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Inspecting Yosemite’s Icons

Last month Apple released a preview of their new operating system, OS X Yosemite. Following the visual refresh in iOS 7, Yosemite features a significant visual change. Apple has added the familiar blur and translucent materials, a cleaner looking user interface, a new system font and updated icons. This post originally appeared on the MartianCraft…

Our Favorite Android, iOS, and Windows Phone Apps of the Week

It’s not just another Friday here in America—it’s the Fourth of July, where we celebrate our independence by blowing up small bits of the land we threw tea in an ocean for. And what better way to let freedom ring than by downloading Gizmodo’s favorite apps of the week? Multi-Platform Updates Vine Vine just got…

Make Your Own Forecasts With this Tiny Smartphone Weather Station

If there’s one thing your local TV weatherperson is good at, it’s getting the forecast wrong—at least according to anyone over 50. So why rely on a TV personality to tell you tomorrow’s forecast, when this compact weather station that attaches to your smartphone’s headphone jack can provide all the data you need to make…

Facebook Messenger Finally Comes to the iPad

It’s taken its time getting it out to us, but Facebook has finally pulled its socks up and pushed out a universal build of its Messenger app for iOS devices—letting iPad users chat and send silly stickers to their pals just like they can on an iPhone. The updated app also makes it easier to…

6 Early iPhone Mockups That Were Dead Wrong

It’s Apple rumor season—really, when is it not?—and that means it’s also the season of mockups. But the next time you see an appealing iWatch mockup, keep in mind how deeply, deeply wrong most of us have been at guessing what the future of Apple might look like. Apple bought the domain name iPhone.org in…

It Would Be Amazing if This iWatch Concept Was Real

The iPhone 6 is said to be bigger than its forebears, and, if the latest rumoursare to be believed, the iWatch won’t exactly be petite either, with a screen said to measure 2.5-inches diagonally. Armed with that snippet of possible information ,SET Solution has put together a (fairly) plausible-looking iPhone concept. Measuring 2.5-inches diagonally, the…

Why Your iPhone Needs a “Good Samaritan” Button

Smartphones have become a necessary appendage in our digital lives. They’re our cameras, GPS navigation, alarm clocks, wallets, personal assistants, trainers, and favorite time killers. But if someone suddenly finds themselves without one, a cloud of worry and confusion overtakes them. “How do I check my email?” “Is it going to rain?” “That would have…

Our Favorite Android, iOS, and Windows Phone Apps of the Week

We made it to the weekend! It’s time for you to relax—and for your smartphone to get near-constant use. Load it up with these, our favorite apps of the week. Multi-Platform Updates FireChat FireChat gives you an offline, no-network way to text with people nearby, using the magic of BluetoothLE. Previously, that meant you could…

Why Apple Won’t Miss Aperture, and Neither Should You

Aperture, Apple’s pro software for cataloging and editing photos, is being put out to pasture. The move is indicative of what many see as the company’s continuing drift away from robust, capable software. But there probably won’t be many tears shed for good ol’ Aperture, which always seemed to be running an uphill battle. Photos…

Apple Is Killing Aperture, Its Once Great Photo Editing Software

Aperture long ago lost to Adobe Lightroom, and today, The Loop is reporting that Apple is ceasing development of its professional photo editing suite, and putting it out to pasture. Say goodbye to that familiar 50mm lens icon. At WWDC, Apple introduced a number of new features that would be coming to its Photos application,…

The Race to Save Your Car’s Dashboard

Earlier this week, Google showed off Android Auto, a dashboard navigation and entertainment system powered by an Android smartphone. It’s almost identical in concept to competing designs from Apple and Microsoft. For perhaps the first time, these companies have a unified vision for the future of in-car electronics. And that’s the best news car buyers…

Walmart is to sell the 16GB iPhone 5c for $30 and the 16GB iPhone 5s for $100, both with a two-year contract, from 9am today, local time.[Engadget]

The Long-Neglected 16GB iPod Touch Gets a Camera And a Price Cut

While it might surprise some that the iPod touch is still trundling along, the entire lineup has gotten a significant price cut today—and the lowest-end version picked up a fancy new camera and a color spectrum. The 16GB iPod touch now costs $200, down from $230, and comes in pink, yellow, blue, and grey in…

You Can Now Chat Between iOS and Android Even Without Reception

FireChat, the elegant mesh networking app that lets you talk to you friends without an internet connection, just got even better. While you’ve been able to use the app on iOS and Android devices separately for months, a new version of the app lets you cross the platforms. It sounds pretty neat! The update, FireChat…

ABC News Hits Apple TV With Live Streams and Exclusive Content

Today, ABC News is getting a standalone app for Apple TV. All of the content will be free to everybody. The new app lets you watch live streams as well as archived programming and even some exclusive content. The overall look fits within the standard Apple TV template interface, but the company says that it’s…

iOS 7.1.1 Jailbreak Gets an Easy Video Tutorial

If you were excited by yesterday’s news of a jailbreak for iOS 7.1.1 but left a little nervous at the prospect of going through the ordeal alone, help is at hand: this video guides you through the whole process, start to finish. https://gizmodo.com/theres-finally-a-jailbreak-for-ios-7-1-1-1594893633 The instructions by Mac Mixing show you how to use the new…

There’s Finally a Jailbreak for iOS 7.1.1

iOS 8 is just around the corner (and as all updates, potentially unjailbreakable), but for folks who have found themselves stuck on the more recent 7.1.1 and unable to jailbreak, there’s finally an option. Thrown together by as-yet untested Chinese developers Pangu, the untethered jailbreak is Windows only, but works for all devices that can…

It’s iPhone 6 Rumor Season: Here’s an Alleged Shot of a 5.5-Inch Screen

iPhone rumor time comes as predictably as moose mating season, and like pheromone-crazy moose, leak-hungry tech bloggers will mount just about anything that looks like it could possibly be iPhone related. Here’s the latest: a purported 5.5-inch (14cm) display, published by 9to5Mac earlier today. The images, provided to 9to5Mac by the generally reliable Sonny Dickson,…

Our Favorite Android, iOS, and Windows Phone Apps of the Week

Hey have you heard? Summer officially starts tomorrow. That means tomorrow’s the longest day of the year, which means you’ll spend even more daylight hours staring furtively at your smartphone. At least give your app folder a breath of fresh air with these, our favorite new apps this week. Android Email by Google Gmail is…

WSJ: Apple’s Smartwatch Will Come in Different Sizes, Pack 10 Sensors

Hot on the heels of a Reuters report yesterday, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple is planning to launch a smart watch that will be available in multiple screen sizes. https://gizmodo.com/report-apple-smartwatch-production-starts-in-july-1593352240 The new report is at odds with yesterday’s from Reuters, which claimed that the new wearable would be available only with a…