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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.

Best of the Windy City

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....