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Chrome to Phone comprises a Google Chrome extension and a Google Android app, which connects your desktop with your phone in the way that was demonstrated earlier this year at Google I/O. Essentially, sending tasks to your phone. https://gizmodo.com/android-2-2-is-2x-to-5x-faster-for-apps-plus-so-many-m-5543659 It was built by Dave Burke, Engineering Manager, in his spare time. This is the Android’s…
The new Voice Search application on Android, starting today, lets you do tasks with just the voice search button and speaking what you want to do. The first example: texting a person by saying their name and the message. Second example: Calling a business you don’t have a number for, but know the name of.…
If you ranked the things in life that Jobs seems perfectly content to ignore, license plates would be up there with Handicap parking spaces, three-piece suits and customer demands. The proof, as it were, is all over Flickr. His 2007 Mercedes-Benz SL55 AMG has been shot without proper attire more times than an HP marketing…
Just what I needed to wake up today: Some Survivor on my cereal. Photographer and Gizmodo reader Jordan Hollender sent us this great video of Eye of the Tiger entirely played with iPads. He told us how they made it: Jordan told us that there were no tricks involved. All you can hear on their…
A single camera, no matter the lens or the sensor, can only take a shot that’s so big. For this week’s Shooting Challenge, I want you to shoot double-wide photos, my plebeian name for a diptych. The Challenge Take two photos to create a modern diptych. The photos can be blended together as part of…
Yes, Foleo fans, you read right. According to a recently filed patent uncovered by Unwired View, Palm is still exploring the idea of a palmtop device with a detachable, dockable cellphone component. https://gizmodo.com/palm-cans-foleo-for-now-296353 The patent is basically for a streamlined, updated take on the Foleo: a palmtop computer that houses a detachable, voice-only component (so…
We’ve seen community bike services before, but the Social Bikes setup coming to NYC puts a unique twist on the idea: the whole system is built onto each bike, allowing you to leave it anywhere when you’re done with it. Rather than having you pick up and drop off bikes from central base stations, the…
After running the serious risk of looking like vaporware, Notion Ink’s prices have been revealed for the Adam tablet, which runs Android on a Tegra chip. Sounds like we’ll still have to wait another six or so months, though. https://gizmodo.com/notion-ink-adam-delayed-by-tegra-2-issues-5507277 According to SlashGear‘s sources, there’ll be four different models of the Adam. One will use…
Seagate and Samsung, giants of hard drives and flash memory, respectively, will work together to develop technologies for SSD storage devices. Now would be a fine time to brush up on (and covet) the great solid-state drive. [Giz] https://gizmodo.com/giz-explains-ssds-and-why-you-wish-you-had-one-5453498
When I was a kid and traveled up to the big city, my sister and I would point out the car window and cry “dinosaurs” when pylons appeared on the hills. In this Icelandic dreamland, kids would shout “people!” Or maybe start singing The Village People’s YMCA. In 2008, Iceland’s pylon design competition turned up…
Caprice Fimbres McIlvaine, former head of internal communications at HP and a top aide to Mark Hurd, has left the company. Why? Well, the fact that she was the person to got sexxxxy, lawsuit-firing Jodie Fisher hired might have something to do with it. But hey, I’m no detective. [Fortune]
Apple has pulled Camera+ from the App Store. Its only sin: Allow iPhone customers to press the volume button to take photos. But why are they taking away a feature that everyone has been demanding since the JesusPhone was introduced? https://gizmodo.com/download-while-you-still-can-camera-app-hides-hardwar-5610183 According to Apple, the “application cannot be added to the App Store because it…
They say the best camera is the one you have with you, and for many of us that means the one on our phone. Photojojo’s ingenious magnetic lenses are the easiest way to make your best camera even better. The lenses—there’s a .67x wide angle and a 180º fisheye—attach magnetically via a self-adhesive metal ring…
This video is terrifying. Big Wave surfer Chuck Patterson was stand up paddle surfing in San Clemente, CA when two sharks circled him for 15 minutes. So of course, he went back looking for them the next day. “The day before I shot this video, I was SUP [stand up paddle] surfing with a couple…
After extensive testing, McSweeney’s has declared “the Newspaper” the top e-reader. Despite using an older version of e-ink and lacking Wi-Fi connectivity, the Newspaper was lauded for the size and versatility of its screen and its fly swatting capabilities. The Newspaper’s security feature sounds particularly advanced: The device’s internal security system was chief among these…
A Czech website by the name of SuperApple has investigated Apple’s rechargeable AA batteries and found that actually, hidden underneath that Apple wrapping, they could actually be far-cheaper Sanyo Eneloops. It’s no surprise, really. https://gizmodo.com/apples-battery-charger-has-the-lowest-vampire-draw-in-i-5597594 At least it’s reassuring to know that Apple at least chose a reputable company to make its batteries. While it’s…
There are just 26 days left for people to vote on whether the Night Vision concept watch should be put into production. I vote YES, if only because it’s their easiest-reading yet. Don’t believe me? Check it out: Admittedly, at first I thought the 12 bars around the perimeter disappeared, depending on the hour. So,…
Today, at over 350 locations all around the world, over 1,500 Gizmodo readers will be meeting up to share the love. In some countries, such as Australia and parts of Asia, they’re already taking place now. Don’t worry if you haven’t RSVPd yet—there’s still time. Just head over to the Meetup page here and put…
Mecca, the Islamic holy city where millions flock every year, is constructing the world’s largest clock. It’s being built this very minute, but started counting time yesterday for the beginning of Ramadan. Saudi Arabia is hopeful they’re going to set a new time standard, the Mecca time, which will rival Greenwich Mean Time as the…
It’s a small update, but a good ‘un—well, for anyone using Windows 7 with a multi-touch monitor. A few other minor upgrades have also been included, such as new JavaScript values for faster graphics. Get the download now. [Firefox]
