What if buying a vibrator were as commonplace and uneventful as popping into the Apple store for an iPod or buying a juicer from Williams-Sonoma? That's exactly what Ethan Imboden, founder of the company Jimmyjane is aiming for, and he's well on his way to achieving it. For nearly a decade, he's been a pioneer in…
"Does your cat need an iPad?" implores the Yahoo news headline. I don't know, says my brain, does your dog need a cell phone? Does a monkey need a TI-83 graphing calculator? Do I need my own giant particle accelerator? But I clicked anyway. And iPad aps for cats are just as unnecessary yet hilarious as you might…
Teenagers are renowned for their love of electronic gadgets and their poor judgment, and it seems these two things have come together in a rather unfortunate way for one teen in central China. A 17-year-old high school student apparently traded his kidney for money to buy an iPhone and an iPad. Five people have now…
Frequent air travelers, rejoice! That painful period during take-off and landing when you're not allowed to use your electronic devices might soon be a lot more bearable. The Federal Aviation Administration said yesterday that it will work with airlines and other involved parties to find a way to determine whether…
Following the sweeping success of softcore sensation
This would actually be an ingenious marketing scheme — that is, it would be ingenious if horses were people. It takes an exceptionally gentle horsie to not crack those delicate iPad screens with its hooves, and more cracked screens equals more cash money for Apple because, as well know, horses can't talk and so…
Here's a horrifying video for all of you technophobes. iPad-savvy Babies don't understand why they can't use gestures to scroll and zoom in print publications. Though, perhaps this little girl would make the same hand motions when trying to operate a hat.
At first glance, this above iPad app titled "KITTY!" looked like a cross between the Game Boy games about pets and the Tamagotchi's of yesterday. But upon further inspection, I'm kind of in love with this virtual cat: it sleeps, it purrs, and it looks at you with the realistic-looking and loving eyes when you pet it.…
There are a lot of things going wrong in this world: dead satellites are hurtling toward our houses, innocent people are being executed, and the bands of our youth are calling it quits. In fact, there is so much to be upset about that it's almost impossible to keep track of it all. Luckily, the New York Times is here…
In a recent study by Staples, 80% of tablet owners said they bought them to help achieve improved work/life balance — and by that they meant they want to surf the web while pooping. Respondents said they take their devices just about everywhere, and for 35% that even means the bathroom. The next time you receive a…
As we now know, Cosmopolitan just launched
Ladies, we've finally achieved gender equality. With this commercial, Hearst announced the release of CFG: Cosmo for Guys, its first iPad-only magazine. It promises to supply men with the same moronic sex tips and inane musings on how to tell if your partner's cheating that ladies have been burdened with for…
Fruit Ninja is not just a video game. It is an educational experience, full of zen wisdom.
Rather than saving print media, sales of magazine iPad issues are declining even as more devices sell. Wired sold 22,000 iPad copies last month, down from more than 100,000, and Glamour's digital sales are down 40% since September.
"Ghost in the Machine" is a new iPad app for the more discriminating ghost to communicate its thoughts with you. I mean, you didn't expect them to use anything other than a touch screen, did you? [The Life Files]
Today in shit you don't need: a six-armed plush case for your kid's iPad. It's ugly as heck and named "the Woogie." Whatever happened to buying them wooden blocks?
[Rome, October 5. Image via Bauer-Griffin.]
Oprah is a big iPad fangirl. Such a fangirl, in fact, that she bought one iPad for each of her magazine's staffers. She's also a big iPad applications buyer. Herewith, her favorite apps. Coming soon: Oprah's App Club? [Gizmodo
You can't read People on an iPad yet, allegedly because paparazzi want to get paid extra for the use of their photos there. Would a paparazzi-free People be that different?
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.
In this music video for Rana Sobhany's song "Solace," which was recorded on an iPhone 4, we learn why Apple calls the iPad "magical": If you kiss it, it'll turn into a real dude. [YouTube]
Following outcry against Apple's banning
Once again, Joyce's Ulysses has been banned in America: this time by Apple. They're refusing to carry a comic-book version of the classic for iPad because one panel shows stately, plump Buck Mulligan in the buff. [Big Money via BoingBoing]
Welcome back to Midweek Madness, in which Margaret and I nibble hot, delicious gossip served up by In Touch, Star, Us, Ok! and Life & Style. This week: The Housewives are feuding; Sandy's adopting and Heidi and Spencer are faking.
[Los Angeles, June 1. Image via Bauer-Griffin]
[London, May 28. Image via Getty]
Unattractive iPad-friendly accessories are just the way of the world, but it's a surprise to see a potentially cute LBD. Well, cute until you put your iPad in it. Then you look like an asshole. [iClothing via Mashable, Frisky]
Blonde bombshell Bar Refaeli must pay $170 in fines after failing to declare her iPad when she flew into Tel Aviv. It was in a suitcase that got lost in transit, which she casually mentioned on television. Busted! [CBS]
