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How to Stretch $2 of Free Amazon MP3 Credit into 8 Top 40 Songs (If You Don’t Care About Music)

Amazon is giving away $2 of Amazon MP3 credit and if you really want to stretch those imaginary dollars, you could land 8 ridiculously popular, played out to oblivion songs for free right now. That’s right, Amazon is pretty much giving away music. Let’s call this mixtape, er, playlist “I’m no longer a Belieber but…

Brewster: Merge All Your Contacts From Your Favorite Sites and Services

Between texting, calling, emailing, Facebooking, and tweeting there are at least half a dozen ways to get ahold of someone. Organizing all that info is pretty tedious, but Brewster will do all that legwork for you. What does it do? This personalized rolodex app pulls all of your contacts from all the places where you’ve…

Do You Get Your News From YouTube?

YouTube has always been championed as an alternative platform for news and TV, but sometimes it seems more like like a playground for cat fanatics. But the Pew Research Center says that people getting their news from YouTube is a trend on the rise. And they’re not the only ones noticing, as more than half…

Experience Mars Curiosity’s Seven Minutes of Terror With Your Own Body

On August 5, NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover team will live seven minutes of absolute terror. Until then, however, they are all playing this new Kinect-based Mars Rover Landing game. Or hopefully not, because that would probably make them even more nervous. https://gizmodo.com/why-nasas-mars-curiosity-rover-landing-will-be-seven-mi-5920588 Microsoft and NASA have collaborated to create this game in which you control…

It’s A Shame This Gorgeous Rocking Horse Is Just for Kids

A lot of parents who want their kids to grow up with an appreciation for great design, but that doesn’t make them any less disappointed that this minimal metal tube rocking horse is designed and sized specifically for the smaller set. Because most grownups would love to take it for a spin rock. Created by…

The Emergency Multi-Tool That Could Literally Save Lives

What looks like an elaborate gardening implement is actually a student-designed multi-tool prototype that could serve as an entire toolbox of rescue equipment. One that can be used to free trapped survivors after a natural disaster. Created by Bezalel student Tamir Niv, the multi-purpose tool can be used as a crow bar, a sledge hammer,…

You Can Now Get an iCloud.com Email Address

If you’re a heavy user of Apple’s iCloud service, you can now stake your claim for an email account ending in @icloud.com. If, you know, you’re bored (or incredibly and irrevocably spammed) on your Gmail or Hotmail or whatever else. Here’s how, straight from the iOS 6 Beta 3 Release Notes: icloud.com email addresses are…

This Is How You Live at the Bottom of the Ocean

You can see it from the surface of the water: a blue outline 50 feet down. Aquarius. The last undersea base. Diving down to it is like falling slowly into another world. I wish I could live there. The fish would be my neighbors. The sky would always be blue—if a little wet. And, instead…

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Deface Family Portraits with a Moustache-Making Photo Frame

Do you remember Wooly Willy? The simple kids’ toy, dating back to the 1950s, let you use a magnet-tipped stylus to place iron filings on a cartoon character’s face. It’s been 60 years, but apparently the technology needed to let you do the same photos has only just recently been perfected. The Fuzzy Face Photo…

One Final Load Of San Diego Cosplay Goodness

As the world’s biggest comic book convention wound down this weekend, I left the convention center to hit the streets of San Diego, trusty EVO 4G LTE phone in hand. And, thanks to Sprint’s truly unlimited network, no Bothans needed to die — or even waste data and minutes — for me to put together…

These $150 Earbuds Are Probably the Only MartinLogan Speakers You Can Afford

MartinLogan makes expensive speakers. They’re the kinds only the most anal-retentive audiophile would consider buying. The company’s Motion Vision Soundbar costs $1500, and forget about the top-end CLX speakers. Twenty-five grand? No, thank you. At $150, the new Mikros 70 in-ear monitors aren’t a bargain, either—but if they sound good enough, your average joe might…

This Mega Rig Shark And Ship Set Is Your Because-Children-Love-Sharks Deal of the Day

Hey kiddies! Are you enjoying your summertime? The sun, the games, the school break, the pool… Ah, it’s a good time to be a kid! So how about a new toy? Everyone loves toys! And this $27 Mega Rig Shark Ship Set (regularly $60) comes with an evil-looking shark with glowing red eyes and jaws…

Hands On The New Microsoft Office: It’s Finally Getting Better

Does anyone really want to use Microsoft Office? Of course not. It’s a work tool. It’s a utility. But does it have to be so utilitarian? So bleak? No—not anymore. The new Office is the best Office. Office 2013, unveiled today as a “Consumer Preview” for the upcoming Windows 8, is in a tough place.…

Sushi Bazooka!

This kitchen contraption wasn’t the first thing that came to mind upon hearing the term Sushi Bazooka. The idea of fresh seafood fired straight down your throat is pretty exciting. But so is this device—which plunges a cylinder of raw fish like a culinary caulk gun—making it much easier to roll our own sushi. The…

This Ice Cream Cart Runs on Sunshine

In New York City, the instantly-recognizable tinkling of the Mr. Softee truck approaching is the hallmark sound of summer. Those old white trucks might deliver melty dairy goodness, but whatever comes out of their tailpipes can’t be good for the planet—which is what makes these solar-powered ice cream carts so awesome. Designed by Springtime, a…

This Whisk Should Be Standard Issue For An Astronaut’s Kitchen

This adorably clever ‘Whisked Off’ kitchen utensil is the perfect accessory for any chef who grew up dreaming about exploring the cosmos, but eventually settled for a life spent creating out-of-this-world gastronomical treats here on Earth. The whisk’s handle is modeled after the stereotypical rocket design that was popular in 1950s-era sci-fi films, while the…

This iPhone Case Matches Your Vans

I love the pattern on these iPhone/iPad cases from Kenzo’s Spring/Summer 2012 collection. I especially like them because you can rock the same print on a pair of limited edition Vans. Good luck getting a pair of the shoes—they’ve long been sold out. But you can still slap the geometric pattern on the back of…

The Google Nexus 7 Is the Worst Gadget To Unbox, Ever—Watch Why

The unboxing video is a tired trope of tech blogging, but that doesn’t mean we can’t find new ways to embarrass ourselves with it. Like, for example, every tech blogger in the world failing miserably and hilariously to open the stupid box. Way to rage against the spaghetti-armed stereotypes, comrades. [Jean-Louis Nguyen via BI] https://gizmodo.com/let-s-unbox-a-car-shall-we-5840414

Pressure Sensitive Stylus Coming for iPad

There are many iPad styli out there, but most of them suck. And the ones that are good lack something extremely important for amateur and professional artists alike: pressure sensitiveness. Fortunately, the Jot Touch will be here soon to fix this. https://gizmodo.com/the-wacom-bamboo-stylus-for-ipad-might-be-the-first-goo-5793134 The Jot touch is made by Adonit, a company that already makes a…