Fanboys

The Barely Lethal Trailer Looks Like The Next Best Thing To Kick-Ass 3

When a teenage girl (Hailee Steinfeld) gets tired of being trained non-stop as an assassin, she decides to hide out at a high school and pretend to be a normal kid. Hilarity, pretty much, ensues. Since we might never get a third movie about Hit-Girl’s adventures in adolescence, this could be a good replacement for…

Trailers Charlie Jane Anders Mar 18

Obama Got a Sneak Peek at the Original iPhone From Steve Jobs

President Obama has been an Apple fanboy for a while now, according to the upcoming book Believer: My Forty Years in Politics from Obama’s political strategist David Axelrod. In 2007, Steve Jobs gave then-Senator Obama a private viewing of the iPhone before it was made publicly available. According to Axelrod, Obama’s first impression of the…

Tech News Kate Knibbs Feb 5

Teen Assassin Hailee Steinfeld’s Toughest Mission: High School

This is shaping up to be the year of the lethal teenage girl, what with Vampire Academy and the third Hunger Games movie. And now add to that list Barely Lethal, a comedy in which True Grit’s Hailee Steinfeld is an assassin trying to be a normal high-school girl. Entertainment Weekly has your first images…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Jan 4

How Every Argument About Xbox and PlayStation Ends

It doesn’t matter if you’re talking about the Xbox One versus the PlayStation 4. The 360 versus the PS3. Pitting Xbox Live against PlayStation Plus. Comparing Microsoft and Sony. Even including Windows Phone with the PSP. Whatever. Any argument between Xbox fanboys and PlayStation fanboys eventually reaches the point where they’re both so thankful that…

Tech News Casey Chan Aug 29

What Every Fanboy Argument About Google Glass and the Apple iWatch Will Be Like

Even though we’re going to be whoa’d and inspired by the future that Google Glass and the Apple iWatch will bring, let’s not kid ourselves. The most realistic future is going to be the silly arguments we all get into about Google Glass and the Apple iWatch… which will only get more ridiculous after Apple…

Tech News Casey Chan Mar 8

Do You Ever Judge People Based on Only Their Choice of Phone?

In some ways, a person’s choice of phone might say a lot about them. In other ways, it doesn’t. And as much as you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, we’re all guilty of it from time to time. Do you ever infer things about people’s personalities based on little more than what kind…

Tech News Eric Limer Dec 9

Too Bad This Apple-Samsung Fanboy Peace Treaty Isn’t Real

The smartphone fanboy wars seem both ridiculous and eternal. It’s like everywhere you go on the Internet, a simple statement of preference—even one that isn’t pig-head and disparaging—can serve as the flash point for a fanboy skirmish. Isn’t it about time we signed a peace treaty? https://gizmodo.com/the-apple-vs-android-fanboy-wars-in-one-gif-5951243 This agreement was written up for CNN by…

Tech News Eric Limer Oct 20

Surprise! Apple Fans Turn Samsung’s iPhone 5 Attack Ad on Its Head

Samsung isn’t taking the iPhone 5 launch lying down, and it shouldn’t surprise you to learn that nobody else is taking anything lying down either, ever. Not long after Samsung released its hackle-raising iPhone-basher, the ad was being flipped on its head by ardent Apple knights in iPhone armor. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-throws-down-the-gauntlet-with-its-new-iphone-ba-5943574 Like the ad they are…

Tech News Eric Limer Sep 16

The Fanboy and the Phone: A Love/Hate Story

In the ‘90’s, no nerd-debate was more contentious than that over the “Best” computer operating system. Were you Windows or were you Mac (or Linux)? Rifts formed in communities, hateful epithets were hurled, and friendships were destroyed. It was the geek equivalent of the abortion rights debate. This war is still being fought, but its…

Tech News Brent Rose Mar 25

The First Pathetic iPad Line Goons Appear

The new iPad will arrive in stores on Friday. But hey, look at these idiots! They’re ready, folding chairs and loneliness all packed, four days before launch. To camp out. For the opportunity to buy a thing. Days in advance. SlashGear spotted these two line-sitting virginal troglodytes in London, where I hear there are no…

Tech News Sam Biddle Mar 12

Don’t Try to Convert Friends to Your Tech Religion

You probably love your phone, tablet, and other miscellaneous touchscreens—that’s why you bought them. But now that we anticipate, live, eat, and sleep with our gadgets, they’re being deified. Don’t let your fandom turn you fanatical. Relax. Just think about it—whenever you make an informed decision to go Windows Phone or Android, you’re not just…

Tech News Sam Biddle Oct 28

Turns Out You Might Be in Love With Your iPhone

With iPhone day upon us, plenty of us are waiting with bated breath for what the iPhone 5 will truly be like. Even though, heh, we kinda already know. The New York Times has it that you’re in love with your iPhone. Really? https://gizmodo.com/why-wait-the-worlds-first-iphone-5-review-5844836 All told, it reads similarly to an older study conducted on…

Tech News Kwame Opam Oct 1

The Biggest Winners and Losers of Comic-Con 2011

San Diego Comic Con is a mosh pit of tastemakers. A good showing at Comic Con can generate unstoppable buzz for a project, that can last for months. A weak showing can deal a devastating setback to a creator’s dreams. Here are the projects and creators that we saw gaining buzz at San Diego Comic…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Jul 25

Fanboys Stick It to Apple By Sticking a Windows Logo On an Apple Store

You have to hand it to them for going ahead with the prank, but is Windows fanboyism this serious? Especially since they screwed up where the blue and green should be. Stupid. [Laughing Squid]

Tech News Kwame Opam Jun 5

The Seven Types of iPhone Users

Are there only seven types of iPhone owners like there are only seven types of Best Buy employees? I guess so! Well, what about the child iPhone user who just plays game and leaves your screen all gooey? That makes 8. Here are the seven types of iPhone users courtesy of AllAreaCodes.com: the Fanboy, the…

Tech News Casey Chan Feb 5

When a Fanboy Meets a Fangirl

Andy works for LG. Kaylee works for T-Mobile. They both love Android, and they weren’t afraid to use their wedding cake to show it. Andy writes: We got the idea in the middle of planning the wedding and found a great cake maker who was able to pull it off. As well I designed the…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Dec 13

Quick, Robin, to the Fanboymobile!

Apple decals? Check. Apple spare tire cover? Check. Apple license plate? Check. At least you know this Jeep’s always ready for Safari. And while some might find this display of Apple-love troubling, what’s perhaps even more troubling, points out Giz features editor Joe Brown, is the regular boy boy that appears to be getting into…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Oct 18

A Look Inside the Obsessive Mind of a Fanboy

Are you a Mac? Or are you a PC? Are you an iPhone guy or a soldier in the Android Army? If you feel strongly about any of these questions, chances are, you’re a fanboy. What is a fanboy? It seems strange to think that the definition of fanboy isn’t obvious or self-explanatory. But it’s…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Oct 1

Are You a Fanboy (Or Fangirl)?

Fanboy. It’s simultaneously the geek equivalent of calling somebody a racist on the internet and a badge of pride, the ultimate declaration of one’s undying devotion to some greater entity. Are you a fanboy (or fangirl)? https://gizmodo.com/cupidtino-a-dating-site-for-apple-fanboys-and-girls-5531275 Do have an unconditional, irrational, deeply abiding affection for a company, product, person, or other cultural object, so…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Sep 24

An Apple Superfan’s ‘Rudy’ Moment

[Han Ziwen became the first iPad owner in mainland China today, and was carried out of the Beijing Apple store on employees’ shoulders. He even made a t-shirt for the occasion: “I BUY IPAD NO 1”. Image via Getty]

Tech News Jeff Neumann Sep 17

Fanboys

The Barely Lethal Trailer Looks Like The Next Best Thing To Kick-Ass 3

Obama Got a Sneak Peek at the Original iPhone From Steve Jobs

Teen Assassin Hailee Steinfeld’s Toughest Mission: High School

How Every Argument About Xbox and PlayStation Ends

What Every Fanboy Argument About Google Glass and the Apple iWatch Will Be Like

Do You Ever Judge People Based on Only Their Choice of Phone?

Too Bad This Apple-Samsung Fanboy Peace Treaty Isn’t Real

Surprise! Apple Fans Turn Samsung’s iPhone 5 Attack Ad on Its Head

The Fanboy and the Phone: A Love/Hate Story

The First Pathetic iPad Line Goons Appear

Don’t Try to Convert Friends to Your Tech Religion

Turns Out You Might Be in Love With Your iPhone

The Biggest Winners and Losers of Comic-Con 2011

Fanboys Stick It to Apple By Sticking a Windows Logo On an Apple Store

The Seven Types of iPhone Users

When a Fanboy Meets a Fangirl

Quick, Robin, to the Fanboymobile!

A Look Inside the Obsessive Mind of a Fanboy

Are You a Fanboy (Or Fangirl)?

An Apple Superfan’s ‘Rudy’ Moment

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