Gadget News
My Neighbor Totoro Bed
The Gadget Flow - 10 Nov 2014 09:00
Give you kids a giant sized Totoro in an eco-friendly way by replacing their current beds with this My Neighbor Totoro Bed. The bed has been stuffed with 100% PP cotton that's both comfortable and relaxing for rest with ...
BMW's new street lights will charge your electric car
Engadget - 10 Nov 2014 07:10
Street lights are already brimming with electricity, so it stands to reason that they'd make great charging points for electric cars, doesn't it? BMW certainly thinks so. It has developed Light and Charge LED street ligh...
Apple finally offers an easy solution to its missing text message problem
Engadget - 10 Nov 2014 04:33
If you're still being plagued by missing text messages after leaving iOS for another platform, then the time has come to rejoice. Apple has quietly launched a tool that will let you deregister your phone number from iMes...
AT&T backs out of in-flight wireless game
Slash Gear - 10 Nov 2014 22:31
Challenging GoGo in-flight wireless was going to be no small feat, but AT&T was poised to offer LTE service while we coasted above the clouds. A new report suggests AT&T is no longer interested in air travel and LTE serv...
You can finally fix Instagram caption goofs
Slash Gear - 10 Nov 2014 23:28
Instagram has always been about sharing the moment, but the inability to edit captions once posted has also made it a frustrating way to share typos, too. Happily an update today is addressing that, with caption editing ...
Is This DJI's New Drone?
Gizmodo - 10 Nov 2014 23:25
The hobby drone world is all aflutter this week as DJI prepares to unleash its latest creation onto the world: the Inspire 1. And just like Apple fanboys, they're eagerly seeking out leaks. The latest images look, well, ...
Stelle Audio reveals Mini-Clutch Speaker
Coolest Gadgets - 10 Nov 2014 21:45
Fashion and technology do go down well together, make no mistake about it. After all, the upcoming Apple Watch looks set to be a top selling blockbuster despite the rather high entry price that many expect it to come wit...
I Rode A Bike On Water, And It Was Incredible
Gizmodo - 10 Nov 2014 20:44
Walking on water? Pssh. I rode a bike on water. And it was glorious.
"Warcraft" film theme and cast detailed at BlizzCon 2014
Slash Gear - 10 Nov 2014 12:50
The spate of comicbook superhero themed films might have gotten the majority of our attention of late, but for Blizzard's loyal fans, the one film they're most interested in is only now taking shape. At the annual BlizzC...
Here's what happened at Engadget Expand 2014
Engadget - 10 Nov 2014 23:39
If you didn't get to come out to the Javits Center in New York City for this year's Engadget Expand, but still wanted to see what all the fuss was about, we've got you covered. The entire two-day celebration of tech and ...
Google Voice, Hangouts get SMS/MMS, Verizon support
Slash Gear - 10 Nov 2014 23:32
Still using google Voice? There's good news today, especially if you are on Verizon, or regularly chat with someone who is. An update to Voice adds native MMS support on Verizon, bringing MMS to all four major carriers i...
These Iconic Road Trips Make You Want To Grab a Camera and Just Drive
Gizmodo - 10 Nov 2014 23:25
The road trip is one of the great American photographic traditions. Open Road: Photography and the American Road Trip, a new book published by Aperture, revisits the journeys of 18 influential photographers as they set o...
NASA Captured the Lonely Last Journey of an Aircraft Carrier
Gizmodo - 10 Nov 2014 23:08
This is the loneliest funeral march I've ever seen. This photo from November 5th was taken during a NASA mission called Operation IceBridge, the goal of which is to survey polar ice. But it also captured the aircraft car...
Call The Avengers: The Pentagon wants to make helicarriers
Gizmodo - 10 Nov 2014 22:49
DARPA--the Pentagon's advanced military technology research agency--is taking a page from Marvel's playbook and wants to make "aircraft carriers in the sky." They won't be Nimitz-size, of course, but they will have "to c...
You Can Finally Edit Your Embarrassing Typos on Instagram
Gizmodo - 10 Nov 2014 22:35
Mistake-makers, rejoice. After years of choosing between deleting an entire photo and report it or living with the typos and ill-conceived jokes of the original, Instagram has decided to allow us to edit our captions aft...
Transforming Gift Wrap Means You're Actually Giving Two Presents
Gizmodo - 10 Nov 2014 22:32
If you've ever looked at a mountain of shredded wrapping paper after a birthday party or Christmas morning and felt guilty about the waste--even if you intend to recycle it all--then you'll surely appreciate Nendo's alte...
The Booo Smart Dimmer is a pebble that could replace your light switch
Coolest Gadgets - 10 Nov 2014 22:30
We all know how to turn on and off a light. When the switch is up, the light is on, and when it’s down, the light is off (unless you had a terrible electrician who made the on off and vice versa). It’s really nice to...
RZA on why the Wu-Tang Clan put its new album inside a speaker
Engadget - 10 Nov 2014 22:29
Back in October, RZA of the Wu-Tang Clan revealed that the group's upcoming album A Better Tomorrow (no, not that one) would be released ahead of its official December 2nd date on a Bluetooth speaker. Of course, that ear...
Sony SmartWatch 3 joins LG G Watch R on Google Play
Slash Gear - 10 Nov 2014 22:03
Joining a whole collection of Android Wear devices in the Google Play market this week is the Sony SmartWatch 3, the first Sony SmartWatch to be offered direct by Google. This is also only the second time Google Play has...
10 Science Fiction Tropes We Will Never Get Tired Of
Gizmodo - 10 Nov 2014 22:00
We've called out various movie and TV tropes that we never want to see again in the past. But today we're calling attention to the silly, stupid, brilliant and hilarious scifi tropes that we absolutely, positively love--...
New York attorney general fights rule that curbs services like Uber
Engadget - 10 Nov 2014 21:59
New York City isn't always kind to ridesharing services like Lyft and Uber, but those companies have just gained an important ally. BuzzFeed News has learned that state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman recently sent a ...
One in four self-made American billionaires dropped out of college
Gizmodo - 10 Nov 2014 21:53
Bloomberg crunched the numbers on "self-made" billionaires in the U.S. and found that about a quarter of them were college dropouts. Ten of America's 43 self-made billionaires dropped out. One, Harold Hamm, never even at...