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The Week’s Best iPhone Apps

In this week’s porn-free app roundup: Expensive instant messaging apps, humbled! Cars, leered at! Zombies, organically defeated! Enigmatic Japanese game developers, being enigmatic! The sun, closely monitored! Malls, fearlessly navigated! And more… This Week’s Apps If you’d like to view the following gallery as a single page, click here https://gizmodo.com/iphone-apps-5476068 This Week’s App News on…

Tech News John Herrman

Remainders – The Things We Didn’t Post: Happy Birthday Photoshop Edition

In today’s Remainders: a celebration. Photoshop turns 20 and reminds us why we love it with laser-eyed babies and an Earth with AT-ATs. We’ve also got possible iPad preorders, definite MobileMe and Chromium OS improvements, PMA bummers and more. RIP PMA Pentax is the latest manufacturer to bail from PMA, joining Canon and Leica who…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Bacigalupi Gets Two Nebula Nominations, Asimov’s Wins Four

The 2009 Nebula Awards final ballot is out, and it’s “as fine a reading list as you’re apt to find,” says Cory Doctorow. Best novel finalists are Cherie Priest’s Boneshaker, Paolo Bacigalupi’s The Windup Girl, Laura Anne Gilman’s Flesh and Fire, Finch by Jeff VanderMeer and The Love We Share Without Knowing by Christopher Barzak.…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

The Definitive Photoshop Timeline

Twenty years ago today, Adobe Photoshop 1.0 was released. And it changed the world as we saw it. Because it literally edited our vision. Click on the image to see the high definition timeline Photoshop is the invisible hand that touches everything around us. From advertising and commercials to the front page of magazines and…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Last Drink Bird Head is a Surrealist Extravaganza

When Jeff VanderMeer posed the surrealistic question “Who, or what, is Last Drink Bird Head?”, the 500-word responses included luminaries like Michael Moorcock and Stephen Donaldson as well as newer authors you’ll be thrilled to discover. The result is thirst-quenching. VanderMeer’s odd question is actually an old surrealist game, designed to stimulate the unconscious and…

Books & Comics Chris Braak

Turn Your Shameful 8-Track Player Into an iPod Dock You Can Be Proud Of

If you have an old 8-track player you’ve been holding onto and feel like leapfrogging a few generations of music media altogether, here’s a handy guide on turning that old piece of junk into a shiny new iPod dock. So you’re ready to upgrade from 8-tracks to 8000 MP3s, but you want to keep your…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Motorola Doesn’t Love Android That Much After All

Talking to the WSJ about the new Motorola, CEO Sanjay Jha had some interesting stuff to say. Like, if Motorola wasn’t poor, they’d develop their own OS. And now that Windows Phone doesn’t suck, they’re open to using it again. Motorola has been balls-out Android since its resurrection—when Windows Mobile ran into delays, Jha killed…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Will Steven Spielberg Save Science Fiction Television?

Spielberg is ready to redeem the struggling genre of science fiction on television. His third genre TV show, Nine Lives, might be airing on NBC, and we think Spielberg could be the TV savior we’ve been hoping for. Spielberg created Nine Lives for the Syfy Channel but it never saw the light of day. The…

Television Meredith Woerner

Building a Bioshock 2 Costume Takes Equal Parts Effort and Insanity

Click to viewThis is Nathan. While the rest of you were off being giddy about playing as Big Daddy in Bioshock 2, Nathan was building himself a costume that lets him play as Big Sister in real life. Now that’s commitment. It’s the designer’s second Bioshock costume: two years ago he made a similarly impressive…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Caption Contest: “Why Aren’t You Following Me on Twitter?”

Everybody in this photo: Jared Cohen, US State Department; Dave Morin, Facebook; John Cusack; Dean Kamen; Bill Gates; Arianna Huffington; Michael Shermer, Skeptic Magazine; and (sorta) Xeni Jardin, BoingBoing. So, uh, you guys tell us what’s going on here. [BoingBoing]

Tech News Matt Buchanan

iPhone Apps

Cars.com: Leafing through a grimy copy of AutoTrader while you’re waiting for an oil change is one of America’s great pastimes. Cars.com lets you replicate the endless process of lusting after cars you can’t afford, and feeling smug satisfaction of ignoring over used cars that you can afford, with a free iPhone app. Some App…

Tech News John Herrman

The Giant Machines That Create Earthquakes

It may not be Lex Luthor’s earthquake-causing missile, but the earthquake centrifuge at UC Davis in California is the next best thing. It’s a giant robotic arm that can cause horrific earthquakes, all in the name of science. This video introduces you to a range of earthquake study centers where scientists use heavy machinery to…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Comcast Offers Up to 200GB of Online Storage But Still Caps Data at 250GB. Huh?

Comcast—aka Xfinity—has launched an online backup service called Secure Backup & Share. Current high-speed internet customers will get 2GB of storage for free, upgradeable up to 200GB for $100/year. But hey wait—didn’t Comcast desperately need to cap data? https://gizmodo.com/comcast-rebrands-itself-as-xfinity-seriously-thats-5463652 The service comes via a partnership with Mozy, with plans including the aforementioned free 2GB, a…

Tech News Brian Barrett

This Is Why I Want Photoshop 1.0 on My iPhone Right Now

Photoshop 1.0 is old—20 years old to be exact—but it looks brand-spanking-new and fan-freakin’-tastic on an iPhone. Forget the newest version of the image editing software, because after seeing this teasing demo, you’d be happy with 1.0. This demo is all we’re getting for now as the app was only made available to about 50…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

We Love Vampires Because Of Morality, Not Sex

With the hormone-drenched success of HBO’s True Blood and the Twilight saga, it’s easy to think our love of vampires is driven by undead lust. But NPR’s Margot Adler read 75 vampire novels and discovered a different reason. According to Adler, the vampire fascination has more to do with fantasies (and realities) of having power…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders

Chihuanha Can Only Be Defeated With Cheese Products!

Move over Sharktopus – here’s this year’s greatest monster mashup. It’s the tiny, toothy Chihuanha – half-piranha, half-chihuahua, all demon! Now the filmmaker has released more awesome concept art. Also the beast’s weakness has been revealed: Cheese. Last year, we showed you an FX demo of the evil creature. Now we’ve got a plot synopsis…

Movies Annalee Newitz

Here Is a Picture of Steve Jobs Riding an iPad

You can thank our friends over at Jalopnik for creating this masterpiece. It goes fast because it’s not being slowed down by the inefficiencies of Flash! https://jalopnik.com/no-steve-jobs-does-not-ride-an-ipad-5475715

Tech News Adam Frucci

DC Says No To Watchmen 2 – But Leaves Door Open For Superman Sequel

Yesterday DC Entertainment president Diane Nelson answered the question on many people’s minds: Is the company really working on a follow-up to Watchmen? Talking to MTV, Nelson said: No, that’s all rumor. I’m not sure where it came from. We’ll be looking closely at our whole library and making sure we’re looking for opportunities to…

Movies Graeme McMillan

Faulty iMac Saga Update: More Soon

Many of you have asked about this week’s iMac Update. I have not forgotten; I’m just still collecting fresh data since the production freeze and subsequent restart. Expect a big update with reliable information early next week. (And tip [email protected]!)

Tech News Mark Wilson

Iain M. Banks, Please Destroy The Culture!

The Guardian’s Damien G. Walter issues a passionate plea to Iain M. Banks to complete an unofficial Culture trilogy that began with Consider Phlebas and Look To Windward. But really, Walter seems to want the Culture to die. Walter rightly praises Banks’ Consider Phlebas as an eye-opening masterpiece, which established Banks as an important SF…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

The Week’s Best iPhone Apps

Remainders – The Things We Didn’t Post: Happy Birthday Photoshop Edition

Bacigalupi Gets Two Nebula Nominations, Asimov’s Wins Four

The Definitive Photoshop Timeline

Last Drink Bird Head is a Surrealist Extravaganza

Turn Your Shameful 8-Track Player Into an iPod Dock You Can Be Proud Of

Motorola Doesn’t Love Android That Much After All

Will Steven Spielberg Save Science Fiction Television?

Building a Bioshock 2 Costume Takes Equal Parts Effort and Insanity

Caption Contest: “Why Aren’t You Following Me on Twitter?”

iPhone Apps

The Giant Machines That Create Earthquakes

Comcast Offers Up to 200GB of Online Storage But Still Caps Data at 250GB. Huh?

This Is Why I Want Photoshop 1.0 on My iPhone Right Now

We Love Vampires Because Of Morality, Not Sex

Chihuanha Can Only Be Defeated With Cheese Products!

Here Is a Picture of Steve Jobs Riding an iPad

DC Says No To Watchmen 2 – But Leaves Door Open For Superman Sequel

Faulty iMac Saga Update: More Soon

Iain M. Banks, Please Destroy The Culture!

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