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Thursday, February 28, 2013

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Wrap-up: Engadget editors sound off on MWC 2013

Posted: 28 Feb 2013 11:00 AM PST

Boeing touts a 'permanent' fix for 787 Dreamliner batteries, Japan stays cautious

Posted: 28 Feb 2013 10:49 AM PST

Apple patent application reveals a camera with built-in privacy filter

Posted: 28 Feb 2013 10:47 AM PST

3D? Feh. MIT has already moved on to 4D printing (video)

Posted: 28 Feb 2013 10:33 AM PST

HTC confirms Sense 5 coming to existing phones, some features limited to HTC One

Posted: 28 Feb 2013 10:20 AM PST

Engadget Eurocast 017 - 02.28.13

Posted: 28 Feb 2013 10:01 AM PST

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Sky broadcasts Barcelona Grand Prix testing in 3D, we go take a look

Posted: 28 Feb 2013 09:48 AM PST

Surface RT coming to six more countries in late March, Pro in the 'coming months'

Posted: 28 Feb 2013 09:26 AM PST

OUYA shipping to Kickstarter backers on March 28th

Posted: 28 Feb 2013 09:08 AM PST

China Mobile begins TD-LTE trials in Guangzhou and Shenzhen, users need a Galaxy S III for now

Posted: 28 Feb 2013 08:54 AM PST

Google Play Books comes to India with an updated Android app in tow

Posted: 28 Feb 2013 08:19 AM PST

China claims its defense sites face constant US hacking attacks

Posted: 28 Feb 2013 07:46 AM PST

Watson ponders careers in cooking, drug research as IBM makes it earn its keep

Posted: 28 Feb 2013 07:12 AM PST

Judge who accused Apple of 'lack of integrity' joins Samsung's legal team

Posted: 28 Feb 2013 06:46 AM PST

The Engadget Mobile Podcast, live at 10:15AM ET at MWC 2013!

Posted: 28 Feb 2013 06:44 AM PST

ZTE USA's CEO: US investigation report is actually good for us

Posted: 28 Feb 2013 06:39 AM PST

BlackBerry exec allegedly confirms a new BB10 tablet will launch in 2013 (update: not true)

Posted: 28 Feb 2013 06:09 AM PST

Nook leads decline as Barnes & Noble Q3 2013 revenue down 8.8 percent to $2.2 billion

Posted: 28 Feb 2013 06:08 AM PST

Vimeo announces 'Looks' feature, now lets users add visual effects to videos

Posted: 28 Feb 2013 06:00 AM PST

iTunes U content downloads pass the one billion mark

Posted: 28 Feb 2013 05:55 AM PST

Sony Ericsson Windows Phone prototype hits eBay, reminds us sliders existed

Posted: 28 Feb 2013 05:32 AM PST

TuneIn launches TuneIn Live, hopes to encourage radio station discovery through custom UI

Posted: 28 Feb 2013 05:00 AM PST

China pledges to grow broadband coverage to 70% of households

Posted: 28 Feb 2013 04:35 AM PST

Instagram, Twitter posts begin to flow from North Korean 3G network

Posted: 28 Feb 2013 03:58 AM PST

Sony flaunts portable, social aspects of PS4 with high-res screenshots

Posted: 28 Feb 2013 03:46 AM PST

Top Stories of the Day // February 28, 2013

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Today's Top Stories // Feb 28, 2013

#youdidntgetglass Google Has Closed Registrations For Their #ifihadglass Pre-Order Ploy

Google has officially shut down registrations for its #ifihadglass round of Google Glass pre-orders/applications.... read more

With $1.8M From Andreessen, Chris Sacca & More, Rental Marketplace Getable Digs Into The $32B Construction Market

When we last caught up with Getable, the startup formerly known as Rentcycle, it was announcing that Netflix co-founder Marc Randolph was joining Collaborative... read more

Apple Patent Would Use The iPad's Built-In Magnets To Turn The Tablet Into An In-Car Entertainment System

A new patent application by Apple published by the USPTO this week describes a stand for the iPad that uses magnets to hold the Apple tablet in place. iPads... read more

Instagrams Of The Fiery Tyrant: How 3G Networking Could Chip Away At North Korea's Power

In the 1940s, DC comics gave Superman a new enemy. After WWII, the Ku Klux Klan was rising to power. They were gaining adherents in the south and the mystery... read more

No Hot SXSW App This Year? Here's Why

SXSW is a week away and we were having an internal pow-wow about whether there would be any breakouts this year.... read more

Video Chat Startup Rabbit Raises $3.3 Million From Google Ventures, CrunchFund, And Bebo Founder Michael Birch

Just a few weeks ago, we told you about Rabbit, a new video chat app that launched in private beta. Separating itself from other video chat services, the... read more

The Foul-Mouthed Founders Of Rap Genius Will Stir Up Trouble At TechCrunch Disrupt NY

There are not a lot of startups who've both raised $15 million from a top investor like Andreessen Horowitz but have also told Mark Zuckerberg and Warren Buffet... read more

Foursquare CEO Looks Beyond Mobile Handsets: Anywhere There's A Screen, We Want To Be On It

Google has yet to release the Mirror API that will open Google Glass as a platform, but developers of some of the more popular mobile apps today are gearing up... read more

AT&T "Hacker" Andrew Auernheimer's Sentencing Scheduled For March 18

Internet activist (and Crunchies winner) Andrew Auernheimer's sentencing trial will take place on March 18, 2013 at 10:30am. Auernheimer aka Weev revealed a... read more

Home Inventory Updates Its Mac- And iPhone-Based Approach To Keeping Tabs On Your Worldly Possessions

Binary Formations is a husband and wife software company that has been building Home Inventory, a Mac app that makes it easy to keep a database record of your... read more

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Wednesday, February 27, 2013

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E-ink reference phone and flexible display hands-ons (video)

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 11:10 AM PST

PlayStation 4 announcement stream drew 8 million viewers, 1 million concurrent peak

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 10:54 AM PST

Sony begins exploring Firefox OS, dares Xperia E owners to experiment with new ROM

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 10:33 AM PST

The Engadget Interview: Qualcomm's Rob Chandhok on the Internet of things at MWC 2013

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 10:15 AM PST

Huawei, LG pitch tents in growing Firefox OS camp

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 09:54 AM PST

The Engadget Show 41: 'Space' with NASA, SETI, Liftport and Mary Roach

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 09:30 AM PST

Google's 'Super Sync Sports' marries mobile Chrome to desktop for goofy gaming

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 09:18 AM PST

Infrared holography lets rescuers see people through walls, fire, walls of fire (video)

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 08:59 AM PST

New York Times now serving up 15 free articles a day to Starbucks patrons

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 08:41 AM PST

DARPA trying again to develop a high-speed VTOL aircraft

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 08:18 AM PST

94Fifty smart basketball can tell when you've got game, teaches when you don't

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 08:00 AM PST

iTunes in the Cloud looks to be hitting more of Europe with TV series, films (update: confirmed)

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 07:44 AM PST

Amazon Cloud Player for iOS arrives on the iPad

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 07:31 AM PST

Clearwire borrows $80 million from Sprint but still flirts with Dish

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 07:16 AM PST

PSA: Kindle iOS app users should not update to version 3.6.1

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 06:59 AM PST

Microsoft's Office 365 subscription service is now available for businesses

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 06:37 AM PST

Canonical posting daily builds for plenty more Ubuntu Touch devices

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 06:28 AM PST

Spotify for iOS gets a much-appreciated interface makeover

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 06:02 AM PST

China Mobile's four new TD-LTE phones: Huawei Ascend D2, HTC One, LG Optimus Vu II Plus and ZTE U9810

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 05:52 AM PST

Leap Motion Controller starts shipping May 13th, hits Best Buy on the 19th

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 05:42 AM PST

Google+ Photos app for Chromebooks revealed in more detail, thanks to new screenshots

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 05:32 AM PST

Power Matters Alliance garners support from BlackBerry, NEC, TI and ZTE

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 05:14 AM PST

Google Settings app sneaks onto Android to bolster G+ Sign-In

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 04:49 AM PST

Splitsecnd dials 911 when your car crashes (video)

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 04:28 AM PST

Engadget UK Giveaway: win a Sony Xperia Z courtesy of Expansys

Posted: 27 Feb 2013 04:00 AM PST

Top Stories of the Day // February 27, 2013

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Today's Top Stories // Feb 27, 2013

Dropbox CEO Drew Houston Opens The Door To Samsung's Competitors: 'We'd Love To Work With You'

Drew Houston, the CEO of Dropbox, said that staying independent was a key part of Dropbox's strategy; and with mobile being the most important platform for... read more

Designer Imagines What An iPhone Phablet And iPhone Mini Might Look Like

Big screens are the talk of the town at MWC. Got nothing else to announce that makes your handset stand out from the crowd? Throw a huge screen on the sucker.... read more

Bug In Kindle Update For iOS Deletes Users' Entire Library, Amazon Warns Users Not To Update

Amazon yesterday updated its Kindle for iOS app, which works across iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, to version 3.6.1. The update was meant to fix a few bugs as... read more

Computer Science Education Had A Good Day In America

America's elite institutions came out in full force for computer science education. First, the House of Representatives voted to update its traditional students... read more

Pinterest For Products Wanelo Raises At North Of $100M

You wouldn't think that a Pinterest where you can buy stuff would be one of the hottest Series A deals of the quarter, but it was.... read more

Adobe Debuts Photoshop Touch For Phones, Bringing The Full Power Of The Tablet Version To Your Pocket

Adobe's mobile Photoshop strategy has so far kept more heavyweight editing capabilities to tablets with Photoshop Touch, and left the iPhone with Photoshop... read more

Leap Motion Controller Ships Pre-Orders May 13, Hits Best Buy Store Shelves May 19 For $79.99

Leap Motion today announced that its innovative motion controller for PCs will start shipping to pre-order buyers beginning May 13, and will launch in the U.S.... read more

Why Qualcomm Wants To Bring Ultrasound Transmitters To Smartphones And Tablets

Mobile chipmaker Qualcomm has a track record of pushing new capabilities into its chips faster than its competitors in a bid to carve out a bigger chunk of the... read more

Samsung Takes Note Of Apple's Passbook And Fires Back With Its Own Wallet App

I'm no great fan of Apple's Passbook, but it seems at least a few people at Samsung have taken a shine to the same general concept. Earlier today, Samsung... read more

Brightcove Introduces Native Video Players For iOS And Android, Will Discontinue HTML5-Based Hybrid Approach

Brightcove, one of the leading cloud content delivery providers in the world, today announced an end to a major experiment, and the start of something new for... read more

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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

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New armband delivers Minority Report like experience

Posted: 26 Feb 2013 08:40 AM PST

AVG Pro goes free for Samsung users

Posted: 26 Feb 2013 08:25 AM PST

BBC World Service is being jammed in China

Posted: 26 Feb 2013 08:00 AM PST

Blizzard to give sneak peak of Starcraft II: HotS tomorrow

Posted: 26 Feb 2013 07:50 AM PST

Company turns iPhone into light meter

Posted: 26 Feb 2013 07:17 AM PST

Wii Mini coming to the UK

Posted: 26 Feb 2013 07:01 AM PST

Apple to offer iTunes compensation for kids' app purchases

Posted: 26 Feb 2013 06:40 AM PST

Twitter confirms app for Firefox OS launch

Posted: 26 Feb 2013 06:39 AM PST

Aliens: Colonial Marines was outsourced to third-party developer

Posted: 26 Feb 2013 06:30 AM PST

Apple tops British brand surveys

Posted: 26 Feb 2013 06:05 AM PST

Yahoo! boss bans working from home

Posted: 26 Feb 2013 04:50 AM PST

EE CEO: Unlimited data plans are 'unnecessary' on 4G

Posted: 26 Feb 2013 04:35 AM PST

EE CEO: Unlimited data plans are 'unnecessarry' on 4G

Posted: 26 Feb 2013 04:35 AM PST

ZTE unveils world’s first Firefox OS-based smartphone

Posted: 26 Feb 2013 04:09 AM PST

WSJ: Google privately concerned by Samsung’s dominance

Posted: 26 Feb 2013 03:33 AM PST

Ford announces deal with Spotify

Posted: 26 Feb 2013 03:30 AM PST

Sony boss confirms gamers will be able to play the PS4 this year

Posted: 26 Feb 2013 03:26 AM PST

Cliff Bleszinski: the games industry is 'in a massive state of turmoil'

Posted: 26 Feb 2013 03:12 AM PST

Sony to launch Firefox OS device in 2014

Posted: 26 Feb 2013 03:10 AM PST

Respawn to attend E3

Posted: 26 Feb 2013 02:20 AM PST

Asus shows off PadFone Infinity

Posted: 25 Feb 2013 09:50 AM PST

iTap USB charger

Posted: 25 Feb 2013 09:00 AM PST

ASUS unveils FonePad at MWC

Posted: 25 Feb 2013 08:17 AM PST

LG buys WebOS from HP

Posted: 25 Feb 2013 07:08 AM PST

Samsung launches HomeSync Android-powered set-top box

Posted: 25 Feb 2013 06:40 AM PST

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