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Who Wants a Concrete iPhone Skin?

You can get all manner of weird and wonderful iPhone cases, but if you want something more industrial, maybe you’d like one made out of concrete. Wait, what? Designed by Korean creative collective Posh Craft, this replacement iPhone 5 made entirely out of concrete. The designers claim each one is unique, skittered with one-of-a-kind crater-like…

Clipper for iOS: Splice Together Mini-Movies in a Matter of Seconds

One of the great things about Vine and now Instagram, too, is the ability to stop filming and pick up right where you left off. It has the effect of producing more dynamic, interesting clips than you would otherwise. But that’s the problem—your’re stuck to clips. With Clipper, though, you can get that very same…

The iPhone Didn’t Kill Cameras, It Made Us Want Better Ones

The Wall Street Journal pointed out today that while sales of point-and-shoot cameras have declined steadily over the past few years, DSLRs and other interchangeable-lens cameras have been doing great. That’s right. People don’t want to just take more photos than ever, they want to take better photos, with big-kid cameras. And that’s not in…

iPhone Apps of the Week: GroupMe, eBay Exact, and More

This was a wonderfully exciting week to be an iPhone app. You know, assuming iPhone apps are sentient. But even if they aren’t, at least they can fake it now thanks to GroupMe’s adorable if not mildly bizarre emoji additions. And that’s just the beginning! Dive in to see all the great iPhone apps we’ve…

Idiot iPhone Thief Leaves His Samsung Galaxy at the Scene, Gets Caught

Irony’s a bitch. Alleged iPhone thief Travis Montgomery Snyder knows first hand. His smash-and-grab plot to liberate a whole slew of iPhones from a Virginia retailer went of mostly without a hitch. Expect for the part where he left his own phone behind. The robbery occurred back on February 19, when police were called to…

Groopic for iOS: Photographers Can Finally Be Part of Their Own Shots

The group shot dilemma—it’s the bane of both narcissists and scrapbooking enthusiasts alike. But what are you supposed to do when you want to snap a pic of a precious moment between friends, but the only person around to take the picture is, well, you? Fortunately for you, Groopic has taken it upon itself to…

If the Budget iPhone Is Real, We Hope It Looks Like This

Rumors of a “budget iPhone” feel like they’ve been swirling around the Internet for ages, but it’ll still be a while before we know if they’re real. If they are though, we hope they look as jaw-droppingly awesome as these renders. These hypothetical budget iPhones were whipped up by our good friend Martin Hajek, and…

The Key To Never Forgetting Your iPhone’s Charging Cable

Key-shaped USB flash drives have guaranteed we never forget to bring our important files ever again. And taking the same approach, Bluelounge’s Kii guarantees you always have an emergency iPhone or iPad charger on hand—as long as you remembered to lock your home and bring your keys. A 30-pin dock connector version of the Kii,…

iOS 7 Is Secretly Baby-Proof

Regardless of what you think of its icons, iOS 7 is a big design shift for Apple, and it’s here to stay. When the new OS finally hits consumer phones everywhere, it might be a little surprise for some, but there’s one demographic it’s really going to flummox: babies. The clip pretty much speaks for…

Resume Designer: Make Professional-Looking Resumes Fast and On the Go

There’s virtually nothing pleasant about the job hunting process—an unfortunate fact of life. Between interviews, worrying, scourings listings, and worrying some more, anything you can do make the process easier the better. Resume Designer for iOS at least helps you take the thought and stress out of putting your entire life down on paper. The…

iPhone Apps of the Week: Visual 2.0, Foresee, and More

Welcome to the weekend, friends. Need to give your bike a tuneup? Start preparing yourself for your upcoming bereavement of Google Reader? What about getting some outdoor activity? Or maybe you’re just looking to cower under your tinfoil hat and mull over the PRISM scandal for a while? Well lucky you, we have just the…

Digg has updated its iOS app to incorporate its experimental new Reader—and it’ll directly import your feeds from Google Reader, too. Go get it.

You Can Control Your iPhone with Your Head in iOS 7

Hidden inside the Accessibility settings of iOS 7 is a sneaky new way to control your iPhone (or iPad): with your head. Yep, with simple left or right head movements you can navigate your iPhone. You’ll look a little bit crazy but ooh wow look at you control your iPhone invisibly. The left or right…

These Screwed-Up iOS 3D Map Images Are Eerily Beautiful

When Apple replaced built-in Google Maps on iPhones and iPads, people were justifiably livid. What had worked so well was suddenly a useless mess. Millions of people who depended on Google Maps for subway and bus schedules were abandoned. At least the incorrectly rendered 3D imagery is kind of pretty! A Stockholm-based project called MapGlitch…

Poppy Hands On: Turn Your iPhone into a 21st Century View-Master

The Fisher-Price View-Master has entertained generations of kids with stereoscopic views of famous landmarks and cartoon characters since its advent in 1939. Problem was, these iconic gadgets could only display images, never record them. But the Poppy can. It turns your iPhone into a 3D camera. The Poppy generates a pair of stereographic images from…

Bike Doctor: Repair Your Bike As Well As the Pros Without the Price

For the beginning (or even experienced) cyclist, making your own bike repairs can seem like a daunting task. Most bike repair guides you’ll find around the ol’ internet can be complicated labyrinths of instruction that end up doing more harm than good. But taking your wheels to a pro can come with a major price…

Why Instagram Can’t Do for Video What It Did for Photos

You can now share videos on Instagram. That means alongside your beautiful, emotive photos, there will be beautiful, emotive moving images. Right? Not so fast. While the Facebook-owned company has introduced a set of unique features to challenge the likes of Vine, there are a few reasons why Instagram might find that the inclusion of…

iOS 7 Will Let You Take Secret Screenshots of Your Sexy Snapchats

Fellow sexters or those who like self-destructing pictures and videos, ya better listen up. Snapchat and iOS 7 might have a wee bit of a problem because in iOS 7 you can screenshot Snapchat photos without ever alerting the original person. Basically, you can screenshot without ever getting caught. Currently, when you screenshot a photo…

Highly Visual 2.0: A Mobile Reader for the Visually Minded

Especially with the upcoming demise of Google Reader, RSS alternatives abound. But how do you pick the one that’s right for you from all the riff raff? Well, if you’re someone who’s feed tends to stick to the more image oriented, Highly Visual 2.0 may be exactly what you’re looking for—at least in a mobile…

Leaked iPhone 6’s Guts Photos Show It Will Be Faster, Not Surprisingly

Like every summer, new parts shots of the next version of the iPhone get leaked in anticipation of its annual fall rebirth. And like every summer, the internet realizes the obvious: it will be quite faster and better than your current iPhone.