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- Canada relaxes rules on foreign ownership of wireless companies, plans spectrum...
- The Hague to Samsung: no injunction for 3G patent infringement if Apple's willin...
- Tout’s Plans For Turning Video Status Updates Into A Business
- iTunes movies in 1080p: less than or equal to Blu-ray image quality?
- Verizon Could Be Biting Off More Than They Chew With Their LTE Plans
- PayPal's Digital Wallet, lets you decide how you empty yours (video)
- From sea to dish: track your fish dinner
- New York company pitches Solar Sail EV charging stations
- Google I/O: input/output game promotes its dev conference, wastes your coffee break
- Austin City Limits Brings Its Concert Archive To The iPad
- Verizon lights up its 200th LTE candle, plans to double 4G coverage by year-end
- What Would You Give Up for Gas?
- Bison, halibut on state dinner menu
- New single ion clock is '100 times more precise' than existing atomic models
- The Engadget Show returns Friday, March 16th with Douglas Rushkoff, Sony, iRobot...
- ECOmove's QBEAK nears launch, gets Frost & Sullivan award
- PSA: Apple offering up to $320 if you trade in your iPad 2 in reuse and recyclin...
- Rumored NVIDIA GTX 680 specs surface online, photos prove it does indeed exist
- Apple's new iPad shows up in Hong Kong, teases with sample photos and video clip
- Microsoft plans Windows Phone Tango reveal for March 21st in China
- Microsoft Set To Launch Windows Phone Tango In China On March 21
- New iPad inventory shipments spotted at Best Buy, backroom eye-candy until Friday
- Bart Decrem On How To Stay Lean And Mean In Mobile Gaming (Even When You’re A Pa...
- Native Instruments announces Traktor Kontrol F1 controller with Traktor 2.5 and...
- The power of Kickstarter: Bolex Camera project raises nearly $250,000 in a singl...
- Amazon Signs Deal With Discovery, Now Has 17,000 Streaming Video Titles Available
- U.S. vehicle fuel economy hits new record high in February
- Aereo TV broadcast-streaming service launching today... in NYC
- OMGPOP Eyes TV Show Based On Hit Game Draw Something (Plus More Big Stats)
- PSA: Nook Tablet can be repartitioned in-store, Android app adds comic support
| Canada relaxes rules on foreign ownership of wireless companies, plans spectrum... Posted: 14 Mar 2012 02:48 PM PDT Canada relaxes rules on foreign ownership of wireless companies, plans spectrum auction for first half of 2013  Canada relaxes rules on foreign ownership of wireless companies, plans spectrum auction for first half of 2013 The Canadian government made a major announcement on telecom policy late this afternoon, revealing a change that opens the door to more foreign ownership of wireless companies -- an issue that's been a point of contention for some time. As The Globe & Mail reports, the new rules will allow for 100 percent ownership of companies with a market share of ten percent or less -- something that can then grow... |
| The Hague to Samsung: no injunction for 3G patent infringement if Apple's willin... Posted: 14 Mar 2012 02:48 PM PDT The Hague to Samsung: no injunction for 3G patent infringement if Apple's willing to FRAND license  The Hague to Samsung: no injunction for 3G patent infringement if Apple's willing to FRAND license Since it's been more than 24 hours since the last bit of news in the ongoing legal battle between Samsung and Apple, we figured you could do with another litigation revelation. Late last year, the Hague shot down Sammy's request to prevent iPads and iPhones from being sold in the Netherlands.... |
| Tout’s Plans For Turning Video Status Updates Into A Business Posted: 14 Mar 2012 02:48 PM PDT Tout's Plans For Turning Video Status Updates Into A Business  Tout's Plans For Turning Video Status Updates Into A Business Since launching about a year ago, Tout has been used by celebrities like Shaquille O'Neal and Survivor host Jeff Probst to post short video status updates. Now co-founder and CEO Michael Downing is sharing some details about how the company has grown and where it goes from here. The Tout concept is pretty straightforward — users post video messages of up to 15 seconds.... |
| iTunes movies in 1080p: less than or equal to Blu-ray image quality? Posted: 14 Mar 2012 02:03 PM PDT iTunes movies in 1080p: less than or equal to Blu-ray image quality?  iTunes movies in 1080p: less than or equal to Blu-ray image quality? Blu-ray's been atop the home entertainment mountain, with only fleeting competition from HD-DVDs, ever since its introduction. Since then, home internet connections have gotten faster and the quality of downloadable content has improved such that iTunes can offer 1080p versions of your favorite movies. But, does iTunes really provide the crystal clear quality we're accustomed to seeing from its disc-based competition?... |
| Verizon Could Be Biting Off More Than They Chew With Their LTE Plans Posted: 14 Mar 2012 02:03 PM PDT Verizon Could Be Biting Off More Than They Chew With Their LTE Plans  Verizon Could Be Biting Off More Than They Chew With Their LTE Plans There's been more than a little bit of Verizon Wireless news making the rounds today, and on the surface, it all seems like good stuff. Verizon will cover 200 more markets with LTE by the end of the year? Awesome! The next iPhone Verizon carries will probably have LTE? Not exactly a huge leap there, considering a LTE-packing iPad will his Verizon shelves this Friday, but what the hell — I'm... |
| PayPal's Digital Wallet, lets you decide how you empty yours (video) Posted: 14 Mar 2012 02:03 PM PDT PayPal's Digital Wallet, lets you decide how you empty yours (video)  PayPal's Digital Wallet, lets you decide how you empty yours (video) PayPal has been helping us pay for those impulse purchases for a long time, but now its forthcoming Digital Wallet, could see it popping up on our bank statements a whole lot more. Speaking with eBay Ink, PayPal's Sam Shrauger, gave a quick demo of some of the new features.... |
| From sea to dish: track your fish dinner Posted: 14 Mar 2012 02:03 PM PDT From sea to dish: track your fish dinner From sea to dish: track your fish dinner From the sea until it gets to your plate, a new program allows for you to track your fish. |
| New York company pitches Solar Sail EV charging stations Posted: 14 Mar 2012 01:19 PM PDT New York company pitches Solar Sail EV charging stations  New York company pitches Solar Sail EV charging stations Filed under: Emerging Technologies, EV/Plug-in, Solar A New York-based company is building electric-vehicle charging stations that include solar panels in Brooklyn and says it has sold its first, in central Texas. Pvilion, which was founded last year, says it has installed one of its stations, called the Solar Sail, in Pflugerville, TX, just outside of Austin.... |
| Google I/O: input/output game promotes its dev conference, wastes your coffee break Posted: 14 Mar 2012 01:19 PM PDT Google I/O: input/output game promotes its dev conference, wastes your coffee break  Google I/O: input/output game promotes its dev conference, wastes your coffee break Google's latest time-sink is apparently inspired by "the spirit of innovation" shown at its annual I/O developer conference -- while not-to-subtly promoting it at the same time. The HTML5 game offers a blank canvas for you to clog up experiment with sliders, swingers and flippers, with the largely unimportant goal of getting the ball from one side to the other.... |
| Austin City Limits Brings Its Concert Archive To The iPad Posted: 14 Mar 2012 01:19 PM PDT Austin City Limits Brings Its Concert Archive To The iPad  Austin City Limits Brings Its Concert Archive To The iPad As South by Southwest Interactive is ending and the music festival is begins, there's a new app offering a fans a chance to explore Austin's musical history. The app is called ACL Archive, and it comes from Austin City Limits, the public television show that first started in 1976 to showcase live performances.... |
| Verizon lights up its 200th LTE candle, plans to double 4G coverage by year-end Posted: 14 Mar 2012 01:19 PM PDT Verizon lights up its 200th LTE candle, plans to double 4G coverage by year-end  Verizon lights up its 200th LTE candle, plans to double 4G coverage by year-end You've come a long way, Big Red. For a network that launched a little over a year ago, VZW's LTE service is about to hit a high water mark, blanketing 203 markets come tomorrow's planned expansion to an additional seven territories. But the nation's top wireless dog isn't taking this milestone as a moment of respite; the carrier's aiming to double its current footprint by end-of-year 2012, boosting its tally to... |
| What Would You Give Up for Gas? Posted: 14 Mar 2012 01:19 PM PDT What Would You Give Up for Gas? What Would You Give Up for Gas? A recent survey found 70 percent would dine out less often. |
| Bison, halibut on state dinner menu Posted: 14 Mar 2012 01:19 PM PDT Bison, halibut on state dinner menu Bison, halibut on state dinner menu The White House menu for the State Dinner honoring British Prime Minister David Cameron includes halibut and bison. |
| New single ion clock is '100 times more precise' than existing atomic models Posted: 14 Mar 2012 12:33 PM PDT New single ion clock is '100 times more precise' than existing atomic models  New single ion clock is '100 times more precise' than existing atomic models Researchers at the University of South Wales have developed a new type of atomic clock that measures an atom's neutron orbit instead of the electron's flight path. This method is apparently accurate to 19 decimal places, with several lasers shifting electrons in a certain way, allowing Professor Victor Flambaum to measure the "pendulum" motion of the neutron.... |
| The Engadget Show returns Friday, March 16th with Douglas Rushkoff, Sony, iRobot... Posted: 14 Mar 2012 12:33 PM PDT The Engadget Show returns Friday, March 16th with Douglas Rushkoff, Sony, iRobot, MWC and air combat  The Engadget Show returns Friday, March 16th with Douglas Rushkoff, Sony, iRobot, MWC and air combat We're back in familiar surroundings for the 31st episode of the Engadget Show, and boy do we have a lot planned for this month. Some might say it's too much. To those people we shake our heads disapprovingly. We're pushing the limits this time out, testing the latest GoPro and Contour rugged camcorders in the deserts of Nevada and the skies above them.... |
| ECOmove's QBEAK nears launch, gets Frost & Sullivan award Posted: 14 Mar 2012 11:48 AM PDT ECOmove's QBEAK nears launch, gets Frost & Sullivan award  ECOmove's QBEAK nears launch, gets Frost & Sullivan award Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Europe/EU QBEAK, the city electric vehicle that's been pitched by Denmark-based ECOmove over the past year and a half, received this year's 'European Electric Vehicles Early Stage Investment Opportunity Award' from UK-based Frost & Sullivan, which said that ECOmove is "very close" to starting sales of the car. ECOmove is planning on offering QBEAK models with a single-charge range from 125 miles to about 190 miles, Frost & Sullivan said.... |
| PSA: Apple offering up to $320 if you trade in your iPad 2 in reuse and recyclin... Posted: 14 Mar 2012 11:48 AM PDT PSA: Apple offering up to $320 if you trade in your iPad 2 in reuse and recycling program  PSA: Apple offering up to $320 if you trade in your iPad 2 in reuse and recycling program Eyeing the iPad 3, but have yet to take the pre-order plunge? Per The Next Web, your patience is about to be rewarded as Apple's updated its Reuse and Recycling program, which means owners of iPad 2s in "good condition" can sling them back to their maker in exchange for an Apple Store gift card.... |
| Rumored NVIDIA GTX 680 specs surface online, photos prove it does indeed exist Posted: 14 Mar 2012 11:48 AM PDT Rumored NVIDIA GTX 680 specs surface online, photos prove it does indeed exist  Rumored NVIDIA GTX 680 specs surface online, photos prove it does indeed exist As NVIDIA readies its 28nm family of Kepler graphics cards, more and more details are starting to trickle out. Just yesterday, NVIDIA teased an Acer Ultrabook packing a mysterious new GT640M card based on the Kepler architecture. Today, we're seeing information about the GTX 680 surfacing on multiple sites. China-based PCOnline posted specs it claims to have received from an internal NVIDIA source, including a 1,536 CUDA core count, 1,006MHz core... |
| Apple's new iPad shows up in Hong Kong, teases with sample photos and video clip Posted: 14 Mar 2012 11:48 AM PDT Apple's new iPad shows up in Hong Kong, teases with sample photos and video clip  Apple's new iPad shows up in Hong Kong, teases with sample photos and video clip Looks like Vietnam ain't the only place that got an early taste of the new iPad, which is due out this Friday around the world (unless you're super tight with your delivery man, of course). Hong Kong magazine PCM just informed us that it got hold of a 4G flavor of Apple's latest tablet, courtesy of a very mysterious person (especially considering the 4G version isn't yet available in this region).... |
| Microsoft plans Windows Phone Tango reveal for March 21st in China Posted: 14 Mar 2012 11:03 AM PDT Microsoft plans Windows Phone Tango reveal for March 21st in China  Microsoft plans Windows Phone Tango reveal for March 21st in China There's no doubt that China's feeling the Microsoft love as of late. After HTC broke ground last week with the launch of the country's first ever Windows Phone handset -- a re-badged Titan known as the Triumph -- Nokia quickly reacted, announcing its plans to unleash unspecified members of the Lumia line on March 28th.... |
| Microsoft Set To Launch Windows Phone Tango In China On March 21 Posted: 14 Mar 2012 11:03 AM PDT Microsoft Set To Launch Windows Phone Tango In China On March 21  Microsoft Set To Launch Windows Phone Tango In China On March 21 Microsoft has spent the past few months getting their ducks in a row for an official Windows Phone launch in China, and now it seems that the time has finally come. According to press invitations that have begun to make their way around the Chinese tech community, the latest version of Windows Phone (Refresh/Tango/whatever you want to call it) is set to debut in Beijing on March 21. As far as hardware... |
| New iPad inventory shipments spotted at Best Buy, backroom eye-candy until Friday Posted: 14 Mar 2012 11:03 AM PDT New iPad inventory shipments spotted at Best Buy, backroom eye-candy until Friday  New iPad inventory shipments spotted at Best Buy, backroom eye-candy until Friday If you somehow haven't heard, Apple's new iPad officially goes on sale this Friday. As such, it's not surprising to find out that at least one US Best Buy location has already received its stock of the Retina display-loaded slates. Thanks to an anonymous tipster, we've received photos showing short-stacks of the pads just waiting to be given new homes.... |
| Bart Decrem On How To Stay Lean And Mean In Mobile Gaming (Even When You’re A Pa... Posted: 14 Mar 2012 11:03 AM PDT Bart Decrem On How To Stay Lean And Mean In Mobile Gaming (Even When You're A Part Of Disney)  Bart Decrem On How To Stay Lean And Mean In Mobile Gaming (Even When You're A Part Of Disney) While some parts of the media world — think films, publishing and music here — have been largely dominated by old-school heavyweights, one that has been disrupted has been the world of gaming, specifically mobile gaming. A small studio from Finland by the name of Rovio owns the single most successful mobile gaming brand — the viral, runaway success that is the Angry Birds franchise, which has seen upwards of 500... |
| Native Instruments announces Traktor Kontrol F1 controller with Traktor 2.5 and... Posted: 14 Mar 2012 10:17 AM PDT Native Instruments announces Traktor Kontrol F1 controller with Traktor 2.5 and Remix Decks, we go hands-on  Native Instruments announces Traktor Kontrol F1 controller with Traktor 2.5 and Remix Decks, we go hands-on A very colorful light will shine upon Native Instruments' DJ ecosystem on May 30th, and it's called Traktor Kontrol F1. The rainbow-flavored box aims squarely at the growing number of beat junkies who fall somewhere between DJ and producer. New Remix Decks in the accompanying Traktor 2.5 software cater to a more granular perspective on mixing, and the F1 is the tool that brings the new layers to your fingertips.... |
| The power of Kickstarter: Bolex Camera project raises nearly $250,000 in a singl... Posted: 14 Mar 2012 10:17 AM PDT The power of Kickstarter: Bolex Camera project raises nearly $250,000 in a single day The power of Kickstarter: Bolex Camera project raises nearly $250,000 in a single day If anyone was still skeptical about the power of Kickstarter, they should pay attention. We'd lined up the Digital Bolex for a forthcoming episode of Insert Coin, but the project managed to surpass its $100,000 funding goal within 24 hours of going online. The camera is the brainchild of Joe Rubinstein and the antidote to most HD video snappers, which record footage in compressed and often interlaced formats that make editing... |
| Amazon Signs Deal With Discovery, Now Has 17,000 Streaming Video Titles Available Posted: 14 Mar 2012 10:16 AM PDT Amazon Signs Deal With Discovery, Now Has 17,000 Streaming Video Titles Available  Amazon Signs Deal With Discovery, Now Has 17,000 Streaming Video Titles Available Amazon announced a new licensing deal this morning with Discovery Communications, the media company behind cable TV channels including the Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Investigation Discovery, Science and Military Channel. Under the terms of the agreement, Amazon Prime customers will now have the rights to stream series and specials from those channels, as well as from the company's 25-year programming library, through Amazon's video streaming service. The TV channels include a bunch... |
| U.S. vehicle fuel economy hits new record high in February Posted: 14 Mar 2012 09:30 AM PDT U.S. vehicle fuel economy hits new record high in February  U.S. vehicle fuel economy hits new record high in February Filed under: MPG, USA New car fuel economy levels in the U.S. reached a record last month, indicating that more Americans are choosing more fuel-efficient vehicles in order to cope with surging gas prices. The average fuel economy of a new car sold in the U.S. in February was 23.7 miles per gallon, up slightly from 23.5 mpg in January, the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) reported.... |
| Aereo TV broadcast-streaming service launching today... in NYC Posted: 14 Mar 2012 09:30 AM PDT Aereo TV broadcast-streaming service launching today... in NYC  Aereo TV broadcast-streaming service launching today... in NYC Despite getting served by a mighty squad of TV networks, Aereo's keeping its original plans of launching on March 14th. However, the broadcast-streaming service will only be available to folks living in the Big Apple -- at least for now. If you're unfamiliar with the startup's offerings, $12 a month gets you all major network and local TV channels on any Cupertino-born device (iPad, iPhone, MacBook Pro, etc) and Roku boxes,... |
| OMGPOP Eyes TV Show Based On Hit Game Draw Something (Plus More Big Stats) Posted: 14 Mar 2012 09:30 AM PDT OMGPOP Eyes TV Show Based On Hit Game Draw Something (Plus More Big Stats)  OMGPOP Eyes TV Show Based On Hit Game Draw Something (Plus More Big Stats) OMGPOP, the New York-based gaming company that has made a huge comeback over the last month thanks to its Pictionary-like game Draw Something, is eying a TV show based on the game, according to a source familiar with the matter. The game has surpassed 25 million registered users, with more than 10 million daily active users. If the company made such a move, it would highlight OMGPOP's ambitions beyond games.... |
| PSA: Nook Tablet can be repartitioned in-store, Android app adds comic support Posted: 14 Mar 2012 09:30 AM PDT PSA: Nook Tablet can be repartitioned in-store, Android app adds comic support  PSA: Nook Tablet can be repartitioned in-store, Android app adds comic support Did you take umbrage with Barnes & Noble's efforts to hoard all your Nook Tablet storage for its own content? Well, the book seller has made good on its promise to reassign a portion of your 16GB hard drive, opening up 8GB for personal content and leaving 5.5GB for Nook Shop content.... |
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