram has updated a few of the subhead sections of its policy to reflect the fact that it is a part of Facebook now. Instagram…

Holiday Treats Are Even Better When You Destroy Them in Slow Motion

Conan O’Brien probably understands the absurdity of slow-motion destruction porn better than anyone else. But really, we’ve never seen anything like Andy Richter dressed as Santa getting doused by an ocean of egg nog in slow motion. So sticky. So good. Bless you, Conan. [Devour] https://gizmodo.com/conan-takes-super-slo-mo-to-absurd-new-heights-5930862

Oh God a Snapchat for Video Is Coming

When Snapchat emerged as the optimal way to send other people sexy photographs of yourself, it was only a matter of time until someone made an identical app for video. Vidburn is that app. It’s coming soon. Get your penis ready. https://gizmodo.com/snapchat-automatically-sets-your-sexts-to-self-destruct-5908200 Here’s how Vidburn works: You take a video that’s up to five seconds…

Google+ Update Adds GIFs on Android and a Crap-Ton More

Google just added a load of new features to Google+ that should make it more fun to look at on your phone and more useful for your life. If you use Android, you’ll start reaping the benefits immediately. First of all, images. If you use Google’s instant upload feature on Android, Google will now let…

Boozy Gifts for Merry Drunkards

Yup, some people love to drink. And people who really truly love getting ripped can always appreciate a gadget that make knocking one back a little easier. Here’s some loot your thirstiest pal would love to find stashed away in a stocking. Hey there! You might notice our gift guides look a little different this…

Samsung Galaxy Camera Review: Android Franken-Camera, You Are Absurd and Almost Wonderful

“Android camera.” It doesn’t even sound like a real thing. That’s why the Samsung Galaxy Camera could easily have been a nonsense concept—two desirable things hurled together in hopes that the result will be a revolutionary hybrid, and not a catastrophe. But forget all that, because it’s neither. Instead, the Galaxy Camera is a deftly…

Facebook for Android 2.0: Completely Rebuilt for Speed

Today, Facebook is releasing an entirely new version of Facebook for Android. The biggest change you’ll notice, according to the engineering team, is that the app is way faster than it was before. Facebook 2.0 is now coded as a completely native app rather than a native/webview hybrid. The result is that the app will…

NuForce HP-800 Headphones Could Rule Your Desk for Not a Lot of Cash

The world really needs more desk-class headphones. By that we mean, high-quality, over-ear cans for blocking out the jerk in the next cubicle that don’t cost upwards of $300. We’ve got real high hopes that for $150, these new headphones from NuForce might just hit that nine-to-five sweet spot. It seems like every other month…

NASA Posts Video 10 Days Early Explaining Why the World Didn’t End

The world will not end on December 21st, 2012. The government is sure of it and so is NASA. In fact, NASA is so confident that the world will not on that day, that it has already published the December 22nd, 2012 ScienceCast video explaining why the world didn’t end the day before. Heady. https://gizmodo.com/jungle-science-mayans-actually-didnt-predict-a-2012-ap-5909356…

The Samsung Galaxy Camera comes to Verizon on December 13th for $550. That’s 50 bucks more than on AT&T.

How to Send a Facebook Gift

Starting today, you can buy your Facebook friends real-life gifts. Woohoo! Now you can advertise to everyone on Facebook how you are just such a fantastically nice dude(tte). Here’s how to do it. https://gizmodo.com/facebook-gifts-just-became-the-easiest-way-to-look-good-5961263 We’ll my good friend and colleague Kyle Wagner as a guinea pig; I’ve noticed lately that he could really use a…