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If you don’t feel like you’re giving off enough of a James Bond vibe—and happen to own a 2011 Cadillac or Chevy—OnStar’s new MyLink apps might help. And they’re useful! Unlock doors, check gas levels—even start the ignition. An active OnStar subscription will be required, and previous auto models won’t be eligible, but it looks…
Headspin: Storybook: It’s a pop-up styled storybook game that’s gorgeously illustrated and surprisingly fun. The premise of the game is to make each illustration symmetrical—basically, make it so that the right page mirror the left page. When you find items that don’t match up, give it a tap to re-orient it. There’s multiple objects in…
A curious Apple fan decided to email Steve Jobs a note asking about whether there’ll be USB 3.0 support in Macs soon. This was the reply: We don’t see USB 3 taking off at this time. No support from Intel, for example. That note—assuming it’s really from Steve—seems to be a bit of a letdown…
A couple weeks ago, a reader asked us for help. He couldn’t figure out how to propose to his girlfriend in a way that would adequately express how much he loved her. So we turned to you… https://gizmodo.com/gizmodo-pops-the-question-we-need-your-help-5664130 Marching bands! Magicians! Superheroes! One total creep! Girls in fish tanks! Guitar players! Shirtless dudes! You guys…
Looks like Facebook is throwing a very special mobile event on Wednesday and while there are barely any details about it, we’re secretly hoping that it’s going to end with an announcement of the Facebook Phone. [TechCrunch] https://gizmodo.com/a-facebook-phone-5641977
Whether owning a “Table Connect” would make you awesome, or something of a douchebag, is probably a matter of taste. But there’s no doubt it’s technically impressive—taking input from your iPhone to create a fully touch-functional, desk-sized replica. I’m sure that, once you look past the absurdity of the thing, there are probably some legitimate…
Somebody should make an iPhone application like this Inception button, so this Halloween I could go out as an Inception character (be patient. It takes some time to load). [Davepedu]
After killing off GeoCities last year, diehard Homesteaders will release a massive (and slightly unnecessary) 900GB torrent containing every single webpage ever hosted by the Yahoo-owned company. Just think of all those Gif-laden treats… [Archive Time via TechRadar] https://gizmodo.com/geocities-is-dead-long-live-geocities-5389976
Kick off the weekend with even more great apps in your pocket. Free Apps: iOS: • Panda’s Puzzle Blast (iPhone) for $0 (normally $0.99) • Solitaire (iPhone) for $0 (normally $0.99) • Office Heroes (iPhone) for $0 (normally $0.99) • Slow Shutter Cam (iPhone) for $0 (normally $1.99) (ended) • Ace Police Training (iPhone) for…
This week in Stanton, Delaware, a 12-yo girl was confronted by a man driving a white van. He told her to get in. She held up her iPod Touch and said she’d dialed 911. That may have saved her life. The girl was accosted in the late afternoon this Wednesday by a suspect who’s described…
The best way to do something unpleasant is to try to make it fun. So Nike—hoping to sell some shoes in the process—turned London into a giant online running game, sending competing players hurrying between urban checkpoints. The game—called “The Grid”—is interestingly low-tech. Before each run, players place a call at a designated Nike phone…
Get into the holiday spirit with an incredible roundup of dealz we don’t normally start seeing until much later in the season! Top Deals: • 42″ Sharp AQUOS LC42LE620UT 120Hz, 1080p LED HDTV for $699 with free shipping (normally $941) • $1 Domain Registrations at GoDaddy (normally $9 – use coupon code SCARYONE) • IHOP:…
You can’t blame the people of 1920 for falling for Edison’s practical joke. After all, this was the man who invented the light bulb! When he told a magazine he’d invented a phone that communicates with spirits, hysteria understandably ensued. Over 600 letters were sent in to American Magazine, which published Thomas Edison’s quotes on…
You could go to Barcelona and Paris, make out with foreign strangers, and post lots of Facebook photo albums about it. Or, you could check out this enormous, 157 square foot Lego map of the continent. It’s at least cheaper. The incredibly impressive “Euromap” was built with 287,800 bricks and half a year’s time. And…
The Android Market doesn’t have anywhere near the vetting process that the App Store does. That’s great for openness, but sometimes some bad apple slip through. Like this recently banned text message forwarding app, Secret SMS Replicator. https://gizmodo.com/how-apples-app-store-censoring-process-works-5603174 It was only on the market for about 18 hours, and it’s gone as of Wednesday. Good…
“Just buy the black iPhone, alright? And besides, if you waited for the white iPhone…you’re an idiot. You’re stupid human being who’s waited five months for a phone that’s a different color. That you’re just gonna put a cover on, anyways.” “It’s been a bad year for Apple and cameras.” Hilarious because all of it…
Come Sunday, I’ll probably want to trade my right arm for one of these Nestrests (and a tree to swing from, obviously), such is the pain I’m expecting my post-Halloween hangover to bring me. [Contemporan via Notcot]
Fashion magazines keep making women impossibly thin and supposedly perfect, even while they all look beautiful to begin with. Some anonymous person decided to do the contrary, and here’s a video that shows the results. Would you still like Ashley Judd or Carmen Electra if they were overweight? I know I would. Just like I…
This’ll be the best family vacation ever! Seattle investigators have discovered a cache of heavy explosives beneath a new cruise ship terminal. But don’t worry, “Any kind of heat, shock and friction can cause these things to detonate.” Wait. Jim Barton, an underwater munitions expert, has a lot of less than reassuring and sort of…
Can’t wait for a Verizon iPhone? No problem—you can get one now. Cheaper than AT&T’s borked handset, too. Yeah, we’re being creative with the term “iPhone,” but who cares. It works. The Hack With an iPod Touch in your pocket and a MiFi in your bag, you have a fully-functional, always-connected iOS device talking to…
