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App Store Approval Process Slowly Getting Less Horrendous?

Maybe Phil Schiller wasn’t talking out his apple as he’s been reaching out to disgruntled iPhone developers, promising that Apple’s improving the App Store approval process and making it less ridiculous. They actually fixed things for one developer they screwed. https://gizmodo.com/apples-phil-schiller-explains-they-dont-actually-censor-5331609 A month ago, Apple rejected an application by Start Mobile featuring the iconic Obama…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

iPhone’s Sonar Ruler App Measures Distance Using Sound

Here’s a cool trick: the new Sonar Ruler app uses the iPhone’s speaker to send out a short click and then measures how long it takes for the sound to bounce off a surface. It then tells you the distance. It’s not perfectly accurate, however. It works best on large, flat surfaces that are perpendicular…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Look Familiar? Bell Canada’s Palm Pre Ad Mimics The iPhone

What’s more unsettling than Tamara Hope’s Palm Pre ads? Just how similar Bell Canada’s Pre ad looks to the iPhone spots we’ve seen for years. Everything from upbeat music to the disembodied hand is there. Watch them side-by-side: https://gizmodo.com/dialed-down-tamara-hope-palm-pre-ads-still-unsettling-5338413 I guess there are only so many ways you can sell a phone, but that’s pretty…

Tech News Danny Allen

Neat and Tidy iPod Touch Theme Makes My iPhone Jealous

All of my iPhones are virgins. They’ve never been jailbroken nor have they been exposed to pictures of Jason shoving gadgets down his pants. But as soon as this theme is available for the 3GS, it’s cherry-popping time! The whitoken theme hasn’t been released yet, but its creator promises that it’ll be available for the…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

SlingPlayer Mobile 1.1 for iPhone Approved and Heading to App Store

We’ve got word that the previously mentioned SlingPlayer Mobile 1.1 for the iPhone has been approved and will be available in the App Store “imminently.” There’s also clarification that this version is Wi-Fi only: https://gizmodo.com/slingplayer-1-1-for-iphone-adds-improved-widescreen-sp-5334347 There has been some confusion lately regarding whether this version would have 3G in the rest of the world which…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Survey: 97% of iPhone Owners Love Their iPhones; 55% Cite AT&T, Carrier Lock-In as it’s Biggest Drawback

Here’s a shocker of a survey from ChangeWave Research: iPhone owners love their phones, but they hate the network it’s chained to. Are you listening, Apple? Carton said that the latest ChangeWave survey, which polled nearly 200 owners of Apple’s newest iPhone model, the 3GS, showed a “near-perfect satisfaction rating” for the product. More than…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Insane Mosspuppet Questions Stevepuppet’s Sanity

Poor Mosspuppet. He may be Stevepuppet’s best buddy in the whole kingdom of puppets, but he is losing it. (Or he just timewarped back to 1997. Fastforward to second 51 to see the cool Stevepuppet). [Secret Diary of SJ]

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Rumor: Snow Leopard Hitting Shelves Next Friday, August 28

Looks like that final version of Snow Leopard may be starting to hit shelves as early as next Friday, August 28. Macenstein, has gotten word that support training has begun for the new Mac OS X. https://gizmodo.com/snow-leopard-10a432-available-probably-is-golden-maste-5336260 Their source says that next Friday is “extremely likely” and seemed to have some pages from the training…

Tech News Joanna Stern

Apple Patents In-Call Messaging and File Transfer

I really hope this iPhone patent gets implemented. Not because I personally need it, but because it’s cool: Apple has designed a method to transfer messages or archives to whoever you are talking with on the phone, in real time: While a user of a mobile device is using telephony services, the user may want…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Apple Still Selling the Original iPod for $130?

Forget the iPod touch and iPhone—and all of these trendy, new devices. Remember the original iPod of 2001? The 5GB white brick with a mechanical scroll wheel? Well, it looks like you can still buy one from Apple, today. TUAW dug up this Apple Store page for what looks like the original 5GB iPod (you…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Macbook Stand Built from the Macbook Packaging

Before taking on this Macbook project yourself, heed this one-line review from Instructables: “just built it, verynice. but extremely annoying. it squeaks on my desk every time i click or press a button on the keyboard. grggggg.” [Instructables via Unplggd]

Tech News Mark Wilson

Jobs Wanted a Secret, Illegal ‘No Poaching’ Deal with Palm

While the Justice Department is investigating whether or not Apple and Google secretly colluded to not steal each others employees, it looks like Jobs proposed a similar deal to Palm. But he got shut down. According to emails reviewed by Bloomberg, Jobs proposed a deal to then-CEO Ed Colligan after Palm hired away iPod honcho…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Unlucky PowerBook Pegged By Foul Ball

Here’s something you never want to happen to your laptop: a foul ball squarely pegging it during a major league ball game. It happened during a Pirates-Brewers game in the 8th inning to a hapless photographer who didn’t even try to make a grab. Instead, he just watched as the ball pegged the computer, sending…

Tech News Adam Frucci

First Macintosh Shirt Is Stylish in its Simplicity

Print Liberation has a new “Great Moments of the 20th Century” series of shirts, and the latest is of a gigantic Macintosh. Perfect for displaying your roots and less likely to get you fired than some other options. [Print Liberation]

Tech News Adam Frucci

Your Freezing, Clicking MacBook Pro Hard Drive Just Got Better

Have one of those 500GB 7200rpm hard drives in your MacBook Pro that’s pissing you off ’cause you bought for speed, but it’s like freezing and clicking and stuff? Apple’s just dropped the fix—well, they’ve released the firmware update for the drive, hopefully it’s the fix. [Apple via MacRumors]

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Hey Microsoft, We Still Want Zune for the Mac

We’ve been asking for Zune on the Mac since 2006, the original release of the original Zune. In fact, it’s almost a yearly thing that we keep reminding that we want Zune Plus and the other Zune features on Macs. https://gizmodo.com/zune-on-the-mac-not-quite-yet-217618 GDGT picks up the thread by bugging Microsoft yet again, laying out why Zune…

Tech News Jason Chen

64 Shots of the Fake Apple Tablet Used in Real Life, For Better or Worse

For this week’s Photoshop contest, we asked you to create images showing the fabled Apple Tablet being used in day-to-day life. And there’s a clear line between those craving the tablet and those mocking it. I prefer the latter.

Tech News Adam Frucci

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Tech News Adam Frucci

Hold Up, RIM is World’s Fastest Growing Tech Company?

According to Fortune, Research In Motion, maker of the BlackBerry, is the fastest growing tech company in the world. There isn’t much information on the rankings, but they are apparently determined various criteria including profits, turnover and investment return over three years. Though we already knew that RIM made a whole potload of moola, Fortune…

Tech News Joanna Stern

Apple Building Secret Massive Data Center, Probably to Hold Steve’s Electronically Cloned Brain

Apple is building a new data center facility in North Carolina. Nobody knows what is it for, but according to Data Center Knowledge editor Rich Miller, it will be one of the largest in the world: Apple is planning about 500,000 square feet of data center space in a single building. That would place it…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

App Store Approval Process Slowly Getting Less Horrendous?

iPhone’s Sonar Ruler App Measures Distance Using Sound

Look Familiar? Bell Canada’s Palm Pre Ad Mimics The iPhone

Neat and Tidy iPod Touch Theme Makes My iPhone Jealous

SlingPlayer Mobile 1.1 for iPhone Approved and Heading to App Store

Survey: 97% of iPhone Owners Love Their iPhones; 55% Cite AT&T, Carrier Lock-In as it’s Biggest Drawback

Insane Mosspuppet Questions Stevepuppet’s Sanity

Rumor: Snow Leopard Hitting Shelves Next Friday, August 28

Apple Patents In-Call Messaging and File Transfer

Apple Still Selling the Original iPod for $130?

Macbook Stand Built from the Macbook Packaging

Jobs Wanted a Secret, Illegal ‘No Poaching’ Deal with Palm

Unlucky PowerBook Pegged By Foul Ball

First Macintosh Shirt Is Stylish in its Simplicity

Your Freezing, Clicking MacBook Pro Hard Drive Just Got Better

Hey Microsoft, We Still Want Zune for the Mac

64 Shots of the Fake Apple Tablet Used in Real Life, For Better or Worse

Apple Tablet gallery

Hold Up, RIM is World’s Fastest Growing Tech Company?

Apple Building Secret Massive Data Center, Probably to Hold Steve’s Electronically Cloned Brain

This Amazon Smart Plug Deal in the Spring Sale Makes Alexa Smart Home Setup Almost Too Easy and Cheap

Anker’s 100W Power Bank Hits Its Lowest Price of the Year on Amazon, Packing 25,000mAh and 3 Ports

Beats Solo 4 at 40% Off Is Now Apple’s Lowest-Cost Headphone Pick During Amazon’s Spring Sale

Now the Oscars Aren’t Just Moving to YouTube, They’re Moving Out of Hollywood

Fitbit Versa 4 Drops to a Record Low as Google Makes Another Push into Fitness Smartwatches Following the Pixel Watch

JBL Boombox 4 Speaker Didn’t Stay at Full Price for Long as Amazon’s Spring Sale Pushes It Close to Used Pricing

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C-3PO’s Head From ‘Empire Strikes Back’ Sold for a Cool Million

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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