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The Nicest Apple iWatch Concept Yet

We’ve been hearing about a mythical Apple “iWatch” for a while now, to varying degrees of credibility, but this one from the April issue of MacUser magazine is probably the prettiest—and most plausibly Apple—interpretation we’ve seen. The design was cooked up by designer Martin Hajek—who’s done some spot-on renders for Gizmodo in the past—in close…

Snap Up This Renegade App and Hide Your Stock iOS Icons While You Can

Hate having that “Stock” icon hanging out on your iPhone? Even if you shunt it over to its own page with all the other misfits, it’s still there and you can’t get rid of it. Well, lucky for you, there’s an app in the App Store right now that’ll let you hide it, but act…

Google just redesigned its mobile Gmail web apps for Android, iOS, Kindle Fire, and BlackBerry. Lookin’ fresh.

Clip-On Recorder Simplifies Everything But the Legality Of Recording a Phone Call

Recording a conversation on your smartphone isn’t as easy as you think it would be. Varying state-by-state laws make the legality a bit of a gray area, and if you don’t have access to the free Google Voice service, you’re going to have pay a monthly fee to capture a call. Or, put up with…

The New Smartphone War: 7 Apple and Samsung Challengers

You might call it a lack of ambition. Or you could just call it being very pragmatic. At a recent roundtable with reporters in Tokyo, the head of Sony’s mobile business professed his desire to be the No. 3 player in smartphones behind Apple and Samsung. BlackBerry’s CEO said the same thing heading up to…

A Crisp, Functional Lockscreen Is Reason Enough to Jailbreak Your iPhone

Whenever you bring up jailbreaking with the uninitiated, you’re faced with that one, recurring question: “Why? Why should I jailbreak?” This beautiful, functional, better-than-stock lockscreen is as good an answer as any. https://gizmodo.com/17-reasons-to-jailbreak-your-iphone-or-ipod-touch-now-5605827 Peekly is a two-page lockscreen widget with a clock on the first page, and a three-month calendar you can peek at with…

A tweaked Apple TV is hitting stores with mods so subtle they’re invisible to users—including a tiny new A5 processor.

Ain’t no Firefox coming back to iOS anytime soon. Sorry! [CNET]

What Every Fanboy Argument About Google Glass and the Apple iWatch Will Be Like

Even though we’re going to be whoa’d and inspired by the future that Google Glass and the Apple iWatch will bring, let’s not kid ourselves. The most realistic future is going to be the silly arguments we all get into about Google Glass and the Apple iWatch… which will only get more ridiculous after Apple…

Apple’s Mysterious Ebay Storefront Sells Macs For Less Than the Apple Refurb Store

Since last October, there’s been a store on Ebay that goes by the name Refurbished_Outlet, and it only sells Apple products. Although there’s no contact information and little Apple corporate branding, 9to5Mac and AppleInsider think it’s an official Apple outlet, because it sells official Apple refurbs. As you may know, Apple refurbs are already one…

Bringing iPhone Safari Up to Speed

Safari is technically a platform on its own, separate from the App Store. Until the day that Gatekeeper comes to iOS, it will continue to be the most open way for users to access information on Apple’s mobile devices. But besides iCloud Tabs and Reading List, Mobile Safari has remained basically unchanged since its unveiling,…

Secure Your iPhone 5 With This Easy To Install Tether Loop

If you’re worried about dropping your scratch-prone iPhone 5—like really paranoid about it falling—just cough up $20 (white) to $22 (black) for this easy-to-install Netsuke lanyard hook. It even comes with the tools you’ll need to easily remove the two screws on the bottom of your iPhone to install it. Once securely attached you can…

Report: Apple Is Being a Massive Cheapskate with Its Music Streaming Service

Of course this would happen. According to the New York Post, Apple is lowballing record labels for the rights to use their music in a new music streaming service. The Post reports today that Apple is offering labels 6 cents per 100 listens. That’s a far cry from the 12 cents per 100 that Pandora…

Digg’s iOS app now includes a “dark mode” for night time reading and easier access to more stories.

Rumor: Intel in Discussions to Produce Apple Chips

Reuters is reporting that Intel has been in rather unlikely discussions that could pave the way for the processor giant producing chips to Apple specifications. A source “close to one of the companies” claims that executives from both Apple and Intel have met over the past year to discuss the idea of Intel making chips…

The Chipotle App Update Is the Most Important App Update

If you want to contribute toward the pixelated glory of the species, look away from Foursquare, Uber, Snapchat, Temple Run, “Path,” or whatever the hell else. These are sideshows and baubles. Chipotle’s first update since 2009 is why tech matters. Most apps, and the wide-eyed money-funnels who make them, start from one premise: what’s an…

Foursquare for iPhone added speedier check-ins! Just hold, swipe, and save yourself those precious half-seconds.

Apple’s launched a budget 21.5-inch iMac with 3.3GHz i3 chip for $1,100… for educational institutions only. Dammit.

Apple Talked to Beats About Beats’ Streaming Music Service

Reuters is reporting that Apple CEO Tim Cook had met with Beats CEO Jimmy Iovine about Beats’ upcoming streaming music service ‘Project Daisy’. Supposedly, Cook was interested in Project Daisy’s “business model and its rollout plans” and did not get into specifics about any deal. https://gizmodo.com/beats-electronics-is-getting-its-own-streaming-music-se-5974945 [Reuters, Image by Getty]

The long-awaited Google Maps for iOS just got its first update with searchable contacts and suggested categories galore.