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In Time For The Holidays, Etsy On Your iPhone

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 03:00 PM PST

In Time For The Holidays, Etsy On Your iPhone


In Time For The Holidays, Etsy On Your iPhone
Hipster shoppers, rejoice.  You can do all your Etsy holiday shopping for those one-of-a-kind crafts on your iPhone, or any mobile phone with a proper browser for that matter.  Etsy just launched its iPhone app, along with a new mobile website. You can browse everything from arty crochet, knitting, and quilts to handmade children's clothes and jewlery....

Google Music available on T-Mobile devices, track purchases can be direct billed

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 03:00 PM PST

Google Music available on T-Mobile devices, track purchases can be direct billed


Google Music available on T-Mobile devices, track purchases can be direct billed
T-Mobile just announced at Google's "These Go To Eleven" event that it will enable tracks purchased through Google Music to be direct billed to its subscribers. Exclusive content will also be available for T-Mobile customers for free -- you'll be able to grab tracks from Drake, Maroon 5, Busta Rhymes and other artists to be announced later....

Google Music Artist Hub helps musicians promote, sell music

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 03:00 PM PST

Google Music Artist Hub helps musicians promote, sell music


Google Music Artist Hub helps musicians promote, sell music
Thought Google Music was just for artists signed to the big three or 23 indie labels? Turns out the company's extending a hand to unsigned artists as well with Google Music Artist Hub. The DIY like software allows virtually anyone to sell and price their music on Mountain View's storefront....

Google partners with Universal, EMI, Sony Music, 23 independent labels on Google...

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 03:00 PM PST

Google partners with Universal, EMI, Sony Music, 23 independent labels on Google Music, scores exclusive content


Google partners with Universal, EMI, Sony Music, 23 independent labels on Google Music, scores exclusive content
A music store isn't much without plenty of music, and Google's new offering launched with some big backing today. The company is partnering with Universal, EMI, Sony Music and no less than 23 independent labels on the service -- according to Google, that covers about 13 million songs, 8 million of which are available today....

The Engadget Show is live, here at 6:00PM ET!

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 03:00 PM PST

The Engadget Show is live, here at 6:00PM ET!


The Engadget Show is live, here at 6:00PM ET!
It's hard to believe that it's been a month already, but our Sith lord capes are at the dry cleaners, and we're ready for November's show -- and what a show it is! We'll be live tonight at 6PM ET, and you can join us at this very URL -- so keep your browser locked to this spot. This month, we've got a big ole show, including an interview with Nokia CEO...

Google Music drops beta, MP3 store and Google+ integration along for the ride

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 03:00 PM PST

Google Music drops beta, MP3 store and Google+ integration along for the ride


Google Music drops beta, MP3 store and Google+ integration along for the ride
Been dutifully uploading music to Mountain View's cloud since Google I/O? Might want hit pause for just a sec, while you tune to Google's beat here in Los Angeles, as it's just gone and launched its own music store integrated with Android Market. Best part is, the service still free, though you can now purchase millions of songs from the store to expand your collection of tunes....

Google: 200 million Android devices activated, over 550,000 activated everyday

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 03:00 PM PST

Google: 200 million Android devices activated, over 550,000 activated everyday


Google: 200 million Android devices activated, over 550,000 activated everyday
Here at the "These Go To Eleven" event, Google announced that Android activations thus far have surpassed 200 million devices. That's over 550,000 activations per day, which is 50,000 more than June's figure, and 150,000 more than the 400,000 clocked in during May. Not quite as many as Cupertino's 250 million strong, but Mountain View's getting close.Google: 200 million Android devices activated, over 550,000 activated everyday originally appeared on Engadget on...

KBB's 2012 Best Resale Value awards go to Chevy Volt, Honda Civic Hybrid

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 02:15 PM PST

KBB's 2012 Best Resale Value awards go to Chevy Volt, Honda Civic Hybrid


KBB's 2012 Best Resale Value awards go to Chevy Volt, Honda Civic Hybrid
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chevrolet, Honda, LA Auto Show Which electric car will have the best resale value? According to Kelley Blue Book, that'd be the Chevy Volt. During an event in Los Angeles last night, KBB announced its best level guesses as to which 2012 models will be most appealing to used car buyers on some dusty lot in the future....

Google's Android 'These Go To Eleven' liveblog from Los Angeles!

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 02:15 PM PST

Google's Android 'These Go To Eleven' liveblog from Los Angeles!


Google's Android 'These Go To Eleven' liveblog from Los Angeles!
This is it! You've arrived! But it's a little early. Fret not, though, as you can bookmark this very page and return at the time shown below in order to join in on the liveblogging mayhem. We'll be bringing you every last point as it's unveiled in Los Angeles this evening (or afternoon, whatever), with Google Music firmly in our heart and T-Mobile looming over everything....

Acer A700 and A701 tabs leak on support site, sporting Tegra 3 and full HD displays

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 02:15 PM PST

Acer A700 and A701 tabs leak on support site, sporting Tegra 3 and full HD displays


Acer A700 and A701 tabs leak on support site, sporting Tegra 3 and full HD displays
Don't think that ASUS is going to be having all of the Tegra 3 fun by itself, Acer appears to have a pair of Iconia-branded tabs on the way also sporting NVIDIA's quad-core mobile chip. The A700 and A701 are showing up as hardware profiles over at the company's support site....

AT&T in talks to offer Nokia's Windows Phones

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 02:15 PM PST

AT&T in talks to offer Nokia's Windows Phones


AT&T in talks to offer Nokia's Windows Phones
It's apparently not a done deal just yet, but Bloomberg is reporting that AT&T is currently in negotiations to offer at least one Nokia Windows Phone sometime next year. That word comes straight from the head of AT&T's tablet unit, Glenn Lurie, who reportedly said that AT&T is now working on completing the details of the agreement -- no word on any specific phones, though....

Shortmail Gets An iPhone App

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 01:29 PM PST

Shortmail Gets An iPhone App


Shortmail Gets An iPhone App
Hate long e-mails? Love Shortmail, the Twitter-esque e-mail service that caps all messages at 500 characters? Good news: they've just launched an iPhone App. For those just now hearing about the service for the first time, Shortmail is an effort to make e-mail "concise, readable and conversational." You sign into Shortmail with your Twitter account, and get an @shortmail.com address with a matching handle....

Fed proposes new fuel economy standard: 54.5 mpg by 2025

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 01:29 PM PST

Fed proposes new fuel economy standard: 54.5 mpg by 2025


Fed proposes new fuel economy standard: 54.5 mpg by 2025
Filed under: MPG, Legislation and Policy, USA The U.S. Department of Transportation, Environmental Protection Agency and the White House have announced new fuel economy standards for model year 2017-2025 vehicles that will require cars and light trucks to yield a combined 54.5 mpg, as was proposed back in July. According to the government, these new Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards will help save as much as 2.2 million barrels of oil per day...

HTC Mozart and HD7 go back to grade school, learn how to Internet Share

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 01:29 PM PST

HTC Mozart and HD7 go back to grade school, learn how to Internet Share


HTC Mozart and HD7 go back to grade school, learn how to Internet Share
The ability to use your Windows Phone as a mobile hotspot was originally an exclusive feature extended only to brand new Mango devices, but we're now beginning to see Internet Sharing pop up on the HTC HD7 and Mozart. We're seeing reports that it's showing up in various parts of the world, though we still haven't heard if this will include T-Mobile HD7 users in the US or if it still...

Vision Research unveils compact, super slo-mo Miro M110, M120 and M310 cams

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 01:29 PM PST

Vision Research unveils compact, super slo-mo Miro M110, M120 and M310 cams


Vision Research unveils compact, super slo-mo Miro M110, M120 and M310 cams
Of all the cinematographic tricks in the book, few are as effective and primal as super slo-mo, and few names are as synonymous with the time-stretching tech as Vision Research. The company behind the famous Phantom is refreshing its line of more compact high-speed shooters with the Miro M110, M310 and M120....

Google, Facebook, Twitter and others speak out against the Stop Online Piracy Act

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 01:29 PM PST

Google, Facebook, Twitter and others speak out against the Stop Online Piracy Act


Google, Facebook, Twitter and others speak out against the Stop Online Piracy Act
Earlier today, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act (or SOPA) which, depending on who you ask, is either a means to stop piracy and copyright infringement on so-called "rogue" websites, or the most serious threat of internet censorship that we've seen in some time....

Hyundai Plans 5 Super Bowl Ads

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 01:29 PM PST

Hyundai Plans 5 Super Bowl Ads


Hyundai Plans 5 Super Bowl Ads
Is the Korean brand growing too fast or coming into its own?

SparkFun’s Electric Sheep: For The Android-Obsessed Tinkerer In You

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 12:43 PM PST

SparkFun's Electric Sheep: For The Android-Obsessed Tinkerer In You


SparkFun's Electric Sheep: For The Android-Obsessed Tinkerer In You
If you think about it, your smartphone has some really nifty bits lodged inside of it. There's a GPS chip in there, not to mention an accelerometer, and occasionally even (gasp!) a compass. The folks at SparkFun want to take all of those components and expose them to the outside world, and they intend to do it with a little something called the Electric Sheep. The Electric Sheep is a little Arduino-based...

Belkin's Live Action camera accessories should be in the middle of your picture,...

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 12:43 PM PST

Belkin's Live Action camera accessories should be in the middle of your picture, lyin' in the reeds


Belkin's Live Action camera accessories should be in the middle of your picture, lyin' in the reeds
Belkin is making it easier for you to turn your iPhone into a real camera. The LiveAction Camera Grip is made of rich corinthian leather soft touch plastic and connects to your iPhone 4, 4S or iPod touch via the dock port. It sits on the heel of the phone with separate shutter release and video / stills buttons for easy snapping....

Gmail App For iOS Hits The App Store Again

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 11:57 AM PST

Gmail App For iOS Hits The App Store Again


Gmail App For iOS Hits The App Store Again
When Google finally launched the official Gmail application for iOS earlier this month, the tech world sang with joy… for all of about thirty seconds. Almost immediately, reports spilled in that the app was broken, buggy, and almost entirely unusable. Google pulled the app down within a few hours. Today, they're taking a second swing at it....

j5create makes new Wormholes to cross the device divide, share things

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 11:57 AM PST

j5create makes new Wormholes to cross the device divide, share things


j5create makes new Wormholes to cross the device divide, share things
j5create has updated its range of foolproof cross-device sharing accessories (prior model shown above) that bridge the gap between Mac, PC and even Android tablets through USB. The Wormhole Keyboard/MouseSwitch JUC 200 ($30) does what it says it will, sharing peripherals between devices, with the extra ability of drag-and-drop file transfer between PCs and Android devices....

Apple patents workflow sharing using NFC, because it's never too late

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 11:57 AM PST

Apple patents workflow sharing using NFC, because it's never too late


Apple patents workflow sharing using NFC, because it's never too late
Two things that are guaranteed to mess with your brain: playing the oboe and reading dense Apple patent applications. You do find the occasional gem, but often you'll read scores of pages only to discover that the so-called invention has already been put to use by others. In this instance, Apple has successfully patented the idea of using NFC to establish a master/slave relationship between two smartphones, as a prelude to...

Mazda CEO: Skyactiv is "sustainable zoom-zoom" for a time when "fuel efficiency...

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 11:10 AM PST

Mazda CEO: Skyactiv is "sustainable zoom-zoom" for a time when "fuel efficiency comes standard"


Mazda CEO: Skyactiv is "sustainable zoom-zoom" for a time when "fuel efficiency comes standard"
Filed under: MPG, Mazda, LA Auto Show Among the general public, Mazda is probably best known for the Miata and the whole "zoom-zoom" tagline. Speaking just before the unveiling of the new CX-5 crossover at the LA Auto Show's Motor Press Guild keynote speech this morning, Takashi Yamanouchi, president and CEO of Mazda Motor Company, said "zoom-zoom" is much more than a slogan, calling it the company's defining principle that informs how...

The Engadget Show is live tonight with Nokia's Stephen Elop, Qualcomm, NASA and...

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 11:10 AM PST

The Engadget Show is live tonight with Nokia's Stephen Elop, Qualcomm, NASA and more!


The Engadget Show is live tonight with Nokia's Stephen Elop, Qualcomm, NASA and more!
The Engadget Show! It's tonight! Live at 6PM ET! If you're not lucky enough to join us in-person at our NYC studio, you can follow along online. Just set your browsers here. It's almost crazy how much we have planned this month, including an interview with Nokia CEO Stephen Elop, an appearance by Qualcomm and a trip to Lockheed Martin in Colorado, to take a look at the Orion spacecraft the company...

Gmail app for iOS returns to the App Store, promises to stay this time

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 11:10 AM PST

Gmail app for iOS returns to the App Store, promises to stay this time


Gmail app for iOS returns to the App Store, promises to stay this time
It looks like you can put any any fears of the short-lived Gmail iOS app going the way of the BlackBerry app to rest. Google has just announced that the app has returned to Apple's App Store, and it promises that the problematic bugs that plagued the original release have been fixed....

Samsung modifies tablet to satisfy German ruling, begins selling Galaxy Tab 10.1N

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 11:10 AM PST

Samsung modifies tablet to satisfy German ruling, begins selling Galaxy Tab 10.1N


Samsung modifies tablet to satisfy German ruling, begins selling Galaxy Tab 10.1N
Sick of those trips across the border to smuggle a banned Galaxy Tab 10.1 into Germany? Samsung has come to the rescue, modifying its familiar Honeycomb tablet to work around the injunction issued in August and upheld in September as part of Apple's patent litigation in Düsseldorf. It's not entirely clear what's different with the relaunched tablet, which appears to have a black bezel that extends slightly further towards the metal...

Kindle Fire crept through FCC checks in September, wore a disguise

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 11:10 AM PST

Kindle Fire crept through FCC checks in September, wore a disguise


Kindle Fire crept through FCC checks in September, wore a disguise
The Kindle Fire's now out there, but it had managed to tick all those FCC boxes a few months back. Registering the device under the exotic-sounding Okakopa company, the "tablet device' kept its cards close to its chest. Given that we've already given the Kindle Fire a rigorous inspection and it's already suffered a comprehensive teardown, there's not much left to glean from the filings....

Toyota Looks to Future at Tokyo

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 11:10 AM PST

Toyota Looks to Future at Tokyo


Toyota Looks to Future at Tokyo
Will intro Scion FR-S, Prius C and EV and fuel-cell concepts.

Nokia CEO Elop Wants To Fight Other Windows Phones With Volume

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 10:22 AM PST

Nokia CEO Elop Wants To Fight Other Windows Phones With Volume


Nokia CEO Elop Wants To Fight Other Windows Phones With Volume
Given all the attention that Nokia's Windows Phones seem to enjoy, it's easy to forget that they won't just be duking it out with Android devices and iPhones. Nokia will also have to compete with fellow Windows Phones, and CEO Stephen Elop already seems to have a strategy worked out His plan: to gain a foothold in the market and worry about profit margins later. The way Elop looks at it, the...

GetSatisfaction Joins HTML5 Bandwagon With New Mobile Web App

Posted: 16 Nov 2011 10:22 AM PST

GetSatisfaction Joins HTML5 Bandwagon With New Mobile Web App


GetSatisfaction Joins HTML5 Bandwagon With New Mobile Web App
Just yesterday, we were applauding online retailer Wine.com for finally figuring out that having a mobile app is not enough – you still need a mobile website, too. Today, another big name announces the launch of its own HTML5 efforts: GetSatisfaction. The popular customer support company says its new Web app will bring the full functionality of its online community platform to its now 3.1 million users. At launch, the Web app (currently...