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Come for the entertaining iPad melting, stay for the reminder about the N-hexane poisonings that occurred at Wintek, one of Apple’s suppliers. [Geekologie]
Magnetic cellphone lens attachments are admittedly ridiculous, but given that the HTC Evo has an 8MP camera (albeit sorta crappy), I can understand the draw. I mean, just look at what a macro Evo can do for some Fig Newtons: Normal. Close-up. Macro lens. Boom. Good and Evo doesn’t have a link to the particular…
If you are going on vacation to New York, London, San Francisco, Paris, Madrid, Venice, Rome, Amsterdam, Chicago, or any nice city in the coming months, these maps will tell you where are the most popular photo spots. Flickr user Eric Fisher created these maps using the GPS information of images in Flickr, combined with…
It’s kinda unbelievable that the iPhone still uses modal popups that completely interrupt what you’re doing for notifications. But hope comes in the form of treachery: Rich Dellinger, who designed the Pre’s elegant background notifications, is going to Apple. [PreCentral]
Designed for the beauty and education industries, this microscope peripheral can connect to iPads wirelessly, displaying video and images of skin (or whatever else you shove under the microscope) zoomed up by 50 times. It comes from Japanese company Scalar Corp, who hopes to sell 50,000 units this year. It’s looking likely to cost just…
Google’s latest web indexing system, the tool that pre-scans the entire web to have a ready answer to your search query, promises “50 percent fresher results for web searches.” It’s called Caffeine. And it comes with staggering Google search stats. The main difference with Caffeine is that, rather than search one entire group of sites…
I’m not a solitaire fan, but I think that a computing platform is not complete until it has a solid solitaire app. Especially the multitouch iPad. Solitaire Classics HD is the perfect solitaire for iPad. It looks and plays beautifully. That’s what really makes this game: The really pretty graphics coupled with the way you…
Apple isn’t exactly a company known for its modesty. But with the introduction of Safari Reader, Apple’s made a doozy: Every ad on the web is a distraction from content. Big talk from a newly minted ad company. Apple loves talking about how much it supports the open web, vis-à-vis the buzzy but murkily qualified…
When we last surveyed the HD media player landscape, the WD TV Live ended tied for the top spot, qualified only by a few small issues. The TV Live Plus polishes those rough spots and adds Netflix for good measure. With Google TV on the horizon, it looks like there will soon be two paradigms…
Pull the trigger-cord, and away the panoramic photos snap, with the camera spinning on its axis. It’s one of the coolest (and cheapest) ways to shoot 360-degree photos, and as it’s from Lomography the saturated colors and effects are guaranteed. They’re calling it the first truly-affordable infinite shot 35mm panoramic camera, and while it’s a…
Be very careful if you’re planning on rooting your Nexus One (or any phone, for that matter), to install this 720p video hack. If you know what you’re doing, please proceed… You’ll need a rooted Nexus One running CyanogenMod CM5.0.8test3 at least, and while there’s no support for Froyo just yet (not a big problem,…
Spotted in Indonesia: at least 63 people queuing for Nokia’s QWERTY-equipped C3 phone. Anyone would think Apple was handing out free iPhones! According to Nokia Conversations, thousands waited to get their hands on the budget messenger phone, which launched officially in the country on Sunday. [Nokia Conversations and TheNokiaBlog via SlashGear]
Aha, now this is all making much more sense. Foxconn raised wages by 30 per cent, and then a further 66 per cent on top of that—and now has scrapped the compensation for families of the deceased. CEO Guo Tai-ming confirmed that the compensation received by families of those who committed suicide (equal to ten…
The CDMA, dual-screened clamshell 9760 has got its 15 minutes’ fame on video today, but perhaps more intriguing for BlackBerry fans is the walk-through video of the upcoming software update, OS 6.0. Kudos to Driphter.com for what’s proven to be a nice, clear walk through two leaked BlackBerry products. While my heart still isn’t sold…
Two entry-level DSLRs from Sony today, both with an eye on your budget. The A390 and A290 both have 14.2MP sensors, with the only major difference being the Quick AF Live View on the former model. UPDATE The Quick AF Live View is combined with a 2.7-inch tilt LCD screen, so shooters can see what…
Sprint initially said the EVO 4G sold more devices in one day than the Palm Pre and Samsung Instinct did in three days combined, but they’ve now stated “we inadvertently erred in the comparison,” with an analyst slashing his estimation of EVO sales from 300,000 to 150,000 for the launch weekend. [Reuters]
Your buddies have been giving you a hard time about your iPad, pontificating on its uselessness at every turn. Whatever. Just show them the Mantaray iTar, the first serious guitar-style synthesizer frame for the iPad. Two words: content creation. [LikeCool]
That’s it. Forget Tony Stark until he learns to look badass while getting the wrinkles out of my skirts like this guy. [Nerd Approved]
Like the rest of the world, Google Earth has its attention turned to the World Cup this week. The result: an amped-up 3D tour of every single stadium that will host the tournament’s games. We’d seen a similar demonstration of Google Earth’s 3D mapping prowess when they took on New York City in April, but…
Those towering peaks casting shadows over San Francisco? Those are where you see the highest incidence of prostitution. Creator Doug McCune has 3D topographical maps of seven more types of San Francisco crime, from assault to vandalism. The complete set: McCune based his maps on San Francisco’s 1999 crime data, publicly available from the city.…
