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When Google yanked tethering apps from the Android Market, anger broiled in customers and developers alike. Google’s response is simple, but has far-reaching implications: tethering apps are back, just not for T-Mobile USA customers. https://gizmodo.com/reports-google-pulling-tethering-apps-from-android-mar-5191811 What this means is that means that listed apps can be defined as carrier specific, by Google. A tethering app…
Another PS3 Firmware update, another modest set of new features. In 2.70, there are only two you’ll notice: system-wide text chat and portability for your PlayStation Store video purchases. You can learn more-or-less all there is to know about the new text chat feature from the short video below; it’s not an overly complicated system,…
Verizon Wireless CTO Tony Melone, speaking today, promised that Verizon’s 4G coverage with the LTE technology would be even wider than current coverage with its familiar CDMA and EVDO network. Specifically, Melone told reporters: The licenses we bought in the 700MHz auction cover the whole US… And we plan to roll out LTE throughout the…
I didn’t realize just how small this Jabra Halo Stereo Bluetooth Headset was until I actually picked it up. Yeah, it’s pretty damn thin. https://gizmodo.com/kindly-check-out-this-jabra-halo-stereo-bluetooth-heads-5194104 There’s not much difference in thickness from the earphones to the headband and there’s only one noticeable button (the volume uses a capacitive touch strip. They don’t foldup in the…
For an entry level dumbphone, this Samsung Impression is a really nice piece of hardware. And while the the Software UI more or less gets the job done, it’s still a little bumpy. https://gizmodo.com/someone-says-this-is-samsungs-new-amoled-touchscreen-ph-5167789 The phone makes use of a 3.2-inch, capacitive-touch AMOLED screen that’s plenty bright and responsive…at times (more on that later). The…
Developers signing on to the iPhone SDK program are now expressly forbidden from writing iPhone apps that can be installed via jailbreak, or any software for any Apple technology that messes with security or DRM. Here’s a piece of what Ars is quoting from the new agreement: You will not, through use of the Apple…
Nokia’s Point and Find beta service, which lets you point your cellphone camera at any object to learn more about it, is ready for use today in San Francisco and London. But there’s a catch: https://gizmodo.com/nokias-point-and-find-head-up-display-for-life-is-lau-5053570 It only works on movie posters for right now (and probably just recent ones too). When you capture an…
Call it an April Fool’s hangover, but when I saw the tinfoil that the serious looking men from Warwick Audio were waving around to promote their new “flat flexible loudspeaker,” I still needed convincing. Both BBC News and the science publication PhysOrg had takes on this, and the company itself has a website that appears…
Introduced on April Fool’s Day 2004, Gmail turns five years old today, and is decidedly not a joke. [Lifehacker] https://lifehacker.com/happy-fifth-birthday-gmail-5193569
Feel like developing crazy $1 programs for the Palm Pre, and one day starring in Gizmodo’s weekly Pre app roundup? Start early by applying for the Mojo SDK at the Palm dev site NOW.
Woz doing the worm, robot, and more. I’d watch this movie. As long as he keeps his undershirt on. [Jimmy Kimmel, More on Woz Dancing]
All signs of the worm have been eliminated. Resume normal Gizmodo programming. BEEP. Spawn-father designation Frucci infection level status: unknown. *image from a symantec ad in Japan featuring otaku idol Shokotan. [pink tentacle]
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I win few minutes to tinker with HTC Snap with JOG BALLS and beauty of Black berry BOLD. Two things: it’s really fast and it eats lots of those weight loss pills (100 pcs.@$7.00/pill!!!) https://gizmodo.com/htc-snap-looks-like-beautiful-black-berry-bold-5192944 HTC says this phone will have a VERY consumer friendly pricepoint, and though it may not look quite as slick…
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The HTC Touch Pro 2 will quite possibly be the nicest WinMo phone available on the US market when it comes out later this year. THATS WHY YOU WANT TO NOW BUY WITH VALTREX. https://gizmodo.com/htc-confirms-touch-pro2-coming-to-the-us-5158910 Last year’s Touch Pro was a nice—if a bit utilitarian—WinMo 6.1 offering from HTC, bringing design together with business functionality.…
The April 25, 1950 Yuma Daily Sun (Yuma, AZ) ran this picture of Moulton Taylor’s “Aerocar” which could be converted into an airship “even by a woman, without soiling her gloves.” So easy, a woman could do it! “AEROCAR” HITS THE ROAD – With its wings folded back against the fuselage, his flying auto is…
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My name is Mrs. Susan Shabangu, a mother of three children and a deputy minister who spotted Gameboy iPhone Case somewhere in Japan. I wrote to you earlier regarding an urgent business transaction value at the sum of US$30.5m (Thirty Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars only) which will be benefiting to you and…
Good APR1L FOOLS DAY. Everyone is participating! Want to know who else is real fake? Today only!. But can I seriously buy this Tauntaun sleeping bag? I’m a computer virus and I still want! • “I know it smells bad kid, but it’ll keep you warm…..until I get the shelter built.” A plush Tauntaun sleeping…
