Google asked 50 random people of different ages and backgrounds in Times Square in New York a simple question: “What is a browser?” The results are pathetic and scary – but they make clear why you shouldn’t assume that people have a clue about how to subscribe to your podcast, how to watch your video […]

Cool/weird iPhone app of the day: Stanton Studio has released ToneTune, a “multiple tuning fork” that helps tune stringed instruments to the correct pitch by ear, “without searching through hard-to-find books or the web.” The application is loaded with standard and alternate tunings, over 60 in all, for guitars and other instruments. Users select a […]

From the Apple Support website, some hair-raising news (nyuk nyuk nyuk): “It’s possible to receive a small and quick electrical (static) shock from your earbuds while listening to iPod or iPhone.” Yikes. Turns out, when the air is very dry or very windy — or if you are excercising with your player in your pocket […]

Veronica Belmont takes a look at the awesome Spykee robot – a mobile, self-recharging, Skype compatible robot that allows you to spy on your home from anywhere in the world using the Internet and Skype’s free video service. Manufactured by Meccano and sold under the Erector brand, the robot is combination remote spy, home security […]

Location’s Hero 3 series of outdoor jackets are are some serious jackets. They offer two sets of performance lenses, one for daytime, one for nighttime and connections for your gear. The Location Hero 3 Google ICU Check Jacket even has an integrated control panel for iPods at the arms. I can imagine a lot of […]

Apple’s set to make a new batch of hyped-up introductions today. Here’s something they probably won’t be introducing, though – the iVinyl portable turntable.

At instructables, leevonk has shared instructions on making a Tupperware iPod Boombox. The cheap DIY project “uses dollar store Tupperware, styrofoam and cheap speakers to make a surprisingly cool boombox/stereo.” via Lifehacker

New Scientist points out some legalese buried into Apple’s iTunes EULA that you’ll want to keep in mind, if you’re planning on using iTunes to run a nuclear reactor: “Licensee also agrees that Licensee will not use the Apple Software for any purposes prohibited by United States law, including, without limitation, the development, design, manufacture […]

Time‘s Jeremy Caplan writes that the “iPhone’s next frontier” is – OMG! – porn. iPhone porn that threatens today’s youth. Check out the drippingly lurid intro to Caplan’s article: “Apple may be golden because of the iPhone, but the soon-to-be-updated device is also increasingly the source of forbidden fruit. Steve Jobs’ company is keeping a […]

OT: Cosmo’s Bethany Heitman has a got a tip for Your Fabulous Life: you can save money on music through wholesale music piracy! Heitman writes: “Having new tunes is ideal, but shelling out the cash to buy said music hurts. Call up friends, and ask them to burn you a CD of songs they think […]