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Why Screw Around with Paint Brushes When There’s a Gun for That?

Sure, you could paint your ceiling with the same tools as Michelangelo uses. But doesn’t that seem a little primitive? It may be time to upgrade your painter’s tape and angled sash brush to Black & Decker’s EasyEdge Powered Paint Edger. At $35, it’s the type of tool an amateur renovator might use if they…

The Macbook Air of Drills Is Your Power-Tool-Bestmodo Deal of the Day

Today’s deal of the day is simple: If you’re a person that lives in a dwelling you’re going to need to drill holes at some point, whether it’s to hang a heavy picture or to make a peephole to spy on your roommate (Note: DO NOT spy on your roommate.) And to make a hole,…

Google Drive’s iOS and Android apps just got updated with spreadsheet editing. Go organizationally nuts!

Will.i.am’s New Phone Case: Worse Than His Band

We steeled ourselves last week as we learned that frequent ruiner of things, Will.i.am planned to release a gaudy iPhone case that turned your iPhone’s 8-megapixel camera into a 14-megapixeler. Now we have images and it’s even more garish and ugly than we could have imagined. https://gizmodo.com/will-i-am-plans-to-turn-your-iphone-into-a-14-megapixel-5962866 As I post this through gagging fits, I…

If You’re Going to Use an iPhone Case, It Might as Well Come With Insurance

Why would you ruin the iPhone’s immaculate design? Well, turns out those luscious chamfered edges are of this world after all: They scratch, just like any other phone. OK, fine maybe we were wrong and you need a case. But if you’re going armor your iPhone, at least use case that actually guarantees it will…

Photoshop Touch Now Works With Styluses

Photoshop Touch—Adobe’s mobile image editor—just got a pretty stellar update. It’s now sensitive to styluses on the iPad. The Pogo Connect, the Jot Touch, and the Jaja are the three styluses you can use with the app. And great news if you’re planning on getting an iPad Mini this Christmas. Photoshop Touch is now optimized…

Thieves Torture Former Tablet Owner With Horror Pictures

“Frank Drebin”‘s home got burglarized a month ago. The thieves stole some tablet PCs. Frank went on with his life—until he decided to open the picture folder in his Dropbox account. That’s when he found more than one hundred pictures of these two, including some pouting mirror shots by the glamorous lady you can see…

Emoji Cookies. I Repeat, Emoji Cookies.

Emojis are a perfect way to describe your feelings. Sometimes, you need to eat your feelings. Ergo, emoji cookies. These adorable, expressive, expertly decorated cookies were baked by a food blogger at Bee In Our Bonnet. They’re just about the cutest things ever. But not so precious that you don’t want to devour their delicious…

Court Demands Samsung Pay Apple $120,000 per Day

Must be an uncomfortable moment over at Samsung headquarters right now. Just weeks after mobile division head J.K. Shin talked some seriously big game, a court in the Netherlands granted one more point to Apple in the companies’ ongoing patent lawsuits. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-were-not-backing-down-from-apple-litigation-5960449 Specifically, the judges banned any “Galaxy products that infringe on an patent describing…

Sony’s Latest Spider-Man Promo Was Filmed Entirely Without Sony Cameras

To promote the UK release of The Amazing Spider-Man Blu-ray and DVD, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment shot this pretty cool action video of a stuntman dressed up as Peter Parkour (get it?). The only problem is that the video was shot entirely using gear manufactured by Sony’s digital imaging competitors. Come on guys! WHAT HAPPENED…

This Onion TED Parody Has a Dog Eating Apple Pie, and That’s All That Matters

I’m sure the new Onion’s TED parody is funny, but I was just too impatient to sit through all that talk about how we consume, digest and poop out news even before they are fully written. So I jumped to the end, when a dog eats an apple pie, a moment I’ve waited to see…

Something Is Wrong With My iPad: I Still Hate My Life

I hope you Apple Geniuses are up to snuff because I’m pretty sure my iPad’s busted. No matter how much I use it to check email, surf the web, or tag photos on Facebook, I’m still gnawed at by a horrifying emptiness that no amount of fiddling with your magical gadget can fill. Is it…

The Best Navigation App for iOS

When your iPhone comes preloaded with multiple types of maps, you might wonder why you’d ever need a dedicated navigation app. Yet there they are in the App Store, at astronomical prices, like a digital clone of the GPS unit your dad had suction-cupped to his windshield. With a road trip on the horizon, and,…

How the BMW i8 Concept Makes Green Look Gorgeous

Let me just say as someone who has designed a concept car, I love the BMW i8 Concept. When its predecessor debuted in 2009 as the Vision EfficientDynamics Concept, it was striking — a refreshing reminder that eco-friendly and forward-thinking don’t have to mean ugly and awkward. Now, as we’re one step closer to production…

The World’s Fastest Train Will Float on a Cushion of Electromagnetism

The fastest train in America, the Amtrak Acela line running from Boston and DC tops out at 110MPH. Sure, that’s way faster than taking a Greyhound, but pathetically pokey compared to the 311MPH bullet of the Mag-Lev train currently being developed by Japan’s JR Tokai. Dubbed the Series L0, this prototype commuter train will reportedly…

A Sneak Peek At the Mind-Boggling Future of Computer Graphics

Computer graphics have come a long way since a T-Rex ate that lawyer in Jurassic Park. But if these glimpses of what the next generation of CG has in store, we ain’t seen nothing yet. Cloth simulations with hyper-realistic wrinkling, modelling complex human hair using thermal imaging, and new approaches to smoke rendering will make…

These Are the 10 Airlines Now Compatible With Apple’s Passbook

As one of the billboard features of Apple iOS 6, Passbook has proven way more useful than we initially anticipated. Amtrak, Fandango, and sports ticketing integration have already made it a welcome addition. But what’s really going to make this a killer feature in the future is having all of the world’s airlines on board.…

This Alien Facehugger Bong Is One of the Most Horrible Ideas Ever

This is bad. And gross. And horrible. Why, why the hell would anyone smoke anything out of this alien facehugger bong? I can only imagine all kinds of deadly accidents happening, from a panic attack kicking in and triggering death by self-asphyxia to a passerby friend who just had acid smashing a hammer over your…

Hardcore Gifts for Sex Addicts

Sex. Hot, naked, sexy sex. While most of us enjoy it, maybe you know someone who enjoys it just a liiittle too much. Maybe it’s all they talk about. It’s certainly all they think about. This year, give your freaky friends what they really want. Hey there! You might notice our gift guides look a…

There’s a Special Nobel Prize For the Genius Behind These Candy Cane Spoons

Candy canes are one of those seasonal treats that only appear in stores during the holidays. So to maximize your candy cane intake this Christmas these minty spoons will let you integrate one into every meal. But don’t let your closed mind limit your consumption of these with just desserts like ice cream, or other…