Mat Honan, Author at Gizmodo

Google’s New Plan: Annoy You Into Compliance

Google Plus users just got a pretty horrible new feature: search your name, and instead of finding out information about yourself, you’re asked to provide it. Quite simply, Google doesn’t want to give you information until you give it information. Guh. As Drew Olanoff of The Next Web noted today, if you are using Google’s…

Tech News Mat Honan Jan 23

Netflix Discovers It Has a Marketing Problem

Adage reports that Netflix is replacing its chief marketing officer Leslie Kilgore. You don’t say? I’m nearly as surprised as I was when yesterday was Thursday. Netflix’ marketing was nothing short of disasterous last year. It’s little wonder the company is looking for someone new. Kilgore has been running Netflix marketing since 2000, and obviously…

Tech News Mat Honan Jan 20

Facebook Launches Open Graph With 60 New Partners

Facebook opened up Open Graph tonight, its tool for letting third party developers share actions in your timeline. It announced 60 partners tonight, including AirBnB, Runkeeper, and Pintrest, and now it’s open to developers everywhere. Basically, privacy is over. What this means is the app-ification of your timeline. The new Open Graph tool will let…

Social Media Mat Honan Jan 18

SOPA And PIPA Are the Internet’s Own Damn Fault

Lots of sites are protesting SOPA today by going dark. Turning your website black is cute, and even attention-grabbing. But the only way SOPA dies is if the Internet industry starts lobbying just as hard as the entertainment industry. Look, I fully support efforts by Reddit and Wikipedia and others to raise awareness. But the…

Tech News Mat Honan Jan 18

Mark Zuckerberg Finally Comes Out Against SOPA

The drumbeat of heavy-hitting Internet companies that have come out against SOPA and PIPA continues to pound. Facebook founder and amateur butcher Mark Zuckerberg just came out against the bill, with a post on Facebook. Zuck notes that the company is against SOPA and PIPA in no uncertain terms. The post also links to Facebook’s…

Social Media Mat Honan Jan 18

Jerry Yang Out at Yahoo!

Yahoo! board member Jerry Yang has apparently been forced out of the company he founded. In a statement released today, Yahoo announced he had resigned from its board of directors, and all other positions at the company. In resigning, Yang wrote: My time at Yahoo!, from its founding to the present, has encompassed some of…

Tech News Mat Honan Jan 17

This Kind of Ignorance Is What Gives Gadget Guys A Bad Name (Updated)

At CES last week, in addition to all the gear and gadgets, there was something else on display: women. As with many trade shows—especially ones aimed at a male audience—CES was rife with booth babes. Yet when the BBC ran a story on the practice of hiring scantily-clad models to stand around booths and draw…

Tech News Mat Honan Jan 17

Here’s What The iPad 3, 4, and 5 Will Look Like

You may have seen the story that the iPad 3 has gone into production. We’re pleased to announce that we already know what it’s going to look like. In fact, we know about the next two models after that as well. Although a few details may change before they hit shelves, we’ve got an exclusive…

Tech News Mat Honan Jan 13

Google’s Newest Search Result? An FTC Antitrust Investigation

I’m not the only one troubled by Google’s new Search Plus Your World—Google’s aggressive push to include social results in its search that seems to favor Google+ over other social media services. So is the FTC. Bloomberg reports the FTC has expanded its antitrust probe to look at whether or not Google is giving preferential…

Tech News Mat Honan Jan 13

Nearly Two-Thirds of Apple’s Suppliers Don’t Abide by Worker Hours Limits

Apple for the first time (to its credit!) released a list of suppliers today along with a compliance report that shows only 38-percent are abiding by rules on work hours limits. According to Apple’s audit, at 93 facilities more than 50 percent of people worked more than its limit of 60 hours per week. At…

Tech News Mat Honan Jan 13

Two Dudes in Suits Passed Out on Forklifts

Okay, okay, so it’s not a forklift. Whatever it is, that can’t be comfy. But sometimes, you’ve just gotta konk. I feel you, fellas. I feel you.

Tech News Mat Honan Jan 12

Google Just Made Bing the Best Search Engine

I just switched the default search engine in my browser from Google to Bing. And if you care about working efficiently, or getting the right results when you search, then maybe you should too. Don’t laugh! Google changed the way search works this week. It deeply integrated Google+ into search results. It’s ostensibly meant to…

Tech News Mat Honan Jan 12

The One About The Las Vegas Per Diem (Updated)

“Just bought $50 of burritos to take home because I haven’t finished my per diem.” That’s the message we just got from Gizmodo editorial assistant Kyle Wagner, who clearly doesn’t quite get how Gawker Media per diems work. Update: Airport security took Kyle’s burritos away. Can someone meet Wagner at JFK with some burritos please?

Tech News Mat Honan Jan 11

All These Waterproof Gadgets Are Making Me Wet!

We’ve been beating the drum for waterproof gadgets for some time now. (That our fearless leader Joe Brown is a fly fisherman may have a little bit to do with this.) Well, they’re finally starting to arrive in promising numbers. While you can’t exactly say that it’s overwhelming, they’re here, sprinkled throughout the show floor…

Gadgets Mat Honan Jan 11

Fever Dream of a Guilt-Ridden Gadget Reporter

I trudge past several million dollars worth of 3DTVs, looking for a good place to take a shit. The toilets are all filthy. CES attendees are overwhlemingly men. Men are filthy, especially when they’ve been drinking too much coffee and eating Vegas buffets. So I duck into the ladies’ room. It is empty and pristine.…

Tech News Mat Honan Jan 11

The Most (and Least) Amazing Things We Saw at CES Day One

Day one is winding down at CES, and we’re already starting to see some trends emerge. Like, everyone seems to have the flu. And, wow, those are some big-ass TVs. But we’ve been picking up on a few themes that seem to be emerging after this first official day of CES. Here are the highlights,…

Tech News Mat Honan Jan 10

I Don’t Think I Want Polaroid’s Android Point And Shoot Camera Yet

Polaroid is trying to stay relevant in the digital age with a camera that’s an Android mashup with a 3x optical zoom, 720p video, a 16 MB sensor and, well, a lot of head scratch. The Android OS that powers the phone does have interesting capabilities—you’ll be able to edit photos on the fly, for…

Tech News Mat Honan Jan 10

Oh, Dancing Robot, Please Boogie Forevermore

Oh just admit it this robot can totally do the robot way better than you can do the robot, you robot-doing dancer.

Tech News Mat Honan Jan 10

Man on Man Gold-Rimmed Segway CES Monster Love

How would you roll if you were a big baller CEO of one of the world’s largest electronics companies? If you’re Monster Cable CEO Noel Lee, on a tricked out gold-rimmed Segway of course. Oh, and look, a Segway-strapped admirer! So Lee is rolling on his Segway, talking to military brass (really) and generally just…

Tech News Mat Honan Jan 10

LG’s Massive 84-Inch Ultradefinition TV Won’t Fit In My Anything

If you want to get a sense of just how massive LG Display’s new 84-inch Ultradefinition 3DTV is, check out this shot. That tiny-looking TV on the left? It’s a ridiculously big 60 inches, dwarfed by LG’s 4K monster. Are you very rich? Is your home very large? You are totally going to want the…

Tech News Mat Honan Jan 10

Mat Honan

Google’s New Plan: Annoy You Into Compliance

Netflix Discovers It Has a Marketing Problem

Facebook Launches Open Graph With 60 New Partners

SOPA And PIPA Are the Internet’s Own Damn Fault

Mark Zuckerberg Finally Comes Out Against SOPA

Jerry Yang Out at Yahoo!

This Kind of Ignorance Is What Gives Gadget Guys A Bad Name (Updated)

Here’s What The iPad 3, 4, and 5 Will Look Like

Google’s Newest Search Result? An FTC Antitrust Investigation

Nearly Two-Thirds of Apple’s Suppliers Don’t Abide by Worker Hours Limits

Two Dudes in Suits Passed Out on Forklifts

Google Just Made Bing the Best Search Engine

The One About The Las Vegas Per Diem (Updated)

All These Waterproof Gadgets Are Making Me Wet!

Fever Dream of a Guilt-Ridden Gadget Reporter

The Most (and Least) Amazing Things We Saw at CES Day One

I Don’t Think I Want Polaroid’s Android Point And Shoot Camera Yet

Oh, Dancing Robot, Please Boogie Forevermore

Man on Man Gold-Rimmed Segway CES Monster Love

LG’s Massive 84-Inch Ultradefinition TV Won’t Fit In My Anything

Southwest Is About to Limit Power Banks on Flights

Damn, the ‘Power Rangers’ Reboot Could’ve Had Four Movies

The Live-Action ‘One Piece’ Team Wants to Go the Distance

‘Lee Cronin’s The Mummy’ Will Please Gross Horror Fans

Somehow Paramount’s ‘Avatar’ Movie Has Leaked, Too

The World Is Basically Begging for Another iPod

Anker’s EufyMake E1 Finally Brings Printers Out of the Dark Ages

OpenAI Says Elon Musk Is ‘Injecting Chaos’ with Recent Legal Maneuver

Google Displayed Polymarket Bets as News ‘In Error,’ Google Says

‘Marvel Rivals’ Wants to Start Being More Than Just a Hero Shooter

This Loud-Ass Party Speaker Almost Got Me High AF

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

AirPods Max 2 vs. Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones (2nd Gen): Which ANC Headphones Win?

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