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iPhone Apps August 27

Google Mobile: Get pushy, Barrett: https://gizmodo.com/google-mobile-app-adds-push-notifications-for-iphone-5619733 Gmail and Google Calender notifications, pushed to your iPhone home screen? Yes please. This might be enough to lure me away from the iPhone’s native mail app. The interface, shown above, looks intuitive, and I can see it being especially helpful on the calendar side. Plus, always remember: the…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Aug 27 '10

How Nathan Myhrvold and Intellectual Ventures Would Change the Patent System

Patents! They’re a big deal. Nathan Myhrvold‘s Intellectual Ventures depends on patents to make money, and they file a lot of ’em. So I asked him how he’d change the patent system. https://gizmodo.com/does-paul-allen-suing-the-entire-internet-prove-our-pat-5623893 Eureka is our week-long meditation on the wonders of invention, inventors and genius. Videos by Mike Short.

Tech News Matt Buchanan Aug 27 '10

Don’t Know Your Girlfriend’s Cell Phone Number? You Might Get Dumped

Who cares how technology is affecting our brains. Is technology making it easier for us be dumped by our girlfriends? The New York Times today explains how a guy’s advanced cell phone technology indirectly got him dumped. The article is about the general phenomenon of people not knowing even their closest acquaintances’ phone numbers. These…

Tech News Adrian Chen Aug 27 '10

Apple’s App Store Dominated By Pay Apps, Google’s By Free Apps

Are iPhone owners more willing to pay for applications than Android owners? Or are Android developers just more interested in giving away their apps? Something’s going on with these two app markets which have completely different make ups, according to Royal Pingdom. Pingdom surveyed the App Store and the Android Market and discovered that only…

Tech News Jay Yarow and Kamelia Angelova - BI Aug 27 '10

Archaeology’s most famous murder victim might not have been murdered after all

Otzi the Iceman, the 5300-year-old frozen body discovered in the Alps in 1991, was thought to be a prehistoric murder victim. But a revolutionary map of his belongings overturns that theory, suggesting his “murder” scene is actually a ceremonial burial. Previous studies of the cause of Otzi’s death have focused on just his body. In…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Aug 27 '10

Aiaiai TMA-1 Headphones Lightning Review: High On Bass, High On Style

Designed by DJs for DJs, Aiaiai’s TMA-1 rugged headphones have all of the bass and sensitivity needed to be heard in a club, without the overt branding. And for non-turntablists, they work very well on the road too. https://gizmodo.com/these-minimal-tma-1-headphones-from-aiaiai-have-me-all-5608906 The Price $200 The Verdict The Danish headphone specialists AIAIAI (pronounced eye eye eye) is taking…

Reviews Kat Hannaford Aug 27 '10

Douglas Adams returns to television with new Dirk Gently show

Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy creator Douglas Adams’ other great work of anarchic science fiction, Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, comes to the BBC this fall/winter, as a one-hour pilot. But what happens if Dirk gets an ongoing series? From the sound of things, the first 60-minute Dirk Gently episode will be an adaptation, at…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 27 '10

Classic comic Calvin & Hobbes rebooted as “Joker & Lex”

If you read the “Superman/Batman” comic this week, you may have noticed a special little treat from Brian Azzarello and Lee Bermejo. It’s a “Calvin & Hobbes” strip redone, with DC villains Lex Luthor and the Joker. Check it out. [via Comics Alliance and High Definite]

io9 Meredith Woerner Aug 27 '10

The Long, Unglamorous History of the Toilet

Nobody is entirely sure who first had the privilege of sitting on a toilet. Evidence of advanced plumbing systems in the ancient world abounds, but it’s a strange, meandering path from antiquity to checking your inbox on the can. Ancient cultures were surprisingly adept at moving water around in a way that kept people from…

Tech News Sam Biddle Aug 27 '10

Spoil Your Inner Child

No one wants to be a grown-up all the time. Take this quick survey, send the last question to [email protected] and you could win a Nintendo DS Lite. If people look at you strangely, just tell them you borrowed it from your geeky nephew. [Rules]

Tech News Gawkercreative Aug 27 '10

Is anybody planning on seeing the extended Avatar this weekend? Anyone at all?

Over at io9’s Facebook page, we asked if people were going to see the new re-release of James Cameron’s Avatar, with the nine extra minutes of footage. The response? An overwhelming shrug. As Prince-Toddy English put it, “If nine minutes were edited they were cut for a reason.” What do you think? Are you stoked…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 27 '10

Win 6 Angry Robot books — and get on the cutting edge of science fiction!

Britain’s most exciting new science fiction publisher, Angry Robot, is launching in the U.S. next week — and you can win all six of their U.S. launch titles. All you have to do is answer one simple question. Angry Robot launches the Stateside arms of its shiny metallic empire on Tuesday. Soon all of your…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Aug 27 '10

Canned Beer Is The Future of Good Beer

America makes some of the world’s finest beers. And now those beers are getting the conveyance they deserve—cans. Why do people always sit in a circle? I’m leaned back in my nylon camp chair, fishing around in the mesh net of the cup holder for a lighter. Most of the people at this BBQ know…

Tech News Joel Johnson Aug 27 '10

Does Paul Allen Suing The Entire Internet Prove Our Patent System’s Broken?

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has launched a salvo of litigation over disputed patents, targeting Apple, Google, AOL, and Netflix, among others. None of the patents involve technology Allen was responsible for creating, but were licensed through his Silicon Valley incubator. The high profile legal assault is based on some vague ideas you might be surprised…

Tech News Sam Biddle Aug 27 '10

Gadget Deals of the Day

Happy Friday! We’ve got an amazing discount on a 52″ Sony Bravia and 3D Blu-Ray Home Theater System, and a free guide to digital photography that could give you some tips for this week’s shooting challenge. Top Deals: •52″ Sony KDL-52NX800 Bravia 1080p 240Hz LED HDTV + Sony BDV-E570 5.1 Ch. 3D Blu-Ray Disc Home…

Tech News Christina Bonnington Aug 27 '10

Marvel responds to pressure, says they’ll cast Runaways hero Nico as Asian-American in the film

Weeks ago, the Racebending folks discovered a casting call for Marvel’s upcoming Runaways movie didn’t specify they wanted an Asian-American to play Japanese-American character Nico. But after a letter-writing campaign, Marvel promised the character would stay true to the comic. This is good news to fans of the books, where Nico’s racial background is portrayed…

Movies Annalee Newitz Aug 27 '10

6 Legends of TV Inventions

There’s not much better than a good infomercial—except maybe a really bad one. But these days there’s no better innovation hotbed than basic cable paid programming. Here we separate product from pitchman, and celebrate the brains behind As-Seen-On-TV. Chia Pet Hard as it is to imagine that one man’s mind could be so fertile, both…

Television Brian Barrett Aug 27 '10

Test your vision (and your geek knowledge) with this science fiction eye chart!

Part optometrist’s chart, part geek quiz and part typography nerd poster, this Sci-fi Eye Test features 36 letters pulled from the logos of games, comics and movie titles. We dare you to try and guess them all. This post by Steven Anderson originally appeared over at Bite.Ca. You can join his Facebook group or follow…

io9 Steven Anderson Aug 27 '10

A World Without Blockbuster Is a World Filled With Sadness

Blockbuster’s likely bankruptcy filing will mean lots of their stores will close. That’s sad! The loss of Blockbuster stores is a loss for everybody. https://gizmodo.com/rumor-blockbuster-filing-for-bankruptcy-next-month-5623329 Of course, filing for bankruptcy doesn’t mean that Blockbuster will close all its stores and go away entirely. It just mean that they’re going to consolidate their into more profitable…

Movies Jason Chen Aug 27 '10

Imagine an Android App That Automatically Responds to Texts While You’re Driving

There have been anti-texting-while-driving apps already, but State Farm’s On the Move app actually tries to eliminate your urge to text back—by texting back for you. Launch the app, and while it’s active, it will text back anyone who tries to reach you with a pre-determined message. It doesn’t, unfortunately, automatically detect when you’re driving,…

Tech News Jason Chen Aug 27 '10

iPhone Apps August 27

How Nathan Myhrvold and Intellectual Ventures Would Change the Patent System

Don’t Know Your Girlfriend’s Cell Phone Number? You Might Get Dumped

Apple’s App Store Dominated By Pay Apps, Google’s By Free Apps

Archaeology’s most famous murder victim might not have been murdered after all

Aiaiai TMA-1 Headphones Lightning Review: High On Bass, High On Style

Douglas Adams returns to television with new Dirk Gently show

Classic comic Calvin & Hobbes rebooted as “Joker & Lex”

The Long, Unglamorous History of the Toilet

Spoil Your Inner Child

Is anybody planning on seeing the extended Avatar this weekend? Anyone at all?

Win 6 Angry Robot books — and get on the cutting edge of science fiction!

Canned Beer Is The Future of Good Beer

Does Paul Allen Suing The Entire Internet Prove Our Patent System’s Broken?

Gadget Deals of the Day

Marvel responds to pressure, says they’ll cast Runaways hero Nico as Asian-American in the film

6 Legends of TV Inventions

Test your vision (and your geek knowledge) with this science fiction eye chart!

A World Without Blockbuster Is a World Filled With Sadness

Imagine an Android App That Automatically Responds to Texts While You’re Driving

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