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iOS 5 Homescreen Web Apps Will Get a Boost from Mobile Safari’s Nitro Engine

iOS allows web apps to look and behave like normal apps if bookmarked on the homescreen. And now with iOS 5, those web apps will be allowed to use Mobile Safari’s Nitro JavaScript engine, promising faster, more powerful performance. [Ars Technica]

Tech News Adrian Covert

This Week’s Best Apps

In this week’s app roundup: Instagram and iCloud, replicated on Android; movies, recommended; cookbooks, shared; pictures, mysteriously pixelated; apps, found with Yahoo; karaoke, added to Shazam; ringer, smartly silenced; Swype, honeycombed; and much, much more. The week’s best iPhone apps Roger Ebert’s Great Movies: The apps comes loaded with more than 300 movie reviews, and…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert and Casey Chan

Quick! Buy This Dude’s Game Boy iPhone 4 Case Before Nintendo Slaps Him with a C & D

Any iPhone-packing gamer out there will have a tough time resisting this Game Boy iPhone 4 case. I don’t even own an iPhone and I’m considering it. This spot-on replica not only brings back some of the fondest 8-bit memories, it’s only $9 ($16 after shipping)! And you’d better grab this godfather of portable gaming…

Tech News Max Behrman

Golfer iPhone Skin = Perfect Last-Minute Father’s Day Gift

Every Dad likes golf, right? Even if they don’t, this Golfer iPhone skin (and wallpaper!) still looks great. I mean, I don’t even like golf, but I can appreciate GelaSkins’ work here. If this $15 skin doesn’t work, here are some more ideas. [GelaSkins via Werd] https://gizmodo.com/the-ultimate-fathers-day-shopping-deadline-guide-5811887

Tech News Kat Hannaford

How Cute: Patent Suggests Apple Wants to Play Matchmaker for You and Nearby Strangers

Imagine: You walk into a bar and instantly your iPhone tells you there are five people there who also like classic death metal and produce photography. Well Mac Rumors found an Apple patent that may do just that. The patent suggests that iPhones will eventually share a user’s personal data (everything from downloaded songs and…

Tech News Max Behrman

Apple Adding Surveillance and Data Scrambling to Find My iPhone?

Patents can mean everything or nothing, so take this with big ol’ salt grains, but Apple’s thinking about seriously beefing up its Find My iPhone service. Most notable? New ways to spy on a thief and remotely scramble your stuff. Patently Apple reports that the improved security would let you render your phone useless without…

Tech News Sam Biddle

A Way to Play Air Guitar On Your iPhone

The Air Guitar Move is a neat little Wii-inspired Kickstarter project that combines a free iPhone app and a motion-sensing guitar pick. The two work together to create an experience similar to Guitar Hero or Rock Band. The pair behind the project, toymakers Ronald Mannak and Colin Karpfinger, are aiming for $25,000 to bring the…

Tech News Kwame Opam

I Can Put Up With Ads While I Hang, Thanks.

The newest addition to Zynga’s game family is Hanging With Friends, an app for i-gadgets big and small. It’s a twist on classic hangman, with elements of Scrabble and other word games thrown in. You can only choose from a… [Kotaku]

Tech News Jen Schiller

Ron Paul Chooses BlackBerry over iPhone in Pivotal Debate Moment

Last night’s New Hampshire GOP debate was a fierce one. Healthcare, war, jobs, pizza—it was all on the line, and not one candidate pulled any punches when it came to the tough questions. Like choice in smartphones. Ugh. CNN’s Hey let’s make this less boring to watch decision to ask candidate goofy softball “personal question”…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Use Your Headphone Remote as a Camera Shutter in iOS 5

Another quiet feature added to iOS 5 is the ability to use the inline remote on the iPhone headphones as a camera shutter. Should prove excellent for snapping subtle spy shots. [Cult of Mac via Wired]

Tech News Adrian Covert

The iPhone 5 Rumor Roundup

The iOS and iPhone 5 rumors have been coming in at a whirlwind clip lately, and it can be a Sisyphean task trying to keep up with it all. So here’s a quick roundup of everything that might have slipped under your radar. The Latest First, the juicy stuff: it looks like Apple is in…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Apple Is Now Selling Unlocked iPhone 4 Handsets From $650

Can you believe that an iRumor has come true, for once—and early? Apple’s started selling unlocked iPhone 4 phones in the US, with the 16GB model (in both black and white) costing $650, and the 32GB models coming in at $750. https://gizmodo.com/rumor-unlocked-iphone-4s-revamped-macbook-airs-and-ne-5811267 While this is a step forward in the right direction for Apple (after…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Only 50% iPhones Have Been Synced At Least Once

This is a crazy figure: 50% of the iPhones brought to Genius bars have never been connected to a computer. Ever. I don’t know about you, but I can’t understand how people can live without synching between devices or backing up. Since the Genius bar is what most people use to service their iPhones, I’m…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Rumor: Unlocked iPhone 4s, Revamped MacBook Airs and New Back to School Discounts Coming This Weds

It could be a bumper harvest for Apple products this Wednesday, with updated MacBook Airs rumored, along with…unlocked iPhone 4s for the US? https://gizmodo.com/nuance-voice-control-spied-alongside-macbook-air-refres-5811110 Apple tipster Chronic heard from his sources that we’ll be seeing unlocked 16GB and 32GB iPhone 4s in both black and white colorways this Wednesday, along with MacBook Airs (helloooo Sandy…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

This Week’s Best Apps

In this week’s app roundup: iPhones, morphed into kaleidoscopes; Android phones, controlled by a hand wave; iPads, becoming a great blogging tool; Dinosaurs, sent to the zoo; auto correction mistakes, fixed; BBC News, available worldwide; and much, much more. The week’s best iPhone apps Kaleidacam: Kaleidacam turns your iPhone into the looking glass of a…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert and Casey Chan

What Not to Do with Someone Else’s Phone

Because I do not live in the 20th century, I keep photos of my baby on my phone, not in my wallet. Which is a problem: While you probably wouldn’t rifle through my wallet, you happily invade my phone. Dick. To wit: Often when I show someone a picture of my kid, they immediately begin…

Tech News Mat Honan

Textify.it Turns Your Photos into Impressionist Art

Look, we all love Instagram photo filters, but that’s kind of the thing: we all love Instagram. We need some diversity in the photo filter landscape. Textify.it turns your photos into impressionist art using colored text, with your choice of font. The app is pleasantly simple. You just load an image into the app and…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

The iPhone’s Airplane Mode Doesn’t Really Work

Kids, please don’t try this at home. [Thanks Karl!]

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Redsn0w Updated, Now Jailbreaks iOS 5 (Tethered Only)

The iPhone Dev-Team’s Redsn0w has been updated for Mac-tethering-only iPhone 4, 3GS, iPad and iPod Touch jailbreaking. RedmondPie’s tried it out and found it works fine, but does warn not to use Redsn0w if you’re using a carrier unlock. [RedmondPie]

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Two Lucky iPhones Will Be Guests On The Last Space Shuttle Mission

Some companies have all the luck. While Google’s green Android robot sits on the sidelines, Apple gets to send two of its iPhone 4 handsets into space with the Space Shuttle Atlantis. The iPhones were approved for the flight and will have the SpaceLab for iOS app installed on them. They will be used in…

Space & Spaceflight Kelly

iOS 5 Homescreen Web Apps Will Get a Boost from Mobile Safari’s Nitro Engine

This Week’s Best Apps

Quick! Buy This Dude’s Game Boy iPhone 4 Case Before Nintendo Slaps Him with a C & D

Golfer iPhone Skin = Perfect Last-Minute Father’s Day Gift

How Cute: Patent Suggests Apple Wants to Play Matchmaker for You and Nearby Strangers

Apple Adding Surveillance and Data Scrambling to Find My iPhone?

A Way to Play Air Guitar On Your iPhone

I Can Put Up With Ads While I Hang, Thanks.

Ron Paul Chooses BlackBerry over iPhone in Pivotal Debate Moment

Use Your Headphone Remote as a Camera Shutter in iOS 5

The iPhone 5 Rumor Roundup

Apple Is Now Selling Unlocked iPhone 4 Handsets From $650

Only 50% iPhones Have Been Synced At Least Once

Rumor: Unlocked iPhone 4s, Revamped MacBook Airs and New Back to School Discounts Coming This Weds

This Week’s Best Apps

What Not to Do with Someone Else’s Phone

Textify.it Turns Your Photos into Impressionist Art

The iPhone’s Airplane Mode Doesn’t Really Work

Redsn0w Updated, Now Jailbreaks iOS 5 (Tethered Only)

Two Lucky iPhones Will Be Guests On The Last Space Shuttle Mission

Feds Sniffing Around Polymarket After Suspicious Bets

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

Don’t Get Too Attached to Any AI App

‘Paradise’ Writer Teases What’s Coming in Season 3 After That Huge Twist

Trump’s New White House App Is Mildly Concerning and Weird for a Lot of Reasons

Bloodsucking Ticks Can Survive Inside Your Home Longer Than You Might Think

The Best New Toys of March 2026

Judge Denies Liking LinkedIn Post Critical of Elon Musk But Reassigns His Cases Anyway

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

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

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