September 2011
2 posts
A Year After “AngelGate”, More Angelic Angels... →
A year ago, a huge controversy erupted before TechCrunch Disrupt (sound familiar?). Michael Arrington walked into a bar in San Francisco, Bin 38, and walked out feeling dirty. It was in Bin…
An Open Letter To Time Warner Cable →
Emailed to: Scott Miller: (scott.miller@twcable.com) Randall Wells: (randall.wells@twcable.com) Derrick Moore: (derrick.moore@twcable.com) Office of the President: (twc.cotp@twcable.com)
Scott,…
August 2011
2 posts
Apple Sneaks A Big Change Into iOS 5: Phasing Out... →
Apple is making a lot of big changes to its mobile operating system with iOS 5, which is dribbling out in betas for developers ahead of a general release later this year. But there is one…
Evernote buys Mac drawing app Skitch, makes it... →
Popular cloud-based note-taking service Evernote announced today that it has acquired Skitch, a photo annotation, editing, and sharing app. Skitch has so far been limited to the Mac platform, but…
July 2011
1 post
Putting a Ton of Glowsticks in Blenders Looks Just... →
Crushing glowsticks for their oozy neon contents and spraying it all over the place in a room filled with paint and loud music sounds like a wonderful way to conclude a drug bender. It’s…
May 2011
2 posts
This Is the Best Time Warner Cable Takedown Yet... →
>Is making fun of Time Warner Cable like beating a dead horse? Maybe, if the horse were still alive and twisting your life into a waking nightmare. So when comedian Eugene Mirman gets out…
Another Day, Another Awesome Parent: New Father... →
Note: Video audio is VERY NSFW on account of “motherf’er’” over and over and over and over and over and over and over again. This is a video of a new father after learning how to get his…
April 2011
1 post
This Old Chinese Man Repairs Damaged Photos with... →
Baojun Yuan, the man pictured above, learned Photoshop at 60 years old. He’s now 76 and for the past decade or so has repaired over 2000 damaged photos and done it all for free. Yuan bought…
March 2011
1 post
Conan Parodies the iPad 2 [Video] →
You can always expect a few good parody videos after an Apple keynote, and Conan didn’t disappoint with his iPad 2 video. Also: “Dream-Telligence” team! *chortle* [Conan]
February 2011
2 posts
What Happens When You Replace the N-Word In Huck... →
If you’re going to go through the trouble of whitewashing Huckleberry Finn by taking out the n-word, why not replace it with something more anachronistic. Like robots. I mean, it only makes…
Video From The Vaults: One Of Steve Jobs’ First TV... →
Isn’t this just the cutest thing? It’s Steve Jobs, age 23, getting hair and make-up done for a TV appearance, possibly with KGO-TV in San Francisco. Watch him gape in amazement at the live…
January 2011
3 posts
Hearing This Voicemail—and Knowing That It Went to... →
Stop whatever you’re doing right now and go tell your dear ones that you love them. You’ll be glad you did once you listen to this voicemail recording.
The 90-second message was left on a phone…
Days Before Big Announcement, Verizon Is Tweeting... →
So we’ve got Siegler up in the air travelling to New York in order to watch some Verizon honchos and possibly Steve Jobs unveil a CDMA phone tomorrow morning. As Verizon iPhone anticipation (wow, I will actually be able to make calls! unlimited data!
Motorola Xoom becomes official, headed to Verizon... →
Motorola has just outed its delicious Honeycomb tablet alongside another device, the LTE-equipped Bionic, on its official site. The company’s CES press conference is ongoing right now,…
December 2010
10 posts
Google carrier ambitions the “nuclear option” says... →
Google’s potential carrier ambitions are again being raked over, with suggestions that underwhelming net neutrality rulings, the failure of the Nexus One sales experiment to marginalize carrier…
HTC Thunderbolt with LTE for Verizon pictured... →
So, that lovely 4.3-inch LTE smartphone with Android for Verizon we’ve been calling the Mecha and the Droid Incredible HD? Looks like it might come to market as the Thunderbolt, so…
Got a net neutrality complaint? Here's what to do →
The Federal Communications Commission’s new net neutrality rules are now almost a week old, and the fighting over them has just begun. Republicans vow they’ll kill the FCC’s
move…
The Nightmare Of Anti-Net Neutrality: Carriers... →
This story is a bit old by now but it’s a doozy. Essentially, what you see here is a presentation slide from Allot and the ironically-named Openet handed out at FierceWireless describing…
The TSA Let a Loaded Gun Get on an Airplane [Tsa] →
A man accidentally brought his loaded .40 caliber gun onto an airplane. He didn’t know he had it. Neither did the TSA, who completely missed it during its scan and allowed that plane…
2010′s iPad App Of The Year, Flipboard, Solidifies... →
Given the success Apple has seen this year with the launch of the iPad, they decided to single out the device to give it its own “App of the Year” award. The winner? Flipboard. The social…
Kinect finally fulfills its Minority Report... →
Not to denigrate the numerous fine hacks that Kinect’s undergone since its launch, but it’s always nice to see the professionals come in and shake things up a little. A crew from MIT’s brain labs has put together a hand detection system on Microsoft’s ultra-versatile cam, which is sophisticated enough to recognize the position of both your palms and fingers. Just as a...
All Of The Lights →
Kanye, you forgot one. I made this for you.
Twitter For iPad Nugget →
Easily one of my favorite little interactions In a mobile app. When sliding all the way to the right, a small animation is revealed; a subtle way to teach the user how the interaction works….
Official Google Reader App for Android Now... →
Android: Google’s Reader webapp is pretty good, but we’ve longed for an official, native Google Reader app since we started using Android. Today, Google made that dream come true,…
November 2010
1 post
Now Even Fancast.com Is Blocked On Google TV →
Sorry, folks. Someone clearly couldn’t keep their mouth shut and let it slip that Fancast.com was Google TV‘s backdoor to Hulu. The majority of the content no longer streams to Google TV units…
October 2010
4 posts
Google catches giant Gingerbread man, mounts on... →
Cupcake, donut, eclair, froyo. That’s not just a list of Android iterations, it’s also an inventory of all the giant decorations (along with a large green robot) that cover the…
Xbox.com getting a major overhaul: browser-based... →
Well, it looks like the Xbox 360 dashboard isn’t the only thing getting an overhaul this fall — Microsoft’s Major Nelson has just announced that Xbox.com will be getting a “massive…
Pilots Confess: We're Tired, Hungry & Just... →
For many of us who travel on planes, believing the pilots are well-fed and rested is a necessity. But according to some of the industry secrets that airline pilots have divulged to the editors of…
Google Acquires Impressive Touchscreen Keyboard... →
Google has just acquired BlindType, a very impressive technology that allows you to type on touch screens without even looking at them. See our past coverage of the startup here.
BlindType…
September 2010
4 posts
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Women in Tech: Look around the World and Stop... →
Yep. I’m going there again.
When I looked at the “Summer Davos” program, the panel I was most excited to attend was about the role of women in Asian workforces. The role of women in China…
Testing! →
Wahoooo!!
Gowalla Continues The March Beyond The Check-In... →
If you didn’t think the check-in was a commodity before Facebook launched their Places feature, you likely do now. But Gowalla has known that for awhile, and that’s why they’ve been moving…
Play Starcraft II From Your iPhone [IPhone] →
Developer Daniel Hellerman has let us know about an interesting little project he’s working on: an app that promises to let you control Starcraft II from your iPhone (or iPad). …
August 2010
17 posts
Feature: Review: LauncherPro offers improved home... →
One of the key characteristics that has contributed to Android’s popularity among technology enthusiasts is the platform’s flexibility. It’s possible for third-party developers to build…
Oh no! →
Grace got hurt!
The Saddest Thing You'll Read All Weekend →
Wow. You guys are almost as good at science as you are spelling. Which is not at all. I’m serious, you’re dumb as shit and ought to be ashamed. God knows your parents are. Want to be…
New Xbox 360 hacked to play 'backup' discs, public... →
If you’re looking for video proof of the latest and greatest Xbox 360 firmware mod, you won’t find it in the video after the break, but we’re almost willing to take it on Team Xecuter’s…
Guess Who Else Disagrees With Google’s Net... →
“The new Internet. If AT&T and Verizon have their way.”
That was the final warning in a public service announcement that ran on television in the run up to the Internet Freedom Preservation…
Google Launches Chrome-To-Phone Extension To Link... →
Today at its press event in San Francisco, Google has just announced that it is officially releasing Chrome-To-Phone, a Chrome Extension it showed off as a preview at Google IO. The extension…
Sharpie Liquid Pencil writes and erases like a... →
Doesn’t look like we’ve ever covered a pencil on Engadget before, but this is just too nifty to pass up: the Sharpie Liquid Pencil uses liquid graphite to write like a pen, erase like…
Google and Verizon publish joint policy proposal... →
UPDATE: We’ve done a full breakdown of the proposal right here — go check it out!
Back in October of last year, Google and Verizon came together in order to provide an…
San Francisco rolls out new smart parking meters... →
San Francisco has been working on making parking “smarter” for quite a while now, and it’s just recently taken another big step in that direction by starting to replace over 5,000…
Android 2.2 Screenshot Tour: Our Favorite Features... →
Android 2.2, or “Froyo,” was announced months ago, but it’s just now rolling out to popular Android phones like the Droid, Incredible, and EVO 4G. So what new and improved…
Bill Gates Convinces 40 Billionaires to Give Away... →
Our favorite charity-worker Bill Gates has successfully signed up 38 billionaires to give away half of their wealth to those less fortunate, in what could be the largest-scale…
55 Examples of Modern Gadgets in Early-90's Pop... →
For this week’s Photoshop Contest, I asked you to stick some of today’s gadgets into the glorious days of the early 90’s. And you delivered! If only my 11-year-old self could see…
Android Facebook app gets much-needed upgrade →
Facebook for Android always felt like the ugly-sister app in comparison to its slick iPhone counterpart, and happily the social networking site is finally doing something about it. A fresh update…
Google Multiple Account Log-In Is a Go [Google] →
Good news for you polyamorous Google account holders: you’ll now be able to sign in from multiple accounts in the same browser. It’s everything you dreamed it would be, with a few…
The Jailbreakme bigger issue: iOS is now wide open... →
Jailbreaking iPhones has been around for awhile but Comex’s 4.0 Jailbreakme.com is different in one huge way that shouldn’t sit well with you if you are on an iOS device. The jailbreak…
iOS Jailbreak via Mobile Safari is here →
The iPhone Dev Team (Comex) has just unleashed a new jailbreak tool for all iOS devices and it’s done through Mobile Safari! Head to www.jailbreakme.com from Safari on your iDevice and get going!…