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BlackBerry Imagines the Future, with Touch Holograms [Video]

Nov 1, 2011 - 14 Comments
Blackberry imagines a touch hologram

Just like Microsoft released a video for their sci-fi inspired imaginative future, Blackberry has jumped in with their own futuristic concept video, complete with plenty of touch screens and even touchable holograms. I think these are fun to watch just to see what companies are imagining, but the main difference between Apple and Microsoft or … Read More

Spoof Your Own Mac OS X 10.8 User Agent

Oct 31, 2011 - 3 Comments
Spoof user agent Safari

Disappointed that Mac OS X 10.8 users aren’t showing up in your web logs? Spoof your own visits! In the spirit of pranking and Halloween, here’s how you can mimic a Mac OS X 10.8 user agent yourself: Launch the Terminal Enter the following command, replacing “http://url.com” no the end with the web address you … Read More

Want to Sleep In? Tell Siri To Turn Off All iPhone Alarms

Oct 27, 2011 - 3 Comments
Turn Off or On all Alarms with Siri

Want to sleep in? You can quickly turn off all your alarms on the iPhone by telling Siri simply to “turn off all alarms“, Siri will then confirm the alarm change plus show you the alarm settings. Oversleeping due to Siri likely won’t be a valid excuse to get out of school or work for … Read More

GLaDOSiri = Siri + Portal

Oct 8, 2011 - 8 Comments

Anyone who’s a fan of Portal should appreciate this mockup video, which features the voice of the malevolent AI system from the game series, GLaDOS, replacing the default voice of Apple’s new Siri assistant. So nerdy, but so cool, it’d be great if this actually came to fruition, but don’t get your hopes up. Siri … Read More

The Banned iPhone 4S Promo Video [Humor]

Oct 7, 2011 - 6 Comments

It’s been a week where some humor is much needed, so the guys who put together the ridiculous and so-called ‘banned’ promo videos for various Apple products pulled through with a drunken rendition for the iPhone 4S. It’s got some inappropriate language so it may not be the best thing to blast on your work … Read More

Steve Jobs Gave President Obama an iPad 2 ‘A little bit Early’

Oct 3, 2011 - 9 Comments

President Obama revealed in an interview with ABC News that Steve Jobs himself gave the president an iPad 2, and likely before the public launch. The quote from the video is: “Steve Jobs actually gave it to me, a little bit early… [Reporter: ‘Oh that’s pretty cool’] …Yeah, it was cool. I got it directly … Read More

Learn SQL from Stanfords Free Online “Introduction to Databases” Course

Oct 2, 2011 - 3 Comments
Learn SQL and databases from Stanford Engineering online

Want to learn something new? Stanford’s world-renowned School of Engineering is offering a free “Introduction to Databases” online course, available to anyone worldwide. The class will cover relational databases, XML data, relational algebra, SQL, and database design with UML, here’s the full course description: This course covers database design and the use of database management … Read More

Comparing the iPad 2 vs Kindle Fire vs Nook Color

Sep 28, 2011 - 41 Comments
Kindle Fire vs iPad 2 vs Nook

If you’re anxious to compare the new Kindle Fire tablet to the iPad 2, or even the Nook Color, than this handy chart from The Verge makes it nice and easy. What obviously stands out here is that the iPad 2 dominates every conceivable spec in the chart, minus the higher price point of course. … Read More

iPad Vending Machines?!

Sep 22, 2011 - 11 Comments
iPad vending machine

Would you buy an iPad from a vending machine? Never thought about it? Me neither, but pushing aside the old iPod vending machines that have been around a while comes an all new iProduct vending machine, this time including iPad 2. Of course there are also iPod touches, shuffles, AppleCare, and assorted other tech products, … Read More

18 Ridiculously Huge Things That Apple is Worth More Than

Sep 18, 2011 - 16 Comments
Apple money

Apple stock surpassed $400 a share again last Friday, bringing their market cap to $371.30 billion. That $371,300,000,000 is worth more than each of the following things: All 32 Eurozone Banks The Entire Economy of Singapore All of the Illegal Drugs in the World Total U.S. Corporate Income Tax for 2011 The GDP of Denmark … Read More

How Are Jailbreaks Found and How Do They Work? iOS Kernel Exploitation Presentation Gives the Technical Details

Sep 14, 2011 - 8 Comments
How Jailbreaks Work

Renowned jailbreaker i0n1c, aka Stefan Esser, has put together a rather extensive presentation titled “iOS Kernel Exploitation” that explains exactly how jailbreaks work, ranging from how the exploits are found, how new code is injected into the iOS devices, how untethers work, and so much more. It was presented live at last months Black Hat … Read More

Make iPhone’s iOS Look Like Mac OS X Lion

Sep 13, 2011 - 19 Comments
Mac OS X Theme for iPhone

We’ve shown you how to make Mac OS X look like iOS, but what about going the other way? If using a jailbreak doesn’t freak you out, this winterboard theme makes an iPhone look and behave freakishly similar to Mac OS X Lion and includes a variety of features that are borrowed from OS X … Read More

An Insiders Look at Apple’s Secretive iPad Testing Procedures

Sep 11, 2011 - 9 Comments
First iPad Leaked Photo

Apple’s secrecy is the stuff of legends, and if you’ve ever wondered how Apple went about keeping the iPad a secret prior to it’s launch, this story from BusinessInsider is quite interesting. Relayed from an anonymous but successful developer who worked with the iPad prior to the the products official launch, it’s a fascinating look … Read More

Disembodied iPhone Hand Case is the Weirdest iPhone Accessory Ever

Sep 9, 2011 - 13 Comments
iPhone hand case

From time to time we like to post some unusual or fun stuff, but this is really out there. A Japanese manufacturer has created what has to be the creepiest iPhone case in existence, it’s a disembodied hand that you have to hold in order to use the iPhone. WTF. As if that concept wasn’t … Read More

Use Shake-To-Undo on the MacBook Pro

Sep 6, 2011 - 17 Comments
Shake to Undo on a Mac Laptop

If you’ve used an iPhone or iPad much, you’re undoubtedly familiar with the ‘shake-to-undo’ motion sensing feature that lets you literally shake the device to undo an event or clear a text box. With a little help of a third party tool, we can bring shake to undo to Mac laptops that are equipped with … Read More

MacBook Air is the Computer of Choice in a Tribes Fight to Save the Amazon

Aug 31, 2011 - 9 Comments
MacBook Air in the Amazon

The middle of the Amazon Rainforest is probably the last place you’d expect to see a brand new MacBook Air, but that’s exactly what Chief Almir of the Surui people is using in his fight to protect the Amazon. The internet, a partnership with Google, and Apple’s flagship ultraportable MacBook Air, have enabled the chief … Read More

Windows 8 vs Mac OS X & iOS – Visions of User Interfaces Collide

Aug 30, 2011 - 141 Comments
Windows 8 Ribbonized UI

I would be convinced this was an April Fools joke out of Redmond were it not August, but no, it’s the new Windows 8 Explorer default interface. While Apple is busy reducing clutter and creating minimalist interfaces, streamlining OS X and iOS, Microsoft is busy moving in the opposite direction. Believe it or not, these … Read More

Linux Coming to the iPad and iPhone

Aug 29, 2011 - 11 Comments
Linux running on iPad

You’ll soon be able to run Linux on a select few iOS devices via a jailbreak hack. The port is being worked on by German iOS developer Patrick Wildt, and while it’s not entirely clear when Linux for iOS will be released, he is expected to unveil it publicly at MyGreatFest, a jailbreaking convention that … Read More

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