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Apple Wins Google-Worrying Patent for Touch Screen Mobile Maps Interface

A patent originally filed by Apple back in 2008 has just been granted by the US Patent Office, with the tech giant somehow managing to convince the authorities it should own a patent for a method of displaying maps on a touchscreen device. It’s not the hugely apocalyptic attack on Google Maps you might expect,…

iPad 4 Review Roundup: The Real New iPad

So the iPad 4 is the new iPad, or rather the new new iPad because the new iPad was first the iPad 3, which has now become the old and discontinued new iPad half a year later. Yeah, it’s awkward. But anyway. This new iPad is just the same as the old iPad except it’s…

iPad Mini Review Roundup: Smaller Is Better?

The first reviews of the iPad Mini are out and they’re just like we expected. Smaller is nice! It’s so light! But having such a hefty price tag without a Retina Display is sorta disappointing. Is the iPad Mini worth the cost? CNET: The iPad Mini is a shockingly easy-to-hold tablet that, despite its wider…

Google Voice Search Vs. Siri: Who’s the Best iPhone Assistant?

With Google’s release of its brand new search app for iOS, we decided to put Siri in the ring with Voice Search-now available on your iPhone-to see if she could defend her own turf. Overall performance on both sides was generally sound. There were some odd answers, like when I asked for information about the…

Burglar Records His Entire Heist With His iPhone

Emmanual Jerome, 23, was just sentenced to nearly a year in prison in England for burglary. In trying to use his iPhone as a flashlight during a heist, Jerome accidentally recorded video of his crime. The Daily Mail reports that Jerome along with a gang stole thousands of pounds of loot from a home while…

Conan Reveals the Other Additions To the iPad Lineup

If you thought the new iPad Mini was Apple’s last word on its iPad lineup, think again. Conan O’Brien’s amazing team of researchers have once again managed to unearth a secret Apple commercial that reveals several other iterations of the iPad. If the iPad Mini doesn’t excite you, maybe the iPad Mini Mega Micro Max…

Beamr: Share Full-Res Pics on Facebook

When you’re uploading your Halloween weekend pics to Facebook from your iPhone, it reduces image quality from 8 megapixels to a measly 0.7. But Beamr will let you share your photos without sacrificing quality. What does it do? Lets you share sets of full-res photos on Facebook in beautiful magazine-like formats. Why do we like…

Apple iOS Chief Leaves, Jon Ive Takes Control

At an as-yet-unknown date sometime in 2013, Apple’s Senior Vice President, iOS Software Scott Forstall will be leaving Apple. Forstall’s role is being reduced immediately, and Jony Ive will be taking over leadership and direction for Human Interface. The other aspects of Forstall’s position will be doled out to various other members of Apple’s existing…

13 People Cursing Hurricane Sandy—For Delaying Their iPhone Deliveries

There’s been a lot of news coverage about how Sandy could endanger peoples lives, cause all kinds of horrible property damage, and leave many homeless. But we’ve been overlooking the biggest problem; Sandy’s delaying iPhone 5 shipments. Here are 13 folks who think that’s the end of the world. And that swearing at the weather…

Nexus 10 Tablet: Everything You Need to Know

It’s been a long time, but it’s finally here. Google’s big answer to the iPad—the tablet that created an entire market—has officially arrived. And it’s bringing a better-than-retina screen, curves and serious speed. https://gizmodo.com/ipad-is-the-future-5506692 Its name is Nexus 10, and it’s $100 cheaper than the iPad. Learn all about it here. Looking at the specs,…

Philips Hue First Impressions: Wi-Fi Lighting Plus Fun

So, remember when we said bulbs with wireless radios are the future of lighting? We weren’t lying. Philips just upped the ante by making bulbs that can not only cast four gorgeous shades of white, but any color you can imagine. https://gizmodo.com/wi-fi-lightbulbs-are-real-and-theyre-awesome-first-imp-5953671 Hue works similarly to the Greenwave system we wrote about last week. Screw…

This Is Steve Jobs’ Yacht

Venus, the incredible luxury yacht Steve Jobs had been designing up until his death a little over a year ago, seems to have made its first apperance as a finished product in the city of Aalsmeer in the Netherlands. Unsurprisingly, its design is breathtaking. Reportedly designed in a joint effort between Jobs himself and Philippe…

What’s the Most Helpful App You’ve Ever Used?

After my anti-texting screed last weekend, I came learn of and appreciate the wonders of MightyText, which is proving to wonderful. In this smartphone age, apps really do have the power to drastically affect (certain parts of) our lives. https://gizmodo.com/why-i-never-want-to-get-a-text-message-ever-again-5953565 So what app has improved the quality of your digital life the most, be it…

This Is How Thieves Will Snatch Your Phone On the Train

You already know that smartphone theft is becoming super common. This is exactly how it happens. https://gizmodo.com/hold-on-tight-smartphone-mugging-is-more-popular-than-5953494 This robbery happened on a subway in Hungary a few days ago. Apparently the thief there was being filmed because he was acting a little weird, and the camera-person thought there might be some funny business ahead. Unfortunately,…

Don’t Buy an iPhone 5 Dock Because It’s a Chinese Scam

Apple doesn’t make a standup dock for the iPhone 5, which sucks. Normally we’d turn to our friends in China to do what Apple can’t (or won’t), but in this case, no: purported Lightning docks are complete broken fakery. Our connector maven pal Peter from Double Helix Cables just got a copy of a purported…

Samsung now ships two smartphones for every iPhone Apple sells. [Register]

Apple Already Sold Out of the White iPad Mini

Apple started pre-orders for the iPad Mini at 3AM ET. It’s already outta initial stock of White iPad Minis, with shipping times having now slipped by 2 weeks from the original “Delivers 11/2” promise. The black Wi-Fi iPad mini remains available for delivery by November 2nd. For now. https://gizmodo.com/you-can-pre-order-the-ipad-mini-right-now-5955114 It’s tough to say whether the…

Apple Posts Its Apology to Samsung Online, in Arial

Last week Apple lost an appeal against a UK High Court of Justice ruling, and was told to post a public apology to Samsung. In Arial. Now it’s popped up online. https://gizmodo.com/apple-forced-to-run-public-apology-in-14pt-arial-5952790 The apology isn’t a friendly “sorry I screwed up”, but a rather long, dull passage of legalese. No surprise, really, but it is…

You Can Pre-Order the iPad Mini Right Now

iPad Mini pre-orders just went live on the Apple Store so if you want to skip the chaos of lines and launch day zealots, it’s probably a good idea to head over to Apple.com to place your order. Whip out that credit card and you’ll be shipped a new iPad Mini by November 2nd. If…

Tim Cook: “We Would Never Make a 7-Inch Tablet”

Moments ago in Apple’s earnings call, Tim Cook uttered something that is, frankly, stunning in its obliviousness: Let me be clear. We would not make one of the seven-inch tablets. We don’t think they’re good products, and we would never make one. Not just because it’s seven inches but for many reasons. One of the…