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Gizmodo Japan at the Japanese iPad Launch

Here are our colleagues from Gizmodo.jp who just waited in line all night to be some of the first in Japan to get the iPad. And to celebrate, of course, they made these iPad hats. Amazing. Keep it up, guys!

Tech News Adam Frucci

Neal Stephenson and friends fight for the future of ebooks with “The Mongoliad”

While the publishing industry fights to survive, a group of scifi writers and software developers have struck out on their own. Led by Neal Stephenson, author of Cryptonomicon, the group built an ebook that could make reading truly interactive. The project was born out of swordfighting. Stephenson, an avid swordfighter, practices this martial art with…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Smartbooks Are Dying On the Vine. That’s Dumb.

What if I told you there was an ultralight device that put all the functionality of a powerful tablet into the thinnest, lightest laptop you ever saw? It exists. It could be great. And it’s dying before its time. In January, Lenovo unveiled that exact device to a warm—if not entirely convinced—reception. It was called…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Now Writers Can Submit Books to the iBookstore

As previously teased, writers can now submit their own books to iBookstore. I can’t wait to submit my Jane Austen fan fiction! And neither can Mr. Jean-Luc PicDarcy [iTunes Connect via MacLife]

Tech News Mark Wilson

World’s Tallest Married Couple Also Own iPads

And lo, the iPad went on sale internationally—but not before the record-holding world’s tallest married couple made an appearance at the London Apple store, dressed in full wedding attire. Publicity stunt? Your guess is as good as mine. Apparently the couple met at the Tall Persons Club, with Keisha Bolton measuring 6 feet 5 inches…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Now Both Windows And Mac Users Can Sync Their Jailbroken iPhones and iPads Over Wi-Fi

Previously Wi-Fi Sync, the clever app that allows folks with jailbroken devices to sync to iTunes over Wi-Fi, was only for Mac users and iPhones. But now Windows lovers and iPad owners can join the fun as well. https://gizmodo.com/now-available-a-10-app-whichll-sync-your-jailbroken-i-5538689 The app is still $10 and available through the Cydia store.

Tech News Rosa Golijan

High-Tech NYC Restaurant Takes Orders On iPads

London has the Flash-based, Bluetooth-ordering Inamo restaurant. Germany, the waiter-less kitchen. Japan has ramen vending machines, and soon, New York’s midtown will play host to a restaurant with a 240-square-foot screen, displaying tweets and Foursquare check-ins. https://gizmodo.com/the-vending-machine-ramen-taste-test-310836 Not to mention customers can customize their orders, add them to the 4Food.com social networking site, and if…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Suits With Custom iPad Pockets, For the Fanboy On the Go

You could carry your iPad in a bag like a normal person. But it’d be so far from your body! Luckily, these new suits feature an iPad pocket inside the jacket, keeping it nice and close to your heart. The suits, by Mohan Custom Tailors in New York, actually look pretty nice. And according to…

Tech News Adam Frucci

NBC, Time Warner Tell Apple They’re Sticking with Flash

It sounds like not everybody is ready to just throw Flash out the window because Steve Jobs told them to, as Time Warner and NBC have just told Apple they’re happy to stick with it for their online video players. According to The New York Post, “several large media companies, including Time Warner and NBC…

Tech News Adam Frucci

WebMD iPad App Is A Hypochondriac’s Nightmare

My toes are tingly, my head kinda hurts, and last night’s a bit fuzzy. Did I have a seizure? Is it lupus? Where’s my iPad? The WebMD app will help me figure it out—Oh God! It’s Sjögren’s syndrome! I’m not sure how accurate the diagnosis you’ll get from the WebMD app might be, but it’s…

Health Rosa Golijan

30% of Netbook Shoppers Wooed By iPad Instead

If the ergonomics of a tiny screen, keyboard and trackpad weren’t enough to convince you that netbooks will cease to be the phenomenon they were as tablets come into play, just look at the results of this study. Polling a sample size of “over 1,000 distributed across gender, age, income and location in the United…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Egg Boiler iPad App Times Your Eggs To Perfection

I’m sure I’m not the only one who has to Google how many minutes a soft-boiled egg requires every time I attempt one. If you’ve got your iPad in the kitchen already, this app would prove very handy. You just select whether you want a soft, medium or hard-boiled egg, and the iPad app will…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Tweet Defense iPad Game Lets You Slaughter Zombies With Tweets

Tweet Defense HD, the iPad version of the popular iPhone game, looks as fun as the original. The only difference is that now the zombie-filled tower defense game is made specifically for the iPad. And a bit pricier. https://gizmodo.com/iphone-tweet-defense-slaughters-zombies-with-witticisms-5489339 Keep in mind that you don’t actually need a Twitter account to play the game. But…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Sausage Stylus Review: A Surprisingly Useful iPad Accessory

This review was typed using two sausages on my iPad. Wait a Minute! Why Sausages? Sausage finger puns aside, meat-shaped iPhone and iPad accessories don’t exactly seem like the most natural thing. The whole trend supposedly started with a some Koreans who decided to use regular sausages to play games on their iPhones. You see,…

Reviews Rosa Golijan

MyPhoneDesktop Links Your Computer and iDevice the Way Apple Should Have

Froyo? That’s just what the myPhoneDesktop app eats after a hard day of wirelessly zapping links, text and images from your computer to your iPhone or iPad—a taste of the mouthwatering functionality Google demoed on Android last week. As it becomes clearer that smart phones and tablets aren’t people’s lesser computers but simply their other…

Reviews Kyle VanHemert

Try This Proof of Concept Flash Plugin For iPad Now

This thing is just a proof of concept, but it exists and you can download it to mess around with Flash on your iPad. Problem still exists as to how to graciously handle a mouseover action on a touchscreen. [StevenTroughtonSmith] Whoops! Perhaps we shouldn’t be getting too excited just yet. This is simply a general…

Tech News Jason Chen

Air Display: Use Your iPad as a Second Monitor, Without the Pain

The first app to pull this admittedly excellent trick was called iDisplay, but it was slow and buggy. Thankfully, Air Display takes the pain and frustration—and most importantly, the lag—out of using the iPad as a spare monitor. https://gizmodo.com/review-idisplay-turns-your-ipad-into-a-second-monitor-5508816 As far as I can tell, Air Display (from the same people who make the fantastic…

Tech News John Herrman

Behold, the 30-Second iPad Stand

I’m going to risk it all and guess that a lot of you reading this today probably have about a hundred of these “custom” iPad stands in your closet right now. Pretty ingenious. More importantly, cheap. [YouTube – Thanks, Phil]

Tech News Jack Loftus

Introduce Some Koi To Your iPad’s App Ecosystem

Koi Pond, an iPhone app favorite, is now available for the iPad as Koi Pond HD. Even if you couldn’t care less about real fish, the app’s gorgeous graphics and crazy level of customization should convert any koi-skeptic. In addition to the satisfyingly realistic physics of the fish, of which there are several breeds, Koi…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

The iPad and Velcro, a Match Made in Heaven

At first, I thought this would be a bad idea. But having watched this video, I kind of want to stick velcro all over my apartment. [DV Culture]

Tech News Adam Frucci

Gizmodo Japan at the Japanese iPad Launch

Neal Stephenson and friends fight for the future of ebooks with “The Mongoliad”

Smartbooks Are Dying On the Vine. That’s Dumb.

Now Writers Can Submit Books to the iBookstore

World’s Tallest Married Couple Also Own iPads

Now Both Windows And Mac Users Can Sync Their Jailbroken iPhones and iPads Over Wi-Fi

High-Tech NYC Restaurant Takes Orders On iPads

Suits With Custom iPad Pockets, For the Fanboy On the Go

NBC, Time Warner Tell Apple They’re Sticking with Flash

WebMD iPad App Is A Hypochondriac’s Nightmare

30% of Netbook Shoppers Wooed By iPad Instead

Egg Boiler iPad App Times Your Eggs To Perfection

Tweet Defense iPad Game Lets You Slaughter Zombies With Tweets

Sausage Stylus Review: A Surprisingly Useful iPad Accessory

MyPhoneDesktop Links Your Computer and iDevice the Way Apple Should Have

Try This Proof of Concept Flash Plugin For iPad Now

Air Display: Use Your iPad as a Second Monitor, Without the Pain

Behold, the 30-Second iPad Stand

Introduce Some Koi To Your iPad’s App Ecosystem

The iPad and Velcro, a Match Made in Heaven

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