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- Samsung's 2012 HDTV family prices leaked?
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- FTC Finds Privacy Problems In Children’s Apps, But Suggested Changes Will Impact...
- The Engadget Podcast is live tonight at 5PM!
- Sony promo lets PS Vita, PS3 hold hands for cross-platform play, because sharing...
- Tesla's 4Q loss widens, but sales forecast beats analyst estimates
- Yes, Hipster Is (Almost) Sending Someone Into Space
- Boxee and the NCTA debate if ClearQAM is good for us
- Mozilla offers Gaia UI first look, will reveal Boot to Gecko partners at MWC
- New Swype Beta Packs Support For Ice Cream Sandwich
- EPFL's CleanSpace One: clearing up cosmic clutter (video)
- GENIE rocket system does smooth VTOL, lateral flight, cheap trips to Mars (video)
- Death To Feature Creep! Bump 3.0 Dumps All But Contacts and Photo Sharing
- Review: 2012 Volkswagen Beetle Turbo
- Ford Focus Electric won't be available outside of U.S. coasts until September
- IRL: Bowers & Wilkins P5 headphones, Speck SeeThru Satin and the Nokia N800
- RIM to release BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 on February 21st?
- Snag Last-Minute Concert Tickets With The New Thrillcall iOS App
- Nevada begins regulating self-driving cars
- Chinese car company designs Ford F-150 clone
- ASUS delays Ice Cream Sandwich for Transformer, aims for 'Feb / March 2012' release
- BMW My Remote app arrives in the US, 3-Series with stinger missiles due soon
- With Users Viewing 100M Photos/Month, Pixable Taps Hashtags To Help Sort Pics
- Acer Iconia Tab A510 hits FCC, refuses to reveal all its secrets
- LightSqured grasps at straws, slams FCC in a statement
- EVs in China create more pollutants than gas-powered cars
- YC-Backed Glassmap Launches A “Find My Friends” For Facebook Users
- With Clik, Your Smartphone Can Control Screens Everywhere
| Samsung's 2012 HDTV family prices leaked? Posted: 16 Feb 2012 03:10 PM PST Samsung's 2012 HDTV family prices leaked?  Samsung's 2012 HDTV family prices leaked? In the market for a HDTV upgrade? Then you may be interested in hearing how much you'll need to pony up for Samsung's new screens. HDGuru's got its hands on a whole list of purported MAPs (minimum advertised prices) for its 2012 range and, sadly, they're slightly pricier than last year's models.... |
| Clearwire says it plans on launching TD-LTE network by June 2013 Posted: 16 Feb 2012 03:10 PM PST Clearwire says it plans on launching TD-LTE network by June 2013  Clearwire says it plans on launching TD-LTE network by June 2013 Clearwire's been promising us that speedy LTE network for quite some time now. The good news is, we may have a clearer view of when to expect the waves to start flowing. During yesterday's Q4 earnings call, CEO Erik Prusch said his company plans on rolling out its LTE tides by June of next year, with the help of 5,000 wave sites around the US and a "longer-term" plan of adding... |
| Andrew Mason: Groupon To Begin Offering Deal Personalization Abroad Later This Q... Posted: 16 Feb 2012 02:27 PM PST Andrew Mason: Groupon To Begin Offering Deal Personalization Abroad Later This Quarter  Andrew Mason: Groupon To Begin Offering Deal Personalization Abroad Later This Quarter At the Goldman Sachs Internet and Technology Conference in San Francisco Thursday, Groupon Founder and CEO Andrew Mason took to the stage to talk about the daily deal behemoth's newly-minted position as a public company, its roller coaster ride both leading up to and since its IPO, as well as plans for the future.... |
| Insert Coin: Alarm clock makes you enter a code to silence it, in another room (... Posted: 16 Feb 2012 02:27 PM PST Insert Coin: Alarm clock makes you enter a code to silence it, in another room (video)  Insert Coin: Alarm clock makes you enter a code to silence it, in another room (video) In Insert Coin, we look at an exciting new tech project that requires funding before it can hit production. If you'd like to pitch a project, please send us a tip with "Insert Coin" as the subject line. We love the snooze button as much as everyone else. But we've all postponed exiting the comfort of our Tempur-Pedic one too many times.... |
| FTC Finds Privacy Problems In Children’s Apps, But Suggested Changes Will Impact... Posted: 16 Feb 2012 01:45 PM PST FTC Finds Privacy Problems In Children's Apps, But Suggested Changes Will Impact All  FTC Finds Privacy Problems In Children's Apps, But Suggested Changes Will Impact All I believe the children are the future. (What, too soon?) But in the case of the new FTC report on mobile applications for kids, which references the current data handling practices employed by mobile developers, the children are the future. They're the future indicators of how our personal information needs to be handled in today's mobile app ecosystem. Although the new report makes recommendations specifically for children's applications, there's obviously an undercurrent of outrage and violation underway now... |
| The Engadget Podcast is live tonight at 5PM! Posted: 16 Feb 2012 01:45 PM PST The Engadget Podcast is live tonight at 5PM!  The Engadget Podcast is live tonight at 5PM! We may have scattered the wind, but that doesn't mean we can't bring you an awesome edition of the Engadget Podcast. Tim, the sole East Coast representative this time out, will be joined by Brian from the forests of Portland and Sean B in the mean streets of San Jose.... |
| Sony promo lets PS Vita, PS3 hold hands for cross-platform play, because sharing... Posted: 16 Feb 2012 01:45 PM PST Sony promo lets PS Vita, PS3 hold hands for cross-platform play, because sharing is caring  Sony promo lets PS Vita, PS3 hold hands for cross-platform play, because sharing is caring Need another reason to cough up for that PS Vita? Well, Sony's attempting to sweeten the pot for existing PS3 owners with the launch of a promotional lure that'll make a trio of titles available for cross-platform play. Yes, that portable-to-console bridge has been attempted before and though it's always reeked more of gimmick than true killer feature, that's not stopping the electronics juggernaut from giving it the ol' college try.... |
| Tesla's 4Q loss widens, but sales forecast beats analyst estimates Posted: 16 Feb 2012 01:02 PM PST Tesla's 4Q loss widens, but sales forecast beats analyst estimates  Tesla's 4Q loss widens, but sales forecast beats analyst estimates Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Tesla Motors "The future is now" may be well-worn cliche, but when it comes to Tesla Motors' stock price performance, "now" is all about the future. The high-end electric-vehicle maker said Wednesday that its fourth-quarter loss widened 59 percent from a year earlier as research and development expenses surged in advance of this year's debut of the company's Model S sedan and the development of the Model X crossover set... |
| Yes, Hipster Is (Almost) Sending Someone Into Space Posted: 16 Feb 2012 01:02 PM PST Yes, Hipster Is (Almost) Sending Someone Into Space  Yes, Hipster Is (Almost) Sending Someone Into Space Ah, Hipster, the startup whose promotional ideas are either brilliant, obnoxious, or brilliantly obnoxious. This time the company, which allows you to share digital postcards, has outdone itself — it's promising to send one of its users into space. Technically, Hipster is offering is ticket on a Zero G flight in a modified Boeing 727 — so it's a space "experience", rather than, you know, actual space, but that's probably the closest... |
| Boxee and the NCTA debate if ClearQAM is good for us Posted: 16 Feb 2012 01:02 PM PST Boxee and the NCTA debate if ClearQAM is good for us  Boxee and the NCTA debate if ClearQAM is good for us The National Cable & Telecommunications Association and Boxee don't see eye to eye on whether or not ClearQAM is good or bad for us. Boxee argues that encrypting even those channels free and clear via an antenna, as a few cable companies have requested permission from the FCC to do, will increase your bill and limit competition.... |
| Mozilla offers Gaia UI first look, will reveal Boot to Gecko partners at MWC Posted: 16 Feb 2012 01:02 PM PST Mozilla offers Gaia UI first look, will reveal Boot to Gecko partners at MWC  Mozilla offers Gaia UI first look, will reveal Boot to Gecko partners at MWC Mozilla surprised us last summer when it announced plans for its Boot to Gecko mobile OS. Now, it looks like the project has some industry support, with CTO Brenden Eich tweeting that the company will make a partner announcement at MWC this month. There are no details right now as to who might be involved, but given that developer support is already there (the operating system is based on existing web... |
| New Swype Beta Packs Support For Ice Cream Sandwich Posted: 16 Feb 2012 12:20 PM PST New Swype Beta Packs Support For Ice Cream Sandwich  New Swype Beta Packs Support For Ice Cream Sandwich Don't get me wrong — Ice Cream Sandwich's stock keyboard is pretty fantastic, but after having spent the past year or two Swyping my way though text messages and emails, most other modes of text input just feel slow in comparison. Thankfully, the latest Swype beta has just been made available, and with it comes full support for Google's latest and greatest mobile operating system. Aside from being able to slip and... |
| EPFL's CleanSpace One: clearing up cosmic clutter (video) Posted: 16 Feb 2012 12:20 PM PST EPFL's CleanSpace One: clearing up cosmic clutter (video)  EPFL's CleanSpace One: clearing up cosmic clutter (video) Where are Lone Starr and Barf when you need'em? Would that those two (fictional) interstellar handymen-for-hire were real, space agencies like Switzerland's own, could outsource the tricky and costly intergalactic housekeeping that's fast becoming a high-priority. Instead, the famously neutral country is investing 10 million Swiss francs (about $10.8 million USD) into the production of a new breed of satellites dedicated to the collection and destruction of orbital debris.... |
| GENIE rocket system does smooth VTOL, lateral flight, cheap trips to Mars (video) Posted: 16 Feb 2012 12:20 PM PST GENIE rocket system does smooth VTOL, lateral flight, cheap trips to Mars (video)  GENIE rocket system does smooth VTOL, lateral flight, cheap trips to Mars (video) NASA can't just park up in the middle of space and rely on Robotnaut 2 for its entertainment. Actually, it probably can, but at some point the urge to explore new worlds will become too strong to resist. That's when it'll need a suborbital rocket guidance system like the GENIE ("Guidance Embedded Navigator Integration Environment"), which transforms a flood of sensory data into reliable and autonomous maneuvers.... |
| Death To Feature Creep! Bump 3.0 Dumps All But Contacts and Photo Sharing Posted: 16 Feb 2012 11:37 AM PST Death To Feature Creep! Bump 3.0 Dumps All But Contacts and Photo Sharing  Death To Feature Creep! Bump 3.0 Dumps All But Contacts and Photo Sharing more, More, MORE. STOP! Rather than cram more features into Bump 3.0, the team behind the 75 million-installs mobile app combed the data and brushed off all the features no one used. Now, instead of letting you wirelessly share apps, music, and calendar events with nearby devices, it only allows contacts and photo sharing.... |
| Review: 2012 Volkswagen Beetle Turbo Posted: 16 Feb 2012 11:37 AM PST |
| Ford Focus Electric won't be available outside of U.S. coasts until September Posted: 16 Feb 2012 11:37 AM PST Ford Focus Electric won't be available outside of U.S. coasts until September  Ford Focus Electric won't be available outside of U.S. coasts until September Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Ford The Ford Focus Electric, which started sales in select east and west coast markets (read: California and New York/New Jersey) in November, won't be available to other U.S. markets until September, Ford Global Electric Vehicle Infrastructure associate director Mike Tinskey told MLive. Tinskey, speaking after a panel discussion at the Automotive Megatrends USA 2012 conference in Ford's hometown of Dearborn earlier this month, said that the Focus Electric will... |
| IRL: Bowers & Wilkins P5 headphones, Speck SeeThru Satin and the Nokia N800 Posted: 16 Feb 2012 11:37 AM PST IRL: Bowers & Wilkins P5 headphones, Speck SeeThru Satin and the Nokia N800  IRL: Bowers & Wilkins P5 headphones, Speck SeeThru Satin and the Nokia N800 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. Of this week's IRL contributors, two have already tried out that replacement for iChat. For the purposes of this column, though, all three are waxing on about something very old, at least by early adopter standards.... |
| RIM to release BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 on February 21st? Posted: 16 Feb 2012 11:37 AM PST RIM to release BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 on February 21st?  RIM to release BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 on February 21st? By now, you've seen all that RIM's 2.0 software update for the PlayBook is prepared to give -- just not in your own hands. But that could all very well change if news of a February 21st release date, supposedly confirmed by the lips of Waterloo's own during an early morning webcast, prove true.... |
| Snag Last-Minute Concert Tickets With The New Thrillcall iOS App Posted: 16 Feb 2012 10:54 AM PST Snag Last-Minute Concert Tickets With The New Thrillcall iOS App  Snag Last-Minute Concert Tickets With The New Thrillcall iOS App We all love music. I mean, when's the last time you heard someone say they didn't like listening to music? But for some of us, plugging in some ear buds and cranking a jam or two on the iPod just doesn't cut it. If that sounds like you, please allow me to introduce you to one of the newest apps to grace the iOS platform: Thrillcall.... |
| Nevada begins regulating self-driving cars Posted: 16 Feb 2012 10:54 AM PST Nevada begins regulating self-driving cars Nevada begins regulating self-driving cars Paves the road for high tech vehicles. |
| Chinese car company designs Ford F-150 clone Posted: 16 Feb 2012 10:54 AM PST Chinese car company designs Ford F-150 clone Chinese car company designs Ford F-150 clone Not exactly Built Ford Tough. |
| ASUS delays Ice Cream Sandwich for Transformer, aims for 'Feb / March 2012' release Posted: 16 Feb 2012 10:54 AM PST ASUS delays Ice Cream Sandwich for Transformer, aims for 'Feb / March 2012' release  ASUS delays Ice Cream Sandwich for Transformer, aims for 'Feb / March 2012' release Looks like that Google approval's taking a little longer than expected. ASUS just announced that the Android 4.0 update for its first Transformer tablet now likely to land between now and next month. We've just inched over the mid-February deadline last offered up by the company and this new, vaguer release date arrives from ASUS's Singapore arm.... |
| BMW My Remote app arrives in the US, 3-Series with stinger missiles due soon Posted: 16 Feb 2012 10:54 AM PST BMW My Remote app arrives in the US, 3-Series with stinger missiles due soon  BMW My Remote app arrives in the US, 3-Series with stinger missiles due soon BMW's My Remote iOS app has been available here in Europe for a while. Reenacting the car park chase from Tomorrow Never Dies is one of the principal ways to let off steam on a weekend. Sadly, the company has brought our exclusive fun to an end by releasing the app in the USA -- albeit without the weaponized vehicles from the movie.... |
| With Users Viewing 100M Photos/Month, Pixable Taps Hashtags To Help Sort Pics Posted: 16 Feb 2012 10:10 AM PST With Users Viewing 100M Photos/Month, Pixable Taps Hashtags To Help Sort Pics  With Users Viewing 100M Photos/Month, Pixable Taps Hashtags To Help Sort Pics Since its name began appearing on blogs and in media early last year, and launched officially at DEMO in March, Pixable has been able to sustain that buzz — no easy feat in a world saturated with photo apps. That's because millions of photos and videos are shared on social networks every day, making it difficult to find the ones that matter amidst the noise.... |
| Acer Iconia Tab A510 hits FCC, refuses to reveal all its secrets Posted: 16 Feb 2012 10:10 AM PST Acer Iconia Tab A510 hits FCC, refuses to reveal all its secrets  Acer Iconia Tab A510 hits FCC, refuses to reveal all its secrets Rumor had it that Acer's latest slate, the Iconia Tab A510 would be hitting the market in April. Well, the Android 4.0-sporting slab just inched closer to its debut by sauntering through the FCC. This particular model comes loaded with Bluetooth, WiFi and GPS, but there's no 3G or 4G in sight.... |
| LightSqured grasps at straws, slams FCC in a statement Posted: 16 Feb 2012 10:10 AM PST LightSqured grasps at straws, slams FCC in a statement LightSqured grasps at straws, slams FCC in a statement To say it's been a bumpy road for LightSquared over recent months would be an understatement. However, developments this week could see the beleaguered company reach a critical fork in the road. On Tuesday, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration confirmed that LightSquared's planned network would indeed interfere with global positioning systems, and that there was no "practical way" to work around this.... |
| EVs in China create more pollutants than gas-powered cars Posted: 16 Feb 2012 09:25 AM PST EVs in China create more pollutants than gas-powered cars  EVs in China create more pollutants than gas-powered cars Filed under: Etc., EV/Plug-in, China The University of Tennessee has just come up with a theory about China electric vehicles that may have some believing that there was a little too much of the local whiskey involved in the process. According to a report released by the university, EVs in China are more environmentally harmful than gas-powered vehicles when factoring in how electricity is produced.... |
| YC-Backed Glassmap Launches A “Find My Friends” For Facebook Users Posted: 16 Feb 2012 09:25 AM PST YC-Backed Glassmap Launches A "Find My Friends" For Facebook Users  YC-Backed Glassmap Launches A "Find My Friends" For Facebook Users YC-backed Glassmap is a new mobile application publicly launching today that presents a viable challenge to realtime, location-sharing apps like Apple's Find My Friends or Google Latitude. Where those two competitors focus on enabling social experiences on top of their own platforms or ecosystems, Glassmap is enabling a third alternative: realtime location tracking built on top of Facebook's social graph.... |
| With Clik, Your Smartphone Can Control Screens Everywhere Posted: 16 Feb 2012 09:25 AM PST With Clik, Your Smartphone Can Control Screens Everywhere  With Clik, Your Smartphone Can Control Screens Everywhere You've probably heard of Kik Messenger, a phone messaging app with the backing of Sequoia Capital. It turns out Kik was just the beginning of the company's plans — today it's launching Clik, which is even more impressive. Put simply, Clik can turn your phone into a remote control for any screen with a browser. CEO Ted Livingston demonstrated the app for me earlier this week.... |
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