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Jon Stewart – Verizon iPhone puts an end to a “National Nightmare”

Sorry about the Flash. You’d think if Jon Stewart really loved his iPhone so much, he’d have forced Comedy Central put up his clips in a format iPhone users could actually WATCH by now. Oh well. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c The Daily Show on Facebook  Read More

Games that don’t suck: Gravity Guy

GAMES THAT DON’T SUCK is a feature dedicated to games that I think are well worth your hard earned money, but not worth me sitting down and spending 3 hours crafting an in-depth review (these things are 99¢ after all). However, you can rest assured that any game bearing Macenstein’s GTDS rating is worth buying, sight unseen, based solely on my expert opinion. Gravity Guy [iPhone 99¢, iPhone Free, iPad $1.99, iPad Free] is at its heart a reflex game – something... Read More

Should we be worried that Verizon hasn’t told us what its iPhone plans will cost?

So today Verizon and Apple held a press conference to announce that the iPhone would finally be available on Verizon’s outdated, but more reliable, CDMA network. Hooray. And as happy as I am for Verizon customers, AT&T customers looking to jump ship, app developers who will suddenly have millions more people ready to buy their apps, and everyone overseas who couldn’t care less about a Verizon iPhone and who just wants these headlines to end, I can’t help... Read More

Has this ever happened to you?

I can’t think of anything I love more than infomercials. Especially ones that start with black and white footage of some overweight slob struggling with an exceedingly simple task, while our hero, fit and in color, easily tackles the problem thanks to whatever amazing gadget we’re trying to sell. Well, if you anything like me, you’re gonna love the iBottle opener, an iPhone case/bottle opener that promises to finally make your iPhone useful. That’s... Read More

Steve Jobs worshiped as a God in India

Remember Steve Jobs’ infamous 1976-ish trip to India, during which he became a Buddhist? Well, looks like he left just a big impression on India as India did on him. Check out these photos sent in by faithful Macenstein reader Amit who found a very interesting sculpture while shopping in Mahabalipuram, in the south of India.  Read More

Alleged iPhone 5 pics surface just in time to steal all the CES thunder

Apple may not be attending CES, but that doesn’t mean it hasn’t found a way to dominate the tech headlines. New pics and a video purporting to show the next generation of the iPhone have hit the interwebs today, and if YouTube is to be believed, Apple legal has already had them pull the video, lending some degree of credibility to their authenticity. Of course, there’s still a chance all we saw was a prototype iPhone 4 that Apple didn’t want out there,... Read More

“Max Adventure”‘s video-out gameplay demo is HUGE

All of you who love the portable gaming of the iPhone but wish it were just a little LESS portable, you’re in luck! Our good friends Natalia Luckyanova and Keith Shepherd from Imangi Studios (Harbor Master) have just released an update to their universal app “Max Adventure” which allows for the game to be played on any video monitor with the appropriate iPhone video connector. That’s right, you can now play your iPhone games on a 60 inch screen, no jailbreaking... Read More

This will probably make those birds even ANGRIER…

From China, the land of all things awesome and plagiarized , comes this pretty sweet looking Angry Birds arcade booth, complete with real life catapult! . The object is to knock down all the small plush Pigs with the giant Angry Birds plush, all the while looking over your shoulder for the strong arm of China’s copyright enforcement police. Of course, I kid, there is no such thing as “intellectual property rights” in China. But still, this is a pretty clever... Read More

The 12 Days of CHICKmas! (Day 12)

Happy Holidays from Macenstein! We’ve teamed up with our good friend (and former MCotM) Carrie LaChance from Archenemys.com to bring you a special Christmas pictorial – The 12 Days of CHICKmas! For the next 12 days, we’ll be spreading Christmas cheer with pics of Carrie and her Apple gear as they celebrate the Holidays. As an added bonus, we’ll sprinkle in a few holiday themed Desktop wallpapers as well, depending on whether or not we feel you’ve been... Read More

Dolphins one step closer to taking over the world

Any of you wishing you could afford an iPad but can’t seem to put together the funds might as well stop reading now, because friggin animals now have iPads. That’s right, Mexico’s own Merlin the Dolphin is apparently the first animal to get an iPad, thanks to dolphin researcher Jack Kassewitz of Speak Dolphin. “The use of the iPad is part of our continuing search to find a suitable touchscreen technology which the dolphins can activate with the tip of... Read More