In a word: Persistence. Partly the traditional, inspiring, one man against all odds type of persistence, but more the obsessive, borderline insane persistence. But whatever, this dude’s building his own metro, like a CITY, so I should probably shut up. More »
Do it yourself – Business – Recreation – DIY – Home and Garden
With the new Wired app, Conde Nast has built, unequivocally, the best magazine for the iPad. And yet I find myself asking, is this it? And will it cost this much? More »
IPad – Vanity Fair – CondeNast – GQ – Magazines and E-zines
Maybe moving $300 fans is harder than Dyson expected, or perhaps Dyson’s engineers are just flat out of things to do. Either way, this Rube Goldberg-ian balloon course, made from God knows how many Air Multiplier bladeless fans, is mesmerizing. More »
Mechanical – Business – Technology – Lincolnshire – James Dyson
The first app to pull this admittedly excellent trick was called iDisplay, but it was slow and buggy. Thankfully, Air Display takes the pain and frustration—and most importantly, the lag—out of using the iPad as a spare monitor. More »
IPad – Apple – iDisplay – United States – Linux
Epicurious is a must-download on any platform its available for, and a sore exclusion on any platform it’s not. Today, finally, Epicurious, and its thousands of recipes, is available for free on Android. More »
Oil Reporter isn’t a public shaming campaign for BP—no, that’ll take care of itself just fine, thanks. This iPhone app, which lets Gulf Coast residents record every oily bird and patch of ruined swampland, is about fixing things. More »
Apps – Gulf Coast – Business and Economy – Google – IPhone
The Phoenix Wright franchise deserves a lot of credit for sticking to one of the least appealing-sounding concepts in game history. So anyway, here goes: Phoenix Wright, the comedic litigation game, is in the App Store for $5. Oh dear. More »
Witheringly described as a “A family-friendly Android phone with an awesome Sidekick-y keyboard, or, much like its name, a godawful conglomeration of disjointed parts,” the HTC myTouch 3G Slide was pegged early as a midrange, or even budget, phone (“Family friendly” being the official euphemism for such things). Nonetheless, it’ll be priced up with the big boys, at $180 on contract with T-Mobile, starting June 2nd. [AndroidGuys] More »
When Twitter swallowed Tweetie maker Atebits, they declared that an official Twitter client—a la Android’s—was on its way. You’ll be happy to hear that Twitter has barely changed the iPhone’s best Twitter app, except where it counts: Price. More »
![Click here to read Google Wants to Save Web Video With the New "WebM" Format](http://cache-04.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/05/160x120_googleio91_01.jpg "Click here to read Google Wants to Save Web Video With the New "WebM" Format")
HTML5 video has a few hurdles to leap before it can fully replace Flash, but one looms larger than all others: Opposition to proprietary video formats, like h.264. Conveniently, Google has just open-sourced their own format, called WebM. More »
Springpad, the note-taking, idea-remembering, picture-snapping, list-keeping, location-remembering, bookmark-storing, task-keeping iPhone app has spawned an Android twin. My favorite thing about it? Every scrap of info-junk you collect is saved to Springpad’s servers, accessible through their website. [Android Market, Springpad] More »
HP’s Mark Hurd, during a conference call. We were foolish to have ever thought Palm’s OS could escape this undignified fate. Thankfully though, a webOS tablet is still very much in the cards. [HP] More »
Nick Bilton flags a surge of job openings at Amazon, all for the Kindle team. Word is that Amazon’s working on a touchscreen color Kindle, and if anything, this hiring spree shows that they’re not screwing around: They’re gathering software engineers, new QA staff and apparently talking to game publishers about games for the platform. This wouldn’t be a Kindle 3, it’d be a Kindle tablet. More »
The occasional grinning nerd with an overcomplicated watch, well, I can take that. Timekeeping is boring, I guess! But there is a limit to novelty. An inscrutable pocket watch? I… I just can’t. Tokyoflash has crossed the line. More »
Tokyoflash – Watches – Jewelry – Shopping – Clocks and Watches
![Click here to read Next PSP Could Have Touchscreen, Dual Cameras and a "F**king Powerful" Processor](http://cache-01.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/05/160x120_500x_pspconcept.jpg "Click here to read Next PSP Could Have Touchscreen, Dual Cameras and a "F**king Powerful" Processor")