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HTC has announced that there are some delays holding up production of its new flagship phone, the One. The company claims it will attempt to fulfil pre-orders by the end of the month, but the device may not appear in stores until some time in April. https://gizmodo.com/htc-one-hands-on-exactly-how-youre-supposed-to-build-a-5985326 There’s been no reason given for the delays,…
A mysterious new phone, which purports to be a Motorola-made Android, has surfaced—and it appears to shun the usual Moto design aesthetic in favor of something a little more Google-inspired. The guys at Tinhte got their hands on the phone. It’s worth pointing out that its specs don’t seem to be targeting the very high…
Microsoft is having a some problems with its Hotmail and Outlook email services—but it’s trying to solve the problem.
The Vatican needs to find a new Pope. And to notify the world of when a new Pope is chosen, the papal conclave will communicate through smoke signal. Black smoke means they haven’t found a Pope, white smoke (or “fumata bianca”) would mean that there is a new Pope. So what’s inside the smoke? It’s…
A distant satellite captures the Earth’s final moments as it is absorbed into a pulsating singularity to be reborn into another dimension. Stephen Pagano produced and animated this experimental animation, which was “inspired by the practical effects of 1970’s science fiction films.”
You probably think the sky is blue because of the ocean and air and reflections or something like that. But how does it turn red sometimes? Or orange? Or rather, why does the sky have to be any color at all? PBS explains it so you can explain it to your future kid. PBS’ It’s…
Surprise! Everyone loves to look at porn on the Internet. Okay, that’s not exactly a surprise. What is a little bit interesting is just how different our taste for porn can be. PornMD released its search statistics for pornography and broke down the most popular search terms by country and state. For example, the most…
Although the album was released about eight months before the cartoon premiered, They Might Be Giants’ Flood will probably forever be best associated with the Warner Brothers/Amblin Entertainment animated series: Tiny Toon Adventures. If you grew up in the 1990s, it’s all but impossible to not picture Plucky Duck getting pummeled in a wrestling ring…
Obama may seem like a hip man of the people what with his Google+ hangouts and his Reddit AMAs and his talking to the kids over the Twitters and whatnot, but he’s really just following in FDR’s trailblazing footsteps. Because on March 12, 1933, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt became the very first president to reach…
Google Now, the uber useful Android Jelly Bean do it all, may be coming to iOS. Of course it won’t have all the widgets and wizardry that the Android version provides but if this leaked promo ad for Google Now on iOS is to be believed, it will show you all the personalized information you…
If you make your coffee using an AeroPress, you probably are a little more particular about what you’re drinking. And now there’s an iPhone app to help you out with the brewing process. What does it do? Gives you prompts and timers for when to stir, pour, steep, and press your Aeropress. Also includes various…
Starbucks baristas will write your name on the side of your coffee cup, but that’s no where near the level of personalization the Barista Bot is capable of. After snapping your portrait with a webcam, it uses a robotic arm to then draw your face in the milk foam atop your latte. That’s overkill in…
Doesn’t this placemat make you want to be five-years old again? It’s a real Brio-style train set that you eat off of. You’d be able to convince even the pickiest little guy to eat any leafy green veggie if he was distracted by this awesome breakfast board. Or just channel your own inner child. The…
Ugh, it never fails. No matter the size of the group, you always seem to get stuck sitting next to someone you’d rather not be—an overtly intoxicated uncle at your brother’s wedding, a co-worker that believes closed-mouth chewing is more suggestion than rule, or the girl you wish you hadn’t started a conversation with at…
We’ve already been plenty vocal on our opinions of people who use coffee shops as their personal office. But this guy—this digital rebel found by Twitter user @DGoddamnGlover—makes those non-ordering, space-consuming table squatters look like saints—and this their new pope. https://gizmodo.com/coffee-shops-are-not-your-fucking-office-dickheads-5936954 This can’t possibly be convenient, nor does he need the free internet access. But…
Lomography has made sharing photos from a film camera a heck of a lot easier with its new Smartphone Scanner that’s finally available from the company’s online store. It replaces a desktop scanner and PC with a compact collapsible rig that uses your smartphone’s camera to digitize negatives and slides. The $60 scanner is mostly…
The photo you see above was taken on February 28th when the Virgin Galactic and Scaled Composites team tested, for the first time, the rocket that will power its first test flight before going into orbit. And it was a raging success. It’s hard to believe that Virgin Galactic has been around since 2004 when…
While 8-tracks and cassettes are as relevent to the digital world as wax cylinders, the vinyl LP is still being steadily produced and collected despite, or perhaps thanks to, their imprecise warm analog acoustics. Here’s how LPs get their unique sound. Thomas Edison is credited with inventing the phonograph, the first device to both record…
Even as online storage options proliferate, Dropbox has managed to stay ahead of the pack thanks to better features. Well now Dropbox’s desktop client is getting a prettier Version 2.0 overhaul to match its excellence. Dropbox has basically ditched its bland, text-based menu for a graphic, button-based interface. The taskbar drop down menu with basic…
If you’re a movie enthusiast, you know that there’s no substitute for the theatre experience. And if you want to recreate it at home, you need a projector. Most projectors are really expensive. However, right now Woot’s running a cool sale on Optoma projectors, which is a brand that’s made quite a name for itself…
