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The Week’s Best iPad Apps

Speakeasy Cocktails: It’s a cocktails recipe book app that will transform the way you see, judge and drink cocktails. And because it’s one of those book/app blends, the info is on par with the best cocktail books. There’s a consistent narrative to the app, the chapters are set up to teach you the basics first…

Tech News Casey Chan

The Week’s Best iPhone Apps

iSupr8 Levi’s Film Workshop: Levi’s iSupr8 Film app probably does the best at capture the finicky flickery flippity of those Super 8 cams of yore. It was just updated to include some Levi’s-specific features like a denim-esque camera case and other more useful options like adjustable frame rates, customizable film stock (tweak scratches and vignettes),…

Tech News Casey Chan

Starbucks Experiment Takes a Turn For The Weird

What happens when a social experiment gets socially experimented on? Jonathan Stark (no relation to Ironman) started a social experiment (which is not a PR stunt) wherein he put his Starbucks Coffee card up for grabs. He started it off with $100, and anyone can use it, and anyone can add money to it. The…

Tech News Brent Rose

I Just Don’t Give a Shit About AT&T’s Manufactured Network Doomsday Anymore

Lately, anytime the gaping maw of AT&T opens, no matter what it’s talking about—puppies! or unlimited data (boring) or financial data—it has to slip in at least a tiny reference to how badly the T-Mobile merger has to happen, or all of our phones are going to explode and the puppies will die and go…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

The Age of the $600 TiVo Is Nearly Upon Us

When they write TiVo’s obituary, the last paragraph will be devoted to the Premiere Elite, a DVR that may cost more than your average 32-inch TV. But it recorded four channels at once, they’ll cry. And we’ll all solemnly nod our heads, and shrug, and immediately forget. That price is just speculation at this point…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Go Snowboarding in the Dark With This LED Headlamp

Technically, the Snow Peak SnowMiner LED Headlamp is for hiking in the dark. But when you see the words snow and headlamp together, can you think of anything besides snowboarding in the dark? But you shouldn’t snowboard in the dark because even if you managed to find a way to do that, it’s probably insanely…

Tech News Adrian Covert

How a Dying Woman Watched Her Daughter’s Wedding via Skype

Skype’s props up tenuous long distance relationships, allows chats with family and pals in other countries, and supports the occasional fun video chat. But on this one day, it let a mother watch her daughter’s wedding dance before she died. Photographer Andrea Boettcher had a difficult job. The mother of the bride was terminally ill…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Jodie Foster Helps Reactivate the Search For Extra-Terrestrial Life

Things got pretty hairy for alien civilizations hunters after the US government shut down SETI last April. But thanks to the donations of many people, the search is back on. One of those donors is the lovely Jodie Foster. https://gizmodo.com/government-powers-down-seti-5795843 Foster starred as Dr. Ellie Arroway in Robert Zemeckis’s Contact, a 1997 film based on…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

If You Use a Fake Name on Google+, Your Account Is About to Be Suspended

Google doesn’t want you using weird nicknames. Or fake names. Or the name of somebody else. And if you don’t comply to their policy on this, they’ll suspend your account next week. Google+ product manager Saurabh Sharma dropped a video note today (see above), says that if your name doesn’t comply with the official Google+…

Tech News Adrian Covert

7 Tools to Survive Your Beach Vacation Unscathed

Summer’s still going strong and that beach trip you’ve been putting off isn’t going to plan itself. Bringing any or all of these seven tools will ensure that metaphorical sand won’t get you where it hurts most. Twister Beach Towel If you’re going to the beach, you’d better bring a towel. They’re useful for drying…

Gadgets Michael Zhao

The New York Times’ Infamous 111-111-1111 Phone Number Is Dead

Whenever anyone got a phone call from 1111111111, it wasn’t a telemarketer, it wasn’t because their phone was broken, it wasn’t a call from God, instead, it was the New York Times calling. Anytime anyone made a call from inside the NY Times headquarters, ‘The Ones’ would show up on the caller ID. The numbers…

Tech News Casey Chan

Cut It Out Instagram Cheaters!

I have a friend, whom I won’t name, who takes the most amazing Instagram photos. They’re stunning, every bit as good as anything shot with a DSLR. And that’s because they are shot with a DSLR. Which sucks. If you aren’t familiar with it, Instagram is a social networking and camera tool that lives entirely…

Tech News Mat Honan

This Is What Happens When You Google “Telephone”

I’m so depressed. I google one of the most important technologies ever invented, and I get a video of 25-year-old wearing sunglasses made out of cigarettes. Two versions of it before Alexander Graham Bell is even mentioned. Try it yourself! Use an incognito window. That’s what I did. This could happen to you, too. To…

Tech News Joe Brown

Chinese Woman Transforms into a Sludge Monster to Prevent Tanning

You know how it’s fun to make fun of crispy orange tanning bed junkies? Yeah, turns out the opposite is actually funnier. This is a Chinese woman avoiding direct sunlight by using “high-tech” anti-tanning swimwear, or in common parlance, a latex gimp suit. [MicGadget]

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Nerf N-Strike Deploy CS-6 Is the Office Warfare Deal of the Day

I’d describe myself as a pretty peaceful guy. No big fights to my name, no memorable confrontations, no victory scars. I try to stay in my lane, be happy and just live, you know? But these goshdang co-workers of mine are NOT LIKE ME. Hooligans from Hell. Destroyers of Death. Mayhem’s Mayhem. I’m always dodging…

Tech News Gizmodo Deals

Party with Gizmodo at the American Museum of Natural History

Going to one of the largest and most dazzling collections of the planet’s things, extinct and scurrying, is exciting enough. But going behind closed doors for a private lab tour with brilliant scientists? How about an open bar? Join us. What A once in a lifetime chance to go inside New York’s American Museum of…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Sony Alpha A77 Video Is “Leaked” Like Water Leaks Out Of A Faucet When You Turn It On

Whether or not Sony’s PR firm was behind this “leaked” video of the much-anticipated Sony Alpha A77 (and, come on, don’t bullshit me), it’s still video of the Sony Alpha A77. And it looks rad. The big but beautiful 24-megapixel beast revealed itself to the world in July, in some “leaked” pictures. This time we…

Tech News Brent Rose

Death Match: Mobile Bluetooth Keyboards

Mobile devices—particularly tablets—are the pinnacle of technology right now. However, one of the biggest downsides to a tablet when compared to a netbook or laptop is the keyboard. Many touch-typists cringe at the thought of having to use a touchscreen keyboard for email, chat, or even simple URL entry. The easiest way to solve the…

Tech News Tim Ferrill - MaximumTech

Netflix Is Making a Version Just for Kids

According to GigaOm, Netflix is testing a new kid-friendly UI. They’re organizing videos by cartoon characters and stripping as much text as they possibly can. That way, kids can just click on Blue from Blue’s Clues or Hello Kitty to watch their favorite shows. It’s all accessible by clicking the ‘Just for Kids’ tab. Once…

Tech News Casey Chan

I Hope Temporary Teeth Tattoos Never Become Popular in the U.S.

Trend hunters in Japan say the island nation’s latest fad is for people to stick temporary tattoos to their teeth. If these pics are any indication, it looks as if someone’s teeth are falling apart. You might argue that it would make sense when you got a closer look at someone’s grill. But how often…

Tech News Adrian Covert

The Week’s Best iPad Apps

The Week’s Best iPhone Apps

Starbucks Experiment Takes a Turn For The Weird

I Just Don’t Give a Shit About AT&T’s Manufactured Network Doomsday Anymore

The Age of the $600 TiVo Is Nearly Upon Us

Go Snowboarding in the Dark With This LED Headlamp

How a Dying Woman Watched Her Daughter’s Wedding via Skype

Jodie Foster Helps Reactivate the Search For Extra-Terrestrial Life

If You Use a Fake Name on Google+, Your Account Is About to Be Suspended

7 Tools to Survive Your Beach Vacation Unscathed

The New York Times’ Infamous 111-111-1111 Phone Number Is Dead

Cut It Out Instagram Cheaters!

This Is What Happens When You Google “Telephone”

Chinese Woman Transforms into a Sludge Monster to Prevent Tanning

Nerf N-Strike Deploy CS-6 Is the Office Warfare Deal of the Day

Party with Gizmodo at the American Museum of Natural History

Sony Alpha A77 Video Is “Leaked” Like Water Leaks Out Of A Faucet When You Turn It On

Death Match: Mobile Bluetooth Keyboards

Netflix Is Making a Version Just for Kids

I Hope Temporary Teeth Tattoos Never Become Popular in the U.S.

Apple Offers Rare Olive Branch to Liquid Glass Haters

Mamdani Lifts NYC TikTok Ban for City Employees, but with Some Unusual Restrictions

Tesla Goes Ahead and Admits Its Robotaxis Are Sometimes Fully Human-Controlled

School Forced to Replace Toilets After Kids Flush Vapes

‘Scream 7’ Just Won’t Stop Making Money as ‘Scream 8’ Gets Started

The Curtain Has Closed on Meta’s Movie Rating-Inspired Content Filters

Good News! You Can Finally Change That Ridiculous Gmail Address

ExpressVPN Just Launched ExpressAI: Your Prompts Are Now Invisible

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