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Apple’s Off-The-Charts iPhone And iPad Sales

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 02:28 PM PST

Apple's Off-The-Charts iPhone And iPad Sales


Apple's Off-The-Charts iPhone And iPad Sales
Sometimes you have to see things to truly appreciate their magnitude. Apple's latest quarter was so massive that MG had to write two posts about it: $46 billion in revenues, 37 million iPhones sold, 15 million iPads. The chart above, which comes from Asymco (see a fully interactive version here), shows how unusual this quarter was for Apple. The quarter was driven by iPhone and iPad sales....

Tesla Model X crossover teased, full reveal to be live on Internet

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 12:55 PM PST

Tesla Model X crossover teased, full reveal to be live on Internet


Tesla Model X crossover teased, full reveal to be live on Internet
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Tesla Motors, USA Perhaps the biggest reveal of 2012 for fans of luxury performance all-electric vehicles (or, perhaps, anyone automotively-inclined with a pulse) is set for the 9th of February when Tesla Motors pulls the shroud from its Model X crossover at its new Los Angeles design studio....

Apple patent looks to create 'secure magnets' to unlock your device

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 12:55 PM PST

Apple patent looks to create 'secure magnets' to unlock your device


Apple patent looks to create 'secure magnets' to unlock your device
It's an Apple patent application: please be aware this is unlikely to wind up in your next device, please fasten seat belts and fix your tray table in the fixed and upright position. Inside the bezel of your iDevice or Mac is a magnet that operates a switch -- that will only be activated when a "correlated" magnet inside a key-fob makes contact....

Motorola Droid Razr Maxx Review: 4G LTE With Solid Battery Life Just Got Real

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 12:08 PM PST

Motorola Droid Razr Maxx Review: 4G LTE With Solid Battery Life Just Got Real


Motorola Droid Razr Maxx Review: 4G LTE With Solid Battery Life Just Got Real
Short Version The Droid Razr Maxx by Motorola is a very special phone. You see, I had a bit of a thing for the Droid Razr when it first came out, but it wasn't quite perfect. It felt a bit light, and I had trouble holding it in my hand since it was so big and so thin at the same time....

Company turns to bribery for 5 star Amazon reviews

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 11:21 AM PST

Company turns to bribery for 5 star Amazon reviews


Company turns to bribery for 5 star Amazon reviews
In a world where word of mouth and the judgment of the hive mind is worth more than any ad or the ruminations of many professional reviewers, companies will do just about anything to ensure a strong rating on outlets like Amazon. It's clear that dummy accounts simply aren't the way to go, but what about bribing your existing customers?...

MOTU sneaks in MicroBook II post-NAMM, ships this Spring for $269

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 09:42 AM PST

MOTU sneaks in MicroBook II post-NAMM, ships this Spring for $269


MOTU sneaks in MicroBook II post-NAMM, ships this Spring for $269
Looking to add some muscle to your mobile recording kit? MOTU waited to pull the curtain back on the MicroBook II until after NAMM, revealing a revamped portable audio interface for those who fancy tracking on-the-go. The studio-quality kit plays nice with both Mac and PC, offering a compact 4-input / 6-output, bus-powered recording option with 96kHz recording and playback support....

HP Envy 15 review (early 2012)

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 09:42 AM PST

HP Envy 15 review (early 2012)


HP Envy 15 review (early 2012)
If there's one thing we took away from our jaunt at CES, it's this: consumers' appetites for mainstream laptops haven't waned all that much. Even in the Ultrabook category, Intel expects half of the models to go on sale this year will have 14- and 15-inch screens -- as strong an indicator as any that lots of folks aren't yet ready to give up their slightly larger screens, their discrete graphics,...

Mozilla to overhaul Firefox's default home and tab pages

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 08:49 AM PST

Mozilla to overhaul Firefox's default home and tab pages


Mozilla to overhaul Firefox's default home and tab pages
Despite Mozilla kicking its release schedule into overdrive, not all parts of Firefox have gotten the tender love and care they truly deserve. Take for example, the browser's default homepage, which hasn't evolved much since its humble beginnings nearly a decade ago. That'll change soon in a two pronged effort, with Mozilla first adding a function bar to version 12 (seen after the break), followed by a later and more extensive...

Forrester: Apple makes strides into enterprises, users iWork hard for the money

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 07:12 AM PST

Forrester: Apple makes strides into enterprises, users iWork hard for the money


Forrester: Apple makes strides into enterprises, users iWork hard for the money
Forrester has announced the results of its latest survey, which encompassed 10,000 enterprise computer users, across 17 countries. It looked at the degree of Apple product adoption in businesses and support for them within IT services. There's plenty to chew on, but here's the big one; over a fifth of those surveyed uses an Apple product for work....

VW announces two-year partnership with Bikes Belong

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 06:24 AM PST

VW announces two-year partnership with Bikes Belong


VW announces two-year partnership with Bikes Belong
Filed under: Green Culture, Volkswagen, On Two Wheels, Washington DC Auto Show 2011 was a good year for VW - the best since 2002 - said Jonathan Browning, president and CEO, Volkswagen Group of America, and this gives the company a license to think outside the car. Thus, at the Washington Auto Show, Volkswagen announced support for another type of pedal power: for the next two years, VW will sponsor Bikes Belong,...

F-BOMB $50 surveilance computer hides in your CO detector, cracks your WiFi

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 05:35 AM PST

F-BOMB $50 surveilance computer hides in your CO detector, cracks your WiFi


F-BOMB $50 surveilance computer hides in your CO detector, cracks your WiFi
What happens when you take a PogoPlug, add 8GB of flash storage, some radios (WiFi, GPS) and perhaps a few sensors, then stuff everything in a 3D-printed box? You get the F-BOMB (Falling or Ballistically-launched Object that Makes Backdoors), a battery-powered surveillance computer that costs less than $50 to put together using off-the-shelf parts....

Google tells Android devs to kick the menu button to the curb, seriously you guys

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 03:59 AM PST

Google tells Android devs to kick the menu button to the curb, seriously you guys


Google tells Android devs to kick the menu button to the curb, seriously you guys
If you've seen Ice Cream Sandwich and the Galaxy Nexus in action, then it should be clear that the menu button has no future in the Android ecosystem. In order to drive that point home, Google has posted over at the Android Developer blog urging app creators to "say goodbye to the menu button." With the until now standard key getting the boot, big G wants devs to start designing interfaces...

Plasmonic cloak makes objects invisble, but only in the microwave region of the...

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 02:24 AM PST

Plasmonic cloak makes objects invisble, but only in the microwave region of the spectrum


Plasmonic cloak makes objects invisble, but only in the microwave region of the spectrum
Okay, so we're not up to USS Pegasus levels yet, but for the first time researchers have been able to cloak a three dimensional object. Don't start planning your first trip to the Hogwarts library restricted section just yet though, the breakthrough is only in the microwave region of the EM spectrum....

Tamron and Kenko bring third-party glass to the Micro Four Thirds bash

Posted: 28 Jan 2012 12:03 AM PST

Tamron and Kenko bring third-party glass to the Micro Four Thirds bash


Tamron and Kenko bring third-party glass to the Micro Four Thirds bash
The fresh trend of Micro Four Thirds shooters is on the rise, thus it shouldn't come as a surprise that more glass-makers are jumping on the MFT bandwagon. Joining the likes of Panasonic, Olympus and Kodak as part of the Micro Four Thirds Group, is a trifecta of third-party lens manufacturers: Tamron, Kenko Tokina and ASTRODESIGN....

IBM builds 9 nanometer carbon nanotube transistor, puts silicon on notice

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 09:45 PM PST

IBM builds 9 nanometer carbon nanotube transistor, puts silicon on notice


IBM builds 9 nanometer carbon nanotube transistor, puts silicon on notice
It's not the smallest transistor out there, but the boffins at IBM have constructed the tiniest carbon nanotube transistor to date. It's nine nanometers in size, making it one nanometer smaller than the presumed physical limit of silicon transistors. Plus, it consumes less power and is able to carry more current than present-day technology....

Shocker! New RIM CEO targets existing BlackBerry users for upgrades

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 08:13 PM PST

Shocker! New RIM CEO targets existing BlackBerry users for upgrades


Shocker! New RIM CEO targets existing BlackBerry users for upgrades
All of new RIM CEO Thorsten Heins' fresh ideas will apparently still be revealed to the company's board in a couple of weeks, but he's already dropped some gems in interviews with the Wall Street Journal and Reuters. First item on the agenda? Getting current users upgraded to the latest and greatest BlackBerry hardware....

MasterCard's QkR mobile payment system enters trial in Australia

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 06:41 PM PST

MasterCard's QkR mobile payment system enters trial in Australia


MasterCard's QkR mobile payment system enters trial in Australia
MasterCard is all over the map when it comes to mobile payments. The credit company will partner with anyone, anywhere, anytime if it means getting new customers and making a buck on the deal. Its latest offering is called QkR, an Australian effort with support from the Hoyts chain of movie theaters and Commonwealth Bank....

California breaks rank again, demands over 15% of cars sold be non-polluting by...

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 05:10 PM PST

California breaks rank again, demands over 15% of cars sold be non-polluting by 2025


California breaks rank again, demands over 15% of cars sold be non-polluting by 2025
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Hydrogen, Legislation and Policy Less than a year after everyone with any sort of say in the matter seemed to agree that 54.5 miles per gallon by the year 2025 was a properly attainable goal, the California Air Resources Board has decided to change things up a bit. In addition to CAFE requirements of a 54.5-mpg fleet average (using the government's formula, not what you see on window stickers),...

Israel announces plans to build national broadband network, increases fiber intake

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 05:10 PM PST

Israel announces plans to build national broadband network, increases fiber intake


Israel announces plans to build national broadband network, increases fiber intake
Israel is home to a burgeoning tech industry, but the country's broadband infrastructure hasn't really been able to keep pace. In terms of broadband penetration, in fact, Israel ranks just 21st out of 34 developed nations, according to statistics gathered by the OECD. All this may be changing, however, now that the country's state-run electric company has announced plans to create a new national broadband network....

Bright Automotive says it's ready to heed Obama's call for more jobs, just needs...

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 03:36 PM PST

Bright Automotive says it's ready to heed Obama's call for more jobs, just needs its loan approved


Bright Automotive says it's ready to heed Obama's call for more jobs, just needs its loan approved
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Bright AutomotiveBright Automotive Chief Operating Officer Mike Donoughe invoked President Barack Obama's recent call for U.S. companies to create American jobs while developing alternative energy sources for transportation by requesting that Congress speed up the company's federal loan process. The company, which is developing the Bright IDEA plug-in hybrid-electric cargo van, is "ready, willing and able" to create as many as 2,500 direct and indirect U.S....

FCC Fridays: January 27, 2012

Posted: 27 Jan 2012 03:35 PM PST

FCC Fridays: January 27, 2012


FCC Fridays: January 27, 2012
We here at Engadget tend to spend a lot of way too much time poring over the latest FCC filings, be it on the net or directly on the ol' Federal Communications Commission's site. Since we couldn't possibly (want to) cover all the stuff that goes down there, we've gathered up an exhaustive listing of every phone and / or tablet getting the stamp of approval over the last week....