Apple

Keep Holding Your Breath for That 4G Verizon iPhone

The Verizon iPhone is coming next year. Verizon’s 4G LTE service is launching next year, covering a third of Americans. Ergo, a 4G iPhone is on the way. Except it’s not. Not for a couple of years. An iPhone running on the next generation wireless standard, LTE, has long been a convenient technological avenue for…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Oct 7

Square’s Latest Ad Makes The Case For the Smooth Swipe

The mobile credit card processing service Square has a new ad featuring Adam Lisagor as The Most Interesting Man Who Uses iPhone Apps To Pay For Drinks…In The World. Ladies do love the apps. (But whose name is he signing?)

Tech News Joel Johnson Oct 7

GreenPois0n iOS 4.1 Jailbreak Tool Supposedly Coming on 10/10/10

This Sunday might be your lucky day if you’re running iOS 4.1 on your shiny Apple devices and are itching to jailbreak. That’s because there’s talk that the GreenPois0n jailbreak tool will become available on October 10, 2010 at 10:10:10AM GMT. [Gear Live]

Tech News Rosa Golijan Oct 7

You Can Create Holograms Right Now, Using This $1 iPad App and a DSLR

Shooting long exposure photos of an iPad in motion magics up stunning “holograms”—and all for just $1. It’s one of the most futuristic, wackiest apps I’ve seen yet, and will impress anyone you show it to. Any word or phrase can be turned into a hologram (said in the loosest description of the word) using…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Oct 7

You Can Buy This LEGO iPod For $30

Our friend Powerpig just posted the plans he created when making this LEGO iPod for us last month. That means you can buy the elements from LEGO and make your own at home. • First, grab a copy of LEGO Digital Designer for free from LEGO. • Then go to Powerpig’s blog and download one…

Tech News Joel Johnson Oct 7

Leaked Supposed Next-Gen iPad Pics Reveal Landscape Dock Connector

We can’t confirm that the iPad back case in these photos is real, but it certainly lines up with Apple’s own patents: this purported shot of the next iPad clearly shows off dual dock connectors. UPDATED: The pictures posted at Mission Repair certainly look genuine enough, especially when you this new case is directly compared…

Tech News Brian Barrett Oct 7

iPhone 4 Design Flaw Could Lead to Epidemic of Cracked iPhones

When the iPhone 4 free bumper program finished a week ago, Antennagate ended. But Ryan Block reports that the iPhone engineering team has discovered another major design flaw that could lead to another iPhone 4 scandal. While we’ve had our own concerns over the iPhone 4’s glass back, what the iPhone engineering team discovered post-Antennagate,…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Oct 7

Today I Deposited a Check With My iPhone

I spent thirty minutes driving to an ATM yesterday to deposit a check. I could have stayed at home, if only I’d known my iPhone can now let me deposit checks. Apparently sometime in June the Chase iPhone App added functionality that lets you deposit a check by taking a snapshot of the front and…

Tech News Joel Johnson Oct 7

Who Is Really Winning the Smartphone Race?

Apple fanboys vs HTC fandroids. Crackberry junkies vs Nokia cheerleaders. All of them have their arguments and neverending doses of absurdly blind faith in a corporation. But who is really winning this race? Who is really the dominant smartphone manufacturer? It’s hard to tell See, when you take into consideration more than one factor, you…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Oct 7

Which iPad Apps Would a Former Newton Creator Recommend?

Now VP of product marketing at Apple, years ago Michael Tchao worked on the team that invented the Newton. Considering that was one of the first touchscreen “tablets” around, wouldn’t you just love to know his favorite iPad apps? Luckily, we are privy to such details, with his recommendations being shown off at the MIPCOM…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Oct 7

Steve Jobs Looks Weird When He Dresses Up

Maybe because the jacket doesn’t fit very well. Or maybe it’s just because it’s not what we’re used to seeing. Steve Jobs with former AT&T Mobility CEO Stan Sigman, who helped bring the iPhone to AT&T, at the Wireless History Foundation’s Inaugural Wireless Hall of Fame Dinner Oct 5 [Coracle Group, Wireless History Foundation]

Tech News Matt Buchanan Oct 7

Is the Verizon iPhone Really Happening in Early 2011?

The Wall Street Journal is claiming that the Verizon iPhone is imminent. Again. They say that Apple will start mass production of a CDMA iPhone by the end of 2010, starting sales in early 2011. However, there’s something weird here. Originally, the Wall Street Journal vaguely reported this story early in the morning, but they…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Oct 6

The Best Way Save $1800: A Hackintosh Mac Pro

While the majority of hackintoshes we’ve seen recently have involved netbooks, there’s something to be said for making your own $2700 Mac Pro for $900 in components… and a cardboard box. Apparently someone at One Block Off the Grid was having trouble running Adobe After Effects on his Mac. The obvious solution? Buy a bunch…

Tech News Brian Barrett Oct 6

If You Had to Get a Smartphone Today, Which Would You Buy?

Maybe you just recently bought the phone of your dreams. Maybe you’re due for an upgrade. In any event, the phone you coveted six months ago is probably not the one you’re coveting now. So which would you buy today? Androids and iPhones are getting better at doing business. Blackberrys are getting better at doing…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Oct 6

Motorola Sues Apple Over Pretty Much Everything Phone-Related

That’s the problem with making really nice visual representations of the almost comically litigious mobile industry; you’re never more than a few hours away from another sweeping accusation of patent infringements. This time it’s Motorola’s turn, with three complaints against Apple that cover a whopping 18 patents. At issue: well, pretty much everything. MobileMe, the…

Tech News Brian Barrett Oct 6

How Steve Jobs Got Sick, Got Better, And Decided To Save Some Lives

Yesterday, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law a bill that will make California the first state in the nation to create a live donor registry for kidney transplants. The bill also requires California drivers to decide whether they want to be organ donors when they renew their drivers’ licenses. According to one notable supporter,…

Tech News Adam Harris Oct 6

How to Replace Your Landline with Google Voice

Even if you hold your laptop up to your face like a flip phone, talking into your computer is lame. You want to use Google Voice like a real phone—with buttons and stuff. We’ll tell you how. Getting Started If you don’t have it already, you’re going to need a Google Voice account. It’s easy.…

Tech News Casey Chan Oct 6

Pay In Checks to Your PayPal Account Thanks to Their Latest iPhone App Update

Chase customers have been depositing checks via iPhones for months now, but from today millions of PayPal users will never have to go to the bank again. Well, other than to steal pens or use their toilet. To use the app, you must take a photo of the front and rear of a check, whizz…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Oct 6

Cut the Rope: As Addictive as iPhone Candy Bondage Can Get

Cut the Rope is a cheery new physics-based puzzler in which you slice ropes in an effort to feed candy to a green Miyazaki-esque monster. Hmm. It makes more sense when you see it in action. $1 [iTunes]

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Oct 5

Lil Wayne’s iPod Lands Him a Month In Solitary Confinement

Lil Wayne’s only got a month left on his eight-month stint at Riker’s, but he’s going to be spending it all by his lonesome. The guards who found the rapper’s contraband iPod, charger, and headphones have banished him to solitary. Weezy will spend 23 hours out of every day in “punitive segregation” until he’s released…

Tech News Brian Barrett Oct 5

Keep Holding Your Breath for That 4G Verizon iPhone

Square’s Latest Ad Makes The Case For the Smooth Swipe

GreenPois0n iOS 4.1 Jailbreak Tool Supposedly Coming on 10/10/10

You Can Create Holograms Right Now, Using This $1 iPad App and a DSLR

You Can Buy This LEGO iPod For $30

Leaked Supposed Next-Gen iPad Pics Reveal Landscape Dock Connector

iPhone 4 Design Flaw Could Lead to Epidemic of Cracked iPhones

Today I Deposited a Check With My iPhone

Who Is Really Winning the Smartphone Race?

Which iPad Apps Would a Former Newton Creator Recommend?

Steve Jobs Looks Weird When He Dresses Up

Is the Verizon iPhone Really Happening in Early 2011?

The Best Way Save $1800: A Hackintosh Mac Pro

If You Had to Get a Smartphone Today, Which Would You Buy?

Motorola Sues Apple Over Pretty Much Everything Phone-Related

How Steve Jobs Got Sick, Got Better, And Decided To Save Some Lives

How to Replace Your Landline with Google Voice

Pay In Checks to Your PayPal Account Thanks to Their Latest iPhone App Update

Cut the Rope: As Addictive as iPhone Candy Bondage Can Get

Lil Wayne’s iPod Lands Him a Month In Solitary Confinement

Amazon Is Sticking With ‘Rings of Power’ to the End

Trump Is Reportedly Going Full Steam Ahead with the Golden Dome

‘Kamen Rider’ Is Ready to Take on the World

Twitter Just Can’t Stop Leaking Movies

The ‘Mass Effect’ Show is Getting Rewritten to Get Greenlit

See the Early Stages of How ‘Project Hail Mary’ Brought Rocky to Life

‘Cognitive Surrender’ Is a New and Useful Term for How AI Melts Brains

HP Omen Max 45L Review: 4K60 Gaming Has Never Been So Easy

Ecovacs Winbot W3 Omni Review: Window Cleaning Robots Have a Long Way to Go

AirPods Max 2 vs. Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones (2nd Gen): Which ANC Headphones Win?

The Best Gadgets of March 2026

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Let us help find what you are looking for...