Tech news, analysis, culture, business, security, and more
January has come! And gone. And with it, a lot of broken New Year’s Resolutions. But also, new additions to our wonderful list of favorite gadgets. Check out the full roster of Bestmodo’s newest inductees below. For the full list of Gizmodo favorites, head over to the complete Best Gadgets https://gizmodo.com/the-best-gadgets-5411442 In Best Phone Headset:…
Their website puts it simply: “Pillow. Blindfold. Earmuff. $14.99.” And when you think about it, what do you need besides some comfort, some darkness, and a little quiet to achieve naptime. Even sitting on the can at work. Yes OK this thing look ridiculous. But the Wright Brothers probably looked ridiculous back before anyone knew…
Nielsen doesn’t just track TV watching stats, they track mobile phone usage as well, and their 2010 smartphone stats are quite interesting. Did you know Asians love the iPhone? And black people hate it, but love BlackBerries? https://gizmodo.com/deep-inside-the-flawed-nielsen-ratings-system-5748122 It’s also interesting that the Hispanic and White columns are so similar, because when you compare that…
Get a 20″ Acer S201HL BD Widescreen LED Monitor for only $100 (with free shipping). That’s 27% off! Many more deals below. Sort by: CategoryPrice (Low to High)Price (High to Low)Free Only Top Deals • 20″ Acer S201HL BD Widescreen LED Monitor for $100 with free shipping (normally $137 {Savings of $37 / 27% off})…
In North America, the lottery is a $70 billion-a-year industry, bigger than movies, music, and porn combined. But it’s not infallible. That’s what Mohan Srivastava, a geological statistician, found out when he took a closer look at scratch lottery cards. WIRED tells Srivastava’s story in this month’s issue. As a geological statistician, he’s responsible for…
Have an interest in tech gear and rum? You’re in luck! Take our tech quiz below and compete in DonQ’s Master of All Skills for the opportunity to win a trip to PR to learn the art of rum-making. Click here to take the quiz!
As hard as it may be to believe or abide, there hasn’t yet been an LTE dongle that’s Mac-compatible until today. About time! If you’ve got a MacBook and you’re in the market for some of Verizon’s sweet 4G honey, your wait has officially ended. Verizon has released a new version of its VZ Access…
Time’s up. If you haven’t bought an iPad by now, don’t. You’ve crossed the sucker line, and you’ll feel like a grade-a chump when the next iPad comes out. The basic rule of gadget-buying happiness is this: Don’t buy anything after it’s crossed the halfway point in its life-cycle. That’s the sucker line. When it…
Right now, you look something like this or this to the TSA’s naked body scanners. But soon, you’ll look more like a chalk outline, potential threats pinpointed on a generic sketch of a human form. No buns, just guns. https://gizmodo.com/exclusive-tsa-says-body-scanners-saving-images-impossi-5696371 Starting today at Atlanta’s Hartsfield, Las Vegas’s McCarran and DC’s Ronald Reagan airports, the TSA…
Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II, 24-70mm f/2.8, set at 70mm, f/2.8, 1/30 sec., ISO 1000 in AV mode. I was shooting my first wedding which was turning out relatively well and had a few spare seconds to do some random bokeh shots. I was the most relaxing part of the day. -Aaron Meyers Miniature Stetson I…
The shot: Dentz Carousel at the Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia The story: I’ve been following the shooting challenges since they started and I’ve wanted to give it a go. I happened to be out with the family this weekend at the Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia. It was actually our first outing with the…
Canon Aperture: f4.34375 Focal Length: 14mm Shutter Speed: 1/8s Amsterdam, stumbled out of a bar and took a “Bokeh” photo through my “Bokeh” eyes. Captured the night, the energy, and the vibrant colors that summarized the night. – Adam Neal Hello Camera: Canon EOS 1000D Lens: 55-250mm f4-f5.6 IS lens at about 60mm f4 and…
Bokeh is the ephemeral essence of blur, something you can see yet remains completely intangible. Other times, it can be shaped into a mold, controlled and specific. The 306 entries from this week’s Shooting Challenge capture bokeh at both extremes. Lead Photo – Scent of a Woman We put Christmas lights on the wall and…
Took this picture last week the day NYC got burred under snow yet again. I had to compose this picture in a hurry since I was standing in the middle of the snow covered Park Avenue and the yellow cabs didn’t seem to care much for Bokeh. Taken with Canon T2i with Canon’s 50mm f1.4…
Went wandering around the local strip to take a picture of the Christmas lights. Took lots of pictures that were just out of focus and ended up liking this one the best as the foreground was clear with some bokeh off to the side. Canon 60d sigma 18-250, ISO 500, f4.5, 1/60th. Levels and contrast…
iOS 4.3 Beta 3 is now available for download in the iOS Developer Center. We’re taking a look at it soon and will let you know if there’s anything exciting and new since the last beta. [Apple]
Google is showing off Android 3.0 Honeycomb tomorrow. Which means there’ll be a lot of love shown toward Android tablets. But what else will Google show off? Androidandme has a source that says we might see two things Android users have long been waiting for: a web-based Android Market and Google Music. Hopefully it happens…
Google Latitude has been around for a couple of years now, but today it’s finally fulfilled its destiny as yet another place you can check in online. You know, after you’ve already hit up Yelp, Foursquare, and Facebook. https://gizmodo.com/google-latitude-friend-finding-maps-on-smartphones-and-5145901 The feature is available in Maps 5.1 for Android, and features automatic check-ins, as well as…
Starting in Turkey, iPhone users will soon be able to use Visa’s NFC payment system at one of the 40,000 cash-registers signed up to the scheme. For now those iPhones will need an iCarte dongle, plus the compatible app. It’s expected that by the time the payment scheme launches in other European countries, iPhone 5…
Circling this modern Dutch house in a nine mile radius are the abandoned building sites architects spotted using Google Earth, and then salvaged materials from. Nothing was spared—not even umbrella spokes which were used for the lighting. As much as 60 per cent of salvaged materials were used for the exterior of the house, in…
