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Apple’s Incredible Post-PC Chip-Engineering Army

Sometimes it seems like Apple’s using tech from the future, and apparently Cupertino has an army of 1,000 engineers working on future post-PC chips to keep it that way. https://gizmodo.com/is-apple-so-far-ahead-because-they-use-tech-from-the-fu-5818076 According to TechCrunch, that represents 5 percent of Apple’s entire non-retail workforce. Crazy. But also brilliant. Apple was one of the first to start moving…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Why Google+ Will Never Beat Facebook

Google+’s traffic is taking a long slide down the shitter, having lost last month’s entire 1269% traffic spike. Reading this forced me to remember it exists. Google+ is simply worse than Facebook. And you know what? It’ll never catch up. https://gizmodo.com/does-50-million-users-and-a-1269-traffic-increase-mean-5844135 There’s nothing complicated about Plus’ meteoric hype party and subsequent thud. It goes like…

Tech News Sam Biddle

The Avengers Trailer Is Full of Explosions and Iron Man and Awesome and The Hulk

It’ll take a lot to screw this up: Iron Man, Captain America, The Hulk, and a handful of other extremely cool heroes in uniform, all blowing things up together wonderfully. Watch this trailer in HD… now. It’ll be tough waiting until next year for this, but until then, I’ll keep this incredible line by Iron…

Tech News Sam Biddle

If These Early iPhone 4S Benchmarks Are Legit, It’s Pretty Fast

AnandTech has dug up some apparent benchmarks for the iPhone 4S, which they found around different benchmarking sites and believe to be true. Judging from the numbers, it seems like it’ll be one of the most powerful mobile devices around. Overall, these early benchmarks show the iPhone 4S is less powerful than the iPad 2.…

Tech News Adrian Covert

No One Uses Android Tablets (Or No One Has Android Tablets to Use)

There’s something like 8,142* different Android Tablets on sale right now yet it seems like no one is really using them. I mean, I’ve yet to see one in public! But that’s an inexact method of testing. More exact? How the iPad usage obliterates Android tablets in web traffic. According to Comscore, iPads made up…

Tech News Casey Chan

Real Life iPhone 4S’ Siri Demonstration Is Pretty Damn Impressive

Apple’s demos of the new iPhone 4S’ Siri smart assistant are very impressive, but they’re just controlled demos. Stuff.tv got their hands on an iPhone 4S and played quite a bit with in a public place. It’s still very impressive. https://gizmodo.com/the-iphone-4s-siri-voice-command-is-just-as-amazing-as-5846542 It looks like they were playing with it at the Apple Store in Covent…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Make Toy Air Ships and Ray Guns from Old Tin Cans, and More from TreeHugger.com

This week on TreeHugger, learn to take spectacular photos of the milky way, check out an all-wood bike (even down to the spokes!), bull sharks invade a golf course lake, and more! 1. How to Take Photos of the Milky Way, and 10 Extraordinary Examples Here’s a photography challenge for you — and even if…

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The U.S. Government Demands that Google Hand Over Email Data from a Wikileaks Volunteer

According to NBC Bay Area, the Federal Government issued a secret court order to Google and ISP provider Sonic.net to handover account data from Jacob Applebaum, a Wikileaks volunteer who they believe was involved in the leaking of classified docs. No party involved with the matter is saying much, but it brings back an issue…

Tech News Adrian Covert

The New Roku LT Only Costs $50 (!!!) and Has HBO Go (!!) (Updated)

The Roku’s a hell of a great video streamer—really the only mainstream contender against the Apple TV. The latter’s interface is slicker, but as of today, it costs twice as much. Yep—Roku’s newest box is only 50 bucks. The LT, now $10 less than the previous entry model, has almost everything its more expensive siblings…

Gadgets Sam Biddle

New TeleNav For Android Will Help You Get To Work On Time

TeleNav GPS Navigator has been overhauled to include new personalized, navigation features that’ll help you get to work on time and may even make the drive fun. TeleNav GPS Navigator has a new personalized My Dashboard view that’ll pinpoint your location and let you see your drive times to home and work. These details include…

Tech News Kelly

Religious Charity Pushes UK into Opt-In Porn Access

If there is a God somewhere around us, he’s permitted pornography as a way of celebrating his creations! Right? Not according to the UK’s Christian “Mothers’ Union,” which is exactly as fun as it sounds: they’ve negotiated a porn blockade. Under the new system, the Guardian reports, porn-seekers will have to manually opt-in to receive…

Tech News Sam Biddle

How Can This Truck Drive With a Freaking Wheel Missing?

The big bad truck in this video is missing a freaking wheel… but somehow still driving. I’m not kidding, the front left tire is just GONE. Disappeared. Non-existant. And yet the truck can even make turns! How in the? What in the? Huh? Watch. I wonder if it could make a left turn. [YouTube via…

Tech News Casey Chan

Nokia’s Sea Ray Windows Phone to Be Known as N800?

A pair of seemingly official adverts for Nokia’s first Windows Phone handset have been discovered, which give the rumored Sea Ray the extremely dull new product name Nokia N800. And we get to see the thing, too. https://gizmodo.com/orange-france-leaks-nokia-sun-windows-phone-nee-nokia-5848065 The supposed Nokia 800 is pictured atop a WP7 style coloured tiled background, showing an oddly curved…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

SlingPlayer’s Android App Flings TV Shows to Honeycomb Tablets For $30

What price the luxury of watching Friends re-runs on your Android tablet? If you ask Sling Media, it’s $30, which is what they’re charging for the SlingPlayer app. Compatible with Honeycomb (and likely upcoming versions too), you must have a Slingbox to actually, y’know, sling TV shows to your tablet. [Android via TechCrunch] Our newest…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Who Doesn’t Want to Play With Android Apps on Windows? Anyone?

Bluestacks has launched an alpha test version of its App Player software, which integrates Android support right into Windows. You can have Android apps on your desktop right now, for free. Any takers? Anyone at all? We are currently playing Bebbled at 1680×1050 resolution, which is easily one of the more pointless activities we’ve indulged…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Wal-Mart And Facebook To Serve Up Local Offers

Wal-Mart and Facebook are unlikely bedfellows, but here they are cozying up together in a partnership that’ll create custom Facebook pages for the retailer’s 3,500 stores. This is the first time a retailer has used Facebook in this way. The idea is to make the shopping experience more personal by letting customers interact with their…

Social Media Kelly

Rumor: The iPhone 4S Only Has 512MB of RAM

We hoped Apple had beefed up the RAM in the iPhone 4S, but those hopes may be dashed. Two recent unconfirmed reports suggest the iPhone 4S may ship with 512MB of RAM like the iPhone 4, not 1GB as expected. This information comes from an Infinity Blade developer and the website Appvv. The developers behind…

Tech News Kelly

AT&T’s New Android Phones: From Awesome (Motorola Atrix 2) to Weird (Samsung DoubleTime)

Sweet Jesus. AT&T is adding five new Android phones to their portfolio this week. That will bring them up to 19 Android devices in for 2011. The ‘droid is strong with this one. Here they are in order that you probably care about them: The Motorola Atrix 2 When the original Morola Atrix was announced…

Tech News Brent Rose

It’s Crazy Just How Much Free Calling T-Mobile Is Giving Away With Its Bobsled VoIP App

Remember when T-Mobile launched Bobsled back in April, which enabled free VoIP calls between Facebook users? I didn’t either, but now that it’s added mobile apps, browser apps, and the capability to call regular phone numbers, it’s way more memorable. https://gizmodo.com/t-mobiles-bobsled-slides-onto-facebook-for-free-voip-ca-5793847 This is a pretty major upgrade to a pretty slick service. Users have already…

Tech News Brent Rose

HP May Decide The Fate Of WebOS On Tuesday

HP may meet on Tuesday to discuss the future of webOS, according to a rumor from AppleInsider. The hardware giant could decide to sell the webOS unit or spin it off into a separate entity. The future of webOS has been in limbo since ex-CEO Leo Apotheker killed the program last month. His decision to…

Tech News Kelly

Apple’s Incredible Post-PC Chip-Engineering Army

Why Google+ Will Never Beat Facebook

The Avengers Trailer Is Full of Explosions and Iron Man and Awesome and The Hulk

If These Early iPhone 4S Benchmarks Are Legit, It’s Pretty Fast

No One Uses Android Tablets (Or No One Has Android Tablets to Use)

Real Life iPhone 4S’ Siri Demonstration Is Pretty Damn Impressive

Make Toy Air Ships and Ray Guns from Old Tin Cans, and More from TreeHugger.com

The U.S. Government Demands that Google Hand Over Email Data from a Wikileaks Volunteer

The New Roku LT Only Costs $50 (!!!) and Has HBO Go (!!) (Updated)

New TeleNav For Android Will Help You Get To Work On Time

Religious Charity Pushes UK into Opt-In Porn Access

How Can This Truck Drive With a Freaking Wheel Missing?

Nokia’s Sea Ray Windows Phone to Be Known as N800?

SlingPlayer’s Android App Flings TV Shows to Honeycomb Tablets For $30

Who Doesn’t Want to Play With Android Apps on Windows? Anyone?

Wal-Mart And Facebook To Serve Up Local Offers

Rumor: The iPhone 4S Only Has 512MB of RAM

AT&T’s New Android Phones: From Awesome (Motorola Atrix 2) to Weird (Samsung DoubleTime)

It’s Crazy Just How Much Free Calling T-Mobile Is Giving Away With Its Bobsled VoIP App

HP May Decide The Fate Of WebOS On Tuesday

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