At last week’s Consumer Electronics Show, consumers were introduced to an assortment of new and exciting products, ranging from Razer Edge, the PC-gaming tablet and Best of Show winner, to Fitbit Flex, a cute, comfortable rubber bracelet that helps you track your fitness goals. But, while these are all great, there are a lot of new gadgets that seem more like necessities than, well, gadgets. Here are our top ten technological tools that we have no idea how we’ve lived without before now. … Read More
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What’s On at Flavorpill: The Links That Made the Rounds in Our Office
Today at Flavorpill, we found out what Pizza Hut’s Crown Crust pizza says about global fast food marketing. We saw dollar signs reading about Edvard Munch’s The Scream at auction. We brushed up on factoids about children’s books with Mental Floss. We wondered how LA will feel about hosting… Read More
What’s On at Flavorpill: The Links That Made the Rounds in Our Office
Today at Flavorpill, we got blinded by the bling on these wrists. We discovered DogTV. We watched a bizarre crustacean-meets-tampon Earth Day moment. We remembered Dick Clark. We met nine movie characters we suspected were stoners. We found out how to turn a rubber band into… Read More
Funny or Die Fixes Infuriating iPhone “Rock God” Ad
If you’ve turned on the TV in the past few months, chances are you’ve seen the worst iPhone commercial of all time. You know, the one where a cocky teenage wannabe realizes his garage-rocker dreams, all thanks to the solicitous assistance of Siri. At the end, he instructs the phone to call him “Rock God,” and she obliges. The whole thing is so awkward and sad that it’s actually kind of difficult to explain what’s infuriating about it (although it probably has something to do with an entitled 15-year-old boy having access to a female voice that will do whatever he wants).
Thankfully, the smart folks at Funny or Die have “fixed” the ad — subbing in the kind of responses the kid deserves to get. “I gotta get a guitar,” he tells Siri. “I’m sorry. Did you mean ‘a haircut’?” she replies. Watch the most urgently necessary ad parody you’ll see all year after the jump. … Read More
A New iPhone App Lets You Control Your Dreams
We’ve all wished at one time or another that we could control our dreams, and maybe even tried — either The Sweetest Fig-style or by some serious lucid dreaming practice. But don’t worry, no more mental fatigue is required, because like everything else that requires brainpower, now you can get your phone to do it… Read More
10 Geeky Ways to Dress Up Your iProduct
While you’re dipping into your pockets for holiday fare, we give you full permission to indulge yourself and spoil your inner iNerd. There are plenty of hardware accessories and other iProduct modifications you can add to your phones, tablets and MP3 players, but we’ve selected ten of the best — and geekiest — to make your life easier. Whether you spend most of your time making movies, playing videogames, or collecting vinyl, there’s an iPhone, iPad, or iPod mod for you. Take your shopping cart for a spin past the break. … Read More
Vintage Radio iDevice Hacks
Yesterday we shared an iPhone add-on that turned your cell into a vintage camera. While you’re still busy drooling over that, check out Devin Ward’s vintage radio hacks. The Los Angeles electrician takes tube-amp radios and replaces the original wiring with new electronics and a speaker — basically leaving you with a swanky-looking shell that you can plug your iPod, iPhone, or other iDevice into. You can read more about the technical fine print on his Etsy page, where he sells the rehabbed radios for around 200 bucks each. Whet your vintage whistle, below. … Read More
Vintage Photography Meets iPhone Technology in New Add-On
Looking like a cross between an old timey film camera and an Optometry gadget (or torture device, depending on where you stand with visits to the eye doc) is the iPhone Lens Dial. The arcane-looking device allows you to rotate its disc and employ three different lenses: a 0.33x Fisheye, a 1.5x Telephoto, and a 0.7x Wide Angle. The warped, wide, and zoom-tastic lenses are made with optical-quality coated glass and are contained in aircraft-grade aluminum that has two tripod mounts for portrait or landscape shots. With a $250 price tag, serious photogs probably need only apply for this one. Weekend warriors might opt for this $50 version. Take a closer look at the Steampunk-friendly iPhone attachment past the break. … Read More
Photo App Hipstamatic Goes Disposable
Before Instagram stole Hipstamatic’s thunder, the iPhone app was the preferred retro photo program. Now the company is trying to win back some of our love by creating a disposable camera — but one that actually won’t make you feel lonely while shoegazing at the one hour photo counter. The Hipstamatic D-Series will… Read More
Wanted: inbook Charging Stations
One of the main reasons that we’ve yet to make the big switch over to an iPad or Kindle yet is that we happen to adore the way books look sitting on our shelves after we’re done reading them. The inbook Charging Station, which we just spotted over on Swiss Miss, offers an interesting answer to our design crisis; their docking stations, which are compatible with iPods and iPhones (iPod/nano/touch, iPhone 3G, 3GS & iPhone 4G), are made using one-of-a-kind vintage books. Click through to take a look at just a few of the options (we’re partial to the Winnie the Pooh pictured here), and head over to their Etsy shop if you like them as much as we do! … Read More
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