Electronic Arts is exploring virtual reality
When you're the CEO of the second largest video game publisher in the
world, people have a tendency to take what you say seriously. Case in
point, Electronic Arts' Andrew Wilson recently revealed his company's
plans for virtual reality. At a South by... Read More ...
Aereo's not for sale... not now, anyway
It's a bittersweet day in Austin, Texas for Aereo. The company's remote
DVR service, which allows users to stream or record over-the-air
broadcasts, just launched in the city this week against the backdrop of
SXSW, making it Aereo's fourth market in... Read More ...
NYT Now is a mobile news platform with a dedicated staff curating stories
SXSW is a veritable playground for journalists, with panels catering to
media professionals and -- most importantly -- no shortage of free
food. We're not surprised, then, that The New York Times chose Austin as
the venue for an announcement this... Read More ...
Tumblr goes retro by letting you post with a phone call (update: more feature revival than retro)
Forget trying to be retro-cool by replacing your digital music with
vinyl -- that's so 2013. Tumblr believes that this year's trendsetters
will use its throwback dial-a-post service instead. You can now make an
audio post on the social network by... Read More ...
IBM puts Watson in charge of its SXSW food truck, we taste-test (video)
We know Watson has some Jeopardy skills, but putting IBM's
supercomputer in the kitchen? That's a little different. Here at SXSW,
the company's set up a "Cognitive Cooking" food truck in partnership
with the Institute for Culinary Education (ICE).... Read More ...
AT&T reduces 2GB Mobile Share Value plans by $15 per month
Following up on the news that its UnCarrier rival will soon raise the
cost of its unlimited data plan, AT&T is making some pricing
changes of its own -- in the completely opposite direction. The base
rate for the company's 2GB Mobile Share Value plan... Read More ...
WikiLeaks head doesn't believe Obama is serious about NSA reform
Julian Assange doesn't think you should hold your breath for Barack
Obama to deliver meaningful NSA reform. The WikiLeaks founder said
during a talk at SXSW Interactive that he believes the president is
beholden to the American spy agencies and not... Read More ...
Samsung's thing for (faux) leather continues with the ATIV Book 9 Style
Samsung's clearly been listening to Venus in Furs a lot recently, which
explains why it's gone a bit crazy on the faux-leather all of a sudden.
After covering both the Galaxy Note 3, Galaxy Tab Pro and Chromebook 2
in the stuff, the company has now... Read More ...
We kick off SXSW 2014 with some real-life Mario Karting (video)
The first few days of SXSW have brought quite a bit of excitement for
our team on the ground. After starting the show with a stun-copter demo,
we stopped by the Palmer Events Center to play a little a live-action
Mario Kart. Pennzoil has set up a... Read More ...
Feedback Loop: Old gadgets, Android tablets, photo management and more!
Welcome to Feedback Loop, a weekly roundup of the most interesting
discussions happening within the Engadget community. There's so much
technology to talk about and so little time to enjoy it, but you have a
lot of great ideas and opinions that need... Read More ...
London will test smart crossing system to keep pedestrians safe
Sure, pedestrian detection tech for cars is already in the works, but
the city of London wants to keep people even safer by equipping its
crossings with a bunch of sensors and devices. London Mayor Boris
Johnson just announced that the city will try... Read More ...
Aereo's internet TV service in Denver and Salt Lake City shuts down today
Aereo's streams in Denver and Salt Lake City hung on for a while after
the US District Court of Utah granted its opponents a preliminary
injunction on February 20th, but today they're shutting off. Yesterday a
panel of federal court judges denied... Read More ...
Oppo's Find 7 smartphone poses for glamour shots, two weeks early
So much for surprises. Oppo has been trying to maintain an aura of
mystery around the launch of the Find 7 on March 19th, but the design
lovers at Red Dot have spoiled things by showing off the smartphone in
their product gallery, nearly two weeks... Read More ...
DoubleTwist's new app lets you save iTunes Radio tracks to your PC
The folks at DoubleTwist are at it again. Over the past three months
they've crafted Android and OS X apps to help penny-pinching users save
the music they hear on iTunes Radio, and now they've gone and done the
unthinkable: they made a version for... Read More ...
Daily Roundup: Samsung's Milk Music, a stun gun-equipped drone and more!
You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news.
Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This
is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines
for the past 24 hours -- all... Read More ...
500px now lets Prime sellers keep most of the cash from their photos
When 500px unveiled its Prime photo licensing store, it stirred up a
hornet's nest -- many photographers were outraged that the image host
would keep most of the cash from their sales. Give credit to the company
for having a change of heart, though.... Read More ...
T-Mobile's tweaked Simple Choice plans come with more data, unlimited international texting
T-Mobile's customer-friendly "Uncarrier" schtick seems to be changing
people's minds about the country's 4th largest wireless provider, and
it's not done fiddling with that formula just yet. The folks in magenta
just announced a slew of tweaks to its... Read More ...
We're live from SXSW Interactive 2014!
We're live on the ground at South By Southwest (#SXSW for short), the
annual event that brings together everyone and anyone who's invested in
the interactive arts. Those artists include the minds behind emerging
startups (like Twitter was here in... Read More ...
We carved a custom bottle opener with the free Easel web app
Inventables' Shapeoko 2 desktop computer controlled (CNC) milling
machine just got a whole lot more attractive. The company's new Easel
tool is a free design and fabrication web app designed for the $650
open-source kit, which launched last October.... Read More ...
ASUS' pint-sized Chromebox ships on March 14th for $179
If the simplicity of ASUS' Chromebox is enticing, you'll be glad to
hear that you can pick up the miniscule computer very soon. The $179
Chrome OS desktop is now available for pre-order at stores like Amazon,
Newegg and TigerDirect, with the first... Read More ...
Chevrolet adds Beats Music streaming to its in-car system as Beats opens its API to developers
Beats Music is already integrated with Apple's CarPlay system, which
means you'll be able to stream music from Beats' catalog in any vehicle
that happens to have Apple's setup installed. Now, new API support could
mean we'll be able to pump out the... Read More ...
Greetings, from Joystiq
My Dearest Friends at Engadget,With this letter I have enclosed a large, slightly frayed chunk of styrofoam that we all thought resembled the prominent "t" in the Engadget logo – you know, the one wearing the cute Wi-Fi hat. We have no use for...
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Engadget Podcast 387 - 3.7.14
Ben Gilbert is joined by Engadget editor and former Best Buy celeb
Chris Velazco, along with our social media guru John Colucci who's
managed to drag himself away from Grumpy Cat and 3D-printed Oreos long
enough to share his thoughts on SXSW. While... Read More ...
Watch a man get stunned by the Chaotic Unmanned Personal Intercept Drone (stun copter!)
You're gonna want to steer clear of this CUPID. The Chaotic Unmanned
Personal Intercept Drone, or "stun copter," can deliver 80,000 volts of
pure projectile terror directly into the skin of an ill-intentioned
hoodlum. This is serious business for... Read More ...
Pebble's smartwatch app store finally comes to Android
iOS users had a bit of a head start in receiving access to the new
Pebble application store. Thankfully, the Android crowd won't have to
wait for this feature any longer, since what's known as Pebble 2.0 is,
at long last, available on Google's... Read More ...
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