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At bloody last, Google is implementing the best invention since toilet paper rolls: Infinite scroll! This video shows how it works right now, in the testing phase. This means that soon you will be able to go through Google’s search results without having to go through a billion pages. The only thing that I find…
Guys! The GMA crew discovered this crazy site called Damn You, Auto Correct, which chronicles 100% real instances of the iPhone autocorrecting what people wanted to text to something zany. Great! Except for the part where it’s fake. Seriously, go to damnyouautocorrect.com. Try recreating the flubs on your iDevice. They will almost definitely not work…
The WSJ says that Hulu and MSN, among others, have been found using supercookies to monitor the info of those who visit their sites. Extremely difficult to detect and erase, supercookies can provide significantly more information than standard cookies. Supercookies can be used to steal a users entire browser history, which can provide highly valuable…
Remember that Apple Store made entirely out of glass? Yes, the one that has sides not made of glass because it’s between two bloody buildings? Well, it’s has been approved by Santa Monica’s Planning Commission. https://gizmodo.com/new-apple-store-to-be-made-entirely-out-of-glass-5831844
In the future, we’ll never have to use things like Instagram and Hipstamatic, because affordable ocular implants will add sepia, faux-vintage, and all our other fave feigned effects to the world itself. In the meantime, watch Bill Newsinger’s filtered simulation. Newsinger filmed his jaunt through an amusement park with a Canon 7d and GoPro HD,…
Scholars of the Concise English Oxford Dictionary, thank ye for blessing the words sexting and retweet and jeggings and mankini and cyberbullying on thy sacred book’s pages, for now we would be able to feast upon them freely and properly. In case you don’t know the meaning of those words: • Retweet: Sharing a Twitter…
If you were curious about how locks work and/or curious about what kind of person is a competitive lockpicker (as in they pick locks for sport) meet Schuyler Towne. He’s completely obsessed with locks and loves to talk about ’em. In his own words, he says the smell of brass and grease is invigorating to…
Business cards are so boring. Name, contact info, company, yadda yadda snooze. Is it possible to stand out without being a giant, self-important dickwad? Sure! Be like this guy, his business card slickly contains all the contact information you need from just his e-mail. So freaking clever I’m mad I didn’t do it myself. And…
This is the new Energizer iSurge Travel Charging Station. It has a built-in 30-pin iPhone/iPod dock connector, 2.1 Amp USB port for fast charging of iPads and other USB devices, three surge-protected AC outlets and an integrated nightlight. And on top of that, the plug rotates 180 degrees. Sadly, the plug doesn’t seem to support…
This is not the interior of China’s Shi Lang, the recently refurbished Soviet aircraft carrier formerly known as the Varyag. It is another Chinese carrier, also a refurbished Soviet vessel: the Kiev. It’s absolutely horrible. https://gizmodo.com/chinas-first-aircraft-carrier-is-sailing-5829480 Built at the beginning of the 70s, the Kiev served in the Soviet and Russian navies from 1975 to…
It’s been just over 30 years since IBM released its first PC and shook the whole world up. Hoping to do some more world-shaking, they’ve built two chips that function more similarly to our brains than normal chips do. https://gizmodo.com/30-years-ago-today-ibm-released-its-first-pc-before-mo-5830345 Yes people, this could be the day we all look back upon with sheer horror,…
This Skaterack could be a lifesaver, if you think about it—how safe can it be holding onto your skateboard while cycling, or having it on your lap or poking from a backpack? While the price hasn’t been confirmed for the Fairdale Pannier Skaterack, it looks like the safest option for dual modes of transportation. It…
Did your mother ever tell you that if you don’t have something nice to say, to not say it at all? She obviously didn’t have Fridgebook magnets, which you can use to hire hitmen, talk about drugs or incite riots, unbeknownst to the do-gooder outside world. https://gizmodo.com/woman-will-stand-trial-for-trying-to-hire-hitman-on-fac-5831148 On sale mid-September, they’ll cost £15 ($24). [ThumbsUp]
Over a year ago Apple filed a patent application for adding a MagSafe-like connector to iOS devices. Unfortunately, their newly-granted patent may sound like MagSafe’s coming to iPads and iPhones—but this isn’t it. https://gizmodo.com/apples-magsafe-connectors-could-be-used-on-ipads-and-ip-5659091 You see, listed in the US Patent and Trademark Office’s 20 approved patents yesterday for Apple, the magnetic connector’s usage applies…
Talk of a Windows 8 app store has swirled around our feet like the approaching fall leaves (there’s something about operating systems that gets me all poetic), but Microsoft’s never broached the subject—until now, on their new blog. https://gizmodo.com/windows-8-app-store-images-surface-look-about-right-u-5790952 It’s back to the Windows Live Division President, Steven Sinofsky, that we go, who introduced the…
Hey, good news tablet owners—Google Reader for Android has been updated, bringing along Honeycomb support, a new UI and a few more small changes. [AndroidMarket via AndroidPolice]
TableDrum [iTunes] is a drumming app that lets you tap out beats without touching your iOS device. Instead of tapping your screen, you tap an object around you and the app will respond with a drum beat. The developers describe it as an augmented audio application that lets you sync the sound of an external…
If you’re in Florida with your biodiesel car, you absolutely must find a place that dispenses fuel derived from alligator fat. Not only is it eco-friendly, it’s a great conversation piece you can whip out at the next cocktail party. Researchers in Louisiana are the masterminds behind this plan to power your car with fuel…
You know that 17-year old who was arrested and accused of plotting a massacre that would rival Columbine. He stockpiled bomb-making materials and planned to blow up the local high school on the first day of school. https://gizmodo.com/how-the-hell-did-a-17-year-old-get-the-materials-to-mak-5831942 Well, he may have had advanced warning that he was under FBI surveillance and casually shrugged it…
Shareholder John W. Keating filed a complaint against Motorola Mobility and CEO Sanjay Jha claiming the mobile phone company sold itself to Google for pennies on the dollar. The Google deal will pay each shareholder $40 a share, a 63% increase over the stock’s closing price last week, According to Keating’s complaint, this sum undervalues…
