Apple News

Science and Technology

Billions and billions served — Apple App Store hits 10 billion downloads

John M. Guilfoil

January 22, 2011 49

Apple hits milestone

Steve Jobs takes medical leave from Apple, details unknown

January 17, 2011 32

Tim Cook will take over day-to-day operations

Why I won’t buy an Apple iPad

January 14, 2011 93

Release the fanboys...

5 things to know about the new Verizon iPhone

January 11, 2011 14

Read before you run to the store

It’s official: Verizon iPhone goes on sale in February

John M. Guilfoil

January 11, 2011 16

w00t!

Commentary: I’m breaking up with my iPhone

January 10, 2011 213

This just isn't working...

High school student develops iPhone app for Lexington TV channel

Andrew Castronovo

Apple News Sci/Tech News The Issue

December 12, 2010 202

With an idea and some motivation, the LexMedia app was born

The Beatles coming to iTunes?

November 16, 2010 47

Is this what all the excitement was about?

Apple delays white iPhone 4 until spring

October 27, 2010 215

Wait, wait, wait

Apple previews Lion, adds Mac Face Time, Mac App store

Apple News Features

October 20, 2010 48

Macs a little more like iPhone.

Apple sells 14 million iPhones, 4 million iPads

October 18, 2010 12

Record sales

The Verizon iPhone is totally coming soon … we think

John M. Guilfoil

October 7, 2010 20

We really, really think

Flexicorder app allows dual camera video recording on iPhone

John M. Guilfoil

October 5, 2010 859

Applications seen for journalists and bloggers

Line2 adds texting, lowers price

John M. Guilfoil

September 30, 2010 37

The best business app is now a great consumer toy, too

Apple updates Ping; now it actually works

Apple News Sci/Tech News Science and Technology

September 25, 2010 20

Apple adds function to its nascent social network

VLC Media Player comes to App Store

John M. Guilfoil

September 20, 2010 7

Supports nearly every codec

iPhone 4 to launch in China on September 25

John M. Guilfoil

September 19, 2010 49

Big market opened up

Parallels available for iPad, iPod and iPhone

John M. Guilfoil

Apple News Computers

September 19, 2010 746

Who says you can't print or view Flash?

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Blast Magazine was launched in 2007 with a simple thought — do journalism for the video game generation. We’ve really seen a lot since the 1980s. Nintendo Mega Man games, dial-up Internet, Dos, and the Palm Pilot were all in their infancy as we grew up. We shared files on 1.44MB (that’s MEGABYTE) floppy discs, and they were more than sufficient. As we grew up, the Internet blew up. Today you can stream a movie live in HD. Not only did HD not exist when we were growing up, but downloading a single, low-quality MP3 of our favorite song could take over an hour!

Technology developed quickly as we came of age, and we can claim to have mastered everything from iPads to Netflixes. But there is one thing that our generation did not have to grow up with — car maintenance.

A lot of us are interested in cars and trucks and motorcycles — this site wouldn’t be necessary if we weren’t. But how many Gen-Y’ers have ever had to change their oil? Change the brakes? Fix a cracked serpentine belt? Fixing cars was always something optional for us. We had to want to jack up a car and change a tire.

So now that we’re adults and we’re starting to recover from the crushing debt of our student loans, (We’re very bitter about this) we are finding our interests diversifying. If we were into cars already, we are getting more into cars. If we could never afford it, we are slowly raising our expectations. Say what you will, we are a curious generation.

Blast Cars is not exactly a beginners’ guide to the galaxy, but we’re not going to assume you know everything. We’re learning with you, and the experts we’ll bring into the process will walk both of us through everything we ever wanted to know about everything automotive.

In addition to restoring our Shop Truck, we are following some other Gen-Y restoration projects, including a racing bike. We’ll also bring you some relevant news, reviews, and rumors. We’ll even take a look at some of the most famous cars in movies, music, TV, true crime, and other popular culture. Let us know what you want to see!