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How to Run iPad Apps on Your iPhone

It’s not exactly practical to do—what with different screen resolutions and such—but it’s possible to run iPad apps on your jailbroken iPhone. And true, the idea isn’t exactly new—enterprising folks did it when Netflix was iPad only—but it’s a bit easier to do now. Here’s how. Basically, you’ll need to download and install the iTelePad2Pod…

Tech News Casey Chan

Calling the Internet Police

Life in the cloud is all well and good until a server goes down. Tweetage Wasteland’s David Pell posits on the pitfalls of entrusting our offline lives to online services. A few months ago my friend Hudson was working on a new and promising internet business. He hired contractors for most of the work –…

Commerce Andrew Tarantola

The most gruesome fates in fantasy

Consequences are what give actions depth, and when magic and high intrigue are in the mix, the consequences can be huge. Have a look at the most terrible fates that fantasy characters have ever met. Unhappy Afterlife Sometimes consequences don’t even have to be for losers to be awful. Harry Potter has some pretty heavy…

Movies Esther Inglis-Arkell

The Best Deal of the Day

Ah, childhood nostalgia. It’s great, right? Especially when you have a love for that semi-obscure cartoon that only you have any memory of. For some of you, that cartoon is probably Defenders of the Earth, the ’80s cartoon which saw Flash Gordon, the Phantom and Mandrake the Magician doing battle against the likes of Ming…

Tech News Gizmodo Deals

World Of Warcraft Is The Future Of Online Dating

Dating sites are always looking for a method of matching people up with dates they’ll actually like in real life. But World of Warcraft may already have found it. Read the full story on Jezebel. https://kotaku.com/world-of-warcraft-is-the-future-of-online-dating-5795371

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Check out a 7-page preview of IDW’s Doctor Who comic: it’s the 11th Doctor vs. Jack the Ripper!

Here’s an exclusive sneak peek at IDW Publishing’s latest issue of Tony Lee’s Doctor Who. In the final installment of “Ripper’s Curse,” the Eleventh Doctor’s time-meddling may have put Amy Pond in the Ripper’s path. The issue hits stores Wednesday, April 27. Here’s the solicitation information from IDW: Doctor Who #4 Tony Lee (w) •…

Books & Comics Cyriaque Lamar

An iPhone App That Scans the Stuff You Buy in the Supermarket

I love supermarkets. The ginormousness and excessiveness of everything makes me happy. But I hate waiting in line in supermarkets. Seriously, I have to stand and wait in this line for 5 minutes in order to give you my money? But no more! I’m only shopping at Stop and Shop from now on, a supermarket…

Tech News Casey Chan

The Sharp Boundary Between Desert and Forest

The line between barren desert and lush forest isn’t a gentle transition at all — when viewed from space, it looks like a stark division. This image of the American Southwest is just one of the Earth photos going on display this month at the Library of Congress as part of the “Earth as Art…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

The RapidRoller is the Swiss Army Knife of Paint Rollers

Black & Decker’s RapidRoller’s frame pivots to three positions so that you can use it for different angles and jobs. It also sucks paint right out of the can through special lids and stores it in its body. The paint can then be applied to the roller with a squeeze of the handle. And to…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

What’s happened to Sith Girl? An update on everybody’s favorite Jedi Academy drop-out

By now you’ve all seen the infamous video of little Sariah Gallego publicly pledging her allegiance to Darth Vader in Disneyland. Turns out she’s totally legit. Check out this video update on the Sith Girl who won our hearts. https://gizmodo.com/little-girl-joins-the-dark-side-is-promptly-kicked-out-5791115 In this video interview with Jennifer Landa, Sariah reveals her Sith inspiration is Darth Talon,…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Apple Delaying iMac Orders, iMac Update Coming Soon?

iMac supplies have already been dwindling and now customers who’ve recently ordered an iMac have received notice from Apple that their iMac purchase will be ‘delayed’ until May 2nd. That matches with what 9to5 Mac’s source has been telling them: “to expect new iMacs the week of May 2nd as Apple will officially stop shipping…

Tech News Casey Chan

10 of the most badass dragons ever

There are friendly dragons who help small children, but they’re not badass. Then there are tame dragons who fight for humans, but very few of them are badass either. Luckily, we’ve got some truly hardcore dragons here to eat your face off. 10. Sapphiron (World of Warcraft) She’s an ultra-powerful blue dragon, who could channel…

io9 Annalee Newitz

The Vibrating Sauna Pants

Places I never thought needed more sweat: my crotchular region. But maybe I’ve been doing it wrong! This pair of vibrating sauna pants takes the hot hot heat of the sauna and packages it onto your package. Why oh why. The pants fit waists from 28 inches to 54 inches and have Velcro straps to…

Tech News Casey Chan

Will Foreign Governments Get an Answer Out of Apple?

South Korea is officially on Apple’s ass, looking for an answer about the company’s hidden tracking scandal. But they’re not alone: France, Germany, and Italy are also beginning privacy investigations. With Apple remaining silent, this may be our best shot. https://kotaku.com/ispy-conspiracy-your-iphone-is-secretly-tracking-every-5793925 Germany’s presence in the international investigatory headlock could be most promising of all—the country’s…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Rumored Photos of Next iPhone Emerge, Looking Pretty iPhone 4ish

It’s iPhone 5 rumor season! And while we have no reason to think that these rumored white iPhone 5 pictures at MIC Gadget are any more—or less—legitimate than the rounded-back iPhone 5 mockup that emerged last week, it certainly lines up with what the rumor mill has churned out so far. https://gizmodo.com/the-iphone-5-looks-weird-if-this-is-what-it-looks-like-5794940 The wider screen?…

Tech News Brian Barrett

How do you define badass fantasy?

It’s Badass Fantasy Day at io9! But before we kick the festivities off, what makes a fantasy tale demonstrably badass? To get a professional opinion on this matter, we recently talked with comic artist Darick Robertson, illustrator and co-creator of Transmetropolitan and The Boys. Robertson’s most famous works may be in science fiction and superheroes,…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

The Handheld Dracula That Sucks Your Entire Life from Your Phone

You might already be creeped out about what your phone knows. But as The Atlantic points out, iPhone tracking isn’t the half of it—there’s gear out there so powerful, the ACLU demanded answers from the state of Michigan. https://gizmodo.com/are-cops-using-devices-to-illegally-extract-data-from-y-5793261 Cellbrite’s handheld forensic tools are made to dump the entirety of your phone—and ergo, a large,…

Privacy & Security Sam Biddle

Meet the monster who lives in the Elephant’s Trunk Nebula

This nebula is located about 2,400 light-years from Earth. It gets its nickname from its elongated, trunk-like shape, but this close-up on the main body of the nebula reveals something else…is that a monster staring back at us? Of course, any weird faces you might see in the nebula are merely a case of cosmic…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

14 Ways to Use Dryer Sheets that Have Nothing to Do with the Dryer

Dryer sheets. You probably think their utility ended with soft jeans and cozy socks. Nope! Turns out there’s a whole mess of other uses for ’em. 1. De-static your clothes. Shirt sticking to your arms like a temporary tattoo? Wipe the shirt down with a dryer sheet, and enjoy the release. 2. Pick up pet…

Tech News Joe Brown

Wyld Stallyns will ride again! Bill & Ted 3’s script is finished!

We haven’t heard from Bill S. Preston, Esquire and Theodore “Ted” Logan since 1991. But actors Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter have promised their fans a third installment of Bill and Ted — and now the script is finally done! According to Alex Winter’s Twitter: @antmaurizio: Bill & Ted 3, less than 6 weeks away…

Movies Meredith Woerner

How to Run iPad Apps on Your iPhone

Calling the Internet Police

The most gruesome fates in fantasy

The Best Deal of the Day

World Of Warcraft Is The Future Of Online Dating

Check out a 7-page preview of IDW’s Doctor Who comic: it’s the 11th Doctor vs. Jack the Ripper!

An iPhone App That Scans the Stuff You Buy in the Supermarket

The Sharp Boundary Between Desert and Forest

The RapidRoller is the Swiss Army Knife of Paint Rollers

What’s happened to Sith Girl? An update on everybody’s favorite Jedi Academy drop-out

Apple Delaying iMac Orders, iMac Update Coming Soon?

10 of the most badass dragons ever

The Vibrating Sauna Pants

Will Foreign Governments Get an Answer Out of Apple?

Rumored Photos of Next iPhone Emerge, Looking Pretty iPhone 4ish

How do you define badass fantasy?

The Handheld Dracula That Sucks Your Entire Life from Your Phone

Meet the monster who lives in the Elephant’s Trunk Nebula

14 Ways to Use Dryer Sheets that Have Nothing to Do with the Dryer

Wyld Stallyns will ride again! Bill & Ted 3’s script is finished!

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