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The iPhone Apps Everyone Should Have March 2011

The end of the month is here, and that means it’s time to do a little housekeeping on our list of the absolute best iPhone apps. Who will be inducted? Who will unceremoniously get the boot? https://gizmodo.com/the-best-iphone-apps-5676549 Added: GroupMe: A godsend of a group messaging app, GroupMe killed for us at CES. The idea is…

Tech News Casey Chan

The New Essential Apps March 2011: iPhone, Android, iPad and Windows Phone

iPhones! iPads! Android! And yes, Windows Phone 7! We’ve updated all of our essential apps lists to include a few forgotten favorites, some long awaited arrivals and, as always, even more amazing apps. Be sure to check out the iPad and Windows Phone 7 lists! https://gizmodo.com/the-best-iphone-apps-5676549 The Best iPhone Apps Photosync, a wireless photo transferring…

Tech News Gizmodo Staff

Twitter Nixes the Dickbar From Their iPhone App

After much public outrage regarding the addition of the QuickBar (aka Dickbar) to the iPhone Twitter App, Twitter says they’re removing it for the time being. However, they cite metrics indicating high usage of the bar and claim they’re working on a better solution. [Twitter]

Tech News Adrian Covert

Breaking down Doctor Who’s epic new trailer shot by shot

Yesterday, Doctor Who unleashed its second trailer for the upcoming series six, and we’re only just now recovering from all the insanity and awesomeness. But what’s really going on in the new trailer? It’s time to break this trailer down! Before we get started, you may want to rewatch the trailer here, and you may…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

American eBay Hustlers Shipping Fewer iPads Out of the Country

eBay’s dropped sales data on the iPad 2, and the shift from the tablet’s predecessor is dramatic: 65% of the devices are being sold to other Americans, as opposed to 35% for the original iPad. Also: lots going to Canada and Russia! Those two countries lead the pack of foreign importers, followed by by Hong…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Samsung Laptop ‘Keylogger’ Was a False Positive

Turns out Samsung wasn’t installing keyloggers on their laptops after all. VIPRE, the antivirus software used by a NetworkWorld contributor, assumes any folder with the name SL carries the Starlogger software. VIPRE developer GFI has their official statement here. [NetworkWorld]

Gadgets Adrian Covert

Arctic ozone levels dropped by as much as half in the past year

Check out the stark difference between these two satellite images, taken on March 19, 2010 and March 19, 2011. The left image shows much more ozone (in red) over the Arctic than the right image. What’s happened? These maps come from NASA’s Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI), aboard the Aura satellite. The two images tell a…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Give $1 to Stop Terminators. Seriously.

There’s nothing you can do to prevent another Terminator movie. But if you have a buck, you can do something to stop real Terminators…or at least ensure that they’ll like us when they show up. The Singularity Institute is a research organization that’s as forward-thinking as most Gizmodo readers (read: sci-fi nerds). Give $1 They…

Artificial Intelligence Mark Wilson

Cameron Stracher Predicts Water Apocalypse in Episode 33 of The Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy

Cameron Stracher, media lawyer and author of the dystopian YA novel The Water Wars, joins us to talk about water scarcity, trademarking the word “superhero,” and why he gets paid to watch Dog the Bounty Hunter. The Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy is hosted by John Joseph Adams and David Barr Kirtley. You can download…

Books & Comics Johnjosephadams

MLB.TV Gives Free iPad and iPhone Game Streaming For a Month

MLB.TV is a wonderful service that streams virtually ever Major League Baseball game to your device of choice. The only downside? It’s a hundred bucks, which sounds like a lot—and is if you don’t actually watch as much baseball as you tell yourself you’re going to. But! A Volvo sponsorship is means that MLB.TV will…

Tech News Brian Barrett

How dark matter could help foster life on alien worlds

Dark matter might not just making the universe more massive than it should be, it might also be making the universe more populous than it should be. Find out how. One of the forces that lets scientists know that dark matter is out there is gravity. Scientists observed galaxies’ gravitational interations with other galaxies, and…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Hela Throwing Disc: Frustratingly Fun Flinging

Hela is a “throwing disc,” that looks a lot like other “throwing discs” you’ve probably encountered. But the devil (and the delights!) are in the details. Plusses The Hela is an airfoil throwing disc with amusing physical properties. And, conceptually, yeah, it’s a lot like a frisbee. But it’s super light, easy to hold, and…

Reviews Sam Biddle

The American Chemical Society unveils a scientifically perfect Bloody Mary

To ring in the International Year of Chemistry, the American Chemical Society is celebrating the practical applications of chemistry by giving tips on the perfect Bloody Mary. Kids, the American Chemical Society has a message for you: Don’t drink. Adults, the American Chemical Society has a slightly different message: Don’t drink unless you can get…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Insanely Popular Doodle Jump Adds Multiplayer

It’s the one iOS craze I’ve managed to avoid, so I must trust what I’m told about Doodle Jump: that it’s fun. And moreover, that it’s fun when playing two-player over Wi-Fi. But how could I ever possibly know?! [iTunes]

Tech News Kotaku

Webcam lets you watch massive Lego Star Wars exhibit being assembled

The biggest ever collection of Star Wars Lego sculptures — including the biggest Lego Millennium Falcon ever — is being assembled at Legoland California. And you can watch it all happening, via a webcam. Click here to get an inside view of the final preparations for the opening ceremony, which will take place at 9:15…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

A toy that celebrates 50 years of humans in space

Fifty years ago on April 12, Yuri Gagarin became the first person in space. Every year, you can celebrate his achievement on Yuri’s Night, and now you can dream of Yuri with Luno, a crazily cute lunar rover toy. But first you have to help fund the toymaker, Sergey Safonov. He’s trying to raise $4,000…

io9 Annalee Newitz

The Wisconsin Truck Driver Who Reverse Engineered the Atomic Bomb

John Coster-Mullen drives trucks for a living in Wisconsin. His high school teacher had been a scientist on the Manhattan Project. While the two diverged professionally, their passions eventually aligned—nuclear bombs. Motherboard has a fascinating mini-doc on Coster-Mullen’s unlikely (and unbelievably ambitious) little hobby: to figure out for himself just how the government’s secret superweapon…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Google Finally Fights Back Against Android Fragmentation

Openness has always been Android’s beauty and its curse. Google’s mobile operating system is available to any manufacturer that wants a slice, meaning you see it everywhere! It’s also historically been a place for hardware specialists and carriers to flex their software muscles, leading to custom alterations—skins—that often leave an elegant smartphone solution ugly, unusable,…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Thor demands to know “What Realm Is This?” in his first movie clip

The first ever clip from Thor is out, and it showcases the Norse God’s nastier side, and Natalie Portman and Kat Denning’s comedic talents. What do you think — does the “myth out of water” humor work so far? Check out even more Thor footage in this behind-the-scenes video which includes concept art, plus some…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Firefighter Burns Self with iPad 2 in Ironic Blaze

What’s the biggest risk the iPad 2 poses to you? Damage to your wallet? No, damage to your very flesh. Retired firefighter Hector Camacho burned himself while unplugging his new tablet. Now he wishes he “never would have bought it.” Typical! https://gizmodo.com/iphone-4-catches-fire-burns-owners-hand-5582647 Click to view We’re glad you’re okay, Hector! But your local news channel…

Tech News Sam Biddle

The iPhone Apps Everyone Should Have March 2011

The New Essential Apps March 2011: iPhone, Android, iPad and Windows Phone

Twitter Nixes the Dickbar From Their iPhone App

Breaking down Doctor Who’s epic new trailer shot by shot

American eBay Hustlers Shipping Fewer iPads Out of the Country

Samsung Laptop ‘Keylogger’ Was a False Positive

Arctic ozone levels dropped by as much as half in the past year

Give $1 to Stop Terminators. Seriously.

Cameron Stracher Predicts Water Apocalypse in Episode 33 of The Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy

MLB.TV Gives Free iPad and iPhone Game Streaming For a Month

How dark matter could help foster life on alien worlds

Hela Throwing Disc: Frustratingly Fun Flinging

The American Chemical Society unveils a scientifically perfect Bloody Mary

Insanely Popular Doodle Jump Adds Multiplayer

Webcam lets you watch massive Lego Star Wars exhibit being assembled

A toy that celebrates 50 years of humans in space

The Wisconsin Truck Driver Who Reverse Engineered the Atomic Bomb

Google Finally Fights Back Against Android Fragmentation

Thor demands to know “What Realm Is This?” in his first movie clip

Firefighter Burns Self with iPad 2 in Ironic Blaze

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