DIY Friday: Charge Your iPhone With AAs or Solar Power

Limor Fried’s MintyBoost project is a great example of DIY and commercial tech working together. Take an Altoids tin, a couple of AA batteries, and some very smart hackery, and you’ve got a lightweight USB charger that…

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Click-Happy Android Users Flock to Mobile Ads

Apple’s iPhone users may be buying more apps but when it comes to mobile ads, it is Android customers who are click happy, says an online…

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This post was written by Journalist on August 25, 2010

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IPADock, The Mother of All Desktop Docks

IPADock. Its name may sound more like a place to keep your iRacehorses, but the curiously-capitalized accessory is probably the most useful desktop gadget ever. Plug it…

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Novelty Dock Turns iPhone into Mini Pinball Machine

Who doesn’t love them some simulated pinball action? Me, that’s who, but I still like this tiny little box that turns your iPhone into a miniature…

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This post was written by Journalist on August 25, 2010

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New iPhone Security Patent: User Protection or ‘1984′ iSpy?

Your next iPhone might listen to your heartbeat or scan your face to identify its rightful owner and it could react with anti-theft measures…

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This post was written by Journalist on August 23, 2010

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Jobs: Software Fix for iPhone 3G Slowdown ‘Coming Soon’

Apple’s iOS4 is hurting many an iPhone 3G, slowing them into uselessness for many who have installed the update. Whatever is going on, a fix…

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Apple’s App Store Director Sells His Own Fart Apps

Apple has long been an icon for quality products, but its overflowing iOS App Store is a crapshoot: Nuggets of quality are buried in a…

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This post was written by Journalist on August 18, 2010

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Will the iPhone Become Your iWallet?

A collection of recently published patents and a new hire at Apple suggest that future iPhones may carry built-in features to replace your credit cards.

Apple recently…

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Apple closes JailbreakMe Security Hole

A pair of software updates from Apple have patched the rather dangerous security hole that allowed any website to run arbitrary code on the iPhone and iPad. The hole was…

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Stats Show iPhone Owners Get More Sex


Gadget lovers have long held to the secret belief that the right camera, smartphone or large-aperture lens will make them sexier.

Now dating site OK Cupid has…

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This post was written by Journalist on August 10, 2010

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IOS Clipboard App Runs in Background by Playing Music

Tapbots has come up with an ingenious workaround to get Pastebot, its excellent iOS clipboard manager, to run in the background. From there it will remember what…

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Carrier Unlock for iPhone 4 Available

A full carrier-unlock is now available for the iPhone 4. The whole process, from virgin iPhone 4 to jailbroken, carrier-independent iPhone takes seconds. Even a video showing how to do the whole…

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Android Beats iPhone in Smartphone Sales

Android is now the fastest-growing smartphone OS in both overall share and sales of new devices — and for the first time, people in the U.S. bought more…

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This post was written by Journalist on August 2, 2010

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360 Panorama for iPhone Builds Scenes as You Swipe

360 Panorama is a new kind of pano-shooting app for the iPhone. Instead of taking many pictures and then stitching them together afterwards, like every…

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