Snapseed for iPad

Photo editors are pretty useful: boosting pics to bring out colors, adjusting settings to bring out quality, adding filters to bring out hipsters, etc. Snapseed for iPad is a great photo editor that’s incredibly easy to use. More »

A Crusher That Could Pulverize The World’s Largest Meteorite to Pebbles in 10 Minutes

The US produces about 26 million tons of industrial sand every year—and it’s not like it’s just getting scooped off the beaches. It’s pulverized from larger rocks in massive crushers, like this one. More »

Nintendo Wii U FAQ

Nintendo’s next console, the Wii U, has got us excited. It combines the best parts of the Wii with the graphical power of the other consoles and throws in the most insanest, ridiculously awesome controller we’ve ever played for good measure. But I’m sure you guys have questions. Here’s what we know about the Wii U so far. More »

7 Tools to Make You the Country Music Star of the Future

So there’s this little thing called the Country Music Awards going on tonight. A country crooner just won American Idol. Every teenage girl wants go be best frenemies with Taylor Swift. Maybe it’s time you strapped on a six-string yourself, young’un! And while normally the country music star tends to revel in life’s simple things, here are seven tools that will help country musician of the future really embrace the future. Giddyup: More »

The First and Last Time You Will See the Space Shuttle Docked to the Space Station

This video is extraordinary. Not only because it’s beautiful, but because it documents a future that is now gone forever. This is the first and only time you will ever see the space shuttle docked to the space station. Update: Video added! More »

How to Text at the Movies Without Being a Dick

The taboo against talking on your phone during movies is at this point about as socially established as our rules against eating each other alive, socks with sandals, or marrying our parents. But what about movie texting? Let’s explore. More »

Top Stories: Tuesday, June 7, 2011

1 Meter off the Deck | Making Maverick proud

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Nintendo Wii U Hands On: An Entirely Different Way to See Things

It looks like the product of a fevered fanboy wetdream. A 6.2-inch touchscreen, surrounded by dual analog sticks and oodles of buttons. Like the portable hardcore gamers wish Nintendo made. But it’s the most incredible controller ever. More »

How to Upgrade to iOS 5 Today, Without Any Developer Account

One day and iOS 5 has been hacked already. Gizmodo reader and Apple lover Mert Erdir has discovered how to upgrade to iOS 5 without developer accounts, using a simple backdoor. Everyone can do it following these extremely simple instructions: More »

Toshiba Thrive Hands-On: Bigger Can Be Beautiful

The iPad 2 is skinny and pretty. The Galaxy Tab 10.1 is skinny and pretty. The Toshiba Thrive is… big and beautiful? It’s definitely the latter. But is it as functionally bountiful as it is bootylicious? We’ve got hands on. More »