Keynote

How to Watch the Google I/O 2021 Keynote Today

The Google I/O developers conference is taking place this week, with the keynote kicking things off today at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. Grab yourself enough water and snacks to last you two hours, because it’s going to be a whopper of an opening number. The pandemic obviously prevented Google from hosting its annual developer conference…

Apple’s Microsoft Office Killer Is Free Again (If You Dare)

We’ve been talking a lot lately about the perks and perils of Microsoft Office, especially the program you begrudgingly used to write your college papers: Word. In what appears to be an unrelated move, Apple just made a whole host of productivity apps free. Get excited for Pages! (Borat voice: “Not!”) But seriously, this is…

You’d Never Guess This Animation Was Actually Made in Keynote

Keynote may not be as painful to use as PowerPoint, but it is still a pretty basic piece of presentation software. You might find it hard to believe, then, that this cute animation was made using the humble piece of everyday software. Created by Linda Dong, the video below is a lovely example of how…

Miss the WWDC keynote? Just want to watch it again in its entirety because there is something wrong with you? Either way, you can catch the whole sucker right here. One catch: you gotta use Safari.

Watch Apple’s iPhone 5 Keynote Right Now

If you want to re-live the iPhone 5 announcement and/or measure the total amount of time Tim Cook took a breath during the keynote, Apple just released the entire iPhone 5 announcement on its website. Watch it here and vote for who dressed best among Cook, Phil, Forstall and crew below. [Apple]

Here Are Two Photos From Tomorrow’s Apple Event Sent From the Future

Apart from that phone lost in a bar, the iPhone 5 is the most leaked phone in Apple’s history. We basically know—with 99% certainty—what it will look like when it gets announced tomorrow, both in white and black versions. https://gizmodo.com/how-apple-lost-the-iphone-4-5520438 So why wait to get pictures of Tim Cook doing his show-and-tell? Everything is so…

Today’s iPad Keynote in Just 99 Seconds

Were you at Apple’s “Resolutionary” (barf) event today? It’s OK, neither were we—but if you watch this video and put your face close to the screen, you’ll feel like you’re there. All in a minute and some change. Tim Cook! Retina Display! Prices! iPhoto! Tim Cook’s navy (?) shirt! It’s all here, and at warp…

The Entire iPhone 4S Keynote in 80 Seconds

So you want to watch Tim Cook’s big fancy iPhone 4S reveal, but don’t have an hour and a half for ponderous corporate keynotes? No problem—we did it for you, and cut out everything but the good stuff. This keynote in particular was filled with… well, filler. Slide after slide of eye-numbing data on customer…

The iPhone Apps Everyone Should Have June 2011

The end of the month is here, and that means it’s time to do a little housekeeping on our list of the absolute best iPhone apps. Who will be inducted? Who will unceremoniously get the boot? https://gizmodo.com/the-best-iphone-apps-5676549 Added: Flare: It’s a video recorder app that records in High Dynamic Range. Which means it allows for…

iWork for iPhone

They’re small, they’re powerful, and they’re finally here. Pages, Numbers, and Keynote for the iPhone are packed with features, proving just how extensive pocket-size productivity can be. They also prove that it can be a real pain in the ass to do work on your phone. What is it? Pages, Numbers, Keynote; $10 each, iPhone.…

The Day Steve Jobs Dissed Me In A Keynote

It was October 2003 and Steve Jobs was on stage for a special worldwide simulcast keynote speech about iTunes. About four minutes into the presentation, he said something that made my pounding heart sink to my burning stomach. In May 2003, Apple invited me to their headquarters to discuss getting CD Baby‘s catalog into the…

The Back to the Mac Event in 104 Incredible, Remarkable, Amazing Seconds

Last week’s Back to the Mac event carried on for an hour or two, but only about two minutes of it was really important. Here’s the entire event, stripped of everything boring, ordinary, and unmagical. Everyone loves koalas. [TechCrunch]

iPad’s Keynote, Numbers and Pages Apps Updated

Included version 1.2 updates for each $10 app: Keynote-to-PowerPoint format export, extra presentation animations and Keynote to MobileMe iDisk support; Numbers spreadsheets convertable to Excel format; and Pages allows for displayed word count and .txt opening support. Plus more! See the full list of updates here: Keynote: – Export presentations to Microsoft PowerPoint (.PPT) format.…

Not On a Mac or iPad? Watch the Apple Keynote Here

Don’t have an approved Apple device to watch today’s keynote? We’ve got you covered. Gizmodo and Livestream are restreaming the keynote right to your Flash-enabled browser. It’s like you’re really using a Mac! [Live.Gizmodo.com]

The Saddest Part Of The Whole iPhone 4 Antenna Fiasco Is How Proud Steve Jobs Was When He Introduced It

Apple’s iPhone 4 Antennagate rolls on, with the question now, What is Apple going to do about this? Is it going to let it blow over? Is it going to slash prices on its “bumper” cases to appease the affected “death grip”-phone holders? Or give them away for free? Is it going to give everyone…

This Is What iWork Pages For iPhone Looks Like

Apple hasn’t done a very good job of keeping iWork for iPhone a secret, and now its existence has been confirmed by a host of Pages screenshots over at 9to5Mac. It’ll sync up with Pages on your iPad wirelessly. https://gizmodo.com/apple-site-leaks-iwork-for-iphone-again-5575322 From the looks of things, Pages will offer some standard templates as well as chart-making…

Apple Site Leaks iWork For iPhone, Again

For the second time this month, Apple’s website has tipped that iWork will be coming to iPhone. The evidence this time, popping up in some international versions of the online Apple Store, is pretty indisputable. https://gizmodo.com/iwork-suite-coming-to-iphone-5557751 When some users ordered unlocked iPhones and clicked on the AppleCare “Learn More” button, they were greeted with a…

Apple WWDC Keynote Video Now Up

Now you—yes you—can relive all 112 minutes of Steve Jobs’ keynote from yesterday, as well as watch the official iPhone 4 video. Everyone loves a gesticulating Jonny Ive, after all. [Keynote video and iPhone 4] Update: Reader Brantley tells us that Apple edited abotu 2 minutes out of the keynote when Jobs was having Wi-Fi…

Watch the Google I/O Day 2 Keynote Live

It’s going on right now! Watch it live—and find out about the “surprises” they promised yesterday—on YouTube.

iPad Test Notes: How to Transfer iWork Documents to and From Your Computer

iPad supports manual file transfers through iTunes. However, at this moment, it doesn’t work as smoothly as you would expect. There is a dedicated area at the bottom of the Applications pane (click on the iPad icon inside iTunes to access it) dedicated for this task. On the left side there is a list of…