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Remainders – Things We Didn’t Post

Do Mac sales spike with the release of a new Windows OS?…Texas Instruments continues war against calculator modders…Vespa rocking horse is totally adorable…Hydrogen-powered UAV stays aloft for more than 23 hours straight… Business Insider posted an interesting chart of Apple Mac sales with an eye on Windows releases. BI’s quoted analysts claim that Mac sales…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

AT&T: Google Is So Evil, They Even Block Calls to Nuns

The AT&T vs. Google Voice debate has gotten much more interesting/entertaining, thanks to a letter from AT&T to the FCC, loudly trashing Google—and even the FCC themselves, for allowing Google to run rampant. There’s some serious animosity here. In the letter, AT&T outlines a lot of their specific problems not just with Google Voice but…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Apple’s Performance Update 1.0 for Leopard and Snow Leopard: Addresses Hard Drive Issues

Today Apple released Performance Update 1.0 for Leopard and Snow Leopard, aiming to fix the intermittent hard drive problems reported by some users. We’d love to hear if it actually fixes those issues this time—let us know! [TheLoop] https://gizmodo.com/your-freezing-clicking-macbook-pro-hard-drive-just-got-5341187

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Android’s Best Augmented Reality App Hits the iPhone

Layar, the first camera-based AR app to really blow us (or anyone) away, has quietly slipped into the App Store. As with the Android version, the app overlays all kinds of information onto a live view of the world around you. https://gizmodo.com/layar-first-mobile-augmented-reality-browser-is-your-r-5292748 Since OS 3.1 dropped, giving devs (almost) open access to the iPhone’s camera…

Tech News John Herrman

“Performance Enhancing iPod” Gets Marathon Winner Disqualified

I can’t run a mile without being hyped up by music, so I’m glad I’m not a marathon runner. After being declared the winner of Milwaukee’s 26.2-mile Lakefront marathon, Jennifer Goebel was stripped of the title because she…used an iPod. It sounds pretty lame, but apparently USA Track and Field rules state that elite runners…

Tech News Danny Allen

Dev Team Cracks iPhone 3.1.2, Jailbreaks Even Previously Unbroken iPhones

The Dev Team has struck again, negating the security work of the iPhone 3.1.2 update. Looks like it’ll work even if you’ve never jailbroken your phone before (though soon-to-be-released hardware may not?). Pwnage can be attained here. [Thanks, SE!] https://gizmodo.com/apples-shipping-jailbreak-resistant-iphone-3gs-units-5381095

Tech News Dan Nosowitz

Apple’s Shipping Jailbreak Resistant iPhone 3GS Units

Maybe that downtime earlier is a result of bad karma for Apple’s decision to start shipping iPhone 3GS units with a supposedly jailbreak-resistant bootrom. How long until the dev-team works around the immunity to their exploit? [iClarified via BGR] https://gizmodo.com/apple-com-falls-for-10-minutes-as-fanboys-worldwide-squ-5381092

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Apple.com Falls for 10 Minutes as Fanboys Worldwide Squeal In a Mix of Panic and Girly Excitement

OK, so this is a first one for me: Apple.com was down with an Http/1.1 error for about ten minutes. Ten. Entire. Minutes. It’s hard to believe the world can exist for ten minutes without a bunch of brightly colored nanos on a home page, but it did. But yes, that sound you heard was…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Mystery Behind iPhone 5.6 Carrier Update Solved: Fixes MMS Errors

When we finally got the iPhone OS 3.1.2 update, we also got the 5.6 carrier update with it, but we had no freakin’ idea what it was supposed to do. According to iPhone Savior’s research, the guessing game is over: 5.6 was meant to fix issues with MMS, particularly the red exclamation point that occurs…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

I Feel Like this Mac Pro Today

I need a break, because today I look like this Mac Pro. No yellow drooling, though. Yet. [Hilton Warburton via Monster Munch]

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Apple’s Got a New Video Format: iFrame

The most interesting about the iMovie update that dropped yesterday is that “improves compatibility” with camcorders using the iFrame video format. The iFrame video format, you say? Why yes, it’s a new video format from Apple. iFrame’s based on industry-standard codecs H.264 and AAC, but it’s got a standard res of 960×540 and it’s designed…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Steve Jobs Is More Popular Than Oprah, Tony Hawk and The Olson Twins

A survey conducted by Junior Achievement found that the majority of aspiring teenage entrepreneurs age 12-17 idolize Steve Jobs over such celebrity business supernovas as Oprah, Tony Hawk and the Olson twins because he ‘made the world a better place’. Yes, the world is a much better place now that many of us are hopelessly…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Trillian iPhone App’s Been Stuck in App Store Limbo for 60 Days

Trillian, you know, Trillian? They submitted an IM app for the iPhone over two months ago, and there’s been not-a-word from Apple about it. They musta made somebody mad, since Apple says the average review time’s two weeks. [Cerulean] https://gizmodo.com/apple-and-at-t-answer-fcc-about-google-voice-rejection-5342954

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Rumor: Apple Unlocking iPhone and iPod Touch’s Latent FM Powers With Radio App

9to5Mac hears that the iPhone and iPod touch are getting a radio app like the nano’s that’ll be able play FM radio in the background. It’ll be integrated with the iTunes store, supposedly, so you can buy songs you like. https://gizmodo.com/ipod-nano-review-5356015 The hardware capability for FM radio does exists in some models—the current iPod touch…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Unmanned Car Uses iPhone, Cameras, and Lasers to Travel, Kill Grannies

Sometimes in this magic land of the intarwerbs, fantasy becomes reality. Apparently, this is one of them: A team at the Freie University in Berlin have actually rigged a car so it can be fully controlled with an iPhone. There are not a lot of details except what you can see in the video. The…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Mini DisplayPort to HDMI Adapter (With Digital Audio) Review

It’s the digital audio version of the Kanex Mini DisplayPort Adapter we reviewed before, which takes your digital audio and Mini DisplayPort video and mixes it into one HDMI signal for your TV. https://gizmodo.com/the-mini-displayport-to-hdmi-adapter-now-has-digital-au-5372059 The Price: $70 The Verdict: It works, but damn if it isn’t expensive. If you’re not really married to the higher…

Reviews Jason Chen

Pepsi Issues “Apology” For Offensive iPhone Dating App

Pepsi’s "Amp Up Before You Score" iPhone app is intended to help men score with women (and brag about it with their friends on Facebook or Twitter). Not surprisingly, this has created something of a PR issue. Of course, Pepsi was quick to respond to the criticism with a truly “heartfelt” apology on twitter: Our…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Customize Your iPhone With Your Own DNA

As if my iPhone didn’t have enough of my DNA in the form of grease fingerprints, dead skin cells, and other precious bodily fluids, now I can add some more of it in wallpaper form. French DNA laboratory Helys can do it for you. It works like this: Pay $147 and they will send you…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Design Your Own Laptop, Phone or Kindle GelaSkin

GelaSkins makes stylish, reusable skins for iPhones/iPods, Blackberries laptops and Kindles. But now, instead of choosing from their designs, you can upload your own art to customize your gear. (Disregard the indescribable ugliness of the lead shot and reach out with your imaginations.) While GelaSkins can’t come out and make this point, their new design…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Your iPhone Is Now Your Car Keys

Five months ago, someone cobbled together a spoof video about an iPhone app that could remotely unlock and start a car. Oh, how we laughed. Now, take one guess at what Viper SmartStart, an iPhone app announced today, actually does. https://gizmodo.com/car-controlling-app-is-fake-but-fun-anyway-5272561 The free app connects to a Viper SmartStart hardware module installed in your car,…

Tech News John Herrman

Remainders – Things We Didn’t Post

AT&T: Google Is So Evil, They Even Block Calls to Nuns

Apple’s Performance Update 1.0 for Leopard and Snow Leopard: Addresses Hard Drive Issues

Android’s Best Augmented Reality App Hits the iPhone

“Performance Enhancing iPod” Gets Marathon Winner Disqualified

Dev Team Cracks iPhone 3.1.2, Jailbreaks Even Previously Unbroken iPhones

Apple’s Shipping Jailbreak Resistant iPhone 3GS Units

Apple.com Falls for 10 Minutes as Fanboys Worldwide Squeal In a Mix of Panic and Girly Excitement

Mystery Behind iPhone 5.6 Carrier Update Solved: Fixes MMS Errors

I Feel Like this Mac Pro Today

Apple’s Got a New Video Format: iFrame

Steve Jobs Is More Popular Than Oprah, Tony Hawk and The Olson Twins

Trillian iPhone App’s Been Stuck in App Store Limbo for 60 Days

Rumor: Apple Unlocking iPhone and iPod Touch’s Latent FM Powers With Radio App

Unmanned Car Uses iPhone, Cameras, and Lasers to Travel, Kill Grannies

Mini DisplayPort to HDMI Adapter (With Digital Audio) Review

Pepsi Issues “Apology” For Offensive iPhone Dating App

Customize Your iPhone With Your Own DNA

Design Your Own Laptop, Phone or Kindle GelaSkin

Your iPhone Is Now Your Car Keys

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

Early Wildfires Are Surging Across the US—and Trump’s New Fire Agency Isn’t Ready

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

Travelers Experiencing the Longest Security Lines in TSA History

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

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

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

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