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- DOE helps standardize EV charger permit process with online tools
- Android still king of the US smartphone hill, Motorola facing a market nosedive
- US Government offers up $103 million for rural broadband expansion
- One Year Later, Facebook Killing Off Places …To Put Location Everywhere
- General Motors urban EN-V concept needs more precise GPS
- 3D virtual sound shown off on mobile device, dance party ensues (video)
- Failbook Phone: AT&T Already Looking To Ditch The HTC Status, Says Source
- Engadget's HD Back to School Giveaway: Win Scarface and The Big Lebowski on Blu-...
- Rumor: Sprint To Sell iPhone 5 In October
- iPhone 5 coming to Sprint, other carriers in mid-October?
- Plastic Logic granted a second life, scores trial in Russian schools
- Samsung cites '2001: A Space Odyssey' in Apple case
- Mazda Ends Production of RX-8
- 2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid priced from $25,900*
- Acer M310 Windows Phone said to have HDMI-out, 8GB storage
- East Coast earthquake brings down cell phone, landline service (update: restored)
- The Engadget Show - 024: We visit Ferrari, take over Times Square, check out the...
- 2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid
- Graft Concepts' fancy Leverage iPhone case is probably fancier than your fancy c...
- Windows Phone Reaches 30,000 Apps, Opens Marketplace to Mango Submissions
- South Korea brings the big guns to the mobile OS knife fight
- How can BYD fix its troubles?
- LG unveils A530 3D gaming laptop, tours the world to showcase its wares
- Why GM's push to add plug-in hybrids to California's AB457 is causing problems
- Square app update lets iOS users buy cookies on credit, sans signature
- Ask.com Brings Mobile Q&A Platform To Android Devices
- Buckeyes embed antennas in clothes, couture to improve radio reception?
- Samsung Impulse 4G to lead AT&T's 4G LTE charge?
- Touchanote Adds NFC Support to Evernote
- Verzo teases its first Android smartphone, aims for a late-September launch
| DOE helps standardize EV charger permit process with online tools Posted: 23 Aug 2011 02:39 PM PDT DOE helps standardize EV charger permit process with online tools  DOE helps standardize EV charger permit process with online tools Filed under: Emerging Technologies, EV/Plug-in, USA Electric vehicles are a relatively new thing here in the United States (as long as you ignore vehicles like the short-lived EV1 and the first-gen RAV4 EV and the whole EV thing back in the early 1900s). The current generation EV are so new, in fact, that many cities do not have a standardized permitting process specifically for EV charger installations.... |
| Android still king of the US smartphone hill, Motorola facing a market nosedive Posted: 23 Aug 2011 02:39 PM PDT Android still king of the US smartphone hill, Motorola facing a market nosedive  Android still king of the US smartphone hill, Motorola facing a market nosedive In other obvious news, Android and iOS continue to sit pretty atop the US smartphone market, according to a recent NPD study. The current titans of the mobile industry both saw their pieces of the OS pie increase in Q2 of 2011, putting Andy Rubin's green robot in the lead with 52 percent and Apple at 29 percent.... |
| US Government offers up $103 million for rural broadband expansion Posted: 23 Aug 2011 02:01 PM PDT US Government offers up $103 million for rural broadband expansion  US Government offers up $103 million for rural broadband expansion The US Department of Agriculture announced this week that it will make available more that $103 million aimed at bringing broadband to areas of the US with little or no access to the technology. The money will go toward 23 projects in areas including parts of Oklahoma damaged by a recent tornado and a mountainous region in Northern California, which will provide internet access to native tribes.... |
| One Year Later, Facebook Killing Off Places …To Put Location Everywhere Posted: 23 Aug 2011 02:01 PM PDT One Year Later, Facebook Killing Off Places …To Put Location Everywhere  One Year Later, Facebook Killing Off Places …To Put Location Everywhere It was almost exactly one year ago that Facebook launched Places, their location-based offering. Reading the press at the time, you would have thought it was going to be the Foursquare-killer, the Gowalla-strangler, the Loopt-beheader, etc. Nevermind that Facebook partnered with all of them for the launch — those guys were done. Fast forward to today: Foursquare recently raised a large round of funding valuing them at $600 million.... |
| General Motors urban EN-V concept needs more precise GPS Posted: 23 Aug 2011 01:24 PM PDT General Motors urban EN-V concept needs more precise GPS  General Motors urban EN-V concept needs more precise GPS Filed under: EV/Plug-in, GM EN-V concepts - Click above for high-res image gallery When General Motors revealed its trio of EN-V concepts in early 2010, they were an instant hit. The thing is, their appearance looks like they come from about 15 years in the future. This might be fitting since these autonomous, electric urban mobility vehicles that can whisk you to your destination in hands-free style need more precise GPS before they... |
| 3D virtual sound shown off on mobile device, dance party ensues (video) Posted: 23 Aug 2011 01:24 PM PDT 3D virtual sound shown off on mobile device, dance party ensues (video)  3D virtual sound shown off on mobile device, dance party ensues (video) Nothing beats the head banging bliss of being in the front row of a concert, but if you left your Mötley Crüe t-shirt at home today, you may want to check out this new 3D audio technology from KDDI Labs. By reducing the amount of characteristics required to map a sound field, KDDI has made it possible to fry your eardrums three dimensionally on a smartphone.... |
| Failbook Phone: AT&T Already Looking To Ditch The HTC Status, Says Source Posted: 23 Aug 2011 01:24 PM PDT Failbook Phone: AT&T Already Looking To Ditch The HTC Status, Says Source  Failbook Phone: AT&T Already Looking To Ditch The HTC Status, Says Source Surprise! Even a clever little gimmick like a dedicated Facebook button can't save a bad phone from an early demise. After just 36 days on the shelves, a trusted source close to AT&T tells us the carrier is already prepping to ditch HTC's so-called "Facebook Phone", the Status. The reason? The thing just isn't selling. Since the initial tipster came forward, we've confirmed with multiple sources that sales of the Status are considerably... |
| Engadget's HD Back to School Giveaway: Win Scarface and The Big Lebowski on Blu-... Posted: 23 Aug 2011 01:24 PM PDT Engadget's HD Back to School Giveaway: Win Scarface and The Big Lebowski on Blu-ray!  Engadget's HD Back to School Giveaway: Win Scarface and The Big Lebowski on Blu-ray! Whether you're a longtime Engadget HD reader braving the high seas of wonky podcast RSS feeds or an Engadget Classic reader stunned by this alternate universe invasion of Blu-ray, HDTV and home theater news, it's about time we thanked you for putting up with our dust as we make some changes around here.... |
| Rumor: Sprint To Sell iPhone 5 In October Posted: 23 Aug 2011 01:24 PM PDT Rumor: Sprint To Sell iPhone 5 In October  Rumor: Sprint To Sell iPhone 5 In October As we once again enter the iPhone 5 breach, one would do well to keep their grains of salt at the ready, but the Business Insider reports that Sprint will be among the few carriers to sell the iPhone 5. The news is something of a coup for Sprint, the nation's third largest wireless service provider.... |
| iPhone 5 coming to Sprint, other carriers in mid-October? Posted: 23 Aug 2011 12:46 PM PDT iPhone 5 coming to Sprint, other carriers in mid-October?  iPhone 5 coming to Sprint, other carriers in mid-October? Watch out AT&T and Verizon, it looks like there's an iPhone 5 hat-trick coming this fall. WSJ is reporting that the Apple smartphone will hit Sprint at the same time as other carriers, bringing a well-needed boost to the carrier's shares in afternoon trading. Developing...iPhone 5 coming to Sprint, other carriers in mid-October?... |
| Plastic Logic granted a second life, scores trial in Russian schools Posted: 23 Aug 2011 12:46 PM PDT Plastic Logic granted a second life, scores trial in Russian schools  Plastic Logic granted a second life, scores trial in Russian schools Poor Plastic Logic, one of the early innovators and hype builders in the e-reader race, has never been able to get its act together. But, following an initial investment of $150 million from Russian firm Rusnano in January, it seems the company has finally found a home for its beleaguered readers.... |
| Samsung cites '2001: A Space Odyssey' in Apple case Posted: 23 Aug 2011 12:46 PM PDT Samsung cites '2001: A Space Odyssey' in Apple case  Samsung cites '2001: A Space Odyssey' in Apple case We always appreciate a good 2001 reference, but we can't say we expected to see one crop up in Samsung's ongoing legal dispute with Apple. As noted by FOSS Patents' Florian Mueller though, that's just what Samsung has done in an opposition brief filed last night, which cites the tablet-like devices pictured above as an example of prior art for Apple's iPad-related design patent.... |
| Posted: 23 Aug 2011 12:46 PM PDT Mazda Ends Production of RX-8 Mazda Ends Production of RX-8 Falling sales, tighter emissions standards sealed sports car's fate. |
| 2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid priced from $25,900* Posted: 23 Aug 2011 12:09 PM PDT 2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid priced from $25,900*  2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid priced from $25,900* Filed under: Hybrid, Toyota 2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid - Click above for high-res image gallery Reinvented for 2012, the Camry Hybrid utilizes a revised version of Toyota's Hybrid Synergy Drive and a 2.5-liter gasoline-fed four-cylinder to return claimed best-in-class fuel economy ratings of 43/39/41 (that's city/highway/combined), a vast improvement over the 2011 gas-electric Camry's rating of 31 miles per gallon city and 35 mpg highway.... |
| Acer M310 Windows Phone said to have HDMI-out, 8GB storage Posted: 23 Aug 2011 12:09 PM PDT Acer M310 Windows Phone said to have HDMI-out, 8GB storage  Acer M310 Windows Phone said to have HDMI-out, 8GB storage We first heard about the existence of the Acer M310 Windows Phone last week, but literally no information was given besides the fact that two test units were discovered on a developer's traffic sheet. How about a few more shreds of meat to chew on? According to WindowsPhoneNZ, the Mango device was sighted at TechEd New Zealand with HDMI-out support.... |
| East Coast earthquake brings down cell phone, landline service (update: restored) Posted: 23 Aug 2011 11:31 AM PDT East Coast earthquake brings down cell phone, landline service (update: restored)  East Coast earthquake brings down cell phone, landline service (update: restored) You've probably already read about the 5.8 magnitude earthquake that affected the Eastern Seaboard of the United States, and now we're hearing reports that the quake brought down some landline and cell phone service in New York, along with other cities on the East Coast. We've been unable to place calls in New York City using AT&T and Sprint smartphones, as well as office landlines.... |
| The Engadget Show - 024: We visit Ferrari, take over Times Square, check out the... Posted: 23 Aug 2011 11:31 AM PDT The Engadget Show - 024: We visit Ferrari, take over Times Square, check out the Grid 10, and talk patents with the EFF  The Engadget Show - 024: We visit Ferrari, take over Times Square, check out the Grid 10, and talk patents with the EFF It's another action-packed episode of the Engadget Show! Tim, Brian and Dana start things off by taking a look at the latest devices from RIM and discussing the BlackBerry's future -- or lack thereof -- in the consumer space. Also on the reviews table is the latest in iPhone 5 KIRF technology. Next up, Tim travels all the way to Italy, to get a tour or Ferrari's factories and discuss what the... |
| Posted: 23 Aug 2011 10:54 AM PDT 2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid  2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid Filed under: Hybrid, Toyota, USA The Toyota hybrid effort has long been dominated by the amazingly efficient Prius. As a dedicated hybrid, the platform has basked in the warm glow of headlines and celebrity love since the second-generation debuted in 2003. The plucky Atkinson hatch has easily overshadowed other Toyota hybrid efforts, including the Camry Hybrid. That's partly due to the fact that in the past, the hybridized sedan hasn't been anything to... |
| Graft Concepts' fancy Leverage iPhone case is probably fancier than your fancy c... Posted: 23 Aug 2011 10:54 AM PDT Graft Concepts' fancy Leverage iPhone case is probably fancier than your fancy case (video)  Graft Concepts' fancy Leverage iPhone case is probably fancier than your fancy case (video) So you spent all of that money on an iPhone 4 -- do you really want to cover it up with some discount protection? Graft Concepts' new case is nearly as snazzy as the handset it was designed to protect. The Leverage is made out of polycarbonate with a matte finish and features a metal latch that secures it to the handset.... |
| Windows Phone Reaches 30,000 Apps, Opens Marketplace to Mango Submissions Posted: 23 Aug 2011 10:54 AM PDT Windows Phone Reaches 30,000 Apps, Opens Marketplace to Mango Submissions  Windows Phone Reaches 30,000 Apps, Opens Marketplace to Mango Submissions There are now 30,000 mobile applications available for Windows Phone, Microsoft's newest mobile operating system. That's a huge jump from the 11,500 apps Microsoft reported back in March, but still far short of industry leaders, iOS and Android. For comparison purposes, there are 425,000 iOS apps and over 200,000 on Android, at least according to the latest official reports.... |
| South Korea brings the big guns to the mobile OS knife fight Posted: 23 Aug 2011 10:54 AM PDT South Korea brings the big guns to the mobile OS knife fight  South Korea brings the big guns to the mobile OS knife fight Publicly, Samsung and LG tersely supported Google's union with Motorola (which we've taken to calling Moogle) -- privately it appears the South Korean giants aren't as thrilled to be at the mercy of Mountain View's whim. Imagine their predicament if they were frozen out of Android tomorrow -- which is why the Korean government has stepped in to create its own OS.... |
| Posted: 23 Aug 2011 10:15 AM PDT How can BYD fix its troubles?  How can BYD fix its troubles? Filed under: EV/Plug-in, China, BYD Chinese automaker BYD, backed by U.S. billionaire Warren Buffett, may be headed down a rocky road. According to Daily Finance, BYD's troubles aren't limited to profits tumbling. In fact, Daily Finance hints that BYD will need to step up its game to keep Buffet from bailing out entirely. Troubles at BYD have cast doubt on the automaker's ambitious goals and, increasingly, on its continued existence.... |
| LG unveils A530 3D gaming laptop, tours the world to showcase its wares Posted: 23 Aug 2011 10:15 AM PDT LG unveils A530 3D gaming laptop, tours the world to showcase its wares  LG unveils A530 3D gaming laptop, tours the world to showcase its wares LG is taking its Cinema 3D Gaming Festival on the road and delivering demos of it three-dimensional prowess to 20 different countries. To celebrate, the Korean company is unleashing a brand new laptop for those with itchy virtual trigger fingers. The LG A530 sports a 15-inch 3D, HD display with up to a 1920 x 1080 resolution, your choice of Core i3, i5, or i7 processors, an NVIDIA GeForce GT 555... |
| Why GM's push to add plug-in hybrids to California's AB457 is causing problems Posted: 23 Aug 2011 09:37 AM PDT Why GM's push to add plug-in hybrids to California's AB457 is causing problems  Why GM's push to add plug-in hybrids to California's AB457 is causing problems Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Green Culture, Legislation and Policy Many California plug-in vehicle proponents have a love-hate relationship with GM, born out of the EV1 experience (see "Who Killed The Electric Car?" if this is news to you) and the trend continues with some disagreement over a bill (AB475) that will, if passed, amend Sections 22511 and 22511.5 of the California Vehicle Code.... |
| Square app update lets iOS users buy cookies on credit, sans signature Posted: 23 Aug 2011 09:37 AM PDT Square app update lets iOS users buy cookies on credit, sans signature  Square app update lets iOS users buy cookies on credit, sans signature Heads up, card swipers, because Square has just issued an update to its iOS credit card app. Version 2.1 brings enhanced transaction speeds and a streamlined tipping interface to iPhone and iPad users, along with added support for $0.00 price points. Plus, any purchases below $25 will no longer require a signature, meaning you can safely buy that latte while keeping human interaction to a bare minimum.... |
| Ask.com Brings Mobile Q&A Platform To Android Devices Posted: 23 Aug 2011 09:37 AM PDT Ask.com Brings Mobile Q&A Platform To Android Devices  Ask.com Brings Mobile Q&A Platform To Android Devices As we heard last year, Ask surrendered its search operations to its competitors and refocused on building out its Q&A platform. This seems to have paid off somewhat—the company has seen over 1 million downloads of its iPhone app. Mobile, specifically, has been a growth area for the Q&A platform, with a 100 percent increase in visits to Ask.com from smart phones over the last year (mobile is 10 percent of... |
| Buckeyes embed antennas in clothes, couture to improve radio reception? Posted: 23 Aug 2011 09:37 AM PDT Buckeyes embed antennas in clothes, couture to improve radio reception?  Buckeyes embed antennas in clothes, couture to improve radio reception? We like what's in our wardrobe to be multifunctional, and we've seen threads do double duty as keyboards, flashlights and even drum kits in our day. Now, researchers at Ohio State have come up with a way to turn the shirt on your back into an omnidirectional antenna to boost radio reception.... |
| Samsung Impulse 4G to lead AT&T's 4G LTE charge? Posted: 23 Aug 2011 08:58 AM PDT Samsung Impulse 4G to lead AT&T's 4G LTE charge?  Samsung Impulse 4G to lead AT&T's 4G LTE charge? Could the above shot be the first 4G LTE smartphone for AT&T? BGR thinks it just might be. The site nabbed a shot of what purports to be the Samsung Impulse 4G, which may grab that distinction on its release. That's about all we're getting in the way of details on this Droid Charge-esque device at the moment.... |
| Touchanote Adds NFC Support to Evernote Posted: 23 Aug 2011 08:58 AM PDT Touchanote Adds NFC Support to Evernote  Touchanote Adds NFC Support to Evernote Touchanote is a new Android application that ties together NFC technology with the popular note-taking and organizing software Evernote. Created by the Montreal-based startup Wiseleap, the app took home the $50,000 grand prize at Evernote's recent developer conference in San Francisco. At the time of the conference, the results of the developer contest were overshadowed by the much larger news regarding Evernote's acquisition of image-sharing app Skitch.... |
| Verzo teases its first Android smartphone, aims for a late-September launch Posted: 23 Aug 2011 08:58 AM PDT Verzo teases its first Android smartphone, aims for a late-September launch  Verzo teases its first Android smartphone, aims for a late-September launch Ready to check out a phone brand you've never seen or heard of before? Of course you are. We just got our hands on exclusive photos and details of a mysterious Android handset from Verzo, a newcomer to the market. The phone's called the Kinzo and is slated for a launch in late September.... |
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