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- Report: Nissan Reviving Datsun
- ASUS Eee PC Flare 1025C netbook up for preorder, ships March 10th for $299
- GM shutting down Chevy Volt production for five weeks
- GM suspending Chevy Volt production due to low demand
- WSJ: Target, Walmart, other retailers teaming up to take on Google Wallet
- DealBoard For iPhone Finds Offers You Like, So You Can Kill The Daily Deal Emails
- Engadget Podcast 283 - 03.02.2012
- A Year Later, Asus Is Still Waiting For The “Right Time” To Launch Windows Phones
- Autoblog goes one-on-one with the Pininfarina Cambiano Concept
- Philadelphia Vigilante Doesn’t Want To Hear Your Public Phone Calls
- Splashtop THD lands on ICS Tegra 3 tabs, ready to stream full-screen Skyrim
- New proposal could grow rooftop farming in NYC
- Ford Focus gets EPA rating: 105 MPGe, 76-mile range
- Toyota Blasts Anderson Cooper Report
- Official Roku remote app rolls out for Android
- Etsy iPhone App Hits 1 Million Downloads in Under 4 Months
- LG's MWC 2012 booth tour (video)
- New Intel Ivy Bridge i5 details leaked in Intel sales book
- Ener1 plans to emerge from bankruptcy in March with $86 million equity infusion
- (Founder Stories) RunKeeper: Striving To Becoming The Facebook For Health
- iCracked Takes On Apple & The Geek Squad With Worldwide Local iPhone Repair
- HTC unveils new APIs, opens Beats, lockscreen and more to devs
- Review: 2012 McLaren MP4-12C
- Huawei's LTE mobile WiFi gear coming to Europe and Asia Pacific by July, for all...
- SugarSync for Android updated, adds enhanced sharing and on-the-go file management
- Future Fuel Economy Mandates, Part IV: General Motors Engineering
- Samsung Galaxy S III To Launch In April?
- The Engadget Interview: RIM VP of Enterprise Alan Panezic at MWC 2012 (video)
- Chrysler Uconnect drops Autonet Mobile for Sprint
- Retailers Getting Into Mobile Payments, Citing Security Concerns, Wanting User Data
| Report: Nissan Reviving Datsun Posted: 02 Mar 2012 03:27 PM PST Report: Nissan Reviving Datsun Report: Nissan Reviving Datsun Will a new subbrand be sold in emerging markets? |
| ASUS Eee PC Flare 1025C netbook up for preorder, ships March 10th for $299 Posted: 02 Mar 2012 03:27 PM PST ASUS Eee PC Flare 1025C netbook up for preorder, ships March 10th for $299  ASUS Eee PC Flare 1025C netbook up for preorder, ships March 10th for $299 If netbooks are your cup of tea and you've been waiting to get your hands on an ASUS Eee PC Flare 1025C like we did back at CES, you're in luck. Matte Black and White color options are up for preorder now from Amazon. Get ready to part with $300 for one of the available schemes, as the kit is set to ship out next week.... |
| GM shutting down Chevy Volt production for five weeks Posted: 02 Mar 2012 02:43 PM PST GM shutting down Chevy Volt production for five weeks  GM shutting down Chevy Volt production for five weeks Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Hybrid, Manufacturing/Plants, Chevrolet Even with the new HOV-eligible 2012 Chevrolet Volt models heading to California and sales up in February, General Motors has reportedly decided to shut down production of the plug-in hybrid for five weeks because of overall sluggish sales. With a 150-day supply of Volts sitting on dealer lots around the country, this shut down will temporarily lay off 1,300 employees. What's perhaps even more interesting is that... |
| GM suspending Chevy Volt production due to low demand Posted: 02 Mar 2012 02:43 PM PST GM suspending Chevy Volt production due to low demand GM suspending Chevy Volt production due to low demand Pulling the plug for 5 weeks. |
| WSJ: Target, Walmart, other retailers teaming up to take on Google Wallet Posted: 02 Mar 2012 02:43 PM PST WSJ: Target, Walmart, other retailers teaming up to take on Google Wallet  WSJ: Target, Walmart, other retailers teaming up to take on Google Wallet Google's certainly not alone in its vision of a future in which the smartphone makes credit cards go the way of the Palm Pilot. The software giant may have gotten a bit of a head start on some of the others, but it's already got some stiff competition in the form of the carrier-led Isis and a slew of new initiatives unveiled at MWC.... |
| DealBoard For iPhone Finds Offers You Like, So You Can Kill The Daily Deal Emails Posted: 02 Mar 2012 02:00 PM PST DealBoard For iPhone Finds Offers You Like, So You Can Kill The Daily Deal Emails  DealBoard For iPhone Finds Offers You Like, So You Can Kill The Daily Deal Emails DealBoard, a recently launched iPhone app from Seattle and London-based nFluence Media, has just emerged as a new player in the crowded "daily deals" space. But this app isn't yet another Groupon clone, it's a daily deal aggregator. However, what makes dealBoard unique – and why the company has $3 million in funding – is how the app goes about aggregating those deals for you.... |
| Engadget Podcast 283 - 03.02.2012 Posted: 02 Mar 2012 02:00 PM PST Engadget Podcast 283 - 03.02.2012 Engadget Podcast 283 - 03.02.2012 Sorry to be forward, but we think we know you pretty well, and it seems like you haven't had enough MWC or Windows 8 or iPad 3 chat in your life, and we just wanted to help, so we did this! Enjoy.Host: Tim Stevens, Brian HeaterGuest: Michael GormanProducer: Trent WolbeMusic: Orbital - Never00:03:45 - Microsoft Windows 8 Consumer Preview detailed impressions00:30:45 - Sony Xperia U hands-on (update: video!)00:32:00 - Sony Xperia... |
| A Year Later, Asus Is Still Waiting For The “Right Time” To Launch Windows Phones Posted: 02 Mar 2012 01:16 PM PST A Year Later, Asus Is Still Waiting For The "Right Time" To Launch Windows Phones  A Year Later, Asus Is Still Waiting For The "Right Time" To Launch Windows Phones As Microsoft's Windows Phone platform continues to pick up steam and hardware partners, one company has managed to stay out of the Windows Phone game despite their long relationship with Microsoft. Taiwan-based Asus has created developer units for the platform in 2010, and leaks indicate that they haven't managed to get Microsoft's mobile platform off their minds. So with all that said, what on earth is taking the Taiwanese company so long... |
| Autoblog goes one-on-one with the Pininfarina Cambiano Concept Posted: 02 Mar 2012 01:16 PM PST Autoblog goes one-on-one with the Pininfarina Cambiano Concept  Autoblog goes one-on-one with the Pininfarina Cambiano Concept Filed under: Diesel, Emerging Technologies, EV/Plug-in, Geneva Motor ShowItalian Firm's Turbine-Powered Calling Card For A New Era The global meltdown that boiled to the surface in 2008 was really hard on a lot of car companies, but it was categorically horrendous for the tradition of Italian car craftsmanship out of Turin. Of the three big players left in the traditional Italian design mecca - Italdesign Giugiaro, Bertone and Pininfarina - only Giugiaro has... |
| Philadelphia Vigilante Doesn’t Want To Hear Your Public Phone Calls Posted: 02 Mar 2012 01:16 PM PST Philadelphia Vigilante Doesn't Want To Hear Your Public Phone Calls  Philadelphia Vigilante Doesn't Want To Hear Your Public Phone Calls A man named Eric who (uselessly) refuses to give up his last name (which I swear isn't Eldon) has taken it upon himself to rid the world of annoying public cell phone conversations. But how, you might ask, is Eric X doing this? Just through the illegal purchase and use of a wireless jammer, of course. "I guess I'm taking the law into my own hands and quite frankly, I'm proud of... |
| Splashtop THD lands on ICS Tegra 3 tabs, ready to stream full-screen Skyrim Posted: 02 Mar 2012 01:15 PM PST Splashtop THD lands on ICS Tegra 3 tabs, ready to stream full-screen Skyrim  Splashtop THD lands on ICS Tegra 3 tabs, ready to stream full-screen Skyrim Splashtop is one of the premier remote desktop apps out there and, at CES, we got a pretty sweet demo of it pushing full screen games and HD video from a Windows 7 PC to a Tegra 3 tablet. Now that version (THD) is available for download in the Android Market for $6.99.... |
| New proposal could grow rooftop farming in NYC Posted: 02 Mar 2012 01:15 PM PST New proposal could grow rooftop farming in NYC New proposal could grow rooftop farming in NYC A Zone Green proposal in New York City would allow more greenhouses to be built on commercial buildings, and permit open air farms on both commercial and residential spaces. |
| Ford Focus gets EPA rating: 105 MPGe, 76-mile range Posted: 02 Mar 2012 01:15 PM PST Ford Focus gets EPA rating: 105 MPGe, 76-mile range  Ford Focus gets EPA rating: 105 MPGe, 76-mile range The EPA has finished its usual gauntlet of tests and has found that this year's Ford Focus Electric is the most efficient five-seater in America. The agency certified that it gets 105 miles to the electric equivalent to the gallon (divided between 110MPGe in the city and 99MPGe on the highway), which is better than Ford's own claim of just 100MPGe.... |
| Toyota Blasts Anderson Cooper Report Posted: 02 Mar 2012 12:30 PM PST Toyota Blasts Anderson Cooper Report Toyota Blasts Anderson Cooper Report Automaker fires back at CNN for segment on unintended acceleration. |
| Official Roku remote app rolls out for Android Posted: 02 Mar 2012 12:30 PM PST Official Roku remote app rolls out for Android  Official Roku remote app rolls out for Android After delivering its official remote app for iOS in December, Roku has quickly followed that up with a version for Android. Claiming compatibility with any Android 2.1+ device, it appears to have all the latest tweaks from the iPhone version already included, with a D-Pad and shortcuts to popular apps.... |
| Etsy iPhone App Hits 1 Million Downloads in Under 4 Months Posted: 02 Mar 2012 11:46 AM PST Etsy iPhone App Hits 1 Million Downloads in Under 4 Months  Etsy iPhone App Hits 1 Million Downloads in Under 4 Months Etsy, online seller of various hand-made hipster goodness, has reached a major milestone today. After less than four months on the App Store, the Etsy for iPhone app has surpassed 1 million downloads. The app launched in mid-November 2011. But that's not all Etsy has to celebrate. Since the release of the app, Etsy.com has seen 25-60 percent growth in visits month-over-month, and is seeing an average of 30 pageviews per... |
| LG's MWC 2012 booth tour (video) Posted: 02 Mar 2012 11:46 AM PST LG's MWC 2012 booth tour (video)  LG's MWC 2012 booth tour (video) MWC's over for this year, but while all those HDTVs, tethered phones and Android costumes are lovingly stored for the next big tech event, we reckon you need to feel what the biggest mobile event of the year encompasses. So we braved another packed product booth to give you a taste of what the week's been like.... |
| New Intel Ivy Bridge i5 details leaked in Intel sales book Posted: 02 Mar 2012 11:46 AM PST New Intel Ivy Bridge i5 details leaked in Intel sales book  New Intel Ivy Bridge i5 details leaked in Intel sales book Word on the street is Ivy Bridge has been delayed, but that doesn't mean you have to wait till June to get the low down on some of the shiny new silicon Intel has in store for you. Chipzilla posted a sales book, presumably on accident since it's been pulled, with details about upcoming i5 and i7 refreshes.... |
| Ener1 plans to emerge from bankruptcy in March with $86 million equity infusion Posted: 02 Mar 2012 11:02 AM PST Ener1 plans to emerge from bankruptcy in March with $86 million equity infusion  Ener1 plans to emerge from bankruptcy in March with $86 million equity infusion Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Th!nk (Think) Lithium-ion battery maker Ener1, which filed for bankruptcy in late January, plans to emerge from its Chapter 11 status by mid-March with the help of $86 million in new equity and debt-holder agreements to restructure their debt on the company. Ener1, whose own investments include a stake in now-bankrupt battery-electric-vehicle maker Think, said in a statement Wednesday that all current common stock will be eliminated and that new... |
| (Founder Stories) RunKeeper: Striving To Becoming The Facebook For Health Posted: 02 Mar 2012 11:02 AM PST (Founder Stories) RunKeeper: Striving To Becoming The Facebook For Health  (Founder Stories) RunKeeper: Striving To Becoming The Facebook For Health Having launched Runkeeper in 2008 with the help of "moonlighting engineers" before closing a $10 million Series B round in late 2011, RunKeeper's co-founder, Jason Jacobs speaks from experience when describing the whiplash entrepreneurs face when stepping out on their own. In episode II of his Founder Stories conversation with host Chris Dixon, Jacobs characterizes the adventure this way.... |
| iCracked Takes On Apple & The Geek Squad With Worldwide Local iPhone Repair Posted: 02 Mar 2012 11:02 AM PST iCracked Takes On Apple & The Geek Squad With Worldwide Local iPhone Repair  iCracked Takes On Apple & The Geek Squad With Worldwide Local iPhone Repair Sometimes the genesis of a startup happens just like this: Guy buys iPhone. Guy breaks iPhone. Guy then pays Apple way too much to fix said phone, grumbling ensues. Guy breaks phone again. Roommate breaks phone. Then, a lightbulb goes off. This is what happened to A.J. Forsythe when he was a student at California Polytechnic State University.... |
| HTC unveils new APIs, opens Beats, lockscreen and more to devs Posted: 02 Mar 2012 11:02 AM PST HTC unveils new APIs, opens Beats, lockscreen and more to devs  HTC unveils new APIs, opens Beats, lockscreen and more to devs APIs, as essential as they are to our modern computing experience, aren't the sort of thing we usually get too excited about. HTC is walking away from Mobile World Congress having announced four new application interfaces though, that have piqued our interest. First up, and the most spotlight hogging of the bunch, is Beats.... |
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| Huawei's LTE mobile WiFi gear coming to Europe and Asia Pacific by July, for all... Posted: 02 Mar 2012 10:18 AM PST Huawei's LTE mobile WiFi gear coming to Europe and Asia Pacific by July, for all the use it is  Huawei's LTE mobile WiFi gear coming to Europe and Asia Pacific by July, for all the use it is Huawei's capping off the good week it had at MWC by announcing that its 4G Wireless Network Card (E3276) and Mobile WiFi (E5776) will arrive in Europe and Asia Pacific by July 2012. Of course, only Germany, Poland, Norway, Sweden, Finland in Europe and Japan in Asia have fully working LTE networks.... |
| SugarSync for Android updated, adds enhanced sharing and on-the-go file management Posted: 02 Mar 2012 10:18 AM PST SugarSync for Android updated, adds enhanced sharing and on-the-go file management  SugarSync for Android updated, adds enhanced sharing and on-the-go file management Not long after handing its Android application a video-friendly refresh, SugarSync's back with more updated goodies. Now, the sweet Dropbox adversary is stuffing version 3.5.1 with some productivity and social-driven bits. The rejuvenated app, which won't ask anything of your wallet, is boosting its sharing features by allowing you to handout contacts, files and folders via Zuck's social network and that famed 140-character box.... |
| Future Fuel Economy Mandates, Part IV: General Motors Engineering Posted: 02 Mar 2012 09:32 AM PST Future Fuel Economy Mandates, Part IV: General Motors Engineering  Future Fuel Economy Mandates, Part IV: General Motors Engineering Filed under: MPG, AutoblogGreen Exclusive, Legislation and Policy, At Witz End There were lots of comments on my last two columns (speaking with Ford and Chrysler execs about CAFE regulations), and some were very savvy on EVs and hybrids. But most seem to have little knowledge of what really goes into designing, developing, validating and successfully marketing a desirable, reliable, long-term durable, incredibly complex, affordable and federally legal modern automobile - let... |
| Samsung Galaxy S III To Launch In April? Posted: 02 Mar 2012 09:32 AM PST Samsung Galaxy S III To Launch In April?  Samsung Galaxy S III To Launch In April? While not launching the next Samsung flagship at MWC in Barcelona was probably the right choice for Samsung, that doesn't change the fact that we're itching with anticipation over when the Galaxy S III will show its pretty little edge-to-edge face. We know most of the specs (well, rumored ones at least), which means we know we'll see a 4.8-inch Super AMOLED Plus display, a quad-core Samsung Exynos CPU running at... |
| The Engadget Interview: RIM VP of Enterprise Alan Panezic at MWC 2012 (video) Posted: 02 Mar 2012 09:32 AM PST The Engadget Interview: RIM VP of Enterprise Alan Panezic at MWC 2012 (video)  The Engadget Interview: RIM VP of Enterprise Alan Panezic at MWC 2012 (video) This week at Mobile World Congress we had the opportunity to talk with Alan Panezic, VP of Enterprise at RIM about what the company is doing to keep existing business customers (and possibly even lure new CIOs) in the warm and secure embrace of its enterprise services while still giving users personal freedom to fully enjoy their devices.... |
| Chrysler Uconnect drops Autonet Mobile for Sprint Posted: 02 Mar 2012 09:32 AM PST Chrysler Uconnect drops Autonet Mobile for Sprint  Chrysler Uconnect drops Autonet Mobile for Sprint Chrysler's in-car Uconnect EV-Do system allows you to stay connected over WiFi on the go, with your vehicle acting as a 150-foot wireless hotspot around your whip. It's been announced (in what is quite possibly the world's shortest ever press release) that Sprint is replacing Autonet Mobile as the infrastructure partner behind the service.... |
| Retailers Getting Into Mobile Payments, Citing Security Concerns, Wanting User Data Posted: 02 Mar 2012 08:47 AM PST Retailers Getting Into Mobile Payments, Citing Security Concerns, Wanting User Data  Retailers Getting Into Mobile Payments, Citing Security Concerns, Wanting User Data Consumers may be ready for mobile wallets, but the marketplace is not. Especially if stuff like this keeps happening. Apparently, some two dozen retailers, including big names like Walmart and Target, are working together to create their own mobile payments system, according to sources at the WSJ. That means in addition to mobile wallets provided by banks, mobile operators (Isis), credit card networks, startups (like Square and Dwolla) and tech companies... |
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