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The Dogs of War: Apple vs. Google vs. Microsoft

It’s hard to grasp the breathtaking scale of the epic war between Microsoft, Google and Apple. Billions upon billions of dollars. Entire industries at stake. This is the board. These are the pieces. If you think about it, what’s shocking isn’t the size of Microsoft or Apple, companies that are decades old, established titans of…

Tech News Matt buchanan and Shane Snow Apr 15

Glee on iPhone More Than Good—It’s Fabulous

When Glee first hit the air I loathed it. Sure, it was sharkfully wicked, but for a show about the joy of simply singing, I found the autotune insulting. I survived. Smule’s Glee app makes autotune a blast. Here’s how it works: You sing into your iPhone’s (or iPad’s) microphone along with background music. A…

Tech News Joel Johnson Apr 15

Plasma TVs Make Great Windows

It’s not like you needed those windows for light anyway, so why not give yourself a multi-million dollar view of the Golden Gate Bridge instead? The Winscape iPhone app controls the view you see out your windows—or, plasmas. With any luck you’ll have a couple of spare plasma TVs lying around anyway, and a couple…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Apr 15

Freeplay ZipCharge Battery Promises Hours of Juice From 60 Second Charge

It’s a familiar situation: you’re halfway out the door when you realize the gadget you just pocketed is utterly out of juice. The FreePlay ZipCharge battery can give you precious extra hours of life with a mere 60 second charge. It’s not quite as sleek as some other batteries, like the HyperMac Nano, but the…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Apr 14

Atomic Web Brings One Killer Function to iPad/iPhone Browsing

I don’t care about 99% of browser functions. Plug-ins are nice, but what I use most on a daily basis are tabs. And that one feature makes the Atomic Web Browser ($1) better than Safari/iCab browsers on the iPad/iPhone. It’s a revelation. iPad Safari, despite its plentiful screen real estate, still uses the iPhone’s technique…

Tech News Mark Wilson Apr 14

Rumor: iPhone 4 To Be Announced June 22nd?

We know the fourth generation of the iPhone will be announced sometime this June, but what date should you book off work so you can be glued to Gizmodo all day? June 22, according to a date booked at YBCA. The Yerba Buena Center for Arts is located by the Moscone Center in San Francisco,…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Apr 14

Apple-Branded Car Kit Found Within iPhone OS 4 Code

Car kits for iPods and iPhones aren’t exactly big news, with plenty of third party accessory companies feeding off the ecosystem already. But an Apple-branded kit, found buried in iPhone OS 4? The “iPod Out” feature was found mentioned in the iPhone OS 4 code, alongside “IAPSSimpleRemoteCarButtonNotification,” “IAPSSimpleRemoteCarButtonTypeKey” and “kCTCallStatusChangeNotification,.” Rumors about an Apple car…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Apr 14

99 iPad Apps, Reviewed

We spent hundreds of dollars and countless man-hours reviewing the first batch of iPad apps just to save you the trouble. Here is our complete compendium of reviews, sorted by category, ranked by preference. In other words, follow each of these links for a simple list of applications broken down by iTunes umbrella topics. The…

Tech News Mark Wilson Apr 13

What iPhone OS 4 Doesn’t Give the iPhone 3G

Obsolescence, meet iPhone. It’s true, iPhone OS 4 won’t touch the original iPhone at all. But even the iPhone 3G is getting shafted quite a bit with iPhone OS 4. https://gizmodo.com/how-fast-will-iphone-and-ipad-hardware-become-obsolete-5515066 There’s three two major things we noticed missing from iPhone 4.0 on the iPhone 3G, after running this checklist of new hotness. https://gizmodo.com/the-hidden-secrets-of-iphone-os-4-5513121/?skyline=true&s=i No…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Apr 13

Rumor: Adobe Prepping Lawsuit Against Apple

This whole Apple/Adobe spat is about to get a lot uglier, according to IT World. Their sources say Adobe is prepping for a major lawsuit against Apple in the coming weeks. The updated SDK that was released with the iPhone 4.0 dev kit seems to be the last straw, with its new rules banning apps…

Tech News Adam Frucci Apr 13

Why Microsoft Is Trying to Sell a (Smart) Dumbphone

Dumbphones are dead, right? So why—at the time of the great Windows Phone 7 resurrection—is Microsoft pushing a totally separate phone platform that doesn’t even run apps? The answer is borderline insane, but just might work. https://gizmodo.com/dumb-cellphones-must-die-5279250 When I first saw the two-pronged strategy, with Windows Phone 7 on one side, and the Kin phones…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Apr 13

Sketch Nation Shooter iPhone App Lets You Draw Your Own Games

Do you remember the OS X game SketchFighter, the shooter made from pencil drawings? Sketch Nation Shooter is certainly very similar, letting you draw your own levels, players, and even enemies. You pretty much design the game yourself! It’s 99 cents / 59p, and from what I can tell sounds worth every cent. Or penny.…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Apr 13

Unbelievable, Download Opera Mini for iPhone Now

Holy crap. Against our wildest expectations, Apple approved the Opera Mini browser for the iPhone, and it’ll be in the App Store within 24 hours. Original iPhone users should be reallllllly happy right now. Update: Now live in iTunes! [Opera] https://gizmodo.com/opera-mini-submitted-to-app-store-complete-with-passiv-5500165 Opera Mini App approved for the App Store Oslo, Norway – April 13, 2010…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Apr 12

Swankolab iPhone App Lets You Play Around With Dark Room Chemicals All Over Again

At $2 this app is a heck of a lot cheaper than buying any the materials necessary for your own dark room, and I can guarantee it’s less messy too. Though not quite as fun, I know. Wired got hands-on with the Swankolab iPhone app, and found it a whole heap of fun, changing a…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Apr 12

The iPhone’s Popup Problem

Popups were an understandable workaround for the shortcomings of the iPhone operating system. But with OS 4, Apple missed their chance to build a good alert system. Now, popups are about to get way out of hand. So What’s The Problem? You deal with plenty of popup notifications on your iPhones right now. A Facebook…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Apr 12

The Hidden Secrets of iPhone OS 4

Though iPhone OS 4’s real potency will come when developers seize the new tools and build multitasking apps that do crazy, crazy things, many of the OS’s inherent secrets are coming to light. Updated: More secrets. You might have spotted some of these screens in our thorough hands-on videos, but most of nuggets below are…

Tech News Rosa Golijan and Wilson Rothman Apr 12

Apple Removing “Rate On Delete” Feature from iPhone OS

The “rate on delete” iPhone prompt that greets users every time they remove an app from their iPhone is getting deleted. The “feature” was added by Apple in iPhone OS version 2.2 as a way to stop users from rating apps that they had not downloaded. However, in the time since then developers noticed that…

Tech News Jack Loftus Apr 11

iPhone OS 4 Has Video Chat, Group Chat Code

9to5Mac dug up references to video conferencing—hosted on Apple’s own servers—as well as group chat rooms and chat moderators in iPhone OS 4. That’s good news. The group chat and moderator stuff are unique to iPhone and aren’t found in iChat on the Mac, so it’s more-or-less legit as far as it being FOR the…

Tech News Jason Chen Apr 10

Apple Scrubs “Google” Name From Safari Search Button In iPhone OS 4

Apple’s move to ban Adobe’s Flash-to-iPhone compiler elicited shrugs from Adobe and complaints from Adobe loyalists. Digging deeper into the OS reveals another, albeit less dramatic slight: Apple scrubbed Google’s name from the new OS’s Safari search button. The iPad has the generic “search” button as well, and the Safari settings allow users to choose…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Apr 10

Saying So Much With So [REDACTED]

Flash “evangelist” Lee Brimelow responds to Apple cutting Flash developers off at the knees for iPhone. Adobe makes him change it. The sentence left in its place? Well that kind of says everything. Things, they are complicated. [Flash Blog]

Tech News Matt Buchanan Apr 9

The Dogs of War: Apple vs. Google vs. Microsoft

Glee on iPhone More Than Good—It’s Fabulous

Plasma TVs Make Great Windows

Freeplay ZipCharge Battery Promises Hours of Juice From 60 Second Charge

Atomic Web Brings One Killer Function to iPad/iPhone Browsing

Rumor: iPhone 4 To Be Announced June 22nd?

Apple-Branded Car Kit Found Within iPhone OS 4 Code

99 iPad Apps, Reviewed

What iPhone OS 4 Doesn’t Give the iPhone 3G

Rumor: Adobe Prepping Lawsuit Against Apple

Why Microsoft Is Trying to Sell a (Smart) Dumbphone

Sketch Nation Shooter iPhone App Lets You Draw Your Own Games

Unbelievable, Download Opera Mini for iPhone Now

Swankolab iPhone App Lets You Play Around With Dark Room Chemicals All Over Again

The iPhone’s Popup Problem

The Hidden Secrets of iPhone OS 4

Apple Removing “Rate On Delete” Feature from iPhone OS

iPhone OS 4 Has Video Chat, Group Chat Code

Apple Scrubs “Google” Name From Safari Search Button In iPhone OS 4

Saying So Much With So [REDACTED]

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