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- LinkedIn Will Introduce Ads To Mobile Apps
- Hertz will try out wireless EV chargers from Plugless Power
- Scosche bassDOCK blasts Weezer from any iPad, available now for $150
- Google reportedly working on wireless home entertainment system to be sold under...
- Chevy goes big with Volt theme at Chicago Auto Show booth
- Chicago: ‘Vette 427 Drop-Top Arrives
- The Engadget Podcast is live tonight at 5PM!
- Jarre AeroSystem One gets a Lalique crystal facelift, we go hands-on
- 12 Best in Class Car Values, 2012
- Best of the Windy City
- Pizza Hut offering $10,010 proposal packages
- Chicago: ‘Vette 427 Drop-Top Arrives
- Canonical to end official Kubuntu support with 12.04, crushes your Plasma-powere...
- A Special Mazda Miata for Chicago
- The houses of legendary gangsters
- Biological computer can decode images stored in DNA chips, applications remain u...
- You Can Buy Me Love, But Please Don’t Buy Me Gadgets
- G-Form pulls a hat-trick with iPhone case hockey video
- Mindset E-Motion re-emerges with doubly-dense battery claim
- HTC: Ice Cream Sandwich Will Start Hitting Our Handsets In March
- Microsoft details Windows for ARM at length: desktop applications confirmed, fir...
- IRL: Logic3 PowerSleeve, HP Folio 13 and a trio of Nintendo handhelds
- Glancee: A Nice-Guy Ambient Social Location App For Normal People
- Nokia Astound owners face a Belle-less future, no update coming
- Sigma DP1, DP2 get 46-megapixel makeover
- HTC's first ICS update rolls out in late March, Sensation and Sensation XE call...
- Dell Voice offers VoIP, but only to Canadians
- Cinemagram Turns iPhone Photos Into Animated Gifs In Seconds
- Penn Gilette tweets about his new love: the Nissan Leaf
- Telus flipping switch on LTE, network goes live February 10th
LinkedIn Will Introduce Ads To Mobile Apps Posted: 09 Feb 2012 03:11 PM PST LinkedIn Will Introduce Ads To Mobile Apps ![]() LinkedIn Will Introduce Ads To Mobile Apps Facebook isn't the only social network getting ready to monetize its mobile app with advertising. During today's analyst call to discuss its fourth quarter earnings, LinkedIn executives said they will also be introducing advertising to their mobile apps. There weren't many details offered — LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner said only that the company has been putting the infrastructure in place, and now it's ready to "start to introduce advertising in our mobile... |
Hertz will try out wireless EV chargers from Plugless Power Posted: 09 Feb 2012 03:11 PM PST Hertz will try out wireless EV chargers from Plugless Power ![]() Hertz will try out wireless EV chargers from Plugless Power Filed under: Emerging Technologies, EV/Plug-in Hertz will be the first rental car company to try out a wireless recharging system for its fleet of electric-drive vehicles. Hertz, whose fleet includes Nissan Leaf battery-electric vehicles and Chevrolet Volt extended-range plug-ins, will install the system at its headquarters in Park Ridge, NJ, this month.... |
Scosche bassDOCK blasts Weezer from any iPad, available now for $150 Posted: 09 Feb 2012 03:11 PM PST Scosche bassDOCK blasts Weezer from any iPad, available now for $150 ![]() Scosche bassDOCK blasts Weezer from any iPad, available now for $150 If you're having trouble wading through the pool of iPad dock prospects, we're about to add another to the mix. Scosche has announced that its bassDOCK for both iPad models is now shipping. The dock will blast "My Name is Jonas" from a pair of 1.6-inch stereo speakers and a 3-inch subwoofer.... |
Google reportedly working on wireless home entertainment system to be sold under... Posted: 09 Feb 2012 02:29 PM PST Google reportedly working on wireless home entertainment system to be sold under its own brand ![]() Google reportedly working on wireless home entertainment system to be sold under its own brand Details are still fairly light at the moment, but The Wall Street Journal is reporting today that Google could be about to make big push into the hardware business. Citing people briefed on the company's plans, the WSJ says that Google is now developing a home entertainment system that would stream music wirelessly throughout the home (including to web-connected devices and "Google-made speakers"), and be able to be controlled using a... |
Chevy goes big with Volt theme at Chicago Auto Show booth Posted: 09 Feb 2012 01:47 PM PST Chevy goes big with Volt theme at Chicago Auto Show booth ![]() Chevy goes big with Volt theme at Chicago Auto Show booth Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Chevrolet, Chicago Auto Show The Chevrolet Volt is on display in a big way at the Chicago Auto Show, mostly because GM wants you to try one out. To get you behind the wheel, the promotions team on site in the Windy City is offering three different Volt experiences to anyone who's interested.... |
Chicago: ‘Vette 427 Drop-Top Arrives Posted: 09 Feb 2012 01:47 PM PST Chicago: 'Vette 427 Drop-Top Arrives Chicago: 'Vette 427 Drop-Top Arrives Expect the extreme Corvette 427 Convertible to cost about $100,000. |
The Engadget Podcast is live tonight at 5PM! Posted: 09 Feb 2012 01:47 PM PST The Engadget Podcast is live tonight at 5PM! ![]() The Engadget Podcast is live tonight at 5PM! Tim has to sit this one out, sadly, but Brian will be joined in studio by Terrence and Dana, fighting the good podcast fight. You can join us live, as well, by checking out the video below and following along in the chat after the break.Continue reading The Engadget Podcast is live tonight at 5PM!The Engadget Podcast is live tonight at 5PM!... |
Jarre AeroSystem One gets a Lalique crystal facelift, we go hands-on Posted: 09 Feb 2012 01:47 PM PST Jarre AeroSystem One gets a Lalique crystal facelift, we go hands-on ![]() Jarre AeroSystem One gets a Lalique crystal facelift, we go hands-on We saw the original AeroSystem One saunter into our lives a couple of month's back, and now Jarre Technologies has collaborated with crystal house Lalique to give it a makeover. The partnership sees the original iPod dock covered in smooth glass and cut metal, which certainly sets it apart from pretty much any other dock we've ever seen.... |
12 Best in Class Car Values, 2012 Posted: 09 Feb 2012 01:04 PM PST 12 Best in Class Car Values, 2012 12 Best in Class Car Values, 2012 All except one of the winners are also IIHS top safety picks. |
Posted: 09 Feb 2012 01:04 PM PST Best of the Windy City Best of the Windy City Our picks for the best vehicles unveiled at the 2012 Chicago Auto Show |
Pizza Hut offering $10,010 proposal packages Posted: 09 Feb 2012 01:04 PM PST Pizza Hut offering $10,010 proposal packages Pizza Hut offering $10,010 proposal packages Just in time for Valentine's Day, Pizza Hut is offering a "Dinner Box Proposal Package," complete with fireworks, limo service, flowers, a ruby ring and -- of course -- a $10 box of pizza and breadsticks. |
Chicago: ‘Vette 427 Drop-Top Arrives Posted: 09 Feb 2012 01:04 PM PST Chicago: 'Vette 427 Drop-Top Arrives Chicago: 'Vette 427 Drop-Top Arrives Expect the extreme Corvette 427 Convertible to cost about $100,000. |
Canonical to end official Kubuntu support with 12.04, crushes your Plasma-powere... Posted: 09 Feb 2012 01:04 PM PST Canonical to end official Kubuntu support with 12.04, crushes your Plasma-powered dreams ![]() Canonical to end official Kubuntu support with 12.04, crushes your Plasma-powered dreams Standard Ubuntu, with its Gnome roots and Unity interface may get most of the attention, but there are many different varieties of the world's most popular Linux distro. Most, like Xubuntu and Edubuntu, are community efforts entirely maintained by volunteers. Now Kubuntu, the KDE-sporting edition will be joining the ranks of the unofficial.... |
A Special Mazda Miata for Chicago Posted: 09 Feb 2012 01:04 PM PST A Special Mazda Miata for Chicago A Special Mazda Miata for Chicago Another special Miata for the Miata's special city, Chicago. |
The houses of legendary gangsters Posted: 09 Feb 2012 01:04 PM PST The houses of legendary gangsters The houses of legendary gangsters while they all had cruelty in common, their home lives differed quite a bit. |
Biological computer can decode images stored in DNA chips, applications remain u... Posted: 09 Feb 2012 01:04 PM PST Biological computer can decode images stored in DNA chips, applications remain unclear ![]() Biological computer can decode images stored in DNA chips, applications remain unclear Scientists from the Scripps Research Institute and Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have taken biological computing one step further, with a new molecular machine capable of decoding images stored on a DNA chip. Though it's referred to as a "biological computer," the researchers' machine isn't much like a CPU at all -- unless your CPU was manufactured in a test tube filled with a smoothie of DNA molecules, enzymes and ATP.... |
You Can Buy Me Love, But Please Don’t Buy Me Gadgets Posted: 09 Feb 2012 12:19 PM PST You Can Buy Me Love, But Please Don't Buy Me Gadgets ![]() You Can Buy Me Love, But Please Don't Buy Me Gadgets Valentine's Day is just around the corner, and the majority of us are likely scrambling to find that special gift. (The rest of us, meanwhile, are cursing couples.) A Valentine's Day gift is usually more important than others because it's a one-on-one situation, unlike Christmas or birthdays. Just one gift, to just one person — and it better be good. With that in mind, I'd like to address an article out of... |
G-Form pulls a hat-trick with iPhone case hockey video Posted: 09 Feb 2012 12:19 PM PST G-Form pulls a hat-trick with iPhone case hockey video ![]() G-Form pulls a hat-trick with iPhone case hockey video It wouldn't be a proper G-Form product release without the accompanying outlandish promotional video. So, when the company offered up its new iPhone 4/4S case, it made its way to an empty ice skating rink, grabbed a hockey stick and went to town, showing how the thing holds up to the punishment of an 82 mph slapshot.... |
Mindset E-Motion re-emerges with doubly-dense battery claim Posted: 09 Feb 2012 11:36 AM PST Mindset E-Motion re-emerges with doubly-dense battery claim ![]() Mindset E-Motion re-emerges with doubly-dense battery claim Filed under: Emerging Technologies, EV/Plug-in, Lightweight, Europe/EU Remember the Mindset E-Motion? When last we had news of this Murat Günak creation, the folks behind it (Spirt Avert AG, now known as Mindset Holding AG) were seeking 152 million development dollars at a time when many of the world's major economies were sitting on their posteriors, looking up at the cliff from which they'd fallen.... |
HTC: Ice Cream Sandwich Will Start Hitting Our Handsets In March Posted: 09 Feb 2012 11:36 AM PST HTC: Ice Cream Sandwich Will Start Hitting Our Handsets In March ![]() HTC: Ice Cream Sandwich Will Start Hitting Our Handsets In March At long last, HTC fans can finally stop holding their collective breath. After months of relative quiet, the Taiwanese company has taken to their Facebook page to spread the word: the Ice Cream Sandwich is coming, and it's coming soon. For owners of certain HTC devices, the long-awaited Android 4.0 update will begin hitting handsets next month. HTC originally promised that Ice Cream Sandwich would be hitting most of their top-tier devices... |
Microsoft details Windows for ARM at length: desktop applications confirmed, fir... Posted: 09 Feb 2012 11:36 AM PST Microsoft details Windows for ARM at length: desktop applications confirmed, first devices expected with Windows 8 release ![]() Microsoft details Windows for ARM at length: desktop applications confirmed, first devices expected with Windows 8 release We've been getting some mixed signals about Windows 8 for ARM-based devices as of late, but Microsoft's Steven Sinofsky has now returned with another of his exhaustive Building Windows 8 blog posts and cleared up some of the confusion. The short of it is that Windows for ARM will offer the same out of the box experience as the x86 edition of Windows 8.... |
IRL: Logic3 PowerSleeve, HP Folio 13 and a trio of Nintendo handhelds Posted: 09 Feb 2012 11:36 AM PST IRL: Logic3 PowerSleeve, HP Folio 13 and a trio of Nintendo handhelds ![]() IRL: Logic3 PowerSleeve, HP Folio 13 and a trio of Nintendo handhelds Welcome to IRL, an ongoing feature where we talk about the gadgets, apps and toys we're using in real life and take a second look at products that already got the formal review treatment. This week's IRL is a bit of a mixed bag, with tales of gadgets well-used and those deployed for pure pseudo-science.... |
Glancee: A Nice-Guy Ambient Social Location App For Normal People Posted: 09 Feb 2012 10:52 AM PST Glancee: A Nice-Guy Ambient Social Location App For Normal People ![]() Glancee: A Nice-Guy Ambient Social Location App For Normal People Some of us can't be bothered to check in, but still want to find interesting people nearby. The challenge for developers is how to do this in a way that is both useful and not creepy. Glancee, available for both iOS and Android, gets closer to solving these problems than most I've seen. The app lets you sign in with Facebook, then it shows you people within 100 yards, or one, two,... |
Nokia Astound owners face a Belle-less future, no update coming Posted: 09 Feb 2012 10:52 AM PST Nokia Astound owners face a Belle-less future, no update coming ![]() Nokia Astound owners face a Belle-less future, no update coming So this is where the road ends for the Nokia Astound. After getting a hearty helping of Symbian Anna in November, owners of T-Mobile's first (and only) Symbian^3 device became hopeful that -- despite the fate of the OS being sealed -- the US counterpart to the C7 would remain relevant throughout the course of their contract.... |
Sigma DP1, DP2 get 46-megapixel makeover Posted: 09 Feb 2012 10:52 AM PST Sigma DP1, DP2 get 46-megapixel makeover ![]() Sigma DP1, DP2 get 46-megapixel makeover If Nikon thought its 36-megapixel D800 would be the king of the resolutions this week, they were wrong. Sigma, it seems, didn't get the memo and has crashed the party, updating its DP1 and DP2 compacts with whopping 46-megapixel sensors. Okay, so technically it's three 15.3 megapixel layers (that also being the effective resolution), but we'll play along with the marketing spin.... |
HTC's first ICS update rolls out in late March, Sensation and Sensation XE call... Posted: 09 Feb 2012 10:10 AM PST HTC's first ICS update rolls out in late March, Sensation and Sensation XE call first dibs ![]() HTC's first ICS update rolls out in late March, Sensation and Sensation XE call first dibs Ice Cream Sandwich is slowly trickling out to the masses, but we're still waiting on the major phone vendors to come out with their own tweaks of the latest Android dessert. We've known that HTC's busy plugging away at its Sense-ified version of Android 4.0, but the company's finally ready to start discussing specifics.... |
Dell Voice offers VoIP, but only to Canadians Posted: 09 Feb 2012 10:10 AM PST Dell Voice offers VoIP, but only to Canadians ![]() Dell Voice offers VoIP, but only to Canadians Dell's teamed up with Fongo to offer Dell Voice, a VoIP app that's available exclusively in Canada. It's currently available for Android, iOS and Windows (Desktop), enabling everyone to shoot the breeze about Dustin Penner without charges. You'll get a local phone number that'll let you call all the big cities (and most of the smaller ones), caller ID, voice-mail, 911 service and long-distance calling for no additional charge.... |
Cinemagram Turns iPhone Photos Into Animated Gifs In Seconds Posted: 09 Feb 2012 09:26 AM PST Cinemagram Turns iPhone Photos Into Animated Gifs In Seconds ![]() Cinemagram Turns iPhone Photos Into Animated Gifs In Seconds Remember when the iPhone app GLMPS launched last summer, seemingly heralding the start of a new image format that blended static photos and video? No? That's OK. Today, there's a new twist on the idea of reinventing the mobile photo, this time by turning static photos into animated ones. With the newly launched app called Cinemagram, you can turn your iPhone pics into animated gifs in a matter of seconds. Cinemagram isn't... |
Penn Gilette tweets about his new love: the Nissan Leaf Posted: 09 Feb 2012 09:26 AM PST Penn Gilette tweets about his new love: the Nissan Leaf ![]() Penn Gilette tweets about his new love: the Nissan Leaf Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Green Culture, Nissan On February 6, Penn Jillette - also known as "more than 1/2 (by weight) of Penn & Teller," the comedy duo, got himself a Nissan Leaf. He announced to the world, "Here I am with the first Nissan leaf in all of Vegas. It is mine!... |
Telus flipping switch on LTE, network goes live February 10th Posted: 09 Feb 2012 09:26 AM PST Telus flipping switch on LTE, network goes live February 10th ![]() Telus flipping switch on LTE, network goes live February 10th After the competition got a head start, Telus has finally announced it's ready to flip the switch on its fresh LTE network tomorrow. Though it's certainly taken the longer road, its 4G waves are hitting several more markets on launch day in comparison to Rogers' solo-city debut. Among the selected 14 markets for the rollout are major cities such as Vancouver, Edmonton, Toronto, Waterloo, Ottawa and Montreal.... |
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