Tech news, analysis, culture, business, security, and more
As expected and widely reported ahead of today’s keynote, Apple introduced a completely revamped iOS at WWDC. Not only did they ditch the skeuomorphic design scheme in favor of something a little more colorful and fun, the company added a handful of neat new features—some old, some new. But as with any major update to…
Microsoft’s new Xbox One hotness is now up for real preorder, not that fake pre-preorder stuff. You can hop on the train over at Amazon, or directly from Microsoft itself. The one-bundle-fits-all pack will run you a cool $500. https://gizmodo.com/the-new-xbox-everything-you-need-to-know-about-microso-509033619 Amazon’s listing the release date as November 30th—a more precise date than Microsoft’s nebulous “November.”…
Supposedly inspired and named after the space station featured in the Star Trek series Deep Space Nine, Vianney Halter’s Deep Space Tourbillon watch took several years to design and build. But from the looks of it, that number could be closer to half a century since the watch looks like it was based on designs…
Today, after plenty of self-deprecating jokes about virtual cows, Apple unveiled a sweeping overhaul of the mobile software by Jony Ive. After months of speculation and weeks of rumor-mongering, we finally have our answer: the future of iOS is, actually, is rife with dimensionality and texture. Which is a good thing. The predicted rebirth of…
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.
Hillary Clinton’s managers started a Twitter account for her, which apparently proves she’s running for president.
The standard stereotype usually sees the women’s restroom with the longest lineup, but not at Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference. As CNet’s Dan Ackerman points out in this photo he tweeted, this time it’s the men who have to wait. Either the male-to-female ratio is impossibly high at WWDC, or the women in attendance were…
Apple exploded rumors that it would murder the Mac Pro today. How? Well, by previewing a new badass version of the high power monster that’s coming “later this year”. The guts of the new Mac Pro are undeniably impressive, but what about the new black, cylindrical look? We’ve heard everything from “OOOOO shiny”, to, “It…
We didn’t get a new verision of Android at Google I/O, but it’s not like there weren’t enough already. As Apple pushes on into the beautiful iOS 7 future and brings the lion’s share of its user-base along, there’s still a lot of Android users stuck in a multiple OS-ghettos. https://gizmodo.com/apple-ios-7-everything-you-need-to-know-512269828 Apple’s walking into the…
Earlier this morning we blipped that Barnes & Noble is selling current-generation Nooks for as low as $130. You might have missed it among the Apple announcements. But it’s worth a second look, because this is one of the best Android tablet deals we’ve ever seen. As a “Father’s Day Promotion,” Barnes & Noble is…
If the constant downsizing in the news-media industry hasn’t already convinced you to pick something else to do with your life, a new study shows the worst “return on investment” for a four-year degree is a job in journalism. It takes journalists nearly 32 years to pay off their college loans. With a median salary…
You shouldn’t text and drive, but iOS in the car is aiming to make phone usage on the go a little less deadly. Powered by Siri—with updates including integration for settings, and (Bing-powered) web searches as well as 3rd party apps like Twitter, and Wikipedia—iOS in the car is about as close to an Apple…
After boundless speculation over the last year, Apple has finally announced its online streaming and music discovery service. This is how millions of people will listen to music from now on. What we’re looking at here is a Pandora-like radio service that’s built directly into the standard iTunes app across all of Apple’s platforms including,…
Apple has reworked the look and design of the camera and photos applications to make navigation smoother and simpler. It’s a blatant shot at what Apple’s competitors—ahem, Instagram—have been doing for sometime. First up, is the Camera app, which has a brand new swipable interface that lets you go between video, camera, pano camera and…
Sharing is getting just a little bit easier in iOS 7 with the addition of AirDrop. Just like in the latest versions of Mac OS X, you’ll be able to share photos, contacts, notes and the like over a peer-to-peer Wi-Fi network or over Bluetooth. So any item that works with iOS’s share function, can…
Just like its OS X big brother, Safari for iOS just got a major overhaul for its new, flat home—an overhaul that suspiciously looks quite a bit like Chrome. https://gizmodo.com/the-new-safari-wants-to-be-your-google-reader-replaceme-512319454 You now get a “smart” search field that brings up your favorites as soon as you tap it, and just like everything it else, it’ll…
If there’s just one thing we’ve been begging Apple to steal from Android, it’s been some kind of comprehensive settings page. Enter Control Center, a suite of settings just a swipe away. https://gizmodo.com/the-first-thing-ios-7-needs-to-steal-from-android-511055285 Just swipe up from the bottom of the device, and you can access Settings, Brightness, Music, a flashlight. You know, all those…
Until now, multitasking in iOS has been fairly limited. Now, it’s going to work for all apps—and Apple says it’s going to provide background updates to all apps—and Apple says all those background cycles aren’t going to hurt your battery life. Apple’s multitasking is smart—it learns from your habits and updates the apps you use…
iOS 7 is here. It’s beautiful. You can cehck out all the details in our main post, but here is some video to see how it looks in action. You really want to see this. https://gizmodo.com/apple-ios-7-everything-you-need-to-know-512269828 There are some crazy details, like the way screens slide in and out of the frame, and how control…
The new iOS 7 is here. Jony Ive’s first iOS—minimalist, elegant, devoid of the infantile artifice that infected its recent incarnations. It’s pretty impressive. And here’s everything you need to know about it. Here’s a video that summarizes it: Flat design, grid, 3D layers and gestures The iOS interface has been completely revamped. That means…
