Topic: iPhone

A Date with the iPhone 4S’s Siri

A Date with the iPhone 4S's Siri

The biggest new feature of the brand-new iPhone 4S is, without a doubt, Siri. Siri, you see, is like your personal assistant, only better, because you can carry her around in your pocket. You can ask her to call people and she’ll do it; texting, ditto; if you need directions, she can do that; hell, just about anything you need, she can find a solution for you. In fact, you can carry out whole conversations with Siri.

This got me thinking. Whole conversations? What would Siri be like in a place where questions and answers really matter? Like, say… on a date?

So I did just that. I dressed Siri up and I took her out to her favorite restaurant, and we attempted to get to know each other a little better. How did it go? Well… More »

Art Crush: David Byrne’s Fake iPhone Apps

Art Crush: David Byrne's Fake iPhone Apps

Talking Heads founder David Byrne is perpetually up to something cool. If he’s not singing backing vocals on Arcade Fire records or writing his New York Times column about cycling (seriously), he’s creating wry and topical art. His latest offering is this series of fake iPhone apps which will be seen in a group show called “Social Media” alongside works by artists including Miranda July and Christopher Baker.
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Gallery: The Most Fitting Sabotaged iPhone Self-Portraits

Gallery: The Most Fitting Sabotaged iPhone Self-Portraits

Hey you — yeah, you, the girl posting photos taken in the mirror with your iPhone. Beware how public you make your “candid” Facebook self-portraits, because Slacktory may choose you to add to their hall of fame, where they Photoshop in a NSFW accessory like a douche or a dead baby. Now that we’ve given you fair warning, laugh at the people who were unable to avoid this embarrassing fate — especially because the objects that Slacktory has chosen are so wrong they’re just right for the people who snapped the photos. More »

Your iPhone Knows Where You’ve Been

Your iPhone Knows Where You've Been

iPhone users: Did you know that your phone has been tracking everywhere you’ve been since June of 2010? Because it has. And it wants everyone to know it.

The Guardian reports that every detail about your phone’s movement is saved in a secret file on the phone itself;then, once you’ve synchronized your phone with your computer, the file is copied over to your hard drive as well. The coordinates are recorded in the form of latitude and longitude, and there’s a timestamp to go along with them– so not only does your phone know where you’ve been, it knows exactly when you were there. This is weird enough on its own, but you know what makes it even weirder? If your phone or your computer are stolen, the thief could hypothetically unearth this information quite easily. More »

Gallery: 11 Smartphone Apps That Let You Exercise God-Like Powers

Gallery: 11 Smartphone Apps That Let You Exercise God-Like Powers

Let’s face it: Smartphones are terrifying. I mean, they do all of these things for us, they ask for nothing in return, and yet we blithely hand over our lives to them fully knowing that one day they could possibly become self-aware like Skynet and take over the world? What is WRONG with us? Oh, wait, I know: Smartphones also give us the illusion that we are more powerful than we actually are. This must be why there are so many apps out that there let us experience the power usually only available to gods. Feel like trying it yourself? Here are the best apps to play god with, both in real life and in games, on the market: More »

Congrats To Verna, The Winner Of Our iPhone 4 Giveaway

Congrats To Verna, The Winner Of Our iPhone 4 Giveaway

This month we were super excited to offer Crushable readers a chance to win an iPhone 4, courtesy of amazing music app Moodagent, which selects songs from your music library based on your mood. We were blown away by how many readers took the time to tell us what song they always go to when they want to cheer up (check them all out on our Facebook page).

And today, we’re proud to announce the winner: Verna Chen from Austin, Texas. More »