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Samsung is claiming that Apple’s billion-dollar August court victory is tainted by the fact that the jury foreman failed to disclose his 1993 bankruptcy and suing by former employer Seagate. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-vs-apple-verdict-apple-wins-huge-5937762 Samsung has requested that the verdict of the recent billion-dollar lawsuit be overturned because the jury foreman, Velvin Hogan, failed to disclose information that…
The Telegraph is reporting that the BBC is developing an on-demand music service called Playlister, which will provide access to “hundreds of thousands” of tracks for free. While it sounds like a direct rival for the likes of Spotify and Rdio, the newspaper’s numbers suggest that the service would provide a fraction of the songs…
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple’s Asian component suppliers have ratcheted up production, and are now churning out the as-yet-unannounced iPad Mini. https://gizmodo.com/ipad-mini-rumor-roundup-everything-we-think-we-know-u-5948203 According to the Journal, “people with knowledge of the situation” explained that the factories have already started mass production of Apple’s new tablet which will “have a 7.85-inch liquid-crystal display…
It’s taken forever and a half for Logitech to introduce a new universal remote but they finally have. Meet the Logitech Harmony Touch, a new universal remote that changes the Harmony button layout and replaces most of its actions with a touchscreen. Harmony remotes have had touchscreens before but not to the extent of the…
Nokia is reportedly planning to sell its Finnish HQ. Clearly primary-color phones don’t quite pay the rent. [Reuters]
If keeping even a little piddly goldfish alive is beyond your care-taking capabilities, well then you have a perfect excuse to buy one of these gorgeous, geometric terrariums! Yay for you. Seriously, though. These are beautiful. So beautiful, I’m almost considering becoming a plant person. Ranging in price from $140 to $360, these hanging and…
After the abismal flub that was Sony’s SmartWatch, the threshold for smartwatch success is preeeeety low. I mean, a construction-paper-and-crayon watch would be an improvement on that “gadget cold sore.” https://gizmodo.com/sony-smartwatch-review-maybe-the-worst-thing-sony-has-5926728 A patent filed by James Brooks Miller and Richard Carl Gossweiler III, on behalf of Google, back in October 2011 was approved today, a…
I could never bring myself to fly in a wingsuit but riding a paramotor? Hell yeah. It’s like riding the jet ski of parasailing, which means it looks like a whole lotta fun. Would you do it? Our friend Devin Supertramp made the video of this paramotor race with a Canon 5D Mark III and…
Sex sells. Blah, blah, blah. Wonderbra’s lingerie x-ray vision app masquerading as an ad campaign is pretty incredible. Not incredible good, but incredible, like…literally incredible. As in, I am incredulous. Available for free from both the iOS and Android app stores, “Wonderbra Decoder” will reveal to you a taut and toned Slovakian supermodel stripped down…
Sony knows its way around audio—its noise canceling cans scored well in our battlemodo and we somehow loved the gross celebrity headphones too—and these latest headphones seem pretty good and won’t commit a robbery on your bank account. Relatively, at least. https://gizmodo.com/the-best-noise-canceling-headphones-5944636 It’s a new line by Sony, called the XB—the XB400, XB600 and XB800-and…
Sure, there are a few valid-ish reasons for why some individuals buy their pills over the Internet. Certain drugs are cheaper in, say, Canada. Others can be embarrassing to ask a doctor for or pick up from the pharmacy, like, say, Viagra. There is also the ease with which otherwise difficult to acquire drugs can…
We have an explanation on how Apple became so successful: Steve Jobs might’ve been from the future. That’s not true, of course, but to hear him nail so many predictions about modern technology back in 1983 it begins to feel like the only explanation. Just listen to the speech Steve Jobs gave to the International…
Two characters, with seemingly nothing in common, become fervent pen pals in this silly, slightly dark, clever claymation film, written and directed by Adam Elliot. Mary (voice of Toni Collette) is an 8-year-old Australian little girl, with a mother constantly sloshed from too much sherry and a father who likes to do weird things to…
I thought one of the first things people do when they buy a smartphone is download the Facebook App for iOS or Android and just never look back. Turns out I’m wrong! Mark Zuckerberg says people actually use the Facebook mobile website more than Facebook apps. What!? Here’s what Zuck told Matt Lauer of the…
If you thought Solange had fallen off the radar, well, you may have been right. But, no longer. Solange is back, after a four year hiatus, and it’s about time! Her new single, Losing You—the music video for which was shot in Capetown, South Africa, and released yesterday—is just over four minutes of gorgeousness, with…
Though you may think the iPhone 5 only costs $200, you’re forgetting about the contract that’s tied to it. Yep, that fatty two-year, soul-selling new contract you get when you buy a new iPhone. That’s the real cost of the iPhone 5 and it can get quite expensive. And to be completely fair, $1800 is…
Our love for Moleskin is very well documented. And now that adulation extends to a line of photo albums comprised of your own snapshots, thanks to a joint effort between Moleskine and picture book publisher Milk. https://gizmodo.com/cassette-themed-moleskines-are-a-lovely-obituary-for-a-5941021 It’s the same classic, clean aesthetic you know with features like the expandable inner pocket and the outer…
It looks like it’s straight off the industrial saw at a meat processing plant. But this bloody toothed sawblade is actually a harmless children’s toy. Instead of deadly steel, it’s made from less-deadly foam that flies like a frisbee when tossed. If someone doesn’t see it coming there’s thankfully no risk of it lopping off…
Calling tech support is generally just about the worst thing you could put yourself through. Since you’re not a masochist, you can avoid the pain with FixYa, an app tells you how to repair your broken belongings. What does it do? Gadget on the fritz? It will give you short, easy solutions for fixing the…
If you’re stuck with a small kitchen, you can usually save space with multi-purpose appliances that embody the jack of all trades, master of none spirit. Or, you can wait until October when Princess’ brilliant Compact4All stackable kitchen appliances finally hit the market. Measuring just under eight inches on each side, the set of four…
