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Smartphones Are the New PC

Last quarter marked the first time ever that more smartphones were shipped than PCs—and by a wide margin. Manufacturers moved 100.9 million advanced handsets compared with 92.1 million personal computers. Are people buying phones instead of computers? Nope. Because the phones they’re buying are computers. [Register]

Tech News Brian Barrett

Verizon iPhone 4 Reportedly Falls Prey To Death Grip

You’d think that after protracted debacle of the AT&T iPhone 4’s attenuation problems, Apple would have made absolutely certain to fix the issue completely before the Verizon version hit. But this iLounge video indicates otherwise. Antennagate 2.0? To be fair, this hasn’t been a widely reported issue either in reviews or by word of mouth.…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Settlement Says You Should Be Allowed To Bitch About Your Job on Facebook

Today, American Medical Response, an ambulance company based in Connecticut, reached a legal settlement with a woman who claimed she was fired for complaining about her boss on Facebook. The National Labor Relations Board says that the company has agreed to revise its employee handbook’s “overly-broad rules” in regards to “blogging, Internet posting and communications…

Social Media Kyle VanHemert

WSJ: iPad 2 Is in Production and It’s Thinner, Lighter and Faster

We’ve gone over this before: It’s been pretty obvious that a new iPad should be coming out soon and that it’ll most likely be thinner, lighter, and faster than the current model. Now the WSJ has an anonymous source confirming all those things and making suggestions that the next generation Apple gadget will have a…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

The Furious Femme Fatales of Computer Stock Photography

Stock photography is inherently funny—stilted people in forced, goofy scenarios. Laughing! Spitting milk! Eating salad! But there’s a bizarre subcategory of angry women grappling with broken computers. Really, really demeaningly angry women. Is this how stock photogs think women deal with system errors? They’re baring their teeth. They’re screaming. They’re pulling their hair. And, very…

Tech News Sam Biddle

The Navy Spent $450,000 Flying F-18s Over the Closed Dome of the Super Bowl

Everyone loves a great jet flyover! Except when you can’t see the jets, because you’re underneath a retractable dome. That’s un-retracted. Which is exactly what the Navy spent $450,000 of your tax dollars to do on Sunday. [Washington Post]

Tech News Sam Biddle

Google Translate for iPhone

While perhaps not quite as HOLY CRAP futuristic as Word Lens, Google Translate is a tool that can actually help you when you’re travelling abroad. The new iPhone app lets you translate phrases both talked and typed in dozens of languages. What is it? Google Translate, free, iPhone Though a web app’s been around for…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Happiness Is a Slow-Motion Kitten

However rough your day, week, month, or life has been, I promise that the next two minutes of a kitten frolicking at 800fps will make it all better. Shot on a Phantom HD camera by TPS Film Studio, which really need to start doing many, many more of these. [Metafilter]

Tech News Brian Barrett

Shooting Challenge: Levitation, Gallery 2

I wanted a simple concept for this week, and neapolitan ice cream came to mind very quickly. To set up the shot, I tied washers to fishing line, and formed scoops around them. The cone was also on the line to aid in keeping everything in place. I used a tripod and self-timer to get…

Tech News G. Jesse Martinez

98 Incredible Photos of Levitation

Man can fly, but he can’t yet levitate. Maybe that’s why these 98 photos of levitation—using Photoshop only to remove the strings—are so striking. Lead Shot – Evening In Me and my girlfriend during a gravitational failure this Thursday. This is a composite image made from 32 photos. Everything was captured in situ. A lot…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Shooting Challenge: Levitation, Gallery 1

Nikon D7000, 18-105mm lens at 18mm f/8 1/320s and ISO 100. Two remote flashes firing via a wireless trigger, one right at the background and the other just to the camera’s right. After scratching my head as to what I could do to illustrate levitation, and given the cold temperatures outside, I figured, “Why not…

Tech News G. Jesse Martinez

The Best Deal of the Day

Get a 8GB Corsair Voyager Flash Drive for only $10 (after mail-in rebate, with free shipping). That’s 33% off! Many more deals below. Sort by: CategoryPrice (Low to High)Price (High to Low)Free Only Top Deals • 42″ VIZIO E421VA 120Hz 1080p LCD HDTV for $500 with free shipping (normally $578 {Savings of $78 / 13%…

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This Wallet Is Industrial Strength No Matter How Broke You Are

Leather! Duct tape! Some sort of cloth! Wallets are so dull. But one made out of two plates of powder coated aluminum alloy, bound with a bungee cord? Not dull at all—simple, minimalist, and tough. [Wintercheck Factory]

Tech News Sam Biddle

Feds Say Toyota Problems Aren’t Electric

280,000 NASA-reviewed lines of code later, the Transportation Department has officially decreed Toyota’s problems—you know, the ones that caused terrifying accidental acceleration—to be mechanical in nature. With software cleared of all charges and numerous recalls addressing the mechanical issues, it looks as though it’s safe to drive a Toyota again. Although I’d still rather take…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Voice Over LTE Will Hit Verizon This Summer

According to CNN, the LG Revolution will be the first phone to support voice calling on Verizon’s LTE network. For now, Verizon’s 4G smartphones only route data through their super-speedy network, while voice goes through CDMA. The new function will be called VoLTE, and will debut on the Revolution this summer. When you wander outside…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Lots of Great EA Games on Sale for $1 in the App Store

AHHHHHHH FIRE! Fire sale that is. EA’s got tons of great games on sale in the U.S. App Store for just a buck. A buck! TouchArcade lists ’em all: Phone/iPod touch games: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Mirror’s Edge Tetris SimCity Deluxe Pictureka! The Simpsons Arcade Need For Speed Hot Pursuit Need For Speed Undercover Need…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Get Zagat Reviews from Your Navigation System

The all-new 2011 Acura TSX Sport Wagon will not only transport you and your lovely date to dinner, its navigation system (that also features voice recognition and a rearview camera) will actually tell you where nearby restaurants are and how to get to them. And the convenience doesn’t end there—it will dispense price range information…

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Watch These Gorgeous Feather-Like Planes Spit In Gravity’s Face

What’s more fascinating than the ultralight free fliers in Phil Kibbe’s documentary Float? The people who dedicate their lives to making them. This beautifully shot trailer is my first exposure to the world of indoor rubber-powered model airplanes. One single wound rubber motor keeps these dragonflies hovering for half an hour, on average, with the…

Tech News Brian Barrett

The Wheelchair of the Future Is Like a Bicycle Rowboat

The problem with current wheelchairs? They’re not versatile enough for developing countries’ unpaved roads, steep hillsides and generally handicap unfriendly buildings. Enter the Leveraged Freedom Chair, a more powerful wheelchair controlled by levers that moves like a mountain bike. The LFC is made entirely from bike parts and works similarly to a mountain bike. The…

Tech News Casey Chan

This Is Dell’s Windows 7 Tablet

Okay, it’s really a sticker on a tablet-shaped piece of plastic. But! It might look like this. Which is kind of like a generic thin(nish) Android tablet. With a Windows 7 sticker.

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Smartphones Are the New PC

Verizon iPhone 4 Reportedly Falls Prey To Death Grip

Settlement Says You Should Be Allowed To Bitch About Your Job on Facebook

WSJ: iPad 2 Is in Production and It’s Thinner, Lighter and Faster

The Furious Femme Fatales of Computer Stock Photography

The Navy Spent $450,000 Flying F-18s Over the Closed Dome of the Super Bowl

Google Translate for iPhone

Happiness Is a Slow-Motion Kitten

Shooting Challenge: Levitation, Gallery 2

98 Incredible Photos of Levitation

Shooting Challenge: Levitation, Gallery 1

The Best Deal of the Day

This Wallet Is Industrial Strength No Matter How Broke You Are

Feds Say Toyota Problems Aren’t Electric

Voice Over LTE Will Hit Verizon This Summer

Lots of Great EA Games on Sale for $1 in the App Store

Get Zagat Reviews from Your Navigation System

Watch These Gorgeous Feather-Like Planes Spit In Gravity’s Face

The Wheelchair of the Future Is Like a Bicycle Rowboat

This Is Dell’s Windows 7 Tablet

Roku’s 2025 Streaming Stick HD Is 40% Off to Compete With Amazon Fire TV Stick During Spring Sale

Epstein Victims Sue Google, Claim AI Mode Exposed Personal Information

‘Wicked Spot’ Is a Fun, Sapphic Rom-Com That Yeets a Witch Into the Magical World of Influencer Culture

Anthropic and OpenAI Just Gave Us a Glimpse Into the Future of Model Pricing

Amazon Slashes 63% Off Acer Aspire Desktop for a Limited-Time Spring Sale, With Keyboard and Mouse Included

Smart Glasses Now Have One of the Vision Pro’s Best Features

Marvel Just Put ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 2 in a Very Weird Place in the MCU Timeline

Trump Drops $1B to Kill 2 Wind Farms, Then Watches a Bigger One Go Online

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

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