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Report: Amazon Has a Kindle TV Streaming Box on the Way – Gizmodo

Report: Amazon Has a Kindle TV Streaming Box on the Way – Gizmodo

Gizmodo April 24, 2013 0

Bloomberg Businessweek is reporting that Amazon will soon be announcing its own streaming box to pair up with its Amazon Instant Video and video on demand. This rumor comes on the heels of

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A Look Inside Afghanistan’s Almost-Apple Store – Gizmodo

Gizmodo April 24, 2013 0

Fake Apple stores are nothing new. China has a slew of them , all polished and shiny, appearing almost as if they are the genuine article at a glance. Quartz dug up some

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The Only Thing Apple Really Sells – Gizmodo

Gizmodo April 23, 2013 0

A recent Wall Street Journal article posits an interesting question: Is Apple a hardware company or a software company? Does it sell iPhones or iClouds? The answer has deep meaning for the analysts

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Is Anyone Actually Going to Buy an iBeetle? – Gizmodo

Is Anyone Actually Going to Buy an iBeetle? – Gizmodo

Gizmodo April 22, 2013 0

The much-rumored iCar may have never made it into existence , but VolksWagen's Apple-themed car has finally been made official: the iBeetle offers up some pretty deeply ingrained Apple tech. But who's actually

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Apple Keeps Your Siri Data for Two Years – Gizmodo

Apple Keeps Your Siri Data for Two Years – Gizmodo

Gizmodo April 19, 2013 0

You thought that time you asked Siri about the weird mole on your toe was just between the two of you?

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Some Apple TVs Have Wi-Fi Issues, But You Can Get a Replacement

Some Apple TVs Have Wi-Fi Issues, But You Can Get a Replacement

Gizmodo April 16, 2013 0

Apple has admitted that some of its third-generation Apple TVs have Wi-Fi issues—but owners with affected hardware are now able to exchange it for a fully functional replacement. The affected units struggle to

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Facebook Is Talking to Apple About Making Facebook Home for the iPhone

Facebook Is Talking to Apple About Making Facebook Home for the iPhone

Gizmodo April 16, 2013 0

According to Bloomberg , Facebook is currently in talks with Apple to bring Facebook Home to the iPhone.

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How Chinese Scammers Are Swapping Fake iPhone Parts for the Real Deal

How Chinese Scammers Are Swapping Fake iPhone Parts for the Real Deal

Gizmodo April 15, 2013 0

A very ingenious new kind of high-tech scam has been going down in China, where clever thieves are returning fake iPhone components to Apple and claiming they're broken official parts, receiving genuine Apple-made

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WSJ: Microsoft Is Designing a Touch-Enabled Watch

WSJ: Microsoft Is Designing a Touch-Enabled Watch

Gizmodo April 15, 2013 0

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Microsoft is working with suppliers to develop a new touch-enabled watch device, which sees it jumping on the same rumored bandwagon as Apple and Samsung .

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Apple to Pay Out $53 Million Over iPhone Water Damage Warranty Issues

Apple to Pay Out $53 Million Over iPhone Water Damage Warranty Issues

Gizmodo April 12, 2013 0

Apple has agreed to pay out a weighty $53 million to settle a lawsuit which saw the company accused of not correctly honoring warranties of iPhone and iPod Touches, reports Wired . So,

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How the Hell Did This iPad Get Stuck Inside a Car Bumper?

Gizmodo April 11, 2013 0

Places you expect to see an iPad: in an Apple store, at a coffee shop, on an airplane, near your home restroom, on a nightstand, in someone's hands, you get the point. Places

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Could This Be the Front of the Next iPad?

Gizmodo April 10, 2013 0

Since the launch of the iPad mini, there's been some speculation that the next full-size iPad might ape its looks.

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OS X Code Reveals Apple’s Plans For Super-Fast Wi-Fi

OS X Code Reveals Apple’s Plans For Super-Fast Wi-Fi

Gizmodo April 10, 2013 0

With the OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.4 beta release currently in the hands of developers, some of the more eagle-eyed nerds have noticed references to code which appear to confirm rumors about Apple's

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Slim 27-Inch iMacs Hit Apple’s Refurb Store For $1530

Slim 27-Inch iMacs Hit Apple’s Refurb Store For $1530

Gizmodo April 9, 2013 0

If you've been lusting after a new skinny 27-inch iMac but also baulking at the price, here's some good news: you can now save (a little!) by buying one from Apple's refurb store

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Apple’s Spaceship HQ Is Getting a Downgrade From Absurd to Just Plain …

Gizmodo April 4, 2013 0

Back in 2011, when Steve Jobs announced his plans to build a spaceship-like Cupertino HQ for Apple , we all knew it was going to be one ridiculously lavish office. But according to

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iPad Price Cuts Mean New Models Can’t Be Far Behind

iPad Price Cuts Mean New Models Can’t Be Far Behind

Gizmodo April 4, 2013 0

It's been a scant six months since the announcement of the iPad Mini and the fairly superfluous iPad 4 , but it looks like the new generations might be on the horizon. Walmart,

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Samsung Is Building 1400 Retail Stores Inside Best Buys

Samsung Is Building 1400 Retail Stores Inside Best Buys

Gizmodo April 4, 2013 0

In a bid to compete more directly with Apple, Samsung has announced that in the coming months it will open 1,400 Samsung Experience shops within Best Buy stores around the US. Following an

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Rumor: iOS 7 Is Behind Schedule, So Apple is Pulling Resources From OS X

Rumor: iOS 7 Is Behind Schedule, So Apple is Pulling Resources From OS X

Gizmodo April 3, 2013 0

Unofficial Apple spokesman John Gruber has written a short post on Daring Fireball suggesting that iOS 7 is running well behind schedule—and that as a result Apple is hauling man power from its

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Reuters: Google to Launch Second-Gen Nexus 7 in July

Reuters: Google to Launch Second-Gen Nexus 7 in July

Gizmodo April 3, 2013 0

Reuters is suggesting that Google will launch a new version of its Nexus 7 tablet in July—which will bring with it a decent spec bump, if the rumors are to be believed.

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Report: Apple’s Going to Start Making the iPhone 5S This Spring

Gizmodo April 2, 2013 0

According to the Wall Street Journal , Apple is already getting started on building "a refreshed iPhone similar in size and shape to its current one" this quarter, and it might be out

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Apple’s Weird Refurbished Ebay Store Is Gone

Gizmodo April 1, 2013 0

Shoppers looking for the best price on Apple stuff recently may have noticed a mysterious Ebay store selling official Apple refurbs for less than Apple itself . Although Apple never confirmed their involvement,

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What If Buying Hard Cider Was Like Buying an Apple Product

What If Buying Hard Cider Was Like Buying an Apple Product

Gizmodo March 28, 2013 0

Somersby Cider in the UK created a cheeky commercial that pokes fun of Apple product launches by imagining a world where buying hard cider is like getting a new iPhone. The Genius Bar

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Bright Lights, Old iMacs

Gizmodo March 27, 2013 0

Even with their outdated CRT displays, Apple's old rainbow assortment of iMacs are just too damn adorable to toss. But what do you do if you have a few still lying around taking

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The Next iOS Needs to Look Like This

Gizmodo March 25, 2013 0

It's not a good sign when the best iOS features are imaginary ones designed by people who aren't getting paid to do it instead of, you know, Apple.

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How Apple’s Password-Reset Security Breach Worked

Gizmodo March 23, 2013 0

Yesterday, The Verge uncovered a security breach that allowed malicious users to reset Apple ID passwords with nothing but an email and the user's birthday . Luckily, the process didn't leak out in

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Report: Apple Passwords Can Be Reset With Just Email and Birthday

Report: Apple Passwords Can Be Reset With Just Email and Birthday

Gizmodo March 22, 2013 0

Have you turned on your Apple ID two-step verification yet? You'll want to get on that. A report from The Verge indicates that if you haven't, hackers can change your password with nothing

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Apple Just Fixed a Huge Security Hole with Two-Step Verification

Gizmodo March 21, 2013 0

Apple just added two-factor authentication for iCloud and all your Apple accounts. It's a huge deal for security, and are a welcome boon to a security process that had proven full of holes

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A Third, Full-Length Steve Jobs Biopic Was Just Announced—by Funny or Die

Gizmodo March 18, 2013 0

Because there can never be too many Steve Jobs biopics coming out at essentially the exact same time, we now have a third feature-length film to add to the czar of Apple's roster.

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You Can Now Buy a Wall-Mountable Version of the New iMac

You Can Now Buy a Wall-Mountable Version of the New iMac

Gizmodo March 14, 2013 0

At launch, Apple's new iMac was incompatible with VESA's well-known and much-loved wall mounting systems.

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Android Is a Free Replacement for a Feature Phone Says Apple’s Phil Schiller

Android Is a Free Replacement for a Feature Phone Says Apple’s Phil Schiller

Gizmodo March 13, 2013 0

Samsung's announcing the Galaxy S IV tomorrow but before it does, Apple wanted to take a few shots at Android. Phil Schiller, Apple's Senior Vice President of Marketing, crapped all over Android telling

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