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WhatsApp has finally gone free on iOS, instead of costing 99 cents like it has done for years.
Jul 17, 8:48AM
WhatsApp has finally gone free on iOS, instead of costing 99 cents like it has done for years. One catch: you'll pay an annual subscription fee of $1 after the first year of use, like on other platforms.
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The HTC One Mini Seemingly Confirmed By Chinese Certification Database
Jul 17, 8:32AM
The much-rumored HTC One Mini is looking more and more like a real thing, this time cropping up in a Chinese TENAA certification database listed as the HTC 601e.
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The Fifth Estate Trailer: Benedict Cumberbatch Is Just Like Julian Assange
Jul 17, 7:45AM
DreamWorks has been working on its WikiLeaks film, The Fifth Estate, for a while now—and this trailer reveals that Benedict Cumberbatch plays a hugely convincing Julian Assange.
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These Parody Logos of Famous Brands Are More Honest Than the Real Logos
Jul 17, 5:00AM
Most company logos usually play it pretty safe: stale stencils or vanilla graphics mixed with a bunch of nothingness to keep uniqueness to a minimum. That's never fun. But if you get too adventurous, the Internet skewers you. That's why we're left with logos and brands that pretty much are all different degrees of the same.
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The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: Tiki Tiki
Jul 17, 4:00AM
Take a psychedelic stroll in Poncho's newest music video, Tiki Tiki. It's like a Ayhuasca trip but without, you know, the need for adult diapers.
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Google Maps Now Works with the iPad and Has Better Navigation
Jul 17, 2:54AM
All you iPad users can now banish Apple Maps into that folder you never open because Google Maps 2.0 has been released and adds support for the iPad and iPad Mini. That means BIG MAPS HELL YEAH.
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Every Home Needs This Amazingly Simple DIY Automatic Closing Screen Door
Jul 17, 1:30AM
Patio screen doors are fantastic at letting the breeze in and crucial in blocking insect intruders. But in a perfect world, we wouldn't even need them. In the real world, they'd somehow close themselves so we wouldn't be bothered with them. We can make that happen. Genius Clan McArthur rigged his screen door so it automatically closes. It's so easy you can do it too.
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The First Emoticons Were Used in 1881
Jul 17, 12:30AM
=) -_- T_T =P ;) Oh, the emoticon. Depending on who you're talking to (or I guess texting to? messaging to?) at the moment, emoticons can be as common as some words. When did they first start showing up? Did people write letters with smileys and frowny faces? Were typewriters used to express emotion through symbols? Maybe. Apparently, the first emoticons were used in 1881.
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Watching 275,000 Dominos Fall Is Mesmerizingly Addictive
Jul 16, 11:30PM
It starts with one domino. It branches off into different lines. It ends with 272,297 dominos being toppled over. It sounds like a cross between a snake hissing and an annoying morning alarm. It's mesmerizing. It's hypnotic. It's 10 minutes long. It's worth watching over and over. It's world record breaking for dominos toppled in a spiral. It's made by Sinners Domino Entertainment in Germany. It's insane. [Sinners Domino Entertainment via The Awesomer]
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Follow the Pope on Twitter for Less Time in Purgatory
Jul 16, 10:31PM
Things you can do to get time off of Purgatory: help the poor, volunteer, and now... follow the pope on Twitter.
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The Idiotic Things Google Was Going to Make You Say to Use Google Glass
Jul 16, 10:20PM
Though wearing Google Glass makes you look like a futuristic cross-eyed cyborg to the entire world, controlling Glass is a lot more natural and conversational than you'd expect. A few swipes and a couple of "OK Glass" to get started. But do you know what Google was thinking about making you say before it settled on OK Glass? Boy, it would've been ridiculous. Like pew pew pew ridiculous.
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Kid Sentenced to One Year in Jail for Hacking School Election
Jul 16, 10:07PM
Unfortunately for one ambitious, young new resident of the California State Prison System, it seems there actually might be some justice in politics—at least for a 22 year-old caught stuffing a college election ballot box, that is.
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Crowsflight for iOS: Enjoy Wandering Without Ever Getting Lost
Jul 16, 10:00PM
Asking for directions is a sign of weakness. Everyone knows that. Still, that's not necessarily to say that you should solely rely on the sun and your wildly unfounded gut instincts. Crowsflight for iOS gives you a middle ground.
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Everyone Can Get the New Google Maps Right Now
Jul 16, 9:21PM
First shown off at I/O, Google has just rolled out its updated Maps for the web to basically everyone. All you need to do now is sign up here and you'll instantly have access to everything that's new and grand.
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A Better Fix for Your Old, Aching Back From a New Biomaterial
Jul 16, 9:20PM
When you get older, your back aches. Why? One explanation is those cushy shock absorbers called nucleus pulposus (NP) between your vertebrae that provide support, spine, mobility, and equal weight distribution are worn down. Unfortunatley you can't exactly take your vertebrae to the mechanic's shop for a tune-up. But thanks to a new biomaterial created by researchers at Duke University, old aching backs might get some relief.
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Here's the Lumia 1020 Camera Chopped in Half for No Good Reason
Jul 16, 9:20PM
If you are intrigued by the Nokia Lumia 1020's wild camera, you no doubt wonder what lies underneath the circular 41-megapixel bulge. Zeiss, the maker of the Lumia 1020's lens, did us all the kindness of slicing the teeny camera right down the middle so we could all see inside!
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A Pull Start Mower For Fruits and Vegetables
Jul 16, 9:00PM
You know that incredibly satisfying feeling you get when a lawnmower finally starts on the second or third yank of its pull cord? You can relive that exact same experience in your kitchen when making salsa or guacamole with this chopper that shreds your veggies as you yank on its plastic handle that's tethered to a similar pull cord.
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PayPal Randomly Credits Man with $92,000,000,000,000,000
Jul 16, 8:56PM
PayPal just made 56-year-old Chris Reynolds a quadrillionaire. Yes, a quadrillionaire. For a little while, anyway.
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A Satellite Dish Chandelier Shines Light on Outmoded Tech
Jul 16, 8:20PM
If you've finally decided to get rid of your satellite TV in favor of just streaming everything, you're going to have some unneeded hardware on your hands. Namely a compact dish that can either be repurposed as a bird bath, or this fantastic chandelier if you can round up a few more from around the neighborhood.
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Report: Google Wants to Make a Streaming Television Service
Jul 16, 8:06PM
The Wall Street Journal reports unnamed sources that say Google has approached big media companies about licensing TV shows for a streaming television service it wants to launch. Intel and Apple have also been working on similar services.
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Today in 1935: The First Parking Meter Is Installed
Jul 16, 8:04PM
The next time you're frantically rushing to plug your parking meter, you can curse Carl C. Magee. Because it was on this day in 1935 that Magee's parking meters made their world debut, much to the chagrin of future drivers everywhere.
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Nike Free Flyknit: A Running Shoe as a "Second Skin"
Jul 16, 8:04PM
If you're a company like Nike, what happens when you slap together two of your most innovative shoe technologies? Well, in this case, you get the Free Flyknit.
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Nike Free Hyperfeel: A Minimalist Running Shoe That Looks Like a Sock
Jul 16, 8:00PM
Reminiscent of the original waffle runner that launched Nike, the Free Hyperfeel is the company's latest minimalist runner inspired by the actual geometry of the body. Which, if you'll recall, is something Under Armour addressed with its bra-like Speedform.
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The Largest Legoland Water Park Ever Will Have 50 Million Bricks
Jul 16, 7:56PM
Ever been to Legoland, man? Ever been to Legoland on waterslides? Visitors to Legoland Malaysia will soon be able to, once the largest such waterpark on Earth opens in mid-October.
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Should You Actually Be Worried About Nuclear Radiation?
Jul 16, 7:40PM
Nuclear physics is a forbidding subject, even to trained physicists. To understand current news and discussions about nuclear science and technology, some background knowledge is required, and the high school science picture of the atomic nucleus as a tiny ball of protons and neutrons needs more refinement. Here are the basics.
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