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SwipePad for Android: A Better Way to Switch Apps

I’ve always found it a little bit annoying to switch apps with my Android phone. The stock task manager/app switcher list is cumbersome. SwipePad isn’t. You just take your finger, swipe from a corner of your screen and it’ll magically launch a very slick app switcher. Pick your app and BAM. Switched. What’s it do?…

Galaxy Nexus: The First Ice Cream Sandwich Android Phone Has a Killer 720p Screen (Updated)

It’s been a hell of a day for the soon-to-be announced (Galaxy) Nexus (Prime). The thing we’re most excited about? The 720p curved screen. But it sounds amazing, all in all. Starting with the most recent, and best-sounding stuff first. GSM Arena says they have a reliable source inside Google who contacted them and gave…

What Mysterious New Sensor Will Fuji’s X-Series Cameras Use?

The Fuji Guys mentioned today that Fuji’s upcoming line of X-series interchangeable lens, mirror-less cameras based on the popular X-100 will not use a micro 4/3 sensor but rather a “premium” (read: larger) one that delivers better resolution and less noise than a 35mm full frame sensor. Other details are still scarce and it looks…

Watch Gizmodo’s Joe Brown on MSNBC’s NewsNation

Joe Brown joined MSNBC’s Tamron Hall on NewsNation on October 6, 2011 to talk about the impact of Steve Jobs. Watch the clip above! For media requests, contact Kevin Prince at [email protected].

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Notable Reflections on Steve Jobs

Just about everyone who works in technology was affected by Steve Jobs. And over the past day, there have been many tributes, reflections, and conversations about the man and his impact. Here are a few of the most notable. Om Malik explains why Steve Jobs was an icon: For many of us who live and…

MacBook Pro Turned Into Tribute Portrait of Steve Jobs

This is brilliant. The Foundry team at Mint Digital got a MacBook Pro, disassembled it and created this perfect portrait of Steve Jobs as a tribute: “Rest in peace Mr. Steve and thank you very very much.” Click the image to expand. The portrait was created this afternoon in honor of the man. You can…

TNT to Air Pirates of Silicon Valley Tonight

As a tribute to Steve Jobs, TNT will air the nerd cult-classic Pirates of Silicon Valley twice tonight. The 1999 movie tells the story of young Steve Jobs and Bill Gates as they race to control the emerging personal computer industry. Noah Wyle’s portrayal of Steve Jobs was parodied at the 1999 Macworld Expo. Wyle…

The Best Visual Tributes to Steve Jobs Around the Web

We have our own tribute video to Steve Jobs and people have been creating quite smart pieces all around the web. The brilliant one above was created by Jonathan Mak but there are many more. Here’s a selection of the best: You can keep up with Jesus Diaz the author of this post, on Twitter…

Pirates of Silicon Valley Is Your Swashbuckling Deal of the Day

My mom purchased a Macintosh LCII around 1992. We got the huge external CD drive and a bunch of games a few years later. I remember playing Lode Runner on that thing for hours. I tried to create “programs” with KidPix (a drawing program for kids – I was an idiot). I tried to create…

Intellectual Ventures Is Now Patent Trolling Motorola

Intellectual Ventures, led by former Microsoft exec and Modernist Cuisine mastermind Nathan Myhrvold, has taken Motorola to court over mobile products it says infringes upon patents it holds, including one for mobile devices contaning a CPU. Really?! According to court papers posted on AllThingsD, Intellectual Ventures and Motorola had been trying to work out a…

PowerBook, Pentium, and BlackBerry All Got Their Names from the Same Place

We use things every single day, and call them by their names. I pick up my iPhone. I drink my Fresca (shut up). But the names don’t just appear. It’s actually someone’s job—and they’re great at it. The New Yorker’s John Colaptino provides a fascinating look at something that sounds horribly boring: a company that…

What Was Your First Mac?

It’s a question Mac users ask one another to break the ice. Today it’s taking on a whole different meaning. We can’t all of have known Steve Jobs personally, but we know his work. For me, that body of work changed my life. My first Mac was the Performa 6110 CD. The 60Mhz powerhouse was…

HTC Sensation XL Is About to Go King Kong on Europe and Asia

The HTC Sensation is packing a 4.7-inch screen, Beats by Dre audio, and a camera that doesn’t mess around. This big boy is ready to do some stomping. Our Kat Hannaford at Gizmodo UK has given it 4 Stars. Click on over to Gizmodo UK for the hands-on, review, and video of the HTC Sensation…

Woz Remembers Steve Jobs

Here’s a video of Steve Wozniak, the cheery man who co-founded Apple with Steve Jobs (and Ron Wayne), talking about Steve Jobs’ passing. Woz said he found out Steve Jobs died when a reporter called and asked him if he had heard the news. At that point, he instantly knew what that meant. Few knew…

Where Were You?

I was sitting on an uncomfortable wooden stool in an Apple Store, holding my iPhone. My butt was hurting. I had gone all the way up to the Upper West Side Apple Store to get my dented, scratched, stained three-year-old MacBook Pro—one of the unibodies where you can still swap the battery—fixed for like the…

Steve Jobs: Futurist, Optimist

After the news of Steve Jobs’ death hit the Internet last night I sat for a bit reading heartfelt messages on Twitter. It wasn’t lost on me that I was sitting at an Apple computer while my iPhone sat on the desk next to me. Like many people around the world, I own some of…

If You’re Having Car Problems, I Feel Bad For You, Son

Is that foreboding “Check Engine” light glaring at you from over the steering wheel? Do you kind of miss the days when you all you had to do was open the hood and jiggle the dip stick? Well, if you take this short survey, you could win GL1 Diagnostic Cable for iPad or iPhone. Just…

This 20kW Power Plant Flies—Like, Through the Air

No matter how tall a traditional wind turbine is built it can’t reach the stronger, steadier winds that blow a quarter mile above the ground. That’s why Makani Power traded the turbine’s tower for a tether and created the Wing 7 aeronautic power plant. The Wing 7 spans eight meters but weighs just 130 pounds…

I Made This on a Mac

I made this on a Mac. That statement is pretty common these days. But there was a time I would have never imagined creating something on a computer. Sure, I had some friends type up one of my essays or a college application on their parents’ Compaq computer, the glowing green letters clicking across a…