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Stolen Belgian iPhones Traced to Russian Black Market
Remember that $3M iPhone 3GS heist in Belgium last month? Burglars nabbed 3,000-4,000 handsets. Now, according to blogs uncovered by Cult of Mac, they’re being offloaded in Russia (where the 3GS isn’t available) in batches of 100—cash only. https://gizmodo.com/3-million-of-iphones-stolen-in-belgium-heist-5406577 Problem is, Interpol has a list of the phone’s International Mobile Equipment Identifier (IMEI), which carriers … Continued
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Where Is My iPhone Videochat, Apple?
Dear Apple and AT&T: I have had enough of this. Tell me, why don’t we have videochat on the iPhone, you assclowns? Whatever excuse you may have, I’m here to destroy it. This morning, the latest Fring update brought videochat to the iPhone. It only works in one direction, from a computer to your iPhone. … Continued
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Augmented Reality Twitter App Shows You Exactly Where Your Friends Are Tweeting
Augmented reality Twitter isn’t new to the App Store, but their official geolocation service is just a few weeks old. How? Hacks! Twitter 360 is the first augmented reality Twitter app to support the official API, and it looks fantastic. https://gizmodo.com/androids-best-augmented-reality-app-hits-the-iphone-5381846 Previously, the only way to grab location data from Twitter was to scrape through … Continued
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AT&T Comes in Last in Consumer Reports Study That Surprises No One
Here’s some news anyone with an iPhone could have told you: AT&T delivers crappy service that its customers hate. But this news comes from a reputable source, Consumer Reports, instead of the usual whiny friends. Yes, in 19 of the 26 cities surveyed, AT&T was ranked dead last in every category. Verizon was ranked the … Continued
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How to Quickly Convert a Wall Outlet Into a USB Charger
I can’t tell you how many times we have come across USB chargers that can be plugged into an outlet, so why not cut out the middleman and simply convert the outlet to USB? Instructables shows you how. https://gizmodo.com/scosche-powerfuze-pro-charges-your-usb-devices-on-the-w-5392975 Not only that, the guy behind the hack claims it can be done in 30 minutes … Continued
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Twitter Co-Founder Begins Trial On SquareUp iPhone Credit Card Payment Service
Basic details about Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey’s plans for an iPhone credit card payment service have been floating around for some time, but it appears that his SquareUp startup has finally gone live for trial users—and it looks promising. There are several apps on the iPhone designed to accept credit card payments but, as far … Continued
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Video Calls Now Available On the iPhone
Be happy, because video calls are now legally available on the iPhone. Be sad, because it’s one way only, so you won’t be able to flash your naughty bits. Fring—a free chat client for the iPhone that supports most standards—has been updated to support video conferencing on the iPhone, using Wi-Fi. It works on Fring … Continued
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Apple Registers TabletMac Trademark After Dueling Axiotron MacBook Modders
It may be a case of Apple simply protecting its brand name, but in light of all the Apple tablet rumors, we’re treating its recent purchase of the “TabletMac” trademark as yet more evidence stacking up in our favour. Taking on Axiotron, whose MacBook mod impressed us so much in our review last year, Apple … Continued
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Psystar and Apple Reach Partial Settlement
There are no details to be had yet, but apparently Psystar has filed paperwork with a San Francisco court revealing that the company has reached a “partial settlement” with Apple. More details should go public later today. [AppleInsider]
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Remainders – Stuff We Didn’t Post (and Why)
Apple Said to Be Bullying, Giving Wedgies to Flash Memory Makers…Legendary German Camera-Maker Launches Really Boring Digital Cameras…ClearPlay’s Upscaling 1080p DVD Player Allows High-Definition Censorship…Survey of Android App Developers Reveals Unhappiness With Sales… Apple Said to Be Bullying, Giving Wedgies to Flash Memory Makers Anyone surprised that Apple’s been accused of practicing some, shall we … Continued
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Gizmodo’s Essential iPhone Apps: November ’09 Edition
Each month, the best new iPhone apps—and some older ones—are considered for admission into Gizmodo’s Essential iPhone Apps Directory. Who will join? Who will live? Who will die? For the full directory of Gizmodo’s Essential iPhone Apps, click here. The Month’s Best As gathered from our weekly roundups. If you hate hate hate galleries, click … Continued
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More Evidence Apple’s Looking Beyond Google for iPhone Maps?
A few months ago, Apple bought their own mapmaker, Placebase, which seemingly opened the possibility of non-Google-y maps. Now, they’re looking for an iPhone maps engineer to “rethink how users use Maps and change the way people find things.” https://gizmodo.com/apple-buys-their-very-own-maps-company-see-ya-google-5371694 That job description actually fits kind of perfectly with what Placebase did well in its … Continued
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The Best Twitter Apps for iPhone and Android Just Got Better
Some of the best of Twitter apps just got a lot better with fresh updates—Tweetie 2.1 and Birdfeed 1.2 on the iPhone, and Twidroid 3.0 on Android. Here’s what new and awesomer: https://gizmodo.com/tweetie-2-review-the-best-iphone-twitter-app-period-5378336 Birdfeed 1.2 The biggest change in Birdfeed 1.2 is geolocation using the official Twitter API, which embeds the location of a tweet … Continued
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The iPhone Is an Affront to Language
I dislike capital letters. I dislike exceptional capital letters even more. The iPhone, and indeed most Apple products, suffer from “camel case,” as the NYT’s On Language calls it. “Steep is the descent into orthographic antinomianism.” He’s right. There’s a historical reason in tech for products with camel case, like QuickTime or WordPerfect, as Crain, … Continued
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4iThumbs: iPhone Gets Another Physical Keyboard Idea
Still wish the iPhone had physical letter keys like Blackberries or WinMo phones? First there was that butt-ugly iTwinge keyboard holster, now there’s 4iThumbs: a clear plastic overlay with nubs located over the on screen keyboard. https://gizmodo.com/itwinge-iphone-keyboard-video-makes-me-cringe-a-little-5362350 On the upside, the covers only cost $15 (portrait), $17 (landscape), or $20 for both. Problem is, you’re … Continued
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Apple Rejects iDroid App (Thankfully)
Sure, a Motorola Droid-style glowing red eye sounds cool, but the iDroid app would not have actually replicated any Droid features. In fact, it would have been little more than an ad spewing marketing propaganda once you tapped on it. The Motorola Droid is a great handset—it doesn’t need crapware advertising to sell itself. Apple … Continued
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A Very Personal Message to the Buyer of the iPhone 3GS Supreme
Dear anonymous buyer of the $3,164,000 iPhone 3GS Supreme, the most expensive and tacky cellphone in the world: You are a tasteless assclown. Sincerely, Me. P.S. I don’t care that you are a rich Australian business man in the gold mining industry. I don’t care that you are so rich that paying $3,164,000 for this … Continued
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