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We use our phones for most things these days—scheduling meetings, throwing birds at pigs, keeping track of everything from our grocery lists to our periods, checking Facebook, calling our mothers. So is there a limit to how far we're willing to let these little devices into our lives? As much as you love your phone, would you want it to tell it your secrets and let it be your therapist? More »
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British tween Charlie Le Quesne and his mom were shopping at a store in England when he picked up an iPhone 4S on display and innocently asked Siri, "How many people are there in the world?" The 12-year-old, expecting the phone's automated assistant to give him a number, got a real shock when instead Siri answered, "Shut the fuck up, you ugly twat." Whoa, girl, watch your mouth!!! Charlie's mother, Kim, couldn't believe what she'd heard, so they asked the same question, thinking it must have been an error. But crabby Siri fired back with the very same expletive-laden rant. More »
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Christmas! A cheerful time, right? The spirit, the decorations, the gift giving, the time off, it's supposed to be happy! Not for these horrible people. Ungrateful punks and out-of-touch teens have all taken to Twitter to complain about what they didn't get for Christmas and how they now hate life and everything Santa Claus. It's a shit show. More »
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The new Buddhify app claims to help you practice loving-kindness, even when you miss your train by one second and have to spend the next ten minutes watching rats eat trash while one guy screams about Jesus and another guy creepily asks you what your temporary tattoo means (it means "dinosaur," asshole). The app offers "urban meditation tracks" that say things like, "When traveling around have you ever noticed that despite being among so many people we're often just stuck in our own little stories?" It costs $2.99, which might be worth it if it replaced my "little story" of oh-god-all-the-people-are-terrible with serenity. However, many users in the App Store currently say it doesn't work, which can only add to one's anxiety. More »
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Much unlike many a magazine editor who recommends you buy all sorts of crap that they most likely got for free, your Jezebel staff doesn't get jack shit (other than books, unsolicited). And that's how it should be. But on our own time, in our personal lives, we still buy stuff. So this is Worth It, our daily recommendation of random things that we've actually spent our own money on. These are the things we buy regularly or really like, things we'd actually tell our friends about. And now we're telling you. More »
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Ever wonder why so many automated voices—think the iPhone's Siri, your GPS lady, the woman who gives you your voicemail—are female? NPR's Scott Simon did a little digging into this topic, and the consensus seems to be that women's voices are used because they're perceived as being more comforting. As one expert put it, More »
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Did you or a loved one spend the entire weekend making increasingly offensive comments to your phone? Now you can share the fruits of your iPhone 4S obsession with others on the Tumblr Shit iSay to Siri. Apparently Siri knows who the walrus is and can commiserate when you need to poop, but the tiny lady trapped in your phone is still having trouble coming up with tactful replies to users' romantic advances. More »
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Anyone with a phone will laugh and tell you they're addicted to it, but this whole addiction thing is beginning to look like it's a lot more serious than we all thought. Earlier this week, in the New York Times, author Martin Lindstrom laid out his case that we might actually feel something like love for our mobile devices. He explains what his research has shown: More »
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TechCrunch spotted a sobering reminder of the dangers of emulating the stick figures in the 300+ Sex Positions iPhone app: An ad for Pampers. Could parents be using a sex app? Sure. But they probably don't want to think about poopy diapers while they're trying to get in the mood. More »
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You do pretty much everything on your iPhone (or any phone these days, really). More »
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This powerful, professional-looking stock photo gentleman looks like he has a secret. But what could it be? More »
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Do women need their own cell phones? The makers of the HTC Bliss Verizon Android phone think so, according to tech site This Is My Next. Does it come with yogurt? More »
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The last page of Marie Claire's May issue features Beth Ditto talking about what's inside her handbag. The contents are refreshingly down-to-earth: "101" straggler earrings; a maxi pad; a Burger King receipt; a screwdriver. But Ditto also has an iPhone. On which she plays Fruit Ninja. She says: More »
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Exodus International, an organization that promotes "reparative therapy" and other methods of "leaving homosexuality," has launched its very own iPhone app. But LGBT advocates argue that it promotes discrimination, and should be removed from iTunes. More »
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Fruit Ninja is not just a video game. It is an educational experience, full of zen wisdom. More »
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Harvard researchers have created new iPhone app called "Track Your Happiness" that randomly contacts iPhone users to ask what they're doing and how they're feeling. Kind of like Mom! Which raises the question, "why would you want such a thing?" More »
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Betty Crocker has been around for 83 years. But in corporate America age does not equal wisdom, and so the company's running an awful OMG I HAVE PMS MUST EAT BROWNIES campaign with their compelling new PMS SOS iPhone app. More »
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It's not called iPounce, but it could be! With the Cat Toy app, a tiny digital moth, mouse or spider slowly and irresistibly skitters across the screen. Writes user Redgoblinrocker: "I don't like it but it shuts up my cat." More »
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The latest in public wedding proposals involves the gentleman taking his beloved to a movie, where his fake iPhone ad played during the trailers. It might be the best of the viral-proposal bunch — really sweet, and damn impressive. More »
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Pay $5 and The Situation will tell you where the nearest laundromat is. Or a gym. Or a tanning salon. More »
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"Air has no prejudice, it does not carry the opinions of a man faster than those of a woman." Huh? Welcome to Verizon's rebranding campaign. More »
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Not all print material lends itself naturally to the iPhone (I still like to read the Times the old-fashioned way: on my laptop screen). But one genre is a natural for mobile apps: Choose Your Own Adventure. More »
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The latest salvo in OkCupid's ingenious campaign to woo us with data is the discovery that iPhone users have the most sex. But these meticulous statistics, interesting as they may be, are probably falling on deaf ears. More »
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• File this under Unexpected Good News: Christian publisher Zondervan has suddenly pulled all information about a forthcoming children's book on Sarah Palin from their website. A publicist would only say that the project has been postponed — indefinitely.

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Pad Portrait is a "completely dumb and awesome website" which uses some fancy technology to make it seem like a maxi pad is floating over your iPad or iPhone when you hold it up on a webcam. Don't ask why. More »
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• Demi Moore and Salma Hayek were spotted having dinner and talking about working together, possibly on a comedy.

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Emily May's project, Hollaback — which targets those who sexually harass women on the street — is moving beyond a blog and into the 21st century, with an iPhone app. More »
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"Yesterday new battlelines were drawn as domestic goddess Nigella Lawson launched her iPhone app, putting her in direct competition with Jamie Oliver. Gordon Ramsay has also thrown his toque in the ring." [Guardian] More »
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Pepsi has removed its "Amp up before you score" iPhone application from iTunes about a week after some objected to Pepsi helping guys "score" with 24 "types" of women, then Tweet about their conquests. [AP] More »
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"My boyfriend's an iPhone addict!" complains one letter-writer to Salon's Cary Tennis. Lady (or gent?): Join the club. [Salon] More »
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In order to promote their AMP energy drink, Pepsi recently released an iPhone application called "AMP Up Before You Score," a program that helps men work on their "game" by providing tips on "scoring" with women. Charming! More »
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"About as hearty as a crystal goblet… Almost like an orchid, requiring all the right conditions (moderate temperature, low moisture) to thrive… A high-maintenance techno-girlfriend whose demands are inscrutable and impossible to meet." — Amanda Fortini on her iPhone. [Salon] More »
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• The economic situation has encouraged a measure of conservatism in fashion, but this is extreme. Versace's Fall 2009 ads with Gisele Bundchen in a jewel-toned dress under strong directional light look exactly like Versace's Spring 2009 ads with Gisele Bundchen in a jewel-toned dress under strong directional light. [Fashionologie]

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• Hilary Rhoda: Estée Lauder spokesmodel with a thing for drugstore makeup. A woman after our own hearts. [Daily Beast]
• In other news from model-land, Adriana Lima might be pregnant. [NYDN]
• Also said to be expecting: Gisele Bundchen. [NYDN]
• And sources say Kate Moss could be birthing a "novel." [Sun]

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If the iGirl iPhone app wasn't gross enough for you, (tag line: "she obeys") here is the "Cute Asian Girls" app, which sends out new photos everyday "for your viewing pleasure." [Racialicious & Shakesville] More »
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Screw the economy: Condé Nast's shopping magazine has launched an iPhone application which uses Lucky info and GPS to help you shop for shoes in your area. Increased credit limit not included. [NY Times] More »
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Great news for those of you who avoid romance novels because of the humiliating "clinch" covers: An entire catalog of romantic books will be made available on the iPhone. Read about the searing kisses on a train without shame! [Mediabistro] More »
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Being a perv in Japan just got a little bit harder. The new iPhone 3G in Japan has a special feature that can only be found on phones in that country: the "shutter" sound when taking a picture cannot be muted or turned off during silent mode. The reason? The sound is meant to deter men from taking upskirt photos of woman, which has become more popular as camera phones develop higher-resolution cameras. This is not a feature that is unique to iPhones; all cell phones sold in Japan make a noticeable sound when a picture is being taken, even on silent mode. (Photo via Flickr) [Cult of Mac via Drudge Retort] More »
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Women with long fingernails hate the design of the iPhone because it is difficult to use. • The vaccine for HPV, an STD that can sometimes lead to cervical cancer, has yet to reach India where cervical cancer is the most common type of cancer in women. • Animal rights activists in India condemned the arrest of a man who rescued a sloth bear and raised it with his family. The bear is currently in a zoo and refuses to eat. • Heinz pulled a U.K. mayo ad that showed two men kissing in a kitchen (the horror!) after critics expressed outrage. • Women who read fitness mags while working out may feel depressed after looking at the super-toned bodies of the models. • 1 in 5 homeless women in Toronto have been sexually assaulted in the past year and many are afraid to report abuse to the police. • Elisabeth Fritzl, the Austrian woman who was locked in a basement by her father, is not ready to participate in a trial against her father. The trial has been put on hold indefinitely. • Whale hunting makes surviving whales lonely and many are losing will to live, according to a French naturalist. More »
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For a lot of us, masturbating is like eating: It's something we need to do to survive, and we've evolved beyond using our hands. (Or maybe it's just that some of us are so lazy that we've come to rely on technological advances to do it.) So when I packed to go on an 8-day vacation last week, I surveyed my vibe collection to see which would be the most travel-friendly for a trip with a large group of people sharing bedrooms in an open, airy beach house. In the end, I decided against packing any of them, because I knew they were all too loud or large to not draw attention. But by day 6 of my trip I was going out of my mind, and I decided I needed to be a little more self-reliant in self-pleasuring. I began compiling a mental list of items found in a typical household that aren't intended to help one masturbate (and that aren't "personal massagers"), but still help out with the task, and then went about testing each one. My results, after the jump. More »
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