February 4th, 2014 | by Gizmodo
S Starting in 2010 when Apple made the retina display and display quality a central theme for their product marketing, displays have moved up from the doldrums into an unprecedented renaissance of new display technologies for smartphones, tablets, TVs, and entirely new classes of products like wearable displays. That approach impressed consumers and moved the entire display industry. But Apple has recently given up the lead in displays—now Amazon, Google, LG, and Samsung are launching products with the best and most innovative displays as documented in our in-depth Display Technology Shoot-Out article series .
February 3rd, 2014 | by Gizmodo
S The New York Times reports that Apple is researching new technologies to charge its products—and it could see its smartwatch come equipped with solar charging capabilities.
January 13th, 2014 | by Gizmodo
S Before a story about toys, before monsters went corporate, before anyone went searching for Nemo , and before twenty seven Academy Awards, Pixar was a high-end computer hardware company whose clients included the government and the medical community. The story of Pixar isn't exactly full of superheroes , adorable robots, or talking bugs.
December 17th, 2013 | by Gizmodo
Apple's new holiday ad has been called, in turn, endearing , note-perfect , and, in a spasm of enthrallment, perhaps Apple's best iPhone commercial ever . I think maybe I saw a different ad.
November 26th, 2013 | by Gizmodo
S Apple was just awarded a patent for a "plenoptic" or light-field camera, much like the one that Lytro started selling a couple of years ago.
November 25th, 2013 | by Gizmodo
S Your iPhone could be getting some serious new capabilities soon, following the news that Apple has acquired the 3D-sensing technology company PrimeSense . This is the same Israeli company that built the original Microsoft Kinect sensor. But that doesn't mean Apple's planning an Xbox competitor anytime soon.
November 18th, 2013 | by Gizmodo
S A new generation of mini 7 to 8-inch tablets from three of the major manufacturers has just completed with the belated launch of the Apple iPad mini with retina display . While the Kindle Fire HDX, Nexus 7, and new iPad mini all have improved displays over their previous year counterparts, only one truly stands out—as lagging significantly behind.
November 15th, 2013 | by Gizmodo
Last year's iPad mini was very nearly perfect in every way, except the one you needed it to be. Its display was porridge next to the bright retina cornucopia of its bigger iPad brother and its tiny tablet competitors. This year
October 15th, 2013 | by Gizmodo
It's official; Apple's hosting an iPad unveiling extravaganza on October 22nd, 364 days after l ast year's Cupertino tablet party . Here's what to expect from the new iPad and iPad Mini. iPad Mini 2 Let's begin with the best-case scenario: Apple will announce the widely rumored iPad mini with a retina display
September 30th, 2013 | by Gizmodo
The iPad 5 looks as though it’ll be taking its design cues from the little tablet that could, the iPad Mini, if the latest supply chain leak is to be believed. SW-Box has gotten its hands on what it claims is the latest Apple tablet shell, and it’s looking decidedly Mini-like.
September 26th, 2013 | by Gizmodo
iOS users are delighted by the new iOS 7 rollout, available not only on the new iPhones, but on previous models as well.
September 25th, 2013 | by Gizmodo
In a way, we already reviewed this phone a year ago. In fact, iPhone 5C is in every important way the iPhone 5 in different clothing. That's not to say it's bad phone.
September 25th, 2013 | by Gizmodo
We've already seen a possible 'Space Gray' version of the upcoming iPad Mini 2 floating around and now it's time for the big brother version to get covered in gray steel too.
September 19th, 2013 | by Gizmodo
So it's come to this. We knew iOS 7 had some dumb and frustrating imperfections , but hadn't scoured every bit of it for flaws in the small details that Apple used to nail. Well, some industrious design head has given Apple's new OS a proper fisking, and put all the screwups on a Tumblr .
September 18th, 2013 | by Gizmodo
Happy iOS 7 day! There's so much 5S and 5C goodness floating around that something inevitably is going to need to balance it out. And that's where the 5C case comes in.
September 12th, 2013 | by Gizmodo
There's a new iPhone.
September 5th, 2013 | by Gizmodo
Foxconn has gone into serious damage control this week , with CEO Guo Tai-ming inviting 100 members of the press to view the facilities today. Even Apple and Dell, two companies whose products are produced in Foxconn's factories, have spoken out. Apple released a statement saying that they are "saddened and upset by the recent suicides at Foxconn," confirming that they are "in direct contact with Foxconn senior management and we believe they are taking this matter very seriously." While most of the media fixates on the relationship between Foxconn and Apple, for want of a sexier story, Dell meanwhile has also spoken about the suicides, saying that: "We expect our suppliers to employ the same high standards we do in our own facilities
September 3rd, 2013 | by Gizmodo
It's official a big misunderstanding. The iPhone 5S and the budget iPhone 5C will will probably still, but not officially yet make their debut on Sept.
August 28th, 2013 | by Gizmodo
Apple's compact Mac mini isn't as popular as it once was, but the company could easily make it a hot seller again if they just followed John Leake's lead and turned it into a miniature Macintosh . At one-third the size of the original, it's pretty much too cute to resist.
August 20th, 2013 | by Gizmodo
Apple's rumored to be dropping its next iPhone September 10 . Sure, year two of an iPhone design cycle typically means an incrementally improved upon device, but it could be a bigger launch than anticipated—and not just because of the rumored iPhone 5c
August 14th, 2013 | by Gizmodo
The MagSafe power cord is one of Apple's smartest features . They tend to crap out after a few months of hard use, though, thanks either to your poor wire-wrapping technique or your dog's penchant for copper wire.
August 5th, 2013 | by Gizmodo
Apple's stock headphones aren't exactly the most-loved product in the company's oeuvre, even after Jony Ive's team revamped them last year.
August 1st, 2013 | by Gizmodo
Rejoice, humans of the Earth, for the ugly off-center 1 in Apple iOS 7's Calendar app icon has been at last, FIXED! It took almost two entire years of design rants after every update, but someone in Cupertino has at last listened and corrected what was a horrible design decision made by someone else who is no longer in Cupertino. iOS 7 beta 4 has a perfectly centered 1. Before, Apple centered the first day of the calendar using its bounding box.
April 15th, 2013 | by Gizmodo
While the news of four out of the five highest-paid execs in the US being from Apple isn't entirely surprising, it's hard not to marvel at their collective success. Which leads to the question, "Who are these gazillionaires? And what does it look like when you blend all of their faces together?" We're so glad you asked.
April 15th, 2013 | by Gizmodo
If you already feel a little hard done by when it comes to your pay check, brace yourself.
April 15th, 2013 | by Gizmodo
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 pieces in return. And making a nice profit in the process
April 10th, 2013 | by Gizmodo
Since the launch of the iPad mini, there's been some speculation that the next full-size iPad might ape its looks.
April 10th, 2013 | by Gizmodo
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 plans to roll out super-fast Wi-Fi to its Macs. 9to5mac reports that devs have stumbled upon code in the OS's Wi-Fi frameworks folder which explicitly references the 802.11ac Wi-Fi standard
April 10th, 2013 | by Gizmodo
Apple, which hates Google, is supposedly working with Yahoo, who will take anybody's love at this point, to figure out how "Yahoo's services can play a prominent role on Apple's iPhone and iPad", according to the WSJ. This actually shouldn't be too much of a surprise as data from Yahoo Finance and weather already pops up on the iPhone. The WSJ says Yahoo has also "contemplated ways" to replace Google as the search engine for iOS but the idea "remains a long shot" because of Yahoo's partnership with Bing (Bing powers Yahoo, after all)
March 4th, 2013 | by Gizmodo
There are headlines this morning, in abundance, that an Apple iWatch will be coming in 2013. They are declarative. They are definitive.
