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The Washington Post Seems to Have Heard of this “Facebook” Site

A well-designed website should be clear, above all. No flashing GIFs (we miss you, 90s!), no obnoxious flash menus, no overwhelming lists of links. And heads up, WaPo website: it shouldn’t be blanketed in insanely redundant Facebook sharing buttons. SHARE ME! LIKE ME! LINK ME! We get it. Enough. One or two buttons should suffice.…

Social Media Sam Biddle

Google Voice is Now Available For iPad and iPod Touch

Following Google Voice’s arrival on the iPhone, it seems Touch and iPad owners can now get in on the action—for free. What’s Google Voice? Check out our video of the app working on the iPhone. [iTunes via TechCrunch] https://gizmodo.com/google-voice-for-iphone-its-here-5691490

Tech News Kat Hannaford

100 People I Hate on Facebook

The friending, the liking, the status updating: Sooner or later we all grow to hate it, but we can’t stop. Facebook is made up of those dinner party guests who just won’t leave even though it’s late and everyone else left two hours ago. After a while, everything anyone does on Facebook becomes irritating. With…

Social Media Dave Pell

Photoshop Tutorial Rap: Still Surprisingly Instructive!

Click to viewWhen you watch a video called “Photoshop Tutorial Rap,” you generally come for the laughs. But there are actually some pretty good tips here! And as far as software guides go, it beats the hell out of Clippy. Now if College Humor could just do a handful of these for iMovie, InDesign, and…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Japanese Kids Go Skydiving Over a Google Earth Projection

These giggling Japanese will make you fall in love with the country all over again. And Google Earth, which is really the star of the video. If you’ve got a harness and projector, it’d be super-easy to do this yourself. Well, a harness, projector and a Bluegrass MP3. I may be scared of heights, but…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Creepiest Camera Concept of All Time Lets You Stroke Strangers from Afar

Normally, peering at strangers through my 70x zoom lens makes me “creepy” or whatever. Not so for those using “Displays of Affection,” a concept device that lets users stare (longingly?) at pedestrians from above, and caress them via touchscreen. Yeah. The creepycam’s creator says her hope is to “follow loved ones and satisfy any craving…

Tech News Sam Biddle

Google Teaches Your Parents Tech So You Don’t Have To

It’s an all-too familiar plight: every holiday season you head home for some togetherness and good cheer, and suddenly you’re a one-man tech support team for a family of techno-neophytes. But take heart! This year, Google’s on the job. https://gizmodo.com/its-a-little-weird-when-your-family-gets-geeky-5697492 Google’s Tech Support Care Package lets you preemptively send your folks videos on tech subjects…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Watch OK Go’s Latest Inspired Video Take It To the Streets

Last month, OK Go took their high-concept video ambitions to the streets of Los Angeles. Armed with an app, they led a gaggle of loyal fans on GPS parade that spell out their name larger than the Hollywood sign. https://gizmodo.com/ok-go-to-write-their-name-across-la-using-iphones-gps-5690245 What I’m struck by is how not only is every OK Go video impossibly creative…

Tech News Brian Barrett

The Scrabblish “Words With Friends” App is Android-Bound

One of the most popular iOS games amongst Giz editors is Words With Friends, but Android owners such as myself have been missing out on the Scrabble-like fun. But not for much longer! AndroidCentral received word from some of its users, who’d been sent an email from the developer saying “We’ve since hired a team…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

EcoModo – The Best of Treehugger

This week on TreeHugger, Google thrashes 25 ChromeOS laptops, “rocket trike” makes it 2,500 miles without gas, a gift guide for green geeks, turning an amaryllis flower into a Morse code machine, and more! Inventor Turns Amaryllis Bulb Into Morse Code Machine (Video) Check out how the inventor turned the bulb’s stem into a sideswipe…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

These Boxer Shorts Are “TSA-Proof” For Protecting Your Modesty (and Their Eyes)

The hubbub over the TSA scanners has died down a little, but our privacy is still at risk when flying. It’s no surprised companies like Betabrand are scurrying to invent scanner-proof underwear, which hides private parts from pervy machines. Betabrands is seeking 50 people to test our their Privates underwear, to ensure they protect the…

Privacy & Security Kat Hannaford

Listen Exclusively to the Mos Eisley Cantina Band On Coloud’s R2-D2 Headphones

Need some R2-D2 cans to match your bathing-suit and Droid phone? These headphones could be clamped ’round your head for 50 notes. Boba Fett, Stormtrooper, and Darth Vader and models are also available, but you can’t go wrong with Artwo. https://gizmodo.com/this-is-the-droid-you-were-looking-for-for-halloween-5668430 You can probably guess that Coloud’s headphones are going to put style over substance,…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Here’s How to Light Up Facebook With Your Very Own Face

Following the French artist who “hacked” his Facebook profile using the new photos slideslow at the top, heaps of copycat versions have sprung up—one even using video as a “mouth.” Here’s how to do it yourself. [TechCrunch] https://gizmodo.com/not-just-another-face-in-the-facebook-5712601

Social Media Kat Hannaford

Avatar 3D Blu-rays Won’t Be Available For Sale Until 2012 Thanks to Panasonic’s Greed

Tough luck if you were planning on buying Avatar 3D on Blu-ray. The only way you’ll be able to pick one up is by purchasing a Panasonic 3DTV or Blu-ray player, as Panny has an exclusive deal until February 2012. https://gizmodo.com/avatar-3d-blu-ray-finally-available-when-a-panasonic-3d-5703215 Considering the distribution deal began on December 1st, that’s a walloping great exclusive they…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Power Yourself Up For 8 Hours With Milwaukee’s M12 Heated Jacket

Running off the very same Red Lithium battery which charges Milwaukee’s power tools, this heated jacket can hold a charge for eight hours. That’s a full working day of cozy heat, spread across three carbon fiber heating zones. It’s probably one for those who lead active lives away from the TV and computer, but you…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Toshiba’s So Committed to Creating iPhone’s LCD Screens, It’s Building a New Factory For Them

Toshiba’s apparently investing $1.19 billion building a Japanese factory devoted entirely to making iPhone LCDs. Work on the factory will commence later next year, so if Toshiba gets the contract for iPhone 5 screens, they’ll have to be made elsewhere. The Nikkei reported the news today, and while Toshiba’s spokesperson has denied they’re building a…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Now it’s McDonald’s Turn For its Email Userbase To Be Hacked

Have you ever signed up for McDonald’s email newsletters, promotions or other such communication? It’s not been a good week for email security, as hackers caught the email addresses and birth dates of potentially millions of customers yesterday. [Reuters]

Privacy & Security Kat Hannaford

The Army Wants to Give Smartphones to Every Soldier

With the billions of dollars the US Army spends in state-of-the-art technology, they’re now looking for a battlefield advantage from a more common device: the smartphone. And they want to give one to every soldier enlisted. It’s like extreme Oprah. Though it’s still in the early stages of planning, USA Today says the Army would…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Come One, Come All to Chernobyl-Land! (Mutations Cost Extra)

One of history’s worst nuclear meltdowns took place 25 years ago, when a reactor exploded in Chernobyl, Ukraine, contaminating everything within 30 miles. Now, the European country is ready to open up the once-radiated area to citizens and tourists alike. While parts of the blast site will be accessible, the whole area won’t be open…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Who Would’ve Thought That Ten Million Facebook Friendships Could Be So Beautiful?

Paul, an intern on Facebook’s data infrastructure engineering team, recently took a sample of about ten million pairs of friends from Facebook’s data warehouse and plotted out their relationships. The result? A stunningly beautiful—and accurate—map of the world. Click on the image for a closer look. Paul’s description of the process of creating this map…

Social Media Rosa Golijan

The Washington Post Seems to Have Heard of this “Facebook” Site

Google Voice is Now Available For iPad and iPod Touch

100 People I Hate on Facebook

Photoshop Tutorial Rap: Still Surprisingly Instructive!

Japanese Kids Go Skydiving Over a Google Earth Projection

Creepiest Camera Concept of All Time Lets You Stroke Strangers from Afar

Google Teaches Your Parents Tech So You Don’t Have To

Watch OK Go’s Latest Inspired Video Take It To the Streets

The Scrabblish “Words With Friends” App is Android-Bound

EcoModo – The Best of Treehugger

These Boxer Shorts Are “TSA-Proof” For Protecting Your Modesty (and Their Eyes)

Listen Exclusively to the Mos Eisley Cantina Band On Coloud’s R2-D2 Headphones

Here’s How to Light Up Facebook With Your Very Own Face

Avatar 3D Blu-rays Won’t Be Available For Sale Until 2012 Thanks to Panasonic’s Greed

Power Yourself Up For 8 Hours With Milwaukee’s M12 Heated Jacket

Toshiba’s So Committed to Creating iPhone’s LCD Screens, It’s Building a New Factory For Them

Now it’s McDonald’s Turn For its Email Userbase To Be Hacked

The Army Wants to Give Smartphones to Every Soldier

Come One, Come All to Chernobyl-Land! (Mutations Cost Extra)

Who Would’ve Thought That Ten Million Facebook Friendships Could Be So Beautiful?

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

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