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Exclusive Shots of Steve Jobs’ Demolished House

This is the Jackling House—exactly how Steve Jobs has wanted it to look since he bought it in 1984, the year of the Macintosh launch. Demolished. Destroyed. Blown to smithereens. We hired a plane to see the destruction from the air. Below is a video and some photos of the construction site—please excuse the shaky…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Feb 17

Apple’s Next Big Move Might Be Supercharged Batteries

A new patent unearthed by Apple Insider titled “Increasing Energy Density in Rechargeable Lithium Battery Cells” shows that Apple’s got its sites set on your iProduct’s longevity: The CC-CV charging technique would allow the thickness of the anode active material inside a battery cell to be increased in both “volumetric and gravimetric energy density.” But…

Tech News Brian Barrett Feb 17

Watch Stephen Colbert Smack Down The Daily

Click to view You just buy the app and you get all the convenience of using your iPad to read the news online, but without the internet’s annoying habit of being completely free. And that’s just for starters. Colbert takes on The Daily for being essentially worthless, both for its editorial vision (old dogs! rich…

Tech News Brian Barrett Feb 17

Rest Assured, Shakira Fans, Sony Isn’t Pulling its Wares From iTunes

Sony Music Entertainment isn’t pulling out of iTunes, according to their COO Shawn Layden. Ad Age reported the other day that Sony was pulling out in retaliation for Apple blocking Sony’s Reader app from the App Store, but au contraire claims Layden: https://gizmodo.com/if-sony-abandons-itunes-will-others-follow-5758171 “Sony Music as I understand it has no intention of withdrawing from…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Feb 17

Bubble Wrap That iPad

This is the Ozaki iCoat Bubble. It is basically like wrapping your iPad in bubble wrap, only a very nice piece of bubble wrap that’s been cut to the right size and fashioned into a protective slip case. There’s also one that’s been cut a little smaller for iPhone, plus the maker notes that the…

Tech News Gary Cutlack Feb 17

Steve Jobs, Eric Schmidt and Mark Zuckerberg to Meet President Obama Today (Updated)

What do you think Mr President is after? One of the fancy new Facebook phones for the wife? Angry Birds advice? Or something dull to do with privacy and/or wireless spectrums? https://gizmodo.com/htcs-facebook-phones-live-kidz-meet-the-chacha-and-sa-5760189 Update: And here’s the complete list, from the NY Times: •John Doerr, Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers •Carol Bartz, President and CEO,…

Tech News Gary Cutlack Feb 17

Pixelfari: Because Sometimes You Just Want to View The Web in 8-Bits

The web browser didn’t really exist during the halcyon days of 8-Bit graphics. But if it did it would probably look something like Pixelfari, which makes all your web pages look chunky and pixelated. It’s available as a free OS X download here. [Neven Mrgan]

Tech News Adrian Covert Feb 16

MagicWand Combines Your Magic Trackpad and Keyboard Into a Single Super-Peripheral

It didn’t take long after Apple’s Magic Trackpad was introduced for people to start scooching it up next to its natural mate, the Apple keyboard. Now the good people at Twelve South have come up with a way to keep them together: the MagicWand. The product is a simple one: a long tube accommodates the…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Feb 16

Steve Jobs Has “6 Weeks to Live,” Says the National Enquirer

Steve Jobs took another medical leave of absence earlier this year with no estimated return date. The National Enquirer has now published some scary looking photos of Steve, which depict him looking thinner and perhaps more ill than ever. (Photos in the spread above by Nick Stern) https://gizmodo.com/steve-jobs-taking-medical-leave-of-absence-from-apple-5735566 The Enquirer followed him from breakfast to…

Tech News Gizmodo Feb 16

Rdio’s Revamped iPhone App Has a New, Squeaky Clean Homescreen

Rdio’s iPhone App is getting a bit of a makeover to celebrate its 1.0 release. Now it has a springboard-style homescreen and a player bar that is always visible along the bottom of the screen (Both of which are similar to what MOG has on their app). They also added enhancements for search, playlists, and…

Tech News Adrian Covert Feb 16

Some Publishers Are Happy With Apple’s Subscriptions ‘Cause They Thought It’d Be Worse

Apple’s new subscription plans are kinda crappy for publishers, but apparently some of them are happy the terms of the deal aren’t worse. Some were afraid that Apple wouldn’t allow any subscriptions that didn’t go through Apple, and many delayed updates to their apps, waiting for the Apple news to drop. And there’s still no…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Feb 16

A Few More Differences Between the Verizon and AT&T iPhones

Okay, so the Verizon iPhone 4 and the AT&T iPhone 4 have pretty much the same hardware, aside from Verizon’s CDMA network not being able to handle simultaneous voice and data and a few internal tweaks. But there are some less-publicized user experience differences, too. Specifically: while A&T’s version can handle up to five calls…

Tech News Brian Barrett Feb 16

Verizon iPhone Sales Supposedly Disappointing, But It’s Hard to Draw Conclusions Now

Boy Genius has exclusive numbers on Verizon iPhone sales for the first five days of availability. They’re good, but they’re not that good, and supposedly Apple and Verizon expected more. • Thursday: Verizon = 909, AT&T = 539 • Friday: Verizon = 916, AT&T = 680 • Saturday: Verizon = 660, AT&T = 471 •…

Tech News Jason Chen Feb 16

Capcom’s Smurf Crisis Could Lead to Tighter App Buying Controls

According to a “well placed source” quoted by PocketGamer today, Capcom has been called in to see Apple due to the controversy caused by its freemium kiddie game Smurfs’ Village. Thanks to some high-profile complaints over the free game’s laughably costly in-app item purchases and an apparent high level of return and refund requests, Apple…

Tech News Gary Cutlack Feb 16

Steve Jobs, Eric Schmidt and Mark Zuckerberg Meeting with President Obama Tonight

President Obama is bringing his motorcade to San Francisco this evening to ask top tech execs to help put his technology plan into action. Among those attending are Google’s Eric Schmidt, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and Apple’s Steve Jobs, the latter of which has been the subject of recent speculation. [ABC News]

Tech News Adrian Covert Feb 16

Apple’s New Subscription Model Is Evil

Digital subscriptions for the iPad are here. Huzzah! Sounds pretty good! You can subscribe to the New Yorker or PopSci with one click, and it’s automagically delivered. No in-app purchases; no muss, no fuss. I’ve been holding out on renewing my paper mag subscriptions, waiting for this very moment. But it’s not all puppies and…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Feb 15

Apple Breaking iBooks on Some Jailbroken iPhones

Over at Social Apples, a recent 4.2.1 jailbreaker noticed something disconcerting after firing up iBooks on his newly-liberated device. Many of his ebooks didn’t work. Since using the greenpois0n jailbreak, I have been unable to open some of my iBooks that I rightfully purchased from the iBook Store. I thought it was a problem with…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Feb 15

Will Apple’s New Content Subscriptions Punish You? (Updated)

Apple is now offering the same subscription service used by The Daily to all publishers. Despite all the predicted gloom and doom for the magazine industry, Apple’s terms seem fair: publishers would be able to keep using whatever subscription methods they want. Here’s how it works, in Steve Jobs’ own words: Our philosophy is simple—when…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Feb 15

Apple’s Tim Cook Visited Foxconn—And Came Out Alive

Apple’s released an extremely comprehensive new version of its Supplier Responsibilty report for 2011, in which it faces up to suicides and underage workers in its supply chain. Facts reported include a trip made by acting boss Tim Cook to suicide-struck Foxconn in June 2010, where Tim and some Chinese suicide prevention specialists (!) interviewed…

Tech News Gary Cutlack Feb 15

Flaming Lips Make Smartphone Symphony With 12 YouTube Clips

The Flaming Lips‘ new single is a YouTube symphony that requires 12 smartphones to be properly heard. Released on Valentine’s Day, the audio tracks that make up “Two Blobs Fucking” are spread across a dozen different YouTube videos. Each of the 220-second clips must be played in sync to create the complete tune – a…

Tech News Caleb Feb 15

Exclusive Shots of Steve Jobs’ Demolished House

Apple’s Next Big Move Might Be Supercharged Batteries

Watch Stephen Colbert Smack Down The Daily

Rest Assured, Shakira Fans, Sony Isn’t Pulling its Wares From iTunes

Bubble Wrap That iPad

Steve Jobs, Eric Schmidt and Mark Zuckerberg to Meet President Obama Today (Updated)

Pixelfari: Because Sometimes You Just Want to View The Web in 8-Bits

MagicWand Combines Your Magic Trackpad and Keyboard Into a Single Super-Peripheral

Steve Jobs Has “6 Weeks to Live,” Says the National Enquirer

Rdio’s Revamped iPhone App Has a New, Squeaky Clean Homescreen

Some Publishers Are Happy With Apple’s Subscriptions ‘Cause They Thought It’d Be Worse

A Few More Differences Between the Verizon and AT&T iPhones

Verizon iPhone Sales Supposedly Disappointing, But It’s Hard to Draw Conclusions Now

Capcom’s Smurf Crisis Could Lead to Tighter App Buying Controls

Steve Jobs, Eric Schmidt and Mark Zuckerberg Meeting with President Obama Tonight

Apple’s New Subscription Model Is Evil

Apple Breaking iBooks on Some Jailbroken iPhones

Will Apple’s New Content Subscriptions Punish You? (Updated)

Apple’s Tim Cook Visited Foxconn—And Came Out Alive

Flaming Lips Make Smartphone Symphony With 12 YouTube Clips

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