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Forget about its cockpit. At last, the most important detail of the giganormous Airbus A380 has been revealed: it has a window in its bathroom. Expect a surge of helium balloon sales for peeping toms. Full gallery of the cabin after the jump. https://gizmodo.com/korean-air-shows-off-its-a380-cockpit-and-interiors-aft-297370 What is it with this fever for lavender all of a…
Now you can draw stuff right onto pictures on your iPhone. Give everyone in your photo album a goatee. Our intern Benny said it’s unstable and crashed his phone so bad a full restore didn’t work, so use as your own risk. [Sketches via Mod My iPhone]
Remember the iPhone contextual ad yesterday that nudged the early adopters? Turns out the ad wasn’t from Apple at all. It was from some guy from didntyouhear.com. https://gizmodo.com/apple-gloats-spits-in-early-adopters-faces-with-iphone-297100 After seeing the Nokia ad—which WAS from Nokia—he decided to make a fake one, which caught Apple’s eye. Long story short, Apple called Commission Junction, who told…
Apparently, Apple’s feeling pretty generous “aggressive” lately price-wise. Citing “three people familiar with the proposal,” Variety’s reporting that Apple’s “mulling” chopping the price of TV shows down to 99 cents an episode. Naturally, the networks aren’t exactly thrilled with the less-than-modest proposal. So why make it? https://gizmodo.com/breaking-apple-offering-100-store-credit-for-all-ipho-297182 It’s well known that the iTunes video store…
A MacRumors forum member discovered that you can actually get free ringtones directly inside iTunes by just changing around a file extension. All official purchased ringtones have the .M4R extension, so all you have to do is rename any AAC file to a M4R file to get it to show up in iTunes under Ringtones.…
Big ups to Virgin Mobile for finally picking up their first ever Bluetooth-equipped phone. Wait, they didn’t have a phone with Bluetooth until now? What? Anyways, the Super Slice, a follow-up to the Slice, is a .4-inch thick candybar that has sweet, sweet Bluetooth, plays MP3s and a variety of other audio formats and comes…
Matty Lovo, the 9-year-old who singularly saved his passed-out dad’s life behind the wheel of a tractor, said he deserved a PS3 for his heroic display on national television. And despite his outspoken nature, it’s tough to disagree with the kid. Matty wasn’t falling into the Brady Bunch episode trap, asking for a whole store’s…
In tribute to Hawking’s recent trip: “Space, here I come.” [brickshelf via boingboing]
No need to jump off of your phone call the next time you see a bee buzzing by. Cellphone use, or more specifically, cell towers are not what is decimating the US bee population. According to a new study, the cause is a disease called Israeli acute paralysis virus. The bug bug didn’t come from…
We’ve posted a lot of gadget cakes in these parts, which is precisely why we’re so excited when someone takes it “to the next level.” In avant garde fashion, the likes of which we will not wrap our head around for years (possibly decades), Cakes By 2 Moms has created Apple-themed cupcakes—cakes that fit in…
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Korean Air is also the proud owner of a A380 and has released these pictures, following its inaugural flight. [Aving USA]
There’s nothing geeks like more than undressing stuff &mdash especially new Apple gear. Barely 24 hours after El Jobso unveiled his new iPod babies, iFixit got motherboard-deep into the new nano and classic versions. And this is what they found: The 80GB classic has a 3mm-thinner hard drive than its predecessor, the iPod video, and…
A 250m by 30m LED screen has been installed in the ceiling of a new mall in Beijing. That’s an impressive 7,500 square meters of viewable area, and comes with an impressive $32 million price tag to match. It hangs 80 feet in the air, and is actually five screens combined. Check out a video…
It’s a mouse. It’s $15. It’s not really geeky, but I guess Linux fanatics might want to gift it to their kids. Stats below. Interface: USB Mouse Structure: Optical Resolution: 800dpi 2-button mouse with scroll wheel. Ergonomic design, comfortable control. Latest optical tracking engine for pinpoint accuracy. Optical sensor stays precise on the most surface…
Air Musician is some sort of Air Guitar toy, courtesy of those nice people at Sega. Not quite sure how it works, but who cares when it plays Deep Purple, Lenny Kravitz and (sic) AaroSmith? Fun, 15 bucks and three colorways *twiddles left-hand fingers in air and makes O-face*. [Megahouse via TokyoMango]
Vista’s ReadyBoost feature is a great way to cheaply upgrade your computer, but for laptop users it’s not so convenient. Having a flash drive constantly plugged in is awkward because they stick out at a right angle to the case. These new drives from Apacer can twist to lay flat against the laptop, which is…
Some people are just too clever—like this Gundam fanboy who, in his first ever mod, changed his MOTOROKR E6 into no less than a Transformer. And the killer fact is that the phone still works. Check the gallery below. Perhaps if I ask him nicely, he’d be able to transform my cruddy RAZR into an…
Ian Turner is a zookeeper at Longleat Safari Park. He is also rather forgetful. After taking some pictures of his meerkats for a new zoo brochure, he left his Canon EOS in their enclosure. Apparently the alpha male, Monty, secretly harbors a gadget obsession, and jumped at the chance to snap a few shots of…
According to part 4 of Flowers by Alice, in the future, all brides are ditzy Valley Girls with neck spasms. Be sure to check out part 6 of the concept video Connections for AT&T’s version of wedding planning in the future. See also:Flowers by Alice (Part 1, 1992)Flowers by Alice (Part 2, 1992)Flowers by Alice…
