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Mixlr: Host Your Own Radio Show From Your iPhone

Have you ever been told you have a great radio voice? People might be insulting you. If they’re not and you haven’t quite gotten your foot in the door at NPR, download Mixlr and hijack the system. What does it do? Lets you broadcast your own live radio program and listen to amateur shows from…

Grokr: One Psychic App For a Hundred Different Uses

Imagine you threw a bunch of the most useful apps you have into a blender. The end product would be something like Grokr, a new app that’s being billed as the iOS version of the instant results engine Google Now. What does it do? Predicts what you’re going to search before you search it. Gives…

iOS 6 upgrades jumped a massive 29% over the weekend—no doubt because Google Maps became available. [MoPub]

Walmart’s Got a $127 iPhone 5 and Other Crazy Cheap Deals

Looking to move up a rung on the iPhone ladder this Christmas? Just hold on for a couple of days, and you might be able to do it for ridiculously cheap. Walmart’s going to run some promotions like a 16GB iPhone 5 for just $127 and other related insanity. In addition to that iPhone 5…

Apple’s iPhone App of the Year Is a Joke, Right?

As is customary for this time of year, Apple has just released its “Best of 2012” list for the App Store. And the winner of the coveted App of the Year award goes to…Action Movie FX. Let that sink in for a few seconds. Instead of picking a potentially disruptive app or an actually good…

Google Maps for iOS Review: Maps Done Right

After some intensive testing since its yesternight release, there’s no doubt about it: Google Maps for iOS is, hands down, the best maps application, perhaps on any platform. So good, so fast, and so clean. There’s really no contest. They nailed it, and shamed Apple in the process. https://gizmodo.com/download-google-maps-for-ios-right-now-and-get-turn-by-5968065 I thought that maybe my first…

Apple’s iPhone Found to Violate Three Patents in US Court

Word just came down that Apple’s iPhone has been found to infringe on three patents held by MobileMedia, according to Bloomberg. It’s not clear which patents are in question, but in 2010, MobileMedia, a company owned by Sony, Nokia, and a company that licenses MPEG patents, took Apple to court over 18 patents dealing with…

Samsung’s Chief Strategy Officer Prefers to Use Apple at Home

By day, he heads up Samsung’s technology strategy. By night, he’s a closet Apple fanboy. Young Sohn, Samsung’s Chief Strategy Officer, admitted to Technology Review in an interview that he can’t get enough of Apple’s products. From the interview: I use a Mac, actually, at home. I’ve always used Mac, an iPhone, and an iPad……

Download Google Maps for iOS Right Now and Get Turn by Turn Navigation, Public Transit Directions and Street View

After somehow managing to survive life without it, Google Maps is back and better than ever for iOS. That means no more melting world of Apple Maps, no more false listings, no more getting lost and no more map inferiority on your iPhone. Get rid of Apple Maps and go download Google Maps in the…

Find My iPhone Gives You Driving Directions To Your Lost Phone Now

Lost your iPhone, iPad, or Mac? Well, butterfingers, now you can hunt it down in your car, because Find My iPhone will give you driving directions to your misplaced device. The new navigational feature is only supported on iOS 6. And hopefully Find My iPhone doesn’t get you lost in the process of retrieving your…

Another Reason to Never Use an iPhone Case: It Can Scratch Your iPhone Too

We’ve been on record saying that your brand new iPhone 5 doesn’t need a case, that it should always stay naked. But we get it, some of you guys like the peace of mind of protection. Grandmas love plastic on their couches! But what happens when your iPhone case actually scratches your iPhone? GASPSHRIEKFREAKTHEEFFOUT. It…

Redesigning Notification Center

It’s become pretty obvious that we have a love hate relationship with Notification Center The general consensus on the internet is that while the basic functionality of notification center is great – its got some real flaws in visual design and user experience. No one likes the linen – it doesn’t make sense. If there’s…

Never Ask the IRIS 9000 iPhone Dock To Lie

Though cleverly named the IRIS 9000 to dodge any legal trouble with MGM, 2001: A Space Odyssey fans should have no trouble recognizing this HAL 9000 doppleganger that’s designed to make using Siri feel a little more sci-fi. But whatever you do, don’t ask it to lie or conceal the truth. The not-quite-a-dock connects to…

How To Dominate Your Ugly Xmas Sweater Party (With Technology)

Holiday parties are fun, full of boozy eggnog and good cheer, but there’s too much ugly sweater one-upsmanship. The winner is inevitably whoever found the ugliest old thing at the Salvation Army. Nuts to that. Blow everyone’s mind with this high-tech solution. Our NASA engineer pal Mark Rober is at it again. Remember his interactive…

Watch Tim Cook in His First TV Interview Since Becoming Apple CEO

It’s been about a year since Tim Cook took the helm at Apple, and he has apparently decided now is a good time to start talking to people. Brian Williams got first dibs, interviewing Cook earlier tonight on NBC’s Rock Center. It was a pretty standard issue CEO interview—laden with vague answers and lofty corporate…

T-Mobile’s Finally, Officially Getting the iPhone

Next year T-Mobile will finally get the iPhone. It’s not even a rumor this time—it’s an official announcement from T-Mobile and Apple. We’ve been waiting on this for pretty much forever, and not having Apple in its lineup has been pretty hard on T-Mobile. Now the three people still on the carrier are pretty pleased.…

Rethinking the iPhone Lockscreen

iOS is boring. It’s unconnected. It isn’t flexible. It’s slow. That’s generally the consensus. And while many look to Jony Ive’s new role as the answer, it doesn’t exactly solve these problems. So I thought I would give it a shot. Our iPhones are starting to look a little stale when you turn them on.…

Apple’s lifted the two-per-customer order limit on iPhone 5. Stock levels are clearly up! [Apple Insider]

Watch This Fox Get Duped By A Dying Rabbit App

Two sixteen-year-old Norwegian kids recently spotted a fox near their homes, so they decided to lure him in with an app that mimics the cries of a dying rabbit. Because, why not. The sounds coming out of the phone sound more like the cries of a tortured infant, but whether rabbits are more vocal creatures…

32 Amazing Photos Taken On Phones

It’s starting to feel silly to point out: You no longer need a great dSLR to take a great picture. Still, we made you prove it. Here are the best entries from this week’s Shooting Challenge, cellphones. https://gizmodo.com/shooting-challenge-cellphone-redux-5963985 You know what’s the best part of these cellphone Shooting Challenges? The entries are so incredibly diverse.…