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Clever iPhone App Only Shows You the Best of Everything

The Village Voice has just put out a clever iPhone app called Best Of. The app basically uses your location to help you find every place that was voted the “best of” something—be it restaurant or hot dog. The great thing about the app is that it’s “utilizing the picks from publications like Houston Press,…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Celeste App Lets You Send and Receive Files Via Bluetooth on Your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch

Celeste is a new jailbreak app that allows you to send and receive files using your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch with any Bluetooth-transfer capable device. You can transfer songs, photos, videos, contacts, and more, with the feature pretty well-integrated into your iOS apps; you might even forget it wasn’t there originally. It’s good to…

Tech News Davey Alba

Like a Gizmodo Staff Member? Show It by Becoming His or Her Fan on Facebook!

After reading our posts day after day, you’ve probably grown to like—or maybe hate—a few of us. Well, we’d love it if you’d express any positive feelings by showing us just how much you like us on our Facebook pages. You see, most of Gizmodo’s staff members maintain individual Facebook pages for our thoughts, photos,…

Social Media Rosa Golijan

My Dream Flight Simulator Home Setup Is Actually In a US Navy Base

When I was a young nerd, I dreamed about having an entire room dedicated to flight simulation games, in which I could play Falcon—which was all the rage back then—and Larry Holland’s Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe and X-Wing. Now that I’m an ancient nerd, I still dream about it. I imagine it more or…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Twitter App Adds Video/Photo Capture Support For iPad 2

Twitter app users on iPad 2 can now tweet videos and pictures with its latest update, which also covers some bug fixes. Download it so you can finally tweet out those Photo Booth pictures. [iTunes via 9 to 5 Mac]

Tech News Husain Sumra

Chernobyl Kids Video Is One Part Unnerving, Two Parts Sad, and Three Parts Awesome

No, I’m not going to draw any parallels to Fukushima because there are none. And no, there are no Chernobyl kids with a dozen eyes or giant legs, but this film is so charged with symbolism and sadness that it needs its own titanic concrete sarcophagus. https://jezebel.com/the-complete-japan-crisis-timeline-live-updates-5780998 In fact, it’s just amazing even without the…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

The Nook Color is Getting an Android App Store in April

Have you faithfully refused to root your Nook Color, never mind that you couldn’t access those handy apps from the Android Market? Stick to your guns a while longer: Barnes & Noble is launching their version of an Android app store this April, along with Flash support for the device. [CNET]

Tech News Davey Alba

Awesome Monster-Killing Clip of the Day: Sarah Connor and Jin Versus an Army of Cloverfields

Sometimes you just need to end the day with some explosions and some people killing weird mega-bats. Here’s an awesome sequence from the movie The Cave, in which a bunch of humans take out a nest of hybrid Orc/Cloverfield Monsters. Spoilers below… The Cave is a reasonably entertaining slice of B-movie cheese. In the Carpathian…

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This time the aliens are going to help us for sure

Why do we always think the worst of aliens when they arrive planetside and start talking about peace? There are plenty of alien groups who exist only to make the world a better place. No, really! I realize that half the time when an alien says “We come in peace,” they really mean something like…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Android Market In-App Billing Launching Next Week

In-app purchases for Android will finally be a reality next week. Developers get a head start on the fun and can start uploading their apps and setting prices now, but can’t publish them until the service is live. [Android Developers Blog]

Tech News Husain Sumra

Facebook Is Reading What You Write to Sell Ads. Live.

Ugh, you know, I love Facebook, but sometimes it’s really frustrating how the targeted ads aren’t relevant enough to me and my consumer lifestyle. Like, yeah, I enjoy pizza and videogames, but couldn’t it be more precise and creepy? Yes. Ad Age reports Facebook is currently testing a beta model of info mining on 1%…

Social Media Sam Biddle

The BlackBerry PlayBook Will Run Android Apps

If you’re planning to snatch up a new BlackBerry PlayBook tablet or a QNX-based Blackberry smartphone soon, you’ll be interested to know that RIM has officially confirmed these will support both BlackBerry Java and Android apps. But note that before these Android apps start cropping up on BlackBerry App World—the only place BlackBerry users will…

Tech News Davey Alba

Write your name in letters one atom wide

Scientists have figured out a way to flip the spin of individual atoms caught up in a laser matrix. Using this method, they can literally use the spin of atoms to make two-dimensional designs. People at county fairs and street festivals who write names on grains of rice are about to get some stiff competition.…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell

Wooden iPad Smart Cover Clones? Yes Please.

The iPad 2 Smart Cover is pretty cool and all, but this cherrywood Miniot cover, which has the same wake/sleep functionality as the real smart cover, and rolls up into a stand, has me reconsidering my options. [Disney Etc.]

Tech News Adrian Covert

Zack Snyder explains the point of “Sucker Punch”

Sucker Punch goes inside an imprisoned woman’s mind for a dark, surreal fantasy adventure. We asked the cast and crew about the fiendishly complex story, the fine line between exploitation and empowerment, and the horrors of steampunk zombie war. Spoilers ahead! Sucker Punch follows Emily Browning’s Baby Doll (all the main characters are known exclusively…

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First Superjail! clip heralds the return of TV’s most demented cartoon

Superjail!, the most messed-up cartoon on Adult Swim is back — and we’ve got one of the first clips, featuring everyone’s favorite warden, voiced by David Wain. The new season promises double the amount deranged murders, and even more Jailbot! On Sunday, April 3rd, Superjail! will be back with even more violence and lunacy. The…

io9 Meredith Woerner

The immense challenge of writing a sequel to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

One of the most iconic novels and movies about a sentient machine, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, is getting a sequel. Over at the Guardian, Frank Cottrell Boyce talks about following up the Ian Fleming novel, adapted for the screen by Roald Dahl. Which is two tough acts to follow. But can this installment possibly live…

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Color for iPhone and Android

Half the fun in taking pictures is sharing, right? Well, Color for iPhone and Android makes sharing all the fun. Except, you don’t get to choose who you’re sharing with. There’s no friending, no following, no privacy—just automatic sharing to the people around you. What is it? Color, Free, iPhone and Android. Instead of traditional…

Tech News Casey Chan

A Man Is Going to Prison for Hacking a Billboard to Play Porn (NSFW)

Oh Igor Blinnikov, you prankster you! A year ago, the Russian man hacked a highway video billboard in Moscow and rigged it so it would broadcast porn. Traffic stopped to a standstill as drivers enjoyed the public peep show. Good one Igor, funnies all around! Um, not so much. Authorities were not amused and found…

Tech News Casey Chan

Clever iPhone App Only Shows You the Best of Everything

Celeste App Lets You Send and Receive Files Via Bluetooth on Your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch

Like a Gizmodo Staff Member? Show It by Becoming His or Her Fan on Facebook!

My Dream Flight Simulator Home Setup Is Actually In a US Navy Base

Twitter App Adds Video/Photo Capture Support For iPad 2

Chernobyl Kids Video Is One Part Unnerving, Two Parts Sad, and Three Parts Awesome

The Nook Color is Getting an Android App Store in April

Awesome Monster-Killing Clip of the Day: Sarah Connor and Jin Versus an Army of Cloverfields

This time the aliens are going to help us for sure

Android Market In-App Billing Launching Next Week

Facebook Is Reading What You Write to Sell Ads. Live.

The BlackBerry PlayBook Will Run Android Apps

Write your name in letters one atom wide

Top Stories: Thursday, March 24, 2011

Wooden iPad Smart Cover Clones? Yes Please.

Zack Snyder explains the point of “Sucker Punch”

First Superjail! clip heralds the return of TV’s most demented cartoon

The immense challenge of writing a sequel to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Color for iPhone and Android

A Man Is Going to Prison for Hacking a Billboard to Play Porn (NSFW)

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