Iphone

Gaming

Bill Gates’ Donkey Game From 1981 Hits iPhones

10:00PM Today | Jamie Condliffe

One of the earliest games to ever feature on a “personal computer”, co-written by Bill Gates, was Donkey — a driving game in which you had to avoid donkeys. For years, it’s been missing from your life, but don’t worry: now you can get it on iOS. More »


News

iPhone Thief Confronted In Extremely British Fashion

11:30AM Today | Michael Hession

After witnessing a fellow train passenger swiping an unattended iPhone, one brave chap decided to take action — in the form of video taping and yelling. Oh, the yelling. This could not be more hilarious and silly and proper and kind. More »


Mobile

An iPhone Used As A Hockey Puck At 130km/h

2:30AM Yesterday | Sam Biddle

If you want to sell something in tech, you can either employ cleavage or violence. In this case, the boys at G-Form are demoing their new iPhone case by beating the hell out of it with a hockey stick. Sure! More »


Entertainment

Nature’s Greatest Predator Reduced To Blaring Your LMFAO

1:00AM Yesterday | Andrew Liszewski

It was once considered nature’s most fearsome predator, and made us afraid to go back in the water. But now the great white shark has been reduced to a passive iPhone amplifier, blasting out your Nicki Minaj and MIA. More »


Gadgets

DigiTech’s iPhone Guitar Pedal Lets You Shred Without Your Phone

4:00PM February 8, 2012 | Mario Aguilar

The Digitech iStomp isn’t the first iPhone-controlled guitar effects pedal, but it’s the first one that feels more like a legit guitar accessory than an iPhone toy. More »


Mobile

Why Are Apple’s iPhones Always on 9:41?

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2:00PM February 8, 2012 | Alex Kidman

Look at any current iPhone advertisement, and you’ll notice that, no matter the screenshot, it’s always 9:41am. It used to be 9:42am. What’s going on? More »


Mobile

Using WD-40 To Fix Your iPhone Is A Stupid Idea

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1:00PM February 8, 2012 | Alex Kidman

Unless you’re keen on “permanently” fixing it, that is. There’s more than a few places that’ll tell you to use WD-40 on a stuck iPhone home button, but this is a very poor idea indeed. Here’s why. More »


Gaming

Adorable iPhone Arcade Cabinet Is Waiting For Your Minuscule Change

6:00PM February 7, 2012 | Andrew Liszewski

Ion Audio’s iCade Jr may have beaten it to the punch, but since it uses the dock connector to talk to your iPhone instead of Bluetooth, the iAppCade cabinet doesn’t need its own power source. More »


Computing

Slick Augmented Reality Demo Works On Any Object Without Special Markers

3:00PM February 6, 2012 | Andrew Liszewski

One of the (many) reasons augmented reality apps haven’t caught on is because they usually require markers or special objects for their tracking software to work. Unlike this Obvious Engine system, which can easily track anything in a scene. More »


Mobile

Why Siri Will Never Officially Appear On The iPhone 4

3:00AM February 6, 2012 | Jamie Condliffe

Since the arrival of the iPhone 4S, users of the humble iPhone 4 have been hoping for a chance to get Siri. While they can unofficially, they never will from Apple. Here’s why. More »