Category Archives: News

TuneIn takes the ads out of your on-the-go real radio

By Joan E. Solsman The Internet’s main spot for AM/FM radio adds an $8 subscription that swaps commercials out of 600 stations, while also opening up a library of audiobooks (including “Harry Potter”) and streaming every Major League Baseball game.

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Source:: http://cnet.com.feedsportal.com/c/34938/f/645093/s/4947aea4/sc/15/l/0L0Scnet0N0Cnews0Ctunein0Etakes0Ethe0Eads0Eout0Eof0Eradio0C0Tftag0FCAD590Aa51e/story01.htm

      

Back to the Future’s DeLorean was almost a refrigerator–plus 8 other BTTF facts

By Casey Chan on Sploid, shared by Meg Neal to Gizmodo

Back to the Future is basically the perfect movie. But it totally could have been just a bad 80’s movie if a few things went differently. Like if Eric Stoltz never got replaced with Michael J. Fox, if the movie had used a refrigerator as the time machine instead of the DeLorean or if the movie was called Spaceman from Pluto instead (seriously). All those things could have happened!

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Source:: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/boqwYGez3Cg/back-to-the-futures-delorean-was-almost-a-refrigerator-1726346852

      

OnePlus Two Review: It’s Powerful, It’s Cheap, and Dangit, It’s Exciting

By Mario Aguilar on Reviews, shared by Mario Aguilar to Gizmodo

Even as Apple, Samsung, and Motorola are pounding out their latest flagship superphones, the OnePlus 2 is easily the most interesting handset hitting the market right now. It’s different: An ambitious, powerful phone that won’t set you back too much loot.

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Source:: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/DUCWX3l0UxY/oneplus-two-review-its-powerful-cheap-and-dangit-ex-1725496945

      

DJ Your Way Back to the 80s With This Floppy Drive Orchestra

By Maddie Stone

Turning old hardware into musical instruments is a time-honored tradition among nostalgic, tech savvy children of the ‘80s. But few have taken the idea as far as James Willis, whose floppy drive orchestra is so cleverly arranged I wouldn’t be surprised to see people DJing with these soon.

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Source:: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/XCgwcBTGccg/dj-your-way-back-to-the-80s-with-this-floppy-drive-orch-1725477947

      

This Phone’s Claim to Fame Is An Indestructible Selfie Periscope

By Maddie Stone

We’re only a few weeks out from IFA, but if you were hoping for a preview of this year’s most eccentric devices, Chinese company Huawei has you covered. This is our very first peek at the new Honor 7i, where a flippable, selfie-ready camera takes center stage. Or the world’s fanciest high tech phone projectile. You decide.

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Source:: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/ppNpINDd2ks/this-phones-claim-to-fame-is-an-indestructible-selfie-p-1725385270