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While the semi-annual parade of new smartphone models at NTT DoCoMo often reveals some unexpected devices, this summer it had a bumper crop: we've already seen the new Sony Xperia A, Sharp's Aquos Phone Zeta and Aquos Pa...

After limbering up with taxi tests since December, the X-47B unmanned combat air system has finally taken off from an aircraft carrier, making it the first pilotless plane to have successfully done so, and with a catapul...

Google has just made shopping on your Android phone much easier. The folks in Mountain View have outed a new Checkout button that enables one-click purchases. Instead of having to shuffle through the gamut of steps to pi...

The Verge, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times are all reporting that Google will launch a streaming-music service at its Google I/O developers conference on Wednesday. While Google hasn't commented, according...

YouTube only recently came to Windows Phone 8 as a full-fledged app, but its availability may be short-lived. According to documents obtained by The Verge, Google has requested that Microsoft remove the app from it Windo...

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 t...

Google is seeking to block Microsoft's new YouTube app for Windows Phone 8 because it blocks ads and allows downloading of videos from YouTube's site, in violation of its terms of service.

The more time you spend on the road, the more accidents you're likely to see. Suddenly, there's a crash just in front of you, and it's your duty to help. Jalopnik readers now how to keep it safe while also providing assi...

Categories: Editorial Tags: editorialjpegjpgopedopinionrawthoughts I have been shooting photographs regularly for over 7 years now. I spent the first year shooting with a 2-megapixel phone camera. Since then, however, I'...

The world's cities are all trying to emulate Silicon Valley's example and become the next global hub. Leading cities such as London, New York, Tel Aviv, Beijing and Berlin are all creating friendly conditions for startup...

After our post yesterday about Instagram possibly being announced for Blackberry, safe to say that such an announcement did not take place during Blackberry Live which we guess is kind of a disappointment to Blackberry u...

There's a tedious balance between using apps on your smartphone or just using the browser. Sometimes like in the case of Google Maps or The Weather Channel, apps are better. Other times when you're just dropping quickly ...

New Android hooks and compelling upgrades mean Google+ can finally help the company connect the dots between Web, mobile, and social.

By Becky OskinLiveScience The North Pole's surprise trip toward Greenland is due to Earth's rapidly melting ice sheets, a new study finds.The distribution of mass across the planet determines the position of Earth's pole...

Cripple plus walking wounded equals able-bodied entity Overland Storage may be about to acquire Tandberg Data....

From Hangouts to Maps, Google announced a host of new features across a variety of products during its 2013 I/O keynote. But if you missed watching it live, combing through all three-and-a-half hours of the event may req...

Internal medicine and infectious disease specialist Isaac Bogoch and his colleagues turned an iPhone 4S into a fairly accurate microscope by attaching an eight dollar, three-millimeter ball lens to the smartphone's camer...

Responding to an invitation or checking in for a flight soon won't require any typing at all, assuming you're using Gmail to manage your inbox. When the situation calls for it, new quick action buttons will pop up in an ...

Google TV has often been criticized for the fact that its software update release cycle is way to slow. While set-top boxes are still available, LG is in fact the only manufacturer right now that is selling television se...

Airware provides backbone technology for drones intended for commercial use.

Categories: Inspiration News Post-Processing Tags: derekwitheyeditpostprocessingredditredditorsrestorationrestorestevenwitheytouchingveteranwwII Redditor Steven Withey's grandfather Derek is an 87-year-old WWII veteran w...

"I'm just completing a new house that is a mechanical masterpiece," writes Popular Mechanics editor Thomas Stimson in a 1955 article proudly titled I Chose a Steel-Frame House. "The house has a steel frame like an office...