Gadget News
Blackberry releases Secure Work Space for iOS and Android
Engadget - 25 Jun 2013 07:12
Paranoid corporate types living in fear of bring-your-own-device employees can soon relax: BlackBerry has just launched its Secure Work Space app, right on schedule. It'll allow organizations to manage and secure Google ...
Sony's SBH52 Smart Bluetooth clip acts as your secondary handset
Engadget - 25 Jun 2013 12:08
HTC may have its Mini Bluetooth handset, but Sony thinks such implementation works best as a big clip without the numeric pad. Dubbed the SBH52, this splashproof device comes with FM radio, a headphone jack plus a small ...
iOS 7 Will Let You Take Secret Screenshots of Your Sexy Snapchats
Gizmodo - 25 Jun 2013 05:21
Fellow sexters or those who like self-destructing pictures and videos, ya better listen up. Snapchat and iOS 7 might have a wee bit of a problem because in iOS 7 you can screenshot Snapchat photos without ever alerting t...
Samsung posts kernel source code for Galaxy S4 Active on AT&T, Galaxy Note 8.0 with LTE
Engadget - 25 Jun 2013 23:26
Samsung may have been busy this past week with the launches of the Galaxy S4 Active and Galaxy Note 8.0, but it hasn't forgotten its duties to Android programmers. It just posted the kernel source code for both the AT&T ...
A Real-Life Iron Man Suit That Could Be as Comfortable as Pajamas
Gizmodo - 25 Jun 2013 23:23
Tony Stark used exotic composites, metal alloys, and other Hollywood-only make-believe materials to build his armor-plated Iron Man suit. But researchers at Harvard University's Wyss Institute, constrained by the limitat...
Pakistani Folk Art and US Drones Collide in These Ornate Paintings
Gizmodo - 25 Jun 2013 23:20
Pakistani-American artist Mahwish Chishty was originally trained in painting miniatures in her native Lahore. But these days, Chishty is also emerging as a notable conceptual artist abroad, treading the potent line betwe...
Ouya hardware impressions, aka Indie Game: The Console
Ars Technica - 25 Jun 2013 23:15
It's low on horsepower but delivers plenty of cheap, interesting TV gaming.
On Being Bullish on Apple
TechPinions - 25 Jun 2013 23:14
I was recently presenting some of our big picture technology trends to a group of venture capitalists. As is so often in these discussions Apple came up. They were asking me questions about the landscape and where ...
Adorable Daughter Bills Dad for Home Tech Support
Gizmodo - 25 Jun 2013 23:03
Oh, your parents: Teh Olds. They're always needing technical assistance with the most rudimentary computer tasks. Worse, you can't begrudge them the tech support since they're always helping you out with rides to the mov...
Mad scientists turn roaches into cyborgs, control them with Kinect, laugh at nature
Engadget - 25 Jun 2013 22:54
We'd love to tell you that the researchers at North Carolina State University aren't monsters who implant circuits on living things so that those living things do their bidding, but we'd be lying. They totally do that, r...
Ford's Wireless Brake Lights Warn Other Drivers There's Traffic Ahead
Gizmodo - 25 Jun 2013 22:40
In an attempt to improve safety and reduce the number of accidents on the world's curviest roads, Ford has developed an experimental brake light that lets vehicles behind you know there's slow traffic ahead, even if they...
Samsung Galaxy S 4 Developer Edition for Verizon now shipping for $650
Engadget - 25 Jun 2013 22:29
Samsung's online listing for the Galaxy S 4 Developer Edition is back, and now you can actually follow through on a purchase. The device, currently available for Verizon customers, can be yours for the princely sum of $6...
Why You Can't Get Stoned from Smoking Hemp
Gizmodo - 25 Jun 2013 22:20
It's an honest mistake, thinking that marijuana and industrial hemp are one and the same. And in some ways they are: both are species of the genus cannabis, they both have the iconic five-fingered pot leafs, and both are...
Sorry Uber, Los Angeles Has Been Banning Ride-Shares For a Century
Gizmodo - 25 Jun 2013 21:52
This week the city of Los Angeles sent a cease-and-desist letter to ride-sharing app companies Uber, Lyft and Sidecar. The city claims that these services are "rogue taxis" that are "bypassing all safety regulations crea...
These Astonishing Vietnam War Firefight Photos Look Like Laser Hell
Gizmodo - 25 Jun 2013 21:28
When James Speed Hensinger was 22, he'd already spent nine months fighting in Vietnam, spending his nights in perpetual fear of snipers hiding in the mountains above. So come April of 1970, after fielding multiple nightt...
Chromebook Pixel gets new Google+ Photos app for easier backups, sharing
Engadget - 25 Jun 2013 21:27
It may not exactly be enough to make the high-end price tag any more palatable, but Chromebook Pixel owners now have another small exclusive to call their own. Google has just released a new Google+ Photos app for the de...
This Ghostly, Abandoned NYC Island Could Become a Special Needs School
Gizmodo - 25 Jun 2013 21:10
New York City's North Brother Island has lived many past lives, as a shipwreck site, a smallpox clinic, a tuberculosis colony, and a drug rehab facility, for starters. The 20-acre island, which sits between the Bronx and...
Sony goes bigger and even more waterproof with the Xperia Z Ultra
Ars Technica - 25 Jun 2013 21:00
It will also feature one of Qualcomm's newest processors and Android 4.2.2.
The Engadget Show 44: Education with Google, OLPC, Code.org, LeapFrog, SparkFun, Adafruit and more
Engadget - 25 Jun 2013 21:00
It's time to rethink the way our children learn. It's all a bit overwhelming, attempting to restructure the age-old classroom model, particularly in a system as bogged down in bureaucratic red tape as education. This mon...
A Terabyte of Portable Storage for $60 Is Your Deal of the Day
Gizmodo - 25 Jun 2013 21:00
Here's a 1TB, USB 3.0 capable portable hard drive for $60 shipped from Amazon. That's a good price! And it's another reminder to back your data up.
Ask A Google Street View Driver Anything You Want
Gizmodo - 25 Jun 2013 20:56
So you're on the Google and you want to see what a road in Turkey looks like. You click on the map, and, holy crap, there's a photo of it at street level. That's thanks to Google Street View, where they use cars and bike...
Editorial: As Google Reader dies, reading struggles to be reborn
Engadget - 25 Jun 2013 20:34
When Google announced it was pulling Reader's plug (which will happen next week), the outcry was loud and viral. If I may speak for those who were most wounded by the knife in Reader's back, the announcement shock was mi...