Aug 15
This has to be one of the most repulsive sights I’ve ever seen. They call them bugnadoes, gigantic vortexes of flying bugs that are invading the Missouri’s riverine land every day at dusk. Creepy? It gets worse: More »
Aug 15
Leak: AT&T’s Confidential 4G LTE and T-Mobile Plans
Posted in: 4G, att, cellphones, lte, Phones, Smartphones, Sprint, t-mobile, Today's Chili, top, verizon, Wireless
Last week, a partly redacted document about the AT&T-Mobile merger was oh-so-briefly posted on the FCC’s site by Arnold & Porter LLP, a law firm working on the deal for AT&T. Outlining some of AT&T’s confidential LTE plans, it was quickly taken down. Well, here it is. More »
Aug 15
You May Get to See Space From a Balloon by the Middle of the Decade
Posted in: space, Today's Chili, top
You may get to see space in just three or four years using a balloon. And, unlike SpaceShipTwo, you’ll be able to be up there for a couple of hours instead of just a few minutes. More »
Aug 15
Snooze for iPhone Lets You Donate Money Every Time You Hit the Snooze Button
Posted in: apps, IphoneApps, Today's Chili, top
RIINNNNGGGGGG. Ah, frack. Not again. It can’t be 7AM already. I can’t get….SNOOZE…up. Repeat. Snooze. Repeat. How many times do you hit the snooze button on your alarm? Too many. With Snooze for iPhone, every time you hit snooze donates money to a non-profit. More »
Aug 15
Google’s 16 Biggest Acquisitions So Far—And What Happened To Them
Posted in: Android, Google, roundup, Today's Chili, top
Google’s $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola will be its biggest acquisition ever — more than four times the size of DoubleClick, the previous leader. More »
Aug 15
Face it, you’re a nerd (you are reading Gizmodo, aren’t you?). Nerds and sports have traditionally been mutually exclusive, but that’s no longer the case. Technology is your friend. Here are 6 tools to make you a champ. More »
Aug 15
Gizmodo Wants to Fix Cable With Your Help
Posted in: cable, Television, Today's Chili, top, TV
Gizmodo wants to fix your cable. All this week, we’re going to take a long-hard look at the cable industry, and how to improve it. We want to fix cable, and we need your help to make it happen. More »
Aug 15
Why the Government Won’t Protect You from Getting Screwed by Your Cable Company
Posted in: cable, Television, Today's Chili, top, TV You hate your cable company, right? Seems like everyone does. Cable television routinely scores lower in customer satisfaction than just about anything else—including congress. So why don’t you just switch providers? Oh yeah, you can’t. You’re so screwed! More »
Aug 15
After much hype, TabCo finally took the lid off new TabCo Grid10 tablet. It’s got a whole new OS and a smart phone buddy to play with. More »
Aug 15
Where the Next Nexus Phone Is Coming From
Posted in: Android, cellphones, Google, mobile, motorola, NeXus, Today's Chili, top
After Google bought Motorola Mobility this morning, Google naturally had a conference call with their investors. We listened in and got a little rare insight into how the Nexus program works. More »
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