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The story goes that one of the world’s greatest geniuses had a slightly different shaped brain than mere mortals. Now anyone can verify the tale for themselves with a new iPad app. The National Museum of Health and Medicine Chicago launched an interactive app today that has about 350 scanned and digitized slides of Albert Continue Reading →

Now that the revamped Netflix interface has hit phones and tablets for both Apple and Android powered hardware, the service has quietly enabled something else: second screen remote control. Currently the feature is only known to work on the PlayStation 3 with a mobile device on the same local network, once the two apps are Continue Reading →

Apple’s new iPhone 5 is the fastest-selling smartphone of all time thanks in part to pent-up demand for a sleek new design. The new iPhone also ships with iOS 6, the latest version of Apple’s mobile operating system, and packs more than 200 new features compared to the previous version of iOS. Among those features Continue Reading →

Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt is sure to make iOS 6 users a tad bit unhappy today. Speaking to reporters in Tokyo, Schmidt said that his company has “not done anything yet” for Google Maps on iOS 6. He didn’t quite go as far as saying that Google Maps won’t be coming to Apple’s latest Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120925_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Think today’s youth don’t contribute enough to society? Don’t tell that to 11-year old Victoria Walker. Walker was recently awarded 20,000 dollars after winning a hackathon sponsored by AT&T. The sixth grader collaborated with David Garu, creative director of the interactive agency WLDG, to create an app Continue Reading →

New York iPhone users who ask Siri for a weather forecast this week might be surprised to learn that the Big Apple is expected to register temperatures in the mid-90s for the next several days. Of course, that’s not the actual New York weather forecast, but a weather forecast for the town of New York Continue Reading →

AT&T’s already working on an app to keep folks from texting while driving, but earlier this month it gave folks at a Los Angeles hackathon the chance to develop their own solution. David Grau, a creative director and designer at an interactive agency, and 11-year-old Victoria Walker were awarded $20,000 by Big Blue to bring Continue Reading →

Yes, Apple Maps redirect to Google Maps on desktop, Android and any non-iOS 6 phones when you share your location. Womp. Obviously this is happening because there’s no hub for Apple Maps on the web, but still, the absurdity of this loop is exemplary of how ill-thought out this whole Maps switch was. Like you Continue Reading →

Well, that was fast. Grant Paul, a San Francisco-based software hacker and open-source enthusiast, claims to have jailbroken Apple’s latest iPhone not 24 hours after its release, according to pictures published on his Twitter feed. “I started working on it the day before the iPhone 5 was released, and I had my iPhone 4S jailbroken Continue Reading →

Starbucks said Friday it will update Passbook in iOS 6 at the end of September, presumably meaning it will integrate its existing Starbucks digital payment card into the new app for users to pay for coffee. In a tweet, the company said: “Updated to iOS 6? Our Passbook update is coming at the end of Continue Reading →