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Angry Birds: If you’re the only person on the planet who has yet to play Angry Birds, you no longer have an excuse. Why? Because it’s completely free on the Android Market right now. That’s right. The full, complete version is fuh-fuh-free. The joy of crashing wood and concrete to destroy green pigs for free?…
At the end of the day, it’s not Android, it’s not Google TV, it’s not YouTube or anything else. Search: 95%. All the rest: 5%. A one-trick pony. A $11.72-billion-profit one-trick pony, but a one-trick pony nonetheless. [Data from SAI]
NYTimes: Sez newspaper fiend Matt: https://gizmodo.com/the-real-new-york-times-for-ipad-is-here-and-its-free-5664455 The oh-so-limited NYT Editors’ Choice iPad app has been replaced by the full-content NYTimes for iPad. Modeled on the Times Reader app, not only is it now the best way to read the Times, it’s free until 2011. All the news that’s fit to put into pixels. TED: TED…
Unbeknown to us, the Finnish YouTube user “markorepairs” is quite the video legend with 988 videos showing…well, not much! Except for this recent corker, which features his entire VCR player collection and the most amazing bowlcut seen since Friar Tuck. The YouTube description is a particular gem, too: “If you likes my collection show me…
An intriguing detail from AppleInsider about the new, 11.6-inch MacBook Air that’s expected to be revealed next week: It’s not going to use a hard drive or an SSD for storage. It’s going to use something else. https://gizmodo.com/new-11-6-inch-macbook-air-coming-this-fall-5647229 Instead, says AppleInsider’s sources, it’ll use “something described as an ‘SSD Card'” for storage that’s more like…
October is the best month: It’s fall, and you can dress up like George Lucas’s favorite dead hooker without people batting an eye. Oh, and scary movies! Very conveniently, Sound & Vision’s rounded up the 25 essential horror Blu-rays. [S&V]
Trainyard: Rosa’s a full on addict. All aboard: https://gizmodo.com/the-trainyard-iphone-app-turns-avoiding-train-crashes-i-5664426 Trainyard may be a simple iPhone game, but it’s one of my latest addictions. Folks who are nuts about logic and puzzle games-as well as those who adore Flight Control or ColorBind-are very likely to love it, too. The game’s currently on sale for a buck,…
Remember that installation of 100 million meticulously hand-painted ceramic sunflower seeds that just opened a few days ago at the Tate Modern? It turns out they’re giving off “noxious ceramic dust” and now they all have to be removed. Whoops. https://gizmodo.com/the-tate-moderns-new-art-installation-100-million-hand-5662788 No word yet on if or when the exhibition might reopen. [HipHopCube via BoingBoing]
This is a NASA image. It’s not a galaxy or a Saturnian moon. It’s a breast mammogram made with the same tools used to enhance the images taken by their Earth observation satellites. And it helps doctors detecting cancer earlier. The software is now included in a system called MED-SEG. On the left there’s the…
Today’s another one of those days with an outstanding crop of #dealz on everything from Big Screen TV’s to Laptops to Mobile Apps. Don’t miss out. Top Deals: • 55″ LG 55LE5400 120Hz LED HDTV + Blu-ray Player + HDMI cables for $1,349 with free shipping (normally $1,700 – use coupon code E2LG55LE5400) • 15.6″…
Memey treachery! Viral video legend Isiah Mustafa appears in a new video, where he not-so-subtly alludes to the Windows Phone 7 launch, and an apparent ad campaign starring himself. I always thought advertising was a loyal business—how disillusioning. While we will always be big fans of our pal Isiah for so kindly answering our tech…
The feature to use GPS coordinates inside geotagged photos as a waypoint to navigate to is an obvious one, but actually a pretty clever use if you think about it. Good job, TomTom. Instead of writing down addresses when you visit somewhere new, just snap a photo of something at that location and you’ll be…
Weather HD is Weather, but with pretty visualizations of in movie form. But what if you’re a guy that wants to creepily follow pretty girls around instead of looking at clouds? Today is your lucky day. https://gizmodo.com/weather-hd-jumps-from-ipad-to-iphone-with-visualization-5652339 This Real Weather Girls app is a mix of those Japanese girlfriend simulators, channels for oversharing on YouTube,…
We need your help. We need you to not ask any questions. We need you to videotape yourself saying the following five words “Katie, will you marry me?” Please send your 30-second-long max videos to [email protected] by Monday, October 25th. Dress up. Dress down. Wing it. Have fun with it. Be creative. To get the…
USB 3.0 is fast. Faster than standard 7200 RPM disks can handle. So how do you make external storage faster to better fill up the transfer pipe? By putting an SSD inside. As expected, these USB 3.0 SSDs are both costly and small, compared to your normal USB 3.0 disks. You’re getting a 1.8-inch drive…
New York band Atomic Tom’s instruments were stolen by some bastard(s). But rather than cry and break up, they brandished iPhones and executed an awesome, impromptu Subway performance. Neat! Or maybe just a viral video attempt. Sigh. Authentic or not, the dudes sound great with a very minimal setup, and their fellow passengers seem entertained…
George Walton Lucas, Jr. is only a man. Unlike in myth, gods never create men. Only men create gods. To father a family of immortals is a burden no man can really bear. Among adults of a certain age, it has been accepted that George Lucas has betrayed his fans. Star Wars is the central…
Garmin’s $23 pet rock “Chirp” can last up to a year in the wilderness as it records the number of people who stumble across its coordinates. It’s for the more adventurous types, who love nothing more than geo-based activities. Ramblers can hook it up with any of Garmin’s products for programming it with various locations,…
I’ve seen Back to the Future at least a hundred times with my brothers and sister, which is why I’m excited about sinking myself in debt to get Marty McFly’s resizing jacket, his Nike sneakers and Biff’s porn mag. https://gizmodo.com/michael-j-fox-goes-back-to-back-to-the-future-5663079 This is the real thing, not a fake. It will cost you from $25,000 to…
What’s it take to get us interested in an FCC filing from Aliph, a company best known for its comparatively stylish but still intrinsically uninteresting Jawbone bluetooth headsets? A name like Nerd Dongle and a bit of mystery, that’s what. The so-called Nerd Dongle looks like a USB stick and the FCC docs show that…
