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Apple Will Announce the New iPads on Oct. 22nd

As was foretold by the ancients, Apple will hold its holiday iPad jamboree on October 22nd. We’ll see some new tablets, sure. But there also might be a trove of other odds and ends awaiting us next week. https://gizmodo.com/apple-is-holding-an-ipad-event-october-22-1442646657 While Apple normally plants hints of what’s to come in its invites, it’s not entirely clear…

Conan Screwed Up His iOS 7 Upgrade By Trying to Do It on an iPhone 3GS

When iOS 7 launched, Conan showed us all how to go about installing it. But as one eagle-eyed viewer has since pointed out, he screwed up big time—by trying to install the OS on an iPhone 3GS, which doesn’t even support it. https://gizmodo.com/conan-shows-us-what-its-like-to-update-the-iphone-to-i-1346142028 In fact, it’s the first time a viewer has successfully challenged Conan…

Applehas hired Angela Ahrendts, the current CEO of Burberry, to head up its retail efforts. Could Macs get any more fashionable?

Shouldn’t Your Speaker System Transform? 500GB’s For $35, Sony RX100

In my ripe old age of 27 I’ve become a strong advocate for a simple home theater, “downsizing” my projector, 7.1 speaker system, and A/V receiver to a wireless soundbar and quality plasma screen. This Panasonic 2.1 system is a great option for those who want to save a lot of money, a lot of…

Type:Rider Is a Mobile Game That Teaches You About Typograhy

We love typography at Gizmodo, so it’s no surprise that we’re rather taken by Type:Ride—a mobile game that let’s you solve riddles and puzzles while learning about fonts along the way. Available for iOS and Android, the game see players explore the history of typography as two dots: an umlaut or colon, depending on how…

Is There A 12-Inch Retina MacBook in the Pipeline?

Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities has released predictions about Apple’s future laptop plans. Most notably he is forecasting that a 12-inch MacBook with a retina display will be announced in mid-2014, and that it will have a redesigned clamshell that is thinner and lighter than the current MacBook Airs. This is still definitely in…

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

Congratulations! We may not have a government, but instead of running around and looting and pillaging like a bunch of animals, you’re here calmly reading about mobile applications—just like god intended. And to reward you, we’ve got some good ones for iPhones, Androids, and Windows Phones alike, so go get ’em, tiger. And hey, when…

New Model Photos Show Off Apple’s Awesome Spaceship-Like Campus

Over at Mercury News, new photos of an actual, physical model of Apple’s soon-to-be corporate headquarters make the mothership-like campus seem more real than ever (and just as beautiful). Up until now, we’ve only had renderings to go off, and while great, it was hard to get a real sense of what we’d be dealing…

Runtastic’s New App Goes Straight For the Abs

You may be familiar with Runtastic’s workout app that’s primarily geared toward running. It’s one of the most advanced running apps out there, with interval training and all kinds of metrics. But today the company is shifting its focus away from your legs and honing in on your mid-section. Runtastic Six Pack is, as you’d…

A Free App Can Save Your iPhone 5C From Looking Hideous In Its Case

If you snatched up the colorful iPhone 5C and its perforated case before you realized what an eyesore it is, there’s now a cheap and simple solution to the problem. The developers at LunarLincoln have just released a free app called CaseCollage that lets you create and print an insert that fills all those cheese…

Does Your iPhone 5S Crash With a Blue Screen of Death?

If internet chatter is to be believed, Apple has taken a rather unfortunate leaf out of Microsoft’s book: its iPhone 5S seems to be crashing in glorious style with a Blue Screen of Death. A number of iPhone 5S users—on threads on support forums—are reporting random reboots, which occur after the phone’s screen flashes up…

Deals: iPhone 5C, Moto X, Lumia 1020, S4 Mini, Galaxy S4, Note 3

Regardless of your choice of ecosystem, carrier, or contract preference, we’ve got a phone deal for you today. Moto X [AT&T] | $100 Moto X [Verizon] | $100 Moto X [Sprint] | $80-$100 iPhone 5c Unlocked ($529) | eBay Lumia 1020 Unlocked ($670) | eBay Galaxy S4 Mini Unlocked ($350) | eBay T-Mobile Prepaid –…

Got an old smartphone you’re wishing was an iPhone 5S or 5C? Best Buy just confirmed they’re knocking at least $100 off a new iPhone when you trade in a working smartphone October 13th through 19th. [AllThingsD]

This Robot Can Write All the Thank You Notes You’re Too Lazy To Send

It’s good form to send a thank you note when given a gift, but how many of us ever really manage to find the time to do so? A New York company called Bond Gifts assumes very few of us, so it’s created an app-powered robot with perfect penmanship that can hand write a thank…

MacPaint In Your Browser Lets You Relive The Macintosh’s Best Feature

If it wasn’t for artists who embraced the company’s computers, Apple might not have survived to release the iPod. And were it not for MacPaint, the simple (by today’s standards) bitmap-based painting program included with the original Macintosh, those artists may have never fell in love with Apple in the first place. But if you’re…

Flickr’s new iOS 7 app now offers automatic uploading at full resolution, with sharing set to private by default. Neat.

Report: Apple Is Holding an iPad Event October 22

AllThingsD is reporting that Apple is holding an iPad event on Tuesday, October 22. Apparently, the focus of the event will be not only iPads, but also new Mac Pros and OS X Mavericks. AllThingsD has a pretty good track record with these things—it correctly predicted the date of the iPhone event last month, so…

This iPhone Prank Tricks People Into Thinking They’re Getting a Text

You know the feeling. You and a friend are having a conversation via text and the little bubble with the blinking dots shows up indicating that she’s typing. So much anticipation! You’d stare at those dots for hours waiting for a text, wouldn’t you? Wouldn’t it be funny if the dots just kept blinking? Well,…

Samsung’s First Galaxy Gear Spot Looks a Whole Lot Like an iPhone Ad

Sure, tech ads repeat the same tropes over and over and over. But as The Week points out, Samsung’s first ad for Galaxy Gear is strikingly similar to Apple’s first ad for the iPhone. Samsung’s spot premiered yesterday during Sunday’s NFL games. It walks you through all the times we’ve seen fancy watches crop up…

More Steve Jobs Action Figures Are On Their Way

Ah the second anniversary of someone’s death. The biography is a bestseller. The movie with Ashton Kutcher is out. The mourning process is on its natural course. But one more thing has to happen: new action figures. Sure, there may be a model from February, but that was then and this is now. Enter the…