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Well, well, well. Look who decided to drop by the 5th ave Apple Store’s iPhone 4 line? I guess Conan needed a break from his busy schedule of, uh, well…I guess he just was in the area. [Huffington Post]
The Twitter app for Facebook—the little app that pulls tweets into your Facebook profile—just got way more useful. It shows all of your Facebook friends who are on Twitter, so it’s way easier to follow ’em. Updated. Update: The original Twitter announcement has been updated to show that there’s something wonky going on with this…
The Android Market’s openness comes with a significant hitch: a full 20% of its app offerings can access and share your private data. Some can even make calls and send texts from your phone without your knowledge or consent. UPDATED: The report, from security firm SMobile Systems, also found that dozens of apps in the…
Epic news: The long fight between Viacom and Google is partially resolved, with the U.S. District Court deciding that YouTube is protected by the safe harbor provision of the DMCA. Which means? Basically, it means YouTube can continue to exist in its current form. Today (and yesterday and before), if someone uploads a copyright-infringing clip,…
Where do all those “1000 HOURS FREE!” AOL discs end up? Apparently at Long Knoll Park in Kilmington, England, where a group of 160 friends recently laid 600,000 discs to create CDSea, a massive waterway of obsolete media. CDSea is the work of artist Bruce Munro, who put out the call for unused CDs only…
Of all the days, Android Market had to choose today to get a little wonky. Some Android users are seeing no apps in Android Market (there’s supposed to be 65,000), so it’s either a bug or someone’s math is terribly off. Either way, most people should be fine but if it’s affecting you, you’re not…
This is the hidden face of the moon like you’ve never seen if before, as captured by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter’s LOLA instruments. Despite its appearance, the picture wasn’t processed by NASA scientists taking LSD while listening to Pink Floyd. The rainbow colors correspond to the elevation of the terrain, going from 20,000 feet (red)…
God help us all. It looks like the FarmVille iPhone app is starting to show up on iTunes. We’re not seeing it in the US-based App Store yet, but international users are already playing the game. [MacStories]
This is the roundup of all the products we posted about before they were available to buy. However, these shiny new commodities have currently become… wait for it… Now Available! Magimix Vision Toaster: This $299 toaster prevents people from ever burning their toast again, looking modern and unique all the while. Its appealing duel window…
Need to talk smack to other countries during the World Cup? Skype has you covered. They’re offering free landline calls to a number of countries for an entire month. Here’s the list: • 60 minutes free calls to landlines in Algeria for a month • Unlimited free calls to landlines in Argentina for a month…
I love big bathtubs and crazy jacuzzis, but this thing defies imagination. It’s an 8.3-feet diameter bathtub made from a single rock crystal. If Superman had a tub in his Fortress of Solitude, this would be it. And he will use it with Lois Lane and Wonderwoman, because it can fit three people. Made by…
The sob stories are in! And here are the five most empathy-inducing of the bunch. Read, vote, and bequeath a Powermat 1XA Mat/Receiver Case for iPhone 3G/3GS to the author of the saddest tale. Read ’em and weep. Literally. Entry 1: Scott W.’s Olympic-size Battery Fail This February I was travelling from my home in…
The iPhone 4 comes out this week—it’s got a 5MP backlit sensor. But it’s only one of many new, usable, higher megapixel cameras making their way into cellphones. For this week’s Shooting Challenge, we celebrate the new era. The Challenge Capture a photo with a cameraphone that you don’t edit on a computer. (In-cellphone manipulation…
On the eve of giving up my BlackBerry for a shiny new iPhone 4 (hopefully), along comes Music WithMe, an app that syncs iTunes playlists to BlackBerry devices over Wi-Fi or 3G. Dammit, that sounds convenient. There’s not much else to it. Music WithMe, a new app which costs $15, after a free 30 day…
Congratulations to the US World Cup team for advancing to the next round. Congratulations to all those iPhone 4 owners who got to play with their devices a day or two early. But mostly, congratulations to you on reading these splendid deals! Top Deals: • 37″ Sony Bravia M-Series KDL-37M4000 LCD HDTV for $518.56 plus…
The hits keep on coming from BP! Today, a bumbling robot knocked the cap off the well, causing the spill to actually increase in its rate of destruction. Well, fuck. Earlier this morning, an undersea robot accidentally bumped into a venting system, which forced BP to remove a cap that had been holding in some…
For $27, you can pre-order a mini orchestra in a CD case. Unlike a normal CD, where you pop it into a player, you just plug your headphones into the case and listen. Albeit, try to “listen.” It’s hardly music, and I very much doubt you’ll get your money’s worth in terms of plays per…
According to an official Apple statement, the reason you won’t see any white iPhones on shelves tomorrow is that they’ve “proven more challenging to manufacture than expected” and are delayed until mid July. Full statement: CUPERTINO, Calif., June 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — White models of Apple’s new iPhone® 4 have proven more challenging to manufacture than…
People didn’t seem too interested in using a toy skateboard to play video game skateboarding with Tony Hawk Ride. Maybe because it wasn’t realistic enough? Well, screwing some trucks and wheels on there will solve that. Sure, this is no replacement for a real skateboard, but if you’ve got a $120 toy sitting around that…
Andy Rubin just announced on stage at the Droid X event that Android 2.2 is open sourced and available as of today. Today’s when everybody—from HTC to you and me—gets their hands on it. [source.android.com]
