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How Angry Birds Can Undermine the US Economy

Instead of running a typical story about how American companies have lost money watching the NCAA basketball tournament instead of working, The Atlantic has published a humorous analysis of how much time has been wasted on Angry Birds.

The results: lots and lots of time...

The First iPhone 5 Review Hits the Web

After scoring the lost iPhone 4 prototype last year, it was hard for Gizmodo to outdo themselves this year. Yet they still did, by publishing the world's first iPhone 5 review four days before the device is actually unveiled by Apple.

How could they possibly do this? The answer is rather simple: by creating a physical mockup based on the rumors we've heard, but also by focusing their review mainly on iOS 5. The result isn't as bad as you'd think...

Samsung Uses Apple Apps Icons to Decorate New Company Store

The legal battles between Apple and Samsung have gone ugly, and it seems this is just the beginning. But if Samsung wants to make a strong case for itself in court, the company had better get its act together.

The above picture was taken in a new Samsung company store in Centro Sicilia, Italy. As you can see, the new store decors include icons of Apple's own Safari and App Store apps...

iPad Vending Machines Coming to a Macy’s Near You

The first vending machine, according to Wikipedia, was invented by Hero of Alexandria. The Greek engineer's machine would dispense holy water upon coin deposits. Obviously, it's come a long way since then.

Nowadays vending machines carry everything from drinks to candy. And in some places, (mostly airports) you can even score a digital camera and other small electronics from these digital kiosks. So, where do these things go from here? 

Angry Frogs: It’s Like Angry Birds, Only with Frogs

Do you hate birds? Would you love to play Angry Birds, but can't because you hate birds so much? If you answered yes to both these questions, hang on because we might have the right app for you.

It's called Angry Frogs. It looks like Angry Birds, it plays like Angry Birds, heck, the name even sounds like Angry Birds. The only difference is that you're not using birds against pigs. You're using frogs against snakes...

Comic Pokes Fun at HTC’s Uncool iPhone Comments

For a company who's motto is Quietly Brilliant, they sure have (for the time being) a U.S. president that is loud and ignorant. The comments HTC's Martin Fichter made Monday about the iPhone being uncool are still echoing around the web.

For those of you who missed it, Fichter made some pretty wild accusations that the iPhone was becoming uncool, after speaking with some kids at his daughter's college. The comments set off an onslaught of criticism from tech pundits and Apple fans...

HTC Executive Says Kids Don’t Want the iPhone “Because Dad Has One”

Why is it that people in the most visible positions in the tech industry sometimes say the dumbest things? First there was Nokia's U.S. president, Chris Weber, who claimed that Apple's focus on apps in iOS was "out-dated."

Now we have HTC America's acting president Martin Fichter telling an audience at this week's Mobile Future Forward event why college kids don't think iPhones are cool anymore. GeekWire relays Fichter's ridiculous comments...

The Best Way to Entertain Your Child With Your Expensive iPhone?

There are good ideas in this world, and then there are bad ideas. Giving your $650 iPhone to a young child has to rank amongst one of the worst ideas we've heard of for a long while, but that's exactly what Fisher Price wants us to do. The toy company has created a handy-dandy little iPhone case for that exact purpose.

Dubbed the "Laugh and Learn Apptivity Case" and set to go on sale next month, the case protects your iPhone or iPod touch while a 6-36 month-old child does its best to eat it, drool on it, or do other generally bad things to it...

Angry Birds Speakers Are Angry, and Speakers

Have you ever wanted something, but you're not entirely sure what you'd use it for, or even why you want it in the first place? Well, that's exactly the predicament we find ourselves in when looking at these Angry Birds speaker docks.

Manufactured by well-known accessory company Gear4, the speakers come in two flavors – the pigs are actually iPod speaker docks, and the bird version serves as plug-and-play speakers. You've gotta love it...

Conan Mocks the Lost iPhone 5 Prototype

Apple's lost iPhone 5 prototype has been making the headlines as of late. The San Francisco police just launched an internal investigation into the scandal, and the prototype is still out there in the wild somewhere.

Funnyman Conan O'Brien has put together a parody Apple video about the lost iPhone prototype. Check it out...

Apple Employees Internally Call an Upcoming iOS 5 Feature “The Kutcher”

Actor and tech entrepreneur Ashton Kutcher is known for his many roles on the sliver screen, as well as the numerous tech startups that he's funded. He is currently in the process of shooting the Two And A Half Men TV show as Charlie Sheen's replacement.

Mr. Kutcher apparently has some influence with the folks at Apple in Cupertino, in fact, Apple internally refers to an upcoming feature in iOS 5 as "The Kutcher." Why? We have absolutely no idea...