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Dish has gained FCC approval to use its wireless spectrum to build an LTE network. More choice! [MobileTechNews]
Amazon is always trying out new ideas: some work, others fail. Now the retailer is testing the idea of sending laborers to your house. https://gizmodo.com/amazon-lockers-review-the-drugstore-is-your-new-mailbo-5951272 Geek Wire has spotted that Amazon is testing a service—just in the Seattle area for now—whereby a friendly guy turns up at your place to install a new TV mount…
The pope has been on Twitter for some time, but he’s only now posted his first tweet. Check it out for yourself: https://gizmodo.com/the-pope-officially-has-the-worst-twitter-name-of-all-t-5888925 And that’s it! [@Pontifelx]
That Gmail outage on Monday—affecting 40% of users for 18 minutes—was the result of a software update gone wrong.
Earlier this year, a prototype of a dual e-ink and LCD phone was floating around. Turns out it’s much further down the development road than that, though—and in fact it should be available next year. https://gizmodo.com/dual-e-ink-and-lcd-phone-just-means-twice-as-many-finge-5939546 Manufactured by a Russian company called Yota Devices, this is an Android phone at heart. But unlike other phones,…
Surprise! According to the Wall Street Journal, Apple is working with Sharp and Foxconn to test designs for a new TV. The Journal claims the tests are taking place at Sharp’s Sakai plant in western Japan—one of the most advanced LCD facilities in the world—which is capable of producing sets over 60 inches in size…
Google has closed down its shopping service in China—for once, because competition is just too fierce. [Google]
One of the big obstacles preventing Microsoft’s Surface from being successful has been the fact that it’s only available direct from Microsoft. Not any more: by the end of the week, the tablet should be available from Staples and Best Buy. https://gizmodo.com/7-ways-to-save-the-microsoft-surface-5967456 ZDNet initially reported the news, which has now been confirmed by the websites…
Luna Park Flatland BMX Local Melbourne Flatland riders Karl Hugues, Phillip Fruh, Andre Martin, and Chris Carver take over the Luna Park Carnival—which is celebrating its 100th year in operation—for some haunting flatland rides. How in the World Does William Spencer Land These Impossible Skate Tricks? Hint: magic. [The Awesomer] Adam Savage Explains How Big…
The BlackBerry 10 L-Series, which has been spied before, just got a full centerfold at Tinhte.vn and the biggest surprise? It kind of looks wonderful. The L-Series, which is also known as the hail mary phone that RIM is banking the entire company, looks a lot like an iPhone 5 from some angles but at…
If news that Arrested Development was going to get 10 brand new episodes didn’t make you want to celebrate by doing the chicken dance, how about this: Netflix is expanding its order of episodes for Season 4. Now there’ll be anywhere from 12-15 new Arrested Development episodes as opposed to 10. HOORAY! https://gizmodo.com/arrested-development-is-coming-back-exclusive-to-netfl-5861053 Deadline reports…
Have you ever tried to make cotton candy? Whenever I start twirling that stick in that intimidating centrifugal force of a cotton candy machine, my cotton candy turns out lumpy, tumorous and never looks appetizing. I mean it’s still delicious—like any sugary cloud would be—but it looks disgusting. This guy though, makes art with cotton…
Have you noticed your friends liking stuff on Facebook that you know they don’t like? Yes? No? Well, have you seen some people like stuff on Facebook even though they’re… dead? It’s happening. And it’s because of a weird underworld of fake Facebook Likes. Read Write took a look at the odd phenomenon of fake…
North Korea just tested another one of their ICBMs made out of twigs and rubber bands into the air, where it quickly disintegrated and fell into the Pacific Ocean. Again. Update: Maybe it worked this time? https://gizmodo.com/north-korea-defies-the-world-and-launches-menacing-rock-5901325 The Japanese government, which doesn’t appreciate rockets being flung around willy nilly, is pissed—despite the fact that North…
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram—these are things that we use everyday! And these are things that a whole college education can be based off now. Newberry College in Newberry, South Carolina has made an entire undergraduate major for social media. You can graduate with honors in Facebooking. As one of the first interdisciplinary majors in social media,…
People are growing more and more obsessed with ugly Christmas sweater parties, so if you want to show off how awesomely ugly your clothing can get, try this: an ugly sweater outfitted with a burning iPad. It’ll blow the mind of every inebriated party goer you run into. Made by DIY master Mark Rober, Rober…
Maybe we’ve all been looking in the wrong place for proof of extra-terrestrial life. Because it’s hard to imagine this incredibly complex transforming desk coming from anywhere but Cybertron, the home planet of the Autobots and Decepticons. Surprisingly, though, it does hail from earth. And was actually created as far back as the late 1700s…
There are all kinds of Apple rumors out there; big ones, small ones, smart ones, dumb ones. God knows we run enough of them ourselves. But there’s a genus of the species that we never post, ever, because it’s so obviously and insidiously dumb and wrong and bad. And here is, without exaggeration, the very…
Nike just dropped version 3.0 of its impossibly cool, colorful sneaker, the Nike Free. And even though they’re men’s trainers, I’m totally jonesing for a pair. Frees are cool shoes because even though they’re for all-around training, they’re more than passable as streetwear. These Nike sneakers are lightweight at just nine ounces, breathable and they’re…
Twitter and Instagram want you to decide between the two of them. They used to be very different, but as of today, you can use them both to apply faux-vintage filters to your pictures. But only one can be the best. It’s not exactly a fair fight—Instagram boasts more than double the filters of Twitter…
