Giz Explains: What Is Liquidmetal? [Giz Explains]
17/08/2010 |
Apple has a new toy. It's a materials company called Liquidmetal, and everybody's talking! Problem is, nobody seems too sure what they're talking about. So, Liquidmetal: What is this stuff? And what does Apple want with it?More »...
Giz Explains: Why Everything Wireless is 2.4GHz [Giz Explains]
You live your life at 2.4GHz. Your router, your cordless phone, your Bluetooth earpiece, your baby monitor and your garage opener all love and live on this radio frequency, and no others. Why? The answer is in your kitchen.More »
iPhone Hardware Boss Departs Apple [Apple]
After months of debate surrounding the iPhone 4's antenna issues, the New York Times is reporting that Mark Papermaster, the Apple executive responsible for overseeing the iPhone's hardware, has left the company.More »
Why the Hell Did Apple Pull Camera+ From the App Store? [Rant]
Apple has pulled Camera+ from the App Store. Its only sin: Allow iPhone customers to press the volume button to take photos. But why are they taking away a feature that everyone has been demanding since the JesusPhone was introduced?More »
Expecting Perfection from Apple Design [Apple]
Aluminosilicate glass. CNC-machined steel. A4. IPS panels. Unibody. Retina display. It sounds like jargon plucked from a stuffy science journal. But it's straight out of Apple marketing.More » - - - -
Apple, Antennagate, and Why It's Time to Move On [Apple]
"There's an awful lot of hoopla about that iPhone antenna." Why yes, there is. And while there's much to criticize about Apple's response, we're glad to see they've stopped pretending the problem doesn't exist.More »
The Best Smartphone on Every Platform [Smartphones]
The most important thing about your next phone isn't what carrier it's on, how big the screen is, or even who makes it. It's the platform, stupid. So here are the best phones on every platform.More »
iOS 4.2 on iPad: There's No Going Back [Ipad]
It's a revelation. It's the way the iPad always should've been. With iOS 4.2 there's multitasking, a unified inbox, folders and... Helvetica in Notes.More »
How to Cloudify Your Apple Life. Without Apple's Help. [Apple]
The Apple internet revolution we needed didn't happen. We wanted a unified service that would let us store all our media and personal information in the ether. But we didn't get it. So forget the fruit stand; we're going rogue.More »
Rumor: iPhone 4 antenna hardware fix coming?
Be sure to take this rumor with a heavy does of tablesalt, but word on the street is that Marco Quatorze, director of value added services at Mexico-based Telcel, speculates that his company and country will receive the current iPhone 4 version and then will receive an improved antenna design iPh...
What Is a Hurricane? [Hurricane Irene]
Every year, about six tropical storms graduate to hurricane status, pummeling the Carribean and Eastern United States. Yes it's a beast of a rain storm, but how does it get that way, and how do weather folks decide when it should be crowned "hurricane?" More »
