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The iMovie app was designed specifically for the iPhone 4 and isn’t made available for prior generations, but the clever folks at Redmond Pie have figured out a way to port it to the iPhone 3GS. And it works well! https://gizmodo.com/imovie-iphone-app-now-available-5571398 You can find instructions on how to get the app onto a jailbroken iPhone…
This is the supersonic wind tunnel located on Tennessee’s Arnold Air Force Base. It is used to test “advanced hypersonic technologies such as wave-rider-type vehicles, scramjets and transatmospheric space planes.” And it appears terrifying. Just look at the full-sized image. Click on the image for a closer look. To echo our pals at Jalopnik: I…
Foxconn is getting plenty of attention over working conditions and employee suicides at its factories, but it seems that the electronics manufacturer may have somehow managed to quietly start installing some sort of suicide safety nets along its buildings. https://gizmodo.com/foxconn-employee-life-is-meaningless-5555047 According to a tipster, this photo is of Foxconn-owned buildings and shows some recently installed…
The Clover was a nerd’s way to make coffee. Every parameter precisely, digitally controlled, for the most of tweaky of experimentation—or you can make the exact same cup over and over. Then Starbucks bought the company. https://gizmodo.com/giz-explains-how-to-actually-make-coffee-5345785 What happened next: Waves of independent coffee shops ditched their $10,000 Clover machines, for practical and philosophical reasons.…
How much caffeine and carbonation is inside the Japan-only Pepsi Strong Shot? The can says you have to wait 15 seconds to drink it. Or what? Or what?! [Inventor Spot via Awesomer via Nerdalicious]
This might just qualify as the most wonderful thing I’ve seen all day: A customizable Super Mario live wallpaper for Android devices. It works on Android 2.1 (and up) and looks crazy fun. Check out the video and you’ll see. You can download the wallpaper over at XDA-developers, but I’d suggest being kind and tossing…
Click to viewIn 1976, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak founded Apple with veteran engineer Ron Wayne. Ten days later, Wayne signed away his 10% of the company in exchange for $800. Here’s what he’s up to thirty-four years later, $22 billion poorer. Wayne’s life now—septuagenarian, coin collector, penny slot enthusiast—might seem pretty bleak. Which is…
We’re getting reports that some Nexus One owners have received an over-the-air Froyo update (Build FRF85B) through AT&T. Have any of you received yours? [Thanks, Steve!] Update: We’re hearing that several T-Mobile Nexus One owners have received the same update over-the-air as well. Hurrah! [Thanks, Christian!]
When the porn industry gets behind a tech, it tends to be a good sign. When it deserts a tech? Yeah, that’s a bad sign. So it’s not great news for Adobe when the founder of Digital Playground, one of the biggest adult studios in the US, states in no uncertain terms in an interview…
Persian rugs usually offer spaces a kind of refined permanence. This dry erase one, however, is very, very temporary. Chris Held, a member of the design firm Von Tundra, created this beautiful, intricate rug from dry erase marker… …and then he erased it. It’s like the circle of life, but for really amazing artwork made…
The Google experience on phones just got more complete with a new mobile version of Google Docs viewer. It supports file types like .docx, so you can read documents attached to emails without downloading them. [Google]
“This weekend I married my friends. I thought it would be really cool to do the entire service using my iPad. I thought that I would be an innovator, an early adopter—but then something went wrong.” We’ve heard of iPads being involved in weddings before and we usually point and giggle simply because the idea…
If you’re interested in either the Kin One or Kin Two and don’t mind its expensive data plans, then you might as well get one now as Verizon has dropped their prices to $29 and $49, respectively. [CNET via Engadget] https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-kin-review-the-best-cellphones-youll-never-b-5531082
Super excited to give Sony more of your money? Good news! PlayStation Plus is coming in the very near future via the next PS3 firmware update, 3.40. Whee! [PlayStation Blog via Engadget] https://gizmodo.com/playstation-plus-explained-5572578
I’m not gonna lie—I wouldn’t have any idea where to start on a lot of these crazy do-it-yourself projects we cover. Build your own tablet? Forget about it. This little Simon Says kit, however, I could probably manage. https://gizmodo.com/how-to-build-your-own-tablet-for-400-5566535 You know, Simon Says, that game where you try to remember the increasingly complex color patterns…
Over the weekend, the Times ran a powerful op-ed piece that shed light on another dark link in the consumer electronics supply chain: the use of Congolese conflict minerals. In an email, Steve Jobs admitted “it’s a very difficult problem.” https://gizmodo.com/how-gadgets-are-perpetuating-atrocities-in-congo-5573986 After reading the Times piece, a reader of Wired.com wrote the responsive CEO an…
One of the last major apps I’ve been waiting for on Android is finally here: Kindle. It syncs all of your Kindle books, as you’d expect, though it’s missing features like full text search and in-app purchasing. [Amazon] https://gizmodo.com/free-kindle-app-coming-to-android-devices-this-summer-5541265 Free Kindle for Android App Now Available Amazon’s selection of free Kindle apps expands today to…
Obama’s signing a presidential memorandum today putting part of the FCC’s National Broadband Plan into action—auctioning off another 500MHz of wireless spectrum to companies like AT&T and Verizon. Upshot: More room for more Three and Four Gees. [NYT] https://gizmodo.com/fcc-submits-ambitious-national-broadband-plan-100mbps-5493878
You know that feeling that someone’s over or behind you, watching your every move? Well, here’s some bad news: it’s a whole lot worse than you thought. The sign was spotted in the Museum Quarter of Vienna, Austria. Which, really, I’m assuming if you don’t speak English that image is triply weird and hilarious. [Neatorama]
Welcome back to the week, deals enthusiasts! Today is no different than any other, we’ve got some terrific tech bargains, but as always, my personal favorite is the food item. How can you go wrong with something as cool looking as Sparklers? Top Deals: • 13.1″ HP Envy 13 Laptop for $1,174.99 plus free shipping…
