Gadget News
Atheer Labs unveils 3D augmented reality mobile platform and a natural human UI (hands-on)
Engadget - 30 May 2013 20:33
With the advent of Google Glass and the continued development of platforms like the Epson Moverio and Vuzix Smart Glasses, head-mounted wearables are getting a lot of attention these days. Atheer Labs is a small company ...
Google's Android Activations Are A Lot Less Cash Cow And A Lot More Bull
TechPinions - 30 May 2013 12:43
"My belief, though, is that what Google is winning with Android is a booby prize -- overwhelming majority share of the unprofitable segment of the market." - John Gruber The Platform Business Model "A computing platform ...
Nvidia GeForce GTX 780M: The New Best Graphics Card For Your Laptop
Gizmodo - 30 May 2013 23:00
Intel's new integrated graphics are better than ever , and AMD's are nothing to shake a stick at either, but if you really want to game on a laptop, nothing's gonna beat discrete. And Nvidia's new GeForce GTX 700M series...
Ikea In Swedish Teaches You To Correctly Pronounce Its Products
Gizmodo - 30 May 2013 14:26
Presumably to preserve its heritage, Ikea uses traditional Swedish names for all of its products, even in its hundreds and hundreds of stores outside the country. So those of us who grew up with English as our mother ton...
Engadget UK Giveaway: win an HTC One courtesy of Mobile Madhouse
Engadget - 30 May 2013 11:00
HTC's latest flagship is one of the hottest Android phones available right now. What better way to kick off your summer in the UK, then, than with one of these in your pocket? That's entirely possible, too, thanks to acc...
The Wall Street Journal to launch LinkedIn-style social network
Engadget - 30 May 2013 13:04
The Wall Street Journal will soon launch a business-minded social network along the lines of LinkedIn, according to a report from The Times of London. The news comes amid reports of restructuring and new financial offeri...
Samsung confirms Galaxy S 4 Mini: 4.3-inch display, 1.7 GHz dual-core processor
Engadget - 30 May 2013 10:12
So, it might not be a surprise that it was in the works, but its official announcement today almost caught us off guard. Here it is, the Samsung Galaxy S 4 Mini. Now we can say for sure that there's a (yet to be specifie...
Apple unveils new iPod Touch: 16GB storage, no back-facing camera, $229
Engadget - 30 May 2013 10:01
Well, this is a little out of the blue. Apple has just outed a new iPod Touch that falls in behind its existing 2012 models. We're hesitant to call this the sixth generation, as it's more of a stripped down variant of wh...
Huawei Windows Phone appears in render, said to be the Ascend W2
Engadget - 30 May 2013 09:39
It feels almost unfaithful to the Ascend W1 to be looking at a potential sequel already, but that's what evleaks claims this is. How he got the image we have no idea, and neither do we have any price or specs to go with ...
Hilarious Guy Photoshops Celebrities into His Instagram Pictures
Gizmodo - 30 May 2013 07:00
What do you Instagram? Food. Cupcakes. The beach. The beach with your sandy feet. Clouds. Dogs. Beer. Selfies. High heels. Forgotten Nights. TBTs. And maybe on some off chance, a blurry photo of a celebrity you saw on th...
Apple's Insularity Could Get Dangerous
TechPinions - 30 May 2013 15:50
It started with a question I asked Apple CEO Tim Cook during his presentation Tuesday at the D11 conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. Noting that Microsoft and Google offered cloud solutions that provided access to ...
Waze 3.7 navigates to Facebook Events, shares directions with others
Engadget - 30 May 2013 15:00
It's not hard to navigate to a Facebook Event if there's an address: it's much harder if the organizer simply assumes that we'll know where to go. Thankfully, we can now lean on some collective help through Waze 3.7 for ...
Elon Musk reveals Supercharger network will triple its coverage area this month
Engadget - 30 May 2013 05:11
Elon Musk is being interviewed tonight at the D11 conference, and gave an early preview of news coming tomorrow: his company's Supercharger EV stations will be expanding coverage soon. The network will triple its coverag...
Gizmodo How Google Is Finally Fixing Android's Deepest Flaw | Jalopnik This Flowchart Will Tell You
Gizmodo - 30 May 2013 23:58
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Samsung's New Galaxy S4 Mini Isn't Really All That Small
Gizmodo - 30 May 2013 11:08
If a 4.3-inch phone is considered "mini", god help us all. Samsung's just announced that the Galaxy S4 Mini is real, and it's still bigger than an iPhone 5. In fact, last year it would be considered mid-range, but compar...
What Will Happen When Your Driverless Car Crashes?
Gizmodo - 30 May 2013 23:49
Driverless cars are nearly here, at least if Google has its way. But what happens when we're all zipping around, hands-and-feet free, nary a care in the world, and BAM! we're in a terrible accident?
BlueStacks to offer GamePop Android game console for $129, expands title lineup
Engadget - 30 May 2013 23:31
BlueStacks is taking on OUYA in a big way, having announced its Android-powered GamePop game console a few weeks ago. The company wouldn't give specifics on how much the device would cost when it was first unveiled, alth...
Nokia Lumia 928 Review: Flawed Beauty, Best Camera
Gizmodo - 30 May 2013 23:31
The nicest thing you can say about any gadget is that it changed the way you use that type of gear for the better. The 928 did that for me with smartphone cameras. It will for you, too, probably. It's just a shame that t...
Sony CEO Hirai: Xperia Z coming to US carrier shortly
Engadget - 30 May 2013 23:13
Sony CEO Kaz Hirai had some good news to deliver on stage at D11 -- for US fans, at least. According to Kirai, the Xperia Z, which currently serves as the company's flagship smartphone, is expected to arrive on a US carr...
Hell Yes, Razer Made the World's Most Powerful Small Windows Laptop
Gizmodo - 30 May 2013 23:01
Yep, this might be incredible. The new Razer blade is a 14-inch monster... ultrabook. With a discrete Nvidia GTX graphics card. Basically, this is the smallest, most badass gaming laptop-cum-ultrabook we've seen.
Razer reveals the Blade Pro and 14-inch Blade gaming laptops
Engadget - 30 May 2013 23:00
Razer promised it was aiming to iterate its Blade gaming laptop on a yearly basis, and despite the company's recent focus on tablets, it appears to be keeping its word. Today, a mere eight months after releasing the seco...
NVIDIA reveals GeForce GTX 700M series GPUs for notebooks -- we go eyes-on
Engadget - 30 May 2013 23:00
We've already seen a couple of new desktop GTX cards from NVIDIA this month, and if the mysterious spec sheet for MSI's GT70 Dragon Edition 2 laptop wasn't enough of a hint, the company's got some notebook variants to le...