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Siri iPhone App Uses Speech-Recognition Technology To Organize Your Social Life

You don’t need that rumored Toshiba phone that “acts like a secretary,” or even Maggie Gyllenhaal (though that would be nice), to have help when organizing your social life. Siri uses “speech recognition with a brain,” according to its CEO. https://gizmodo.com/new-toshiba-phone-acts-like-a-secretary-5462335 To use the iPhone app, you just have to say aloud a command like…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

The $9.99 Ebook Is Dead: Third Major Publisher Hachette Dumps on Amazon

Amazon’s ebook pricing structure has crumbled. Hachette’s the third major publisher to push for the agency model, following MacMillan and HarperCollins: They’ll set the ebook prices (higher, natch) and the bookseller takes a cut. The $9.99 ebook? Poof. https://gizmodo.com/the-apple-amazon-ebook-war-begins-amazon-deletes-macmi-5460203 It looks the pricing model reportedly first proposed by Apple to publishers—from $12.99 to $14.99 as…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Comic Books Will Look Incredible on the iPad

I’d buy an iPad just to read comic books. Think I’m nuts? I probably am, but see how you feel after this first look at what Panelfly, maker of a popular comic book iPhone app, is building for the iPad. https://gizmodo.com/panelfly-iphone-comicbook-reader-is-crying-for-the-appl-5346869 Instead of simply scaling up the existing iPhone app, the folks from Panelfly put…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Remainders – The Things We Didn’t Post: Good Idea, Bad Idea Edition.

In today’s Remainders: ideas! Ideas of all sorts, ranging from the very good—a ketchup package that allows for dipping—to the very bad—cutting a power cord with scissors—and including no less than two ideas somewhere in between! Catch Up Dave Ciesinski, vice president of Heinz, gets it: “The packet has long been the bane of our…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

A Hint at Apple’s Mobile Advertising Plans (Location, Location, Location)

A small, but interesting note: Apple’s published an “App Store Tip” for developers that it’ll reject apps which “use location-based information primarily to enable mobile advertisers to deliver targeted ads based on a user’s location.” It’s not to protect you. Instead, what Mac and iPhone developer Craig Hockenberry almost certainly correctly surmises, “Looks like Apple…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

What iPad Apps Are Going to Feel Like

Want to know what freshly developed apps for the iPad are going to feel like? Looking through Apple’s iPad User Experience Guidelines is surprisingly revealing. Some of the key points Apple’s pushing on app developers for the iPad, and how Apple thinks their apps should behave: • They want apps to work no matter how…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Apple Paying Out 15% On Broken 27-Inch iMacs

Still think that widespread iMac problems don’t exist? After we reported Apple giving UK customers 15% refund bonuses with 27-inch iMac returns, we’ve heard from quite a few readers that Apple is doing the same thing in the US. UPDATE https://gizmodo.com/the-faulty-imac-saga-chapter-4-apple-buying-out-custo-5463415 15%. Cash. So on a $2000 machine, we’re talking about a $300 apology straight…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Hmph! Sony Making an iPad of Their Own!

How do you counter Apple’s iPad? With another iPad. That’s what Sony’s going to do, according to Sony’s CFO Nobuyuki Oneda. “[Slates are] a market we are also very interested in. We are confident we have the skills to create a product…Time-wise we are a little behind the iPad but it’s a space we would…

Tech News Mark Wilson

The Money Behind the New Computing War

I love when tech companies go to war. And this one is going to be huge. No, not huge: Gigapocalyptical. The domination of a new age of computing is at stake, and Apple, Google, and Microsoft want to win. This is the money they can play with. First, Microsoft with $40.4 billion in the bank.…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

SlingPlayer iPhone App Finally Allowed to Stream TV Over 3G

When the SlingPlayer iPhone app launched last May, it was hamstrung by AT&T’s insistence that it stream video only over Wi-Fi. It was an untenable position, given that MLB.com and others already stream over 3G. Today, finally, the carrier relented. https://gizmodo.com/slingplayer-mobile-for-iphone-review-wi-fi-only-30-5250885 This has been in the works since mid-December, and both companies still need Apple’s…

Tech News Brian Barrett

iTunes Preview Now Lets You Check Out iPhone Apps in a Browser

Very quietly, Apple has expanded iTunes’ web presence: Now you can preview iPhone and iPod touch apps in your browser, without opening iTunes, which we saw last November for music. https://gizmodo.com/itunes-enters-the-web-browser-with-itunes-preview-5403986 It allows you to click on an App Store link and be taken to a website showing the app’s details, so you know what…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Amazon’s Latest Hire Suggests a Kindle Onslaught

Mike Nash, Microsoft’s VP of Windows Platform Strategy had a pretty heady resume at Microsoft—he was the first product manager on Windows NT marketing, among other creds over 19 years there—but he’s bailing for Amazon, to join the Kindle team. He specialized in building ecosystems, and taken in conjunction with Amazon’s purchase of multitouch firm…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

iPhone Finding App Better Suited As Whistle-Activated Whoopee Cushion

“Where Is My Phone” is a clever little app designed to help you locate your misplaced iPhone simply by whistling. But I think we can agree that there are better uses for whistle-triggered sound effect playback than finding your phone. Turning your iPhone into a remote controlled whoopee cushion is what I had in mind.…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

H.264 Will Stay Royalty-Free for Free Internet Video Through 2016 (But Don’t Clap Yet)

Appropriately following our explainer on why HTML5 won’t save the internet (yet) and the embedded discussion about video codecs and the future of internet video, MPEG LA—who licenses the h.264 codec—has announced they’re going to continue H.264’s royalty freeness for free internet video through 2016. https://gizmodo.com/giz-explains-why-html5-isnt-going-to-save-the-internet-5461711 Which sounds like it melts some of Mozilla’s core…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

JooJoo Tablet Strikes Back: A Web App Store and Full Production Is GoGoGo

After the iPad was announced for $499, (a few) people asked, “What about JooJoo?” the first $499 web tablet, formerly known as CrunchPad. Well, it’s on. JooJoo’s now in full production, and plans to open a web app store. https://gizmodo.com/fusion-garage-joojoo-tablet-hands-on-5421614 I talked to Fusion Garage CEO Chandra, who said they’re not only getting another round…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

The Two Wrong Ways To Make a Tablet

Tablets today are thought to be made in one of two ways: Upsizing a smartphone or downsizing a laptop. Many of these new tablets are decent, but both methods render something less than the perfect tablet. These tablets—not the convertible laptops of the past decade, but real single-pane slate-like ones—are in various stages of development,…

Tech News Jason Chen

Hello Kindle Touch: Amazon Buys a Little Multitouch Company

Ker-BOOM. That’s the thundering explosion of Amazon purchasing Touchco, a little company that makes incredibly cheap, infinitely multitouchable displays, and merging it into their Kindle division. Kindle Touch. It actually sounds kind of nice. Touchco’s touchscreen tech is designed to be cheap—under $10 a square foot—using a resistive display tech called interpolating force-sensitive resistance. What…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Skype iPhone App Will Make Calls Over 3G Soon

Once Apple began allowing VoIP over 3G, we heard that iPhone app Fring had the feature built in—instantly allowing Skype calls over 3G. But we wondered when Skype itself would update their official iPhone app. Their answer? Soon. You can watch the video above for more details, but according to the Skype blog there’s a…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

The Faulty iMac Saga, Chapter 4: Apple Buying Out Customers

In this week’s iMac update, we talk to an Apple Authorized Service Provider/Reseller from the UK. And what does he tell us? Apple is so short on 27-inch displays that they’re paying customers 15% to simply return faulty iMacs. Can You Safely Buy a New iMac Yet? Nope. Why? The yellow screens have yet to…

Tech News Mark Wilson

ContactFlow Lets You Slide Through Your iPhone Address Book

I hardly use it, but I like CoverFlow and how it allows to wander through albums when you don’t know what to play. I’m not so sure about how useful ContactFlow would be, but it’s good eyecandy. And free. [iTunes]

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Siri iPhone App Uses Speech-Recognition Technology To Organize Your Social Life

The $9.99 Ebook Is Dead: Third Major Publisher Hachette Dumps on Amazon

Comic Books Will Look Incredible on the iPad

Remainders – The Things We Didn’t Post: Good Idea, Bad Idea Edition.

A Hint at Apple’s Mobile Advertising Plans (Location, Location, Location)

What iPad Apps Are Going to Feel Like

Apple Paying Out 15% On Broken 27-Inch iMacs

Hmph! Sony Making an iPad of Their Own!

The Money Behind the New Computing War

SlingPlayer iPhone App Finally Allowed to Stream TV Over 3G

iTunes Preview Now Lets You Check Out iPhone Apps in a Browser

Amazon’s Latest Hire Suggests a Kindle Onslaught

iPhone Finding App Better Suited As Whistle-Activated Whoopee Cushion

H.264 Will Stay Royalty-Free for Free Internet Video Through 2016 (But Don’t Clap Yet)

JooJoo Tablet Strikes Back: A Web App Store and Full Production Is GoGoGo

The Two Wrong Ways To Make a Tablet

Hello Kindle Touch: Amazon Buys a Little Multitouch Company

Skype iPhone App Will Make Calls Over 3G Soon

The Faulty iMac Saga, Chapter 4: Apple Buying Out Customers

ContactFlow Lets You Slide Through Your iPhone Address Book

Trump Says He’ll Sign Order to Pay TSA

Deadpool Will Deface ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Classics for a New Secret Lair

Apple’s Siri Isn’t Just Going to Use One Chatbot. It’s Going to Use All of Them

Why ‘For All Mankind’ Season 5 Is the Key to the Rest of the Series

ASUS ZenScreen 15.6-Inch Portable Monitor Is Now Cheaper Than Black Friday in Amazon’s Big Spring Sale

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INIU Brings Another Power Bank to the Spring Sale as SnapGo Keychain Portable Charger Drops to Its Lowest Price

Attorney Hit With Historic Fine for Citing AI-Generated Cases

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Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

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