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How To: Set Up Your iPad the Right Way

You finally have your iPad in hand. But wait! You can’t just plug it in and dump every app, song, and video you’ve ever downloaded. Here’s how to get things set up and curate your iPad’s collection. First Thing’s First Take it out of the packaging, and plug it in. iTunes should show this screen…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

The Shiniest Stories On io9 This Week

What glimmered on io9 this week? Tons of Doctor Who news, mysterious coffins, April Fools’ Day japery, M. Night Shyamalan talks The Last Airbender, and all you want to know about the Google Books settlement. 5 Ways The Google Book Settlement Will Change The Future of Reading If you care about the future of books,…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Cosplay + Kickboxing = The Ultimate Intimidation Tactic

You’re about to kickbox with a very large, very angry man. What’s the best way to psyche him out? If you’re Japanese kickboxer Yuichiro Nagashima, you dress up as a female anime character. And you thought pro wrestling was flamboyant. These clips from the recent K-1 World Max 2010 kickboxing tournament in Saitama, Japan showcase…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

iPad App Review Marathon Live

We’re going in and reviewing as many iPad apps as possible—LIVE—right now, and updating throughout the day. We’ll start with the essential apps. If you have a specific app you want reviewed, let us know in the comments. This is only the first part of our app review marathon, for part 2 go here and…

Tech News Jason Chen

Gizmodo’s Essential iPad Apps: Updated

It’s here! Your iPad, that is. There are thousands of apps in the App Store, and we’ve already chosen the best of the best, in Gizmodo’s Essential iPad Apps Directory. We’ll be updating it all weekend, so keep checking back.

Tech News John Herrman

Watch The Ironettes Wiggle It In New Iron Man 2 Preview

This morning, Apple posted a two-minute clip of Tony Stark flying to the Stark Expo, crashing into fireworks, and smirking that trademark Stark smirk. Also witness Tony’s back-up dancers shake it like some cybernetic Solid Gold Dancers. It’s basically an expanded clip of what we saw in the theatrical preview, only without Pepper Potts and…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

D. Gibbons Is A Bad Man, Mark Benford Is A Bad Husband

This week’s Flashforward – “Better Angels” – had a gee-whiz start, a slam-bang finish, and a soggy middle. It was like Mark Benford served us a baloney sandwich on two slices of artisanal Tuscan focaccia. “Better Angels” opens with Demetri, Vogel, Simon, and Janis going to Somalia. Simon wants a gun, Vogel isn’t buying it.…

Television Cyriaque Lamar

The Cutest, Youngest Apple Fan in Line

Somewhere in the iPad line at the International Plaza Apple store in Tampa, FL there is Alanna. She is 9 months old and ready to steal her parents’ iPads as soon as the clock chimes 9:00 am.

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Google’s Steve Jobs Dunk Tank

Supposedly taken at Google at HQ during a lunch break. Presented without comment. (Mostly.) Well, that and Fred Armisen looks more like Steve Jobs. [via digg]

Tech News Matt Buchanan

The Great Subways Of The World Are Freaking Gorgeous

There’s something blissfully futuristic about subways. Maybe it’s that these people-movers evoke space stations or arcologies. Or perhaps being shoved ass-to-shoulder together with strangers during rush hour unleashes some long-dormant pack instinct. Regardless, these metros are shiny. Designboom has a great rundown of space age subway photography, but I’m a little peeved no one gave…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Woz Entertains iPad Line Sitters With Magic Trick

Our friends at Fastmac sent us this video of Woz waiting in line for an iPad, explaining why he wears a ring around his neck. It’s not for subsequently throwing into a volcano, but it’s plenty entertaining nonetheless. [Thanks Mike!]

Tech News Jason Chen

Hey! Let’s Talk in #Whitenoise!

Need a place to gossip about that shiny gadget you saw earlier? Just wanna have some off-topic conversations with fellow Gizmodo readers? Head to #whitenoise and comment, comment, comment.

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Tap Tap Radiation For the iPad Looks More Entrancing Than Any iPhone Variation

Based on this preview video, Tap Tap Radiation will be wickedly fun to play on the iPad. It definitely looks different from iPhone variations and uses all that extra screen space fantastically. Oh, and it’s of course free. Tap Tap Radiation is available in the iTunes store now. [iTunes]

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Steve Woz Is Already Waiting in Line for an iPad

When we asked for iPad line pictures we didn’t expect that Apple co-founder Steve Woz would be among the people caught on camera. Apparently he’s patiently waiting by the Valley Fair Apple Store in San Jose, CA. [Thanks, Parth!]

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Tron Press Conference: Helicopter Stunts, Protesters And Bruce Boxleitner!

Tonight, Encom’s Alan Bradley (Bruce Boxleitner) came to San Francisco to give us some hints for Tron Legacy. It was the most elaborate viral marketing event in forever: Boxleitner charmed us, protestors rioted, and someone parachuted from a helicopter! The Encom press conference was an impressive affair even before anything had happened: Disney had built…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

Rob Corddry Interview: Gadgets Are No Laughing Matter

You might’ve recently caught Rob Corddry as the show-stealing jackass in Hot Tub Time Machine. But during our talk with him we learned two things: he’s a perfectly nice fellow, and he probably owns more set-top boxes than we do. So I don’t know if you’re familiar with Gizmodo, but we’re a technology and gadget…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

The Real Future of Computing

For all the talk about the iPad marking a new era of computing, it’s still important to keep an eye on what’s just beyond the horizon: a future in which our gadgets shed their screens and buttons entirely. [Giz]

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Netflix Coming to the iPhone Soon

Steve Swasey, Netflix’s VP of Corporate Communications, was asked if there’s an iPhone app in the future—after all, we are getting one for the iPad. His response? Netflix is working on it. He explains: We wouldn’t invite you to dinner without planning to serve dessert. In other words, we’re working on it so stay tuned.…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

GQ Looks Great on the iPad, Even If You Just Read It For the Pictures

So maybe the promo for the GQ app is a bit silly with its suggestions that you swipe, tap, and flip like a man, but the magazine actually looks rather nice on an iPad: Click to view You can purchase individual magazine issues—including back issues—through the app which is now available in iTunes for $2.99.…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

I Wish My Car Had Switches For Porn and Magic

I don’t know why this guy revealed what the switches in his car do, but I certainly wish my gas-guzzler could produce magic at the flick of a switch—heck, I’d settle for a card trick. [TwitPic via Reddit]

Tech News Rosa Golijan

How To: Set Up Your iPad the Right Way

The Shiniest Stories On io9 This Week

Cosplay + Kickboxing = The Ultimate Intimidation Tactic

iPad App Review Marathon Live

Gizmodo’s Essential iPad Apps: Updated

Watch The Ironettes Wiggle It In New Iron Man 2 Preview

D. Gibbons Is A Bad Man, Mark Benford Is A Bad Husband

The Cutest, Youngest Apple Fan in Line

Google’s Steve Jobs Dunk Tank

The Great Subways Of The World Are Freaking Gorgeous

Woz Entertains iPad Line Sitters With Magic Trick

Hey! Let’s Talk in #Whitenoise!

Tap Tap Radiation For the iPad Looks More Entrancing Than Any iPhone Variation

Steve Woz Is Already Waiting in Line for an iPad

Tron Press Conference: Helicopter Stunts, Protesters And Bruce Boxleitner!

Rob Corddry Interview: Gadgets Are No Laughing Matter

The Real Future of Computing

Netflix Coming to the iPhone Soon

GQ Looks Great on the iPad, Even If You Just Read It For the Pictures

I Wish My Car Had Switches For Porn and Magic

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