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  • Blogs

    April 6, 2012

    Happy Easter: New iPhone App Will Help You Find the Latest and Gayest Events in Town

    We all know how colorful San Francisco is -- especially on Easter, when the much-anticipated Hunky Jesus contest takes over Dolores Park. Joining in the LGBT community's celebration of everything Easter and all things gay is Wsup Now, a local company offering a new iPhone app that will help queer Je ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2012

    Where Are San Franciscans Most Likely to Lose Their Cellphone?

    ​You might think San Franciscans are most likely to lose their cellphones on Muni, considering the city buses have become hotbeds for cellphone theft. But a new, random, and somewhat useful study actually shows that city-dwellers tend to lose their phones at coffeeshops more than any other place i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2012

    Police to Teach Smartphone Users to Not Be So Dumb

    ​Believe it or not, the number of people being beaten and stabbed on Muni is on the decline -- for now. Perhaps that's because crooks have decided that stealing smartphones from inattentive Muni riders is an easier and therefore more appealing crime.Smartphone crime is on the rise, which should co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2012

    Apple Settles 'Death Grip' Lawsuit over iPhone Service

    ​Apple has settled multiple class-action lawsuits alleging that holding the iPhone 4 in a certain way cut off service to the popular smartphone -- what plaintiffs in the case called a "death grip" causing the loss of the phone's signal.As Courthouse News reports, customers in the 16 separate feder ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2011

    Cyrus Noble Bourbon Returns to San Francisco

    ​San Francisco's first locally owned brand of bourbon, Cyrus Noble ($24.99/750ml)--bourbon made in Nelson County, Kentucky, but owned and distributed by Haas Brothers--is available again. Named after a distiller who fell into a vat of his own whiskey, the bourbon was sold in the city since 1871, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2011

    Occupy Wall Street App Comes in Handy When You Get Arrested

    Ping NewsThere's an app for that...​Some might say that the Occupy Wall Street protesters are out there trying to upend capitalism by demonstrating against big banks and economic disparity. But, somewhat ironically, it's these very protests that have spurred a new enterprise -- with the inevitable ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2011

    Gone Fishing: Have a Good Holiday

    We gave you plenty of news to chew on over the weekend -- the iPhone 5 saga, a finger-snapping show gone bad, and a quick lesson on how to pee standing up if you are a woman. So we're taking off for the weekend and we won't be around to inform or entertain you Monday, because we don't want to do lab ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2011

    Foodspotting App Shows the World What You Ate

    ​Most startups have an "elevator pitch," a short one-liner or phrase that explains what they do. I can think of several for Foodspotting: Yelp 2.0, Instagram for meals, FourSquare for food, or a foodie social network. Foodspotting is a free smartphone app that lets you take a picture of your ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2011

    Google Maps Now Tracks BART in Real-Time

    GoogleBART riders, kneel before Google​No need to rush out the door to catch that next BART train. We all know it will probably be late anyway. But to temper your anger over this often frustrating transit system, Google has rolled out its real-time tracking system for public transportation that's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2011

    Apple Bans Immigrant-Smuggling Game (Video)

    There is a big difference between smuggling and snuggling illegal immigrants​With all of the recent ire over controversial smartphone apps, including dogfighting games and apps meant to cure gays, the average iPhone user has probably started to wonder: are there any apps that are too offensive to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2011

    Victims Talk Criminal Out of Robbing Them

    Lose the red bow ... it's just not scary​Two men scared off a criminal as he attempted to rob them in broad daylight near Balboa Park this week. According to police, the duo was walking along Ocean Boulevard near Howth Street at about 3 p.m. on Thursday when another man walked up to them and start ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2011

    Find the Best of San Francisco on Your iPhone

    If you've ever been out and about and wondered where's the best place grab a good gin and tonic or get your bike fixed ― as chosen by seasoned pros like ourselves ― you're in luck. We've just launched a completely free iPhone app that takes all the goodness of our Best Of... issues and crams i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2011

    Find the Best of San Francisco on Your iPhone

    If you've ever been out and about and wondered where's the best place grab a good gin and tonic or get your bike fixed -- as chosen by seasoned pros like ourselves -- you're in luck. We've just launched a completely free iPhone app that takes all the goodness of our Best Of... issues and crams it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2011

    Spotify Is Coming to the U.S. Soon -- You Should Be Excited

    What Spotify looks like​Over the past few weeks, streaming music startup Spotify has quietly been signing deals with the major U.S. music distributors as it prepares for a U.S. launch. But now that the Swedish firm has locked up EMI and Sony (with Universal in tow), it's also begun to hire people ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2011

    Seven Things You Probably Didn't Know About Green Day Before Billie Joe Armstrong Got Twitter

    .bbpBox38303523376594940 {background:url(http://a2.twimg.com/a/1297809080/images/themes/theme14/bg.gif) #131516;padding:20px;} p.bbpTweet{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    Newsom Says San Francisco Will Be Just Fine

    Going to spring training​In a brief interview this morning on KGO, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom first bragged about going to spring training and then responded to Jerry Brown's "austere" budget proposals that as of late calls for a hiring freeze.Brown's executive order bars state agencies form hiring new ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2011

    The Flaming Lips Release a New Song -- and You Need 12 Smartphones to Properly Enjoy It

    ​On a day when pretty much every musician had some special release lined up for V-day, The Flaming Lips made sure to distinguish themselves by nerding out pretty hard. They released a new song titled "Two Blobs Fucking," and while the title stands out on it's own, how you listen to it is even more ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2011

    Starbucks Now Allows Customers to Pay for Coffee Order with Smartphone

    Starbucks Caters to Coffee Addicts​Starbucks and its obnoxious customers have found yet another way to be self indulgent. The coffee retailer has now made it possible for caffeine-crazed customers to consume their drinks even sooner. With the creation of a Starbucks app, customers can now pay for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2010

    Sure, You Can Make An Entire Song on the iPhone, But It Will Probably Suck

    Not your path to musical greatness, if this song is any indication.​An Israeli duo calling themselves Ilan & Sipo have posted a video on YouTube showing off a song they made entirely with an iPhone. Aside from the final Pro Tools session, every last note, effect, filter and vocal recording was ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2010

    Wanna Resist Arrest? There's an App for That.

    Shoulda read the section on nautical D.U.I.'sWe know, we know. Not-so-clever variations on the "app for that" phrase long ago jumped the shark. But please, read on -- someday this blog post might save you from getting arrested.How else, after all, would you know that Florida criminal defense lawyer ... More >>

  • Music

    November 24, 2010

    Black Angels: Show Preview

    Shoulda read the section on nautical D.U.I.'sWe know, we know. Not-so-clever variations on the "app for that" phrase long ago jumped the shark. But please, read on -- someday this blog post might save you from getting arrested.How else, after all, would you know that Florida criminal defense lawyer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2010

    Tonight: Launch Party for Nirvino Beer-Rating iPhone App

    ​We knew we wanted to join the legion of smartphone users when we discovered Shazam, the application which tells you what song you're hearing so you never again have to say, "Oh man, I wish I knew who sings this song." For oenophiles, perhaps the must-have app is Nirvino, the best selling wine ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2010

    Baylinks: Safety Tips, Beach Bummer, iPorn

    Sand, sun ... sewage? ​SFPD warns late night walkers to put away their Blackberry [SF Appeal]Plan to hit the beach this coming sunny weekend? Maybe you should think twice [SF Gate]AIDS medication may become more affordable [CBS5]

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2010

    Cell Phone Industry Suing San Francisco For Your Good, Lawsuit Claims

    techzblog.inHey, Mom! I want a rainbow in my brain, too! ​Lobbyists from the Cellular Telephone Industry Association are suing San Francisco over the Cell Phone Right-To-Know ordinance, claiming the city is not allowed to make decisions involving the wireless industry. But they're not doing th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2010

    iPhone 4 Hit With Class Action Lawsuits -- First of Potential Cavalcade

    ​Pair of San Francisco suits regarding iPhone 4 join Maryland Suit.  Those holding their breath until a lawsuit was filed over the propensity of the new iPhone 4 to get poor reception or even drop calls due to a supposed antenna problem can finally exhale. Apple and AT&T were yesterday hi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2010

    PhoneBalls: Because Your iPhone Needs to Grow a Pair

    Phoneballs​In the realm of gendering inanimate objects, subtlety has become passe. It's no longer enough for the collective conscious to think of trucks as inherently male, individuals belabor the point by decorating with TruckNutz, plastic testicles that swing from beneath the vehicle. 

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2010

    Is Gawker's Shield Law Claim Legit?

    Gizmodo bought itself a whole lotta trouble along with its spiffy new iPhone. Will the shield law come to the rescue?​Gawker Media certainly has plenty of new media attitude to spare. But, arguing its case in the wake of legal heat following the company's shady maneuver to obtain a next-generation ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2010

    State Ban On Texting While Biking Proposed; Will Fire Juggling Be Next?

    Soon-to-be outlaw?​San Francisco Police Lieutenant Lyn Tomioka's response when we called her to talk about a proposed statewide ban on the use of mobile phones while bicycling was revealing: an amused chuckle.Ever circumspect in her public comments, department spokesperson Tomioka wouldn't comment ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2009

    Pickups Amnesia: Verizon Droid Launch at Bimbo's 365 Club

    View more photos in "Silversun Pickups & Metric @ Verizon Droid Launch."Indie rock music met tech at last Friday's Verizon Droid Launch at Bimbo's 365 Club in San Francisco, where Canadian Band Metric and Silverlake band Silversun Pickups played to celebrate the launch of Verizon Droid, an iPhon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2009

    Weekend Web Wroundup - Part I

    Welcome to our first installment of what may (possibly) be a regular feature here on All Shook Down - the Weekend Web Wroundup. GET IT? You see, the name mimics the "www" of the "world wide web" and therefore it...oh FINE. I couldn't think of anything better so Weekend Web Wroundup it is.The WWW (se ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2009

    iSuit: 'America's Premier Puzzlemaster' Sues Apple for Allegedly Parking In His Spot (So to Speak)

    Don Rubin's original 1977 puzzle; the goal is to get the black car out of the lot in the fewest possible movesDon Rubin is "America's Premiere Puzzlemaster" -- or so his lawyers would inform you on the very first line of Rubin's suit vs. Apple. It seems Rubin has a legitimate claim to that title -- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2009

    BART Erases Graffiti About Oscar Grant's Killing

    By Lauren SmileyIt seems riders' camera phones are BART's second worst nightmare these days. Second, of course, to Johannes Mehserle, the BART cop involved in the shooting death of Oscar Grant III on New Year's Day. BART officials bemoaned in the Chron that the footage captured by passengers of the ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 24, 2008

    Mac's Got the Whole World in its Hand

    By Lauren SmileyIt seems riders' camera phones are BART's second worst nightmare these days. Second, of course, to Johannes Mehserle, the BART cop involved in the shooting death of Oscar Grant III on New Year's Day. BART officials bemoaned in the Chron that the footage captured by passengers of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2008

    E-40 Schedules Performance at SF Apple Store

    By Lauren SmileyIt seems riders' camera phones are BART's second worst nightmare these days. Second, of course, to Johannes Mehserle, the BART cop involved in the shooting death of Oscar Grant III on New Year's Day. BART officials bemoaned in the Chron that the footage captured by passengers of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 26, 2008

    2 Stabbed While Watching Horror Film, Eerieness Not Lost on AP

    By Lauren SmileyIt seems riders' camera phones are BART's second worst nightmare these days. Second, of course, to Johannes Mehserle, the BART cop involved in the shooting death of Oscar Grant III on New Year's Day. BART officials bemoaned in the Chron that the footage captured by passengers of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2008

    BART Cards Due to Suck Less

    By Lauren SmileyIt seems riders' camera phones are BART's second worst nightmare these days. Second, of course, to Johannes Mehserle, the BART cop involved in the shooting death of Oscar Grant III on New Year's Day. BART officials bemoaned in the Chron that the footage captured by passengers of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2008

    Having Trouble Sleeping? It Might Be Cell Phone Radiation

    By Lauren SmileyIt seems riders' camera phones are BART's second worst nightmare these days. Second, of course, to Johannes Mehserle, the BART cop involved in the shooting death of Oscar Grant III on New Year's Day. BART officials bemoaned in the Chron that the footage captured by passengers of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2008

    How to Be That Guy: Updating Your iPhone and iTouch

    By Lauren SmileyIt seems riders' camera phones are BART's second worst nightmare these days. Second, of course, to Johannes Mehserle, the BART cop involved in the shooting death of Oscar Grant III on New Year's Day. BART officials bemoaned in the Chron that the footage captured by passengers of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2008

    'Look At How Crisp That Phone Is'

    By Lauren SmileyIt seems riders' camera phones are BART's second worst nightmare these days. Second, of course, to Johannes Mehserle, the BART cop involved in the shooting death of Oscar Grant III on New Year's Day. BART officials bemoaned in the Chron that the footage captured by passengers of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2008

    The Best 3rd Party Applications for your iPhone/iPod Touch

    By Lauren SmileyIt seems riders' camera phones are BART's second worst nightmare these days. Second, of course, to Johannes Mehserle, the BART cop involved in the shooting death of Oscar Grant III on New Year's Day. BART officials bemoaned in the Chron that the footage captured by passengers of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2007

    SFWeekly Puts An iPhone To The Test -- With A Sledgehammer

    By Lauren SmileyIt seems riders' camera phones are BART's second worst nightmare these days. Second, of course, to Johannes Mehserle, the BART cop involved in the shooting death of Oscar Grant III on New Year's Day. BART officials bemoaned in the Chron that the footage captured by passengers of the ... More >>

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 19, 2004

    Best Analog Addition to Your Cell Phone

    Master Ding Zu-Yin

  • News

    July 5, 2000

    You Could Be Jammin'

    There's a way to foil rude cell phone users. But it's illegal.

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 17, 2000

    Best Dot-Com Party Thus Far

    Tixtogo on Treasure Island, Oct. 28, 1999, www.acteva.com

  • Best of San Francisco

    May 17, 2000

    Least Romantic Restaurant

    McDonald's

  • News

    January 12, 2000

    South to the Future

    Caught Unawares: Mobile Phones Linked to Violent Crime

  • News

    August 9, 1995

    Chatterbox

    Caught Unawares: Mobile Phones Linked to Violent Crime

  • Culture

    July 12, 1995

    Aisle Seat

    Caught Unawares: Mobile Phones Linked to Violent Crime

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