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How to Get Siri to Provide Google Maps Directions, No Hack Required

Ask Siri for directions, and by default she’ll throw up an Apple Maps solution. Which means you’ll get lost. But it’s actually really easy to get her to give you directions using Google’s maps—and it doesn’t even require a hack. As JailbreakNation shows in this vide, adding the phrase “via transit” to the end of…

Walmart’s Got a $127 iPhone 5 and Other Crazy Cheap Deals

Looking to move up a rung on the iPhone ladder this Christmas? Just hold on for a couple of days, and you might be able to do it for ridiculously cheap. Walmart’s going to run some promotions like a 16GB iPhone 5 for just $127 and other related insanity. In addition to that iPhone 5…

Hey last-minute shoppers, good news: Apple just brought back the ability to gift apps from your iOS devices.

Today’s Awful Apple Rumor: Retina iPad Mini

There’s something in the air this week. Maybe it’s that the holidays are coming, or that it’s getting colder, or that there’s not much actual news to be had three weeks before the Consumer Electronics Show. But for some reason, the dumb Apple rumors are piling up like so many discarded MobileMe accounts. https://gizmodo.com/the-dumbest-apple-rumor-of-the-year-5967646 The…

You can download iTunes 11.0.1 now, which has all the usual bug fixes AND the ability to see duplicates in your library.

The Most Important Laptops of 2012

2012 was a big year for laptops. Windows 8 came along with its touch-centric worldview, Intel kept plugging away on its ultrabook crusade, and Apple finally started pumping out Retina MacBooks. Here’s our list of the most important machines of the year. 10. Acer Aspire S7 11-inch https://gizmodo.com/acer-aspire-s7-review-this-is-how-windows-8-should-fee-5952833 This is a statement of intent from…

Apple’s iPhone App of the Year Is a Joke, Right?

As is customary for this time of year, Apple has just released its “Best of 2012” list for the App Store. And the winner of the coveted App of the Year award goes to…Action Movie FX. Let that sink in for a few seconds. Instead of picking a potentially disruptive app or an actually good…

Apple’s iPhone Found to Violate Three Patents in US Court

Word just came down that Apple’s iPhone has been found to infringe on three patents held by MobileMedia, according to Bloomberg. It’s not clear which patents are in question, but in 2010, MobileMedia, a company owned by Sony, Nokia, and a company that licenses MPEG patents, took Apple to court over 18 patents dealing with…

iOS Devs Now Have Access To Google’s Awesome Maps

Hot on the heels of Google Maps for iOS comes news that Google is releasing the SDK for iOS as well. What that means is that other app developers now have the option of integrating Google’s vector-based maps into their own apps. https://gizmodo.com/google-vs-apple-maps-total-domination-5968129 Nearly everything you can do in Google Maps for iOS now, like…

9 Things I’ll Miss About Apple Maps

Did you hear? Google Maps is back in the App Store, which means we can finally officially pretend that whole Apple Maps disaster never happened. Still, there are a few things I’m going to miss about Apple’s misguided trainwreck. https://gizmodo.com/download-google-maps-for-ios-right-now-and-get-turn-by-5968065 1. That time it revealed a secret military base in Taiwan. 2. How it forced…

This Thunderbolt Expansion Chassis Can Give Your Macbook RAID Storage and Video Capture

This little mLogic Thunderbolt extension box looks like a slinky addition to your Mac, but hidden within it is some hardcore tech to give your laptop a serious shot in the arm—for a price. The device connects to any Mac with a thunderbolt port, and allows you to install a half-length PCIe board—an ability missing…

Samsung’s Chief Strategy Officer Prefers to Use Apple at Home

By day, he heads up Samsung’s technology strategy. By night, he’s a closet Apple fanboy. Young Sohn, Samsung’s Chief Strategy Officer, admitted to Technology Review in an interview that he can’t get enough of Apple’s products. From the interview: I use a Mac, actually, at home. I’ve always used Mac, an iPhone, and an iPad……

Download Google Maps for iOS Right Now and Get Turn by Turn Navigation, Public Transit Directions and Street View

After somehow managing to survive life without it, Google Maps is back and better than ever for iOS. That means no more melting world of Apple Maps, no more false listings, no more getting lost and no more map inferiority on your iPhone. Get rid of Apple Maps and go download Google Maps in the…

All the Apple Startup Chimes In History

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has awarded Apple a patent for the startup chime sound. But that sound hasn’t always been the same. Here you have all the Apple startup chimes since the original Macintosh, released in 1984. https://gizmodo.com/what-to-do-with-an-original-1984-macintosh-5269088

The Best Full Size Tablet

This is the year tablets stopped being a one-horse race. There are real options now, and that means making real decisions. Here’s how the top four choices compare—and which one measures up to be the best. Testing Methodology We’ve already run reviews of all of these products (except for the iPad), and a lot of…

How To Design Like Apple

Apple is known for its beautiful, simple product design. Minute MBA lays out how to replicate that, based on five basic rules. As we all know by now, Steve Jobs was a notorious perfectionist, but that’s not the only reason iPads and iPhones almost sell quicker than Apple can make them. There are also some…

Apple, Samsung, Nokia, and Others Urge Congress to Free Up Spectrum

A band of tech giants, including Apple, Samsung, and Nokia, has sent a letter—yes, a letter!—to Congress, urging it to free more spectrum for mobile data. The Hill reports that the companies explained to congress that “authorizing new spectrum auctions is timely and relevant” to current debates over the “fiscal cliff”. They went on to…

WSJ: Apple Is Testing Designs for a TV

Surprise! According to the Wall Street Journal, Apple is working with Sharp and Foxconn to test designs for a new TV. The Journal claims the tests are taking place at Sharp’s Sakai plant in western Japan—one of the most advanced LCD facilities in the world—which is capable of producing sets over 60 inches in size…

How to Make an Awesome Ugly Christmas Sweater with an iPad

People are growing more and more obsessed with ugly Christmas sweater parties, so if you want to show off how awesomely ugly your clothing can get, try this: an ugly sweater outfitted with a burning iPad. It’ll blow the mind of every inebriated party goer you run into. Made by DIY master Mark Rober, Rober…

The Dumbest Apple Rumor of the Year

There are all kinds of Apple rumors out there; big ones, small ones, smart ones, dumb ones. God knows we run enough of them ourselves. But there’s a genus of the species that we never post, ever, because it’s so obviously and insidiously dumb and wrong and bad. And here is, without exaggeration, the very…