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DigiMo Cracks The Code: Mobile Payments With No Point Of Sale Changes

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 03:30 PM PST

DigiMo Cracks The Code: Mobile Payments With No Point Of Sale Changes


DigiMo Cracks The Code: Mobile Payments With No Point Of Sale Changes
DigiMo, is a mobile payments platform that actually makes sense to me. When I sat down with CEO Yossi Yarkoni and VP of Marketing Nir Shimony at the Mobile World Congress to hear about their concept, which is piloting in Israel right now, the first thing I thought was "wow, why didn't somebody think of this before"....

Audi unleashes hybrid, AWD powertrain on Le Mans with new R18 e-tron Quattro

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 03:30 PM PST

Audi unleashes hybrid, AWD powertrain on Le Mans with new R18 e-tron Quattro


Audi unleashes hybrid, AWD powertrain on Le Mans with new R18 e-tron Quattro
Filed under: Diesel, Hybrid, Audi, Racing When we hear names like TFSI and Quattro, we automatically think of Audi. But while these technologies have proliferated across the company's production model range, they weren't initially developed for the road - they were developed for racing. So sit up straight and pay attention to Audi's cutting edge new Le Mans prototype, because it's jam-packed with new technologies that will likely end up in showrooms...

Lytro pre-orders start shipping, infinite focusing now within reach

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 03:30 PM PST

Lytro pre-orders start shipping, infinite focusing now within reach


Lytro pre-orders start shipping, infinite focusing now within reach
Those of you that scurried to get an early spot in the pre-order cue for Lytro's upcoming camera, ought to carefully skim your inboxes for an email confirming shipment of your infinitely focusing shooter. Per a ton of tips from you, in addition to a post from the company's official blog, early orders of the unconventionally shaped camera that allows you to refocus after the fact are now en route to...

Mini quadrotors play Bond, James Bond (video)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 03:30 PM PST

Mini quadrotors play Bond, James Bond (video)


Mini quadrotors play Bond, James Bond (video)
This week's TED2012 conference isn't all talk -- sometimes the videos features speak for themselves. Check out this phenomenal one from the University of Pennsylvania starring a number of nano quadrotors playing the James Bond theme by banging percussion, hitting the piano and strumming a guitar. The room in the video has infrared lights and cameras and the 'copters are outfitted with reflectors, making it possible to plot their position....

2012 Mercedes-Benz CLS — First Drive

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 02:46 PM PST

2012 Mercedes-Benz CLS — First Drive


2012 Mercedes-Benz CLS — First Drive
Sleek styling icon packs a solid stance and new twin-turbo punch.

Are You Using the Right Mechanic?

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 02:46 PM PST

Are You Using the Right Mechanic?


Are You Using the Right Mechanic?
How to determine the competency of your auto technician.

MLB at Bat 2012 app out for iDevices and Android, brings in-app monthly subscrip...

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 02:46 PM PST

MLB at Bat 2012 app out for iDevices and Android, brings in-app monthly subscriptions to iOS


MLB at Bat 2012 app out for iDevices and Android, brings in-app monthly subscriptions to iOS
It's that time of year when the hot stove league gives way to spring training, and people start talking less about things like El Hombre's move to LA and more about batting averages and home runs. Thus, MLB has unleashed the MLB At Bat 2012 app to keep you up to date on your favorite squads and stars, and unlike previous iOS iterations, this time it's free....

Foursquare Is Doing Big Things, So Existing Investor Spark Capital Buys $50M Of...

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 02:02 PM PST

Foursquare Is Doing Big Things, So Existing Investor Spark Capital Buys $50M Of Employee Stock


Foursquare Is Doing Big Things, So Existing Investor Spark Capital Buys $50M Of Employee Stock
Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley spent this afternoon in Barcelona, explaining his location company's potential to Mobile World Conference attendees. Someone else didn't need to hear the presentation, though. Existing investor Spark Capital is buying $50 million worth of its stock, according to sources, in a deal to provide at least some employees with liquidity. The result is a valuation north of of the already-impressive $600 million from its last round, I've heard. This...

Tasted Menu Takes On Foodspotting With New iPhone App

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 02:02 PM PST

Tasted Menu Takes On Foodspotting With New iPhone App


Tasted Menu Takes On Foodspotting With New iPhone App
The team behind startup Tasted Menu thinks it has the technology to help you find the exact dish you're looking for. The company is launching its iPhone app today (its website was already live), and it's also expanding from its hometown of Boston into Austin — just in time for South by Southwest. Of course, there's already a popular iPhone app for food recommendations — Foodspotting, which said in January that it...

Bright Automotive gets dimmed, will shut down because of DOE loan program delays

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 02:02 PM PST

Bright Automotive gets dimmed, will shut down because of DOE loan program delays


Bright Automotive gets dimmed, will shut down because of DOE loan program delays
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, Legislation and Policy, Bright Automotive Bright Automotive will shut down after the maker of the extended-range plug-in utility vehicles said the federal government took too long to make good on its planned loans to the Michigan-based company, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing a letter company executive sent to U.S....

Audi's awesome diesel hybrid racer

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 02:01 PM PST

Audi's awesome diesel hybrid racer


Audi's awesome diesel hybrid racer
Will take on LeMans 24 Hour race in June.

SwiftKey launches SDK, phones and tablets get more predictable

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 02:01 PM PST

SwiftKey launches SDK, phones and tablets get more predictable


SwiftKey launches SDK, phones and tablets get more predictable
SwiftKey is responsible for as many saved typing hours, as it is crushing affirmations of just how predictable we really are. A fact that can now be drilled home by infinitely more devices, thanks to a new SDK for OEMs. Developers for a variety of platforms and programming languages (including C++, iOS and JVM) can access SwiftKey's core language-engine technology for their own UI or on screen keyboard, and with support...

Paint3D app promises to let you sketch and print 3D models straight from Android

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 02:01 PM PST

Paint3D app promises to let you sketch and print 3D models straight from Android


Paint3D app promises to let you sketch and print 3D models straight from Android
3D printing may still have quite a ways to go before it becomes as ubiquitous as traditional printing, but there's plenty of developers out there working to make that happen. One such example comes out of the House 4 Hack group in Johannesburg, who have been working on an Android app called Paint3D that promises to let folks create 3D models and then print them out straight from their mobile device...

Ferrari F12 Berlinetta Revealed

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 01:17 PM PST

Ferrari F12 Berlinetta Revealed


Ferrari F12 Berlinetta Revealed
The F12, to debut in Geneva, is fastest road-going Ferrari ever.

Lumia 900 gets splayed into itty-bitty Finnish pieces by the FCC

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 01:17 PM PST

Lumia 900 gets splayed into itty-bitty Finnish pieces by the FCC


Lumia 900 gets splayed into itty-bitty Finnish pieces by the FCC
Sure, the FCC didn't get to tear apart the delectable white Lumia 900 we're oh-so-smitten with, but given the cadaver activities undertaken upon a smartphone that hasn't yet gone on sale, beggars can't be choosers. Inside the filing you'll find a full manual and a bevy of internal shots revealing what makes Nokia's flagship Windows Phone tick....

MILA Coupic concept is 3 cars in 1

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 12:32 PM PST

MILA Coupic concept is 3 cars in 1


MILA Coupic concept is 3 cars in 1
A true transformer?

New Android Market stats make it easier to obsess over your app's performance

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 12:31 PM PST

New Android Market stats make it easier to obsess over your app's performance


New Android Market stats make it easier to obsess over your app's performance
Hey publishers, need more ways to breathlessly track just how well your app is doing on the Android Market? Fear not, the store is getting a number of new observable metrics. Publishers can now track their app's performance by unique users and unique devices and break things down by mobile carrier and app updates....

Sharp AQUOS SH-06D arrives from Japan, we go hands-on (video)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 12:31 PM PST

Sharp AQUOS SH-06D arrives from Japan, we go hands-on (video)


Sharp AQUOS SH-06D arrives from Japan, we go hands-on (video)
Sharp's AQUOS SH-06D will most probably never leave the Land of The Rising Sun. That doesn't stop us, however, from lusting after its 4.5-inch. This 720p display also manages 3D, spread across a slinky 10mm frame that houses NTT DoCoMo's recently launched NOTTV streaming broadcast system. The device arrives in pink, white and blue options -- all provided with a matching dock and built-in aerial....

Voddler's Windows Phone streaming video app is Lumia-exclusive

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 12:31 PM PST

Voddler's Windows Phone streaming video app is Lumia-exclusive


Voddler's Windows Phone streaming video app is Lumia-exclusive
Scandinavian video streaming site Voddler (think: Spotify for video) has teamed up with Nokia to launch a Lumia-exclusive app the company's current markets. Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and (the distinctly non-Scandinavian) Spain will get free, unlimited access to a wide library of movies and TV from April. Windows Phone users will also be able to schedule "Movie Night" streaming parties and riff on them, MST3k-style....

VW starts testing electric-powered Golf in California

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 11:45 AM PST

VW starts testing electric-powered Golf in California


VW starts testing electric-powered Golf in California
Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Volkswagen Volkswagen last week started testing a battery-electric version of its Golf hatchback in the San Francisco Bay Area as the German automaker looks to test about 20 of its so-called "Golf Blue-e-motion" vehicles on U.S. roads, GreenCarReports.com said. VW, whose Electronic Research Laboratory is in Belmont, CA, will test a vehicle whose battery pack can be split into a few sections in order to better balance the car, the...

Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus hands-on (video)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 11:45 AM PST

Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus hands-on (video)


Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus hands-on (video)
Really, Samsung? The Ace 2, Mini 2, S Advance and now, the Ace Plus? It's a wonder anyone at the company can still keep track. Unfortunately, this particular Android offshoot is a bit of a stinker, saddled with a pitiful 3.65-inch 480 x 320 display that does the opposite of the usual, saturated OLED-impress, offering no other spec distraction from its lower pixel density....

Samsung Galaxy S Advance hands-on (video)

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 11:45 AM PST

Samsung Galaxy S Advance hands-on (video)


Samsung Galaxy S Advance hands-on (video)
It's getting so you need a map to traverse Samsung's mobile Galaxy, but that's not stopping the outfit from cranking out handsets -- no matter how minuscule the tweaks. Announced back in January, the Galaxy S Advance falls solidly on the middle of the OEM's consumer scale, delivering a speedy 1GHz dual-core experience on a build of Android 2.3.6....

Visualized: Huawei crafts smartphone pegasus, makes no mention of quad-core hors...

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 11:45 AM PST

Visualized: Huawei crafts smartphone pegasus, makes no mention of quad-core horsepower


Visualized: Huawei crafts smartphone pegasus, makes no mention of quad-core horsepower
Crafted from 1,000 (or 3,000, depending on who you talk to) smartphones, Huawei's symybol for this year's MWC proudly stands in squarely in the middle of the mobile madness. However, the chinese handset manufacturer still remains a bit of a dark horse in this year's selection of OEM fillies.Visualized: Huawei crafts smartphone pegasus, makes no mention of quad-core horsepower originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:16:00 EDT....

GM forms alliance with Peugeot, will take 7 percent stake in French automaker

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 10:58 AM PST

GM forms alliance with Peugeot, will take 7 percent stake in French automaker


GM forms alliance with Peugeot, will take 7 percent stake in French automaker
First jointly-developed car coming in 2016.

'Connect Pritect to Protect Kinect:' for all your tinfoil helmet needs

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 10:58 AM PST

'Connect Pritect to Protect Kinect:' for all your tinfoil helmet needs


'Connect Pritect to Protect Kinect:' for all your tinfoil helmet needs
Have you considered that if a secretive governmental cabal seized control of your Kinect, it would be able to spy on you as you lurched awkwardly to Just Dance? Such is the price we pay for abrogating our right to privacy, or at least it was until Catalyst Components came up with a solution....

Best Buy boosts return window from 14 days to 30

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 10:58 AM PST

Best Buy boosts return window from 14 days to 30


Best Buy boosts return window from 14 days to 30
That adage of "less is more" definitely doesn't apply to retailer return policies, so we have no complaints here. Best Buy is reportedly going to offer a more lenient 30-day window for device returns, up from the company's current 14-day policy. Naturally, this also covers price matches, and applies to all products, including those from Apple, where two weeks is the norm....

Nikon D4 hands-on with sample images, video

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 10:58 AM PST

Nikon D4 hands-on with sample images, video


Nikon D4 hands-on with sample images, video
Remember when we were in a tizzy about the Nikon D4, way back in January? We got to play with this tank of a DSLR a bit, but sadly weren't permitted to actually publish any of the photos or video that we shot with the thing. Sure, we've seen some samples of it in action, but it's not quite the same....

Why Rearview Camera Laws Won't Work

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 10:13 AM PST

Why Rearview Camera Laws Won't Work


Why Rearview Camera Laws Won't Work
Another day, another federal regulation – but this one is bogus.

Dolphin Browser’s New Voice Commands Let You Talk Your Way Through The Web

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 10:13 AM PST

Dolphin Browser's New Voice Commands Let You Talk Your Way Through The Web


Dolphin Browser's New Voice Commands Let You Talk Your Way Through The Web
Way back in the days of Android yore, the stock browser got the job done but did so with a minimum of flair. Now there's no shortage of first-rate mobile browsers out there, but mobile browser war mainstay Dolphin has just released a new update that packs an equally new (and nifty) feature: it's called Sonar, and it lets you navigate the web with your voice. Once the update is installed, a...

Qualcomm, Microsoft giving Snapdragon S4 PCs to Windows-on-ARM developers

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 10:13 AM PST

Qualcomm, Microsoft giving Snapdragon S4 PCs to Windows-on-ARM developers


Qualcomm, Microsoft giving Snapdragon S4 PCs to Windows-on-ARM developers
Microsoft spent a big chunk of MWC today telling everyone about Windows 8 and if you're the coding type, the news gets even better. If invited, you'll be expecting something nice in the mail to arrive from Redmond very shortly. It's sending out test PCs powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon S4 MSM8960 that includes the beefy LTE, camera and sensor gear we played with in our hands-on....