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This Flyover Shows What Apple’s New HQ Will Look Like From the Air

We have a pretty good idea of what Apple’s forthcoming headquarters might look like, thanks to all the glimmering renderings. But the 3D visualization company Technology Integration Services Inc. just published a video of what the office will look like as you’re flying over it—and it’s even cooler in motion. What can we learn from…

Apple TV Could Finally Unlock Its Full Potential This Year

The Apple TV hasn’t evolved much over the last couple of years. Sure, it’s gotten a handful of new apps, but the format—locked down, bland—has stayed the same since its 2010 redesign. But while Apple didn’t talk about its set-top box much at its developer conference this month, it showed that it finally has the…

Apple Maps “Flyover City Tours” May Get You Using Apple Maps in iOS 8

iOS betas are always full of surprises, and the latest revelation in iOS 8 may make you open Apple Maps for the first time in ages. Uncovered by Apple developer Pierre Blazquez, Apple Maps has an upcoming feature called “Flyover City Maps” that gives you a bird’s-eye view of landmarks in major metropolitan cities around…

That Cheap New iMac Has Its Memory Soldered in to Stymie Upgrades

There’s a new iMac that’s $200 cheaper and comes with a fairly underpowered processor. But that’s not the only compromise: a teardown reveals that Apple solders in the memory to this particular computer. As OWC found out, the memory chips are soldered to the motherboard—removing any possibility of adding additional memory. Add to that the…

T-Mobile’s Now Letting You Test Drive Its Network Before You Switch

T-Mobile says it’s sure that you will prefer its network over yours, and it says that once people switch over they’re generally really happy and don’t go back. But, people are afraid to make the jump. So, T-Mobile is partnering with Apple, and will let you test drive a brand new iPhone 5S on its…

How Amazon’s Fire Phone Compares to Its Toughest Competition

Amazon’s long-rumored Fire Phone is finally here, folks! It’s got a crazy cool-looking face-tracking 3D display that knows the position of your head at all times and Firefly, a scanner that identifies (and helps you buy) just about anything. But funky features aside, how does The Everything Store’s phone stack up to the major competition?…

Rumor has it Google will unveil a new in-car Android interface at I/O next week. Dubbed Google Auto Link, the setup would let drivers control their Android phones via the car’s built-in controls and display screen, not unlike Apple’s CarPlay. [Auto News]

Ink and Slide: Hands On With Adobe’s New iPad Drawing Tools (Updated)

Last year, Adobe took its first foray into the hardware world with two cutely named digital drawing devices, projects Mighty and Napoleon. The software giant is now ready to launch the fully-formed duo under new monikers. Meet Ink and Slide. They’re (mostly) pretty great. The idea behind Ink and Slide is to give designers a…

Photoshop Mix: Desktop-Lite Photo Editing Lands on the iPad

Three new iPad-only creative apps are here from Adobe today. There are two drafting and sketching apps that are partnered with some neat hardware, and a robust photo editing app called Photoshop Mix, which borrows some of the tools and workflow from its desktop big brother. The first two apps, Line and Sketch, are two…

There’s a New iMac That’s $200 Cheaper

Apple has just introduced a new, cheaper iMac model. From today, $1,100—$200 less than Cook & Co.’s previous cheapest all-in-one—can get you one of Apple’s super-slim desktops. The new 21.5-inch model features a slower 1.4GHz Intel Core i5 processor than usual. The previous cheapest model, priced at $1,300 and still available, packs a 2.7GHz Intel…

This App Can Tell If a Soccer Ball Needs Air By Listening To It Bounce

Nothing tops talent when it comes to how well a soccer player performs on the field, but believe it or not, how inflated (or under-inflated) a soccer ball is can affect how the ball moves when kicked. You can throw your antiquated pressure gauge away, though, because there’s now an app called BallTune that can…

Apple Is Happy to Take Your Money if Amazon Won’t

Fresh off of settling a lawsuit that accused it of collusion with publishers, Apple is ready to take the money you were planning to give to Amazon but can’t. Since Amazon is in a fight with Hachette—the world’s largest bookstore and one of the world’s largest publishers respectively—and refuses to let customers pre-order any books…

iOS 8 Will Make Drawing on Your Devices Way More Intuitive

Perfecting your artistic technique using a stylus is about to get a whole lot more refined. With the introduction of iOS 8, your screen will be sensitive to the relative width of whatever’s running across its surface. That’s great news for folks who prefer Paper and other drawing apps to, well, paper. Over on Co.Design,…

Garmin’s New Upgradeable Navigation App Starts at Just $2

In order to compete with the navigation apps that both Apple and Google give away for free, Garmin is introducing a new Android and iOS nav app called Víago that sells for just $2 (on sale for $1 until July 13th), with advanced functionality available as in-app purchases. It’s still not free, but compared to…

A Carabiner Charging Cable Is Always Where You Last Clipped It

There’s a new weapon in the war on lost—or escaped—charging cables. Nomad Goods, who’ve already come up with a clever way to keep a charging cable on you at all times, has just revealed its new NomadClip which is, in a way, like a handcuff preventing your Lightning or microUSB charging cable from going missing.…

Report: OS X Yosemite’s Handoff Feature Won’t Be Available to All

Handoff is perhaps one of OS X Yosemite’s coolest features, with its ability to pair your Mac and phone. But a new report by German outlet Apfeleimer suggests that only devices with Bluetooth 4.0 LE support will be able to take advantage of the feature. The report claims that a Bluetooth 4.0 LE connection is…

NYT: Apple’s Secretive CEO Has a Smartwatch Up His Sleeve

Tim Cook has been the CEO of Apple for almost three years, but there’s very little we actually know about him. He’s humbler than his predecessor, he can cut down investors to size, and he might be the most powerful gay man in America. The New York Times finally has the long Cook profile we’ve…

This Is the New Larger iPhone 6, Claims Reliable Source

You are looking at the new iPhone 6—at least according to Sonny Dickson,whose Apple leaks have always been accurate. If this is true, his photo confirms the rumorsthat claimed that Apple would start producing 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch iPhone 6 models starting in May. The 5.5-inch model may look ridiculous—as every other large phone in the…

Here Are the Year’s Best Photos Taken By the Humble iPhone

The iPhone has a great camera. So great, in fact, that there’s a whole awards program based on photos taken with it. The results from this year’s competition are in, and they’re simply awesome. Check out some of the winners on Gizmodo’s photography blog, Reframe, and more on Gizmodo.Es.

These Are Some of the Most Amazing iPhone Photos of the Year

Since 2007, the iPhone Photography Awards have drawn some of the coolest images from a pool of global submissions. This year’s winners were recently announced, and they are pretty spectacular. Here are our favorites. by Michael O’Neal by Melisa Barilli by Lee Atwell by Alexa Seidl by Elena Grimailo by Brandon Kidwell by Felicia Pandola…