Sir James Dyson, the man behind the bagless vacuum and the bladeless fan, designs products that solve problems. We caught up with him and talked about one of the biggest engineering problems the world currently faces: the Gulf oil disaster. More »
James Dyson - Vacuum - Vacuum cleaner - Home and Garden - Shopping
The best camera is the one you have with you, so I carry a very nice point-and-shoot everywhere. Nothing else has been good enough. But the iPhone 4 is. More »
IPhone - Smartphone - Handhelds - iPhone 4 - Recreation
According to this video of a Microsoft Live Labs presentation of Windows Phone 7 at Cannes Lions 2010, Windows Phone 7 will be coming this October. Listen yourself, the month slips out around the :16 mark. [Thanks, Gary!] More »
Microsoft - Operating system - Windows Phone 7 - Business - Allegedly Unethical Firms
Apple has replaced 50 iPhones 4s with shattered backs so far, including the one that our intern Ryan Salerno dropped in the first day. According to what the Apple Store genius told him, Apple won't replace any more units. More »
IPhone - Apple - Smartphone - Handhelds - Wallpapers and Themes
We've been getting trouble reports from users about their iPhone 4, especially around the antenna reception/dropped calls issue. There are smaller factory defects as well, and thankfully they're not as widespread, which means you can exchange your phone. More »
IPhone - Apple - Handhelds - Smartphones - Antenna
The recent wave of 3D has been all about action and spectacle, taking us from Tim Burton's Wonderland to James Cameron's Pandora. Today I had a much different three-dimensional experience, one that was subtle and extremely promising: the World Cup. More »
World Cup - Sports - FIFA World Cup - Soccer - Competitions
Steve Jobs met with Russian president Dmitry Medvedev to talk about his country's future Silicon Valley. Steve also gave him an iPhone 4, also showed him some really neat antenna tricks too. Magical. More »
Steve Jobs - IPhone - Apple - iPhone 4 - History
We've seen iPad games that use iPhones as controllers, but Ping Pong Battle has to be one of the most fun looking ones in the bunch. It turns your iPad into a ping pong table and two iPhones into paddles. More »
IPad - Games - IPhone - Ping Pong Battle - Handhelds
Hello! The long-awaited iMovie iPhone app has popped into the iTunes store. It'll set you back five bucks and can be downloaded right now. But remember that the app's designed for the iPhone 4 only. More »
IPhone - Smartphone - Handhelds - IPhone OS - Apple
NPR Music usually offers a great selection of stations to listen to and you can now access them through an iPhone app. The NPR Music app is free, available now, and even supports iOS 4 multitasking. More »
iPhone - Smartphone - Handhelds - Wallpapers and Themes - Arts
Forget the controversy surrounding Apple's claims about the iPhone 4's Retina display. I'm more interested by these folks at Penn State University who decided to grab a microscope, an iPhone 4, an iPhone 3G, and start counting pixels. More »
IPhone - Apple - iPhone 3G - Smartphone - Handhelds
Isn't she beautiful in an eerie way? This lady sprang from the mind of Benedict Campbell, a digital artist with a flair for capturing the extraordinary potential future. More »
Art - Visual Arts - Painting - Los Angeles - Solo show
We've discussed the legality of recording on-duty police officers in the past, but that was in the context of public streets. What if the officer you're photographing followed you into your home—without just cause? More »
Law - Law Enforcement - Police - United States - Organizations
The Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA, if you're into brevity) standard is defining the networked home by enabling multi-room DVRs and content sharing. And soon, the already impressive MoCA transfer speeds are going to double to at least 400MBps. More »
Cable television - Business - Telecommunications - Data Communications - Cable
No camera tricks, no dummy iPhones, no editing, and no science. Just a video of an unfortunate iPhone 4 being dropped over and over again. This is what'll happen when you drop your iPhone 4. More »
IPhone - Apple - Smartphones - Handhelds - Wallpapers and Themes
If you collaborate with people over the internet professionally, you're probably familiar with Campfire, an excellent, productivity-boosting group chat service by 37 Signals. Their new iPad app, Draft, lets you upload iPad sketches to your Campfire rooms instantly. Goodbye, productivity! More »
IPad - Campfire - Recreation - Scouting - App Store
