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AirDroids Wants To Democratize The Skies With Its Pint-Sized Pocket Drone

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Chris Velazco The buzz around drones is undeniable these days — as it turns out, even Martha Stewart uses one to survey her farm — but there still hasn’t been a runaway drone hit that has captured that imaginations of the masses. That’s exactly what a hardware startup calledAirDroids is trying to accomplish with the Pocket Drone, a (relatively) inexpensive flying machine that’s meant to give people of all stripes a different…

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Parrot Shows Off New MiniDrone And Leaping Sumo Rolling Bot

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Darrell Etherington French Bluetooth company turned drone-maker Parrot has some new hardware for CES 2014, including two brand new smartphone-controlled bots. One is the rolling, jumping Sumo and the other is the MiniDrone, a super small version of its popular AR Drone that flies, rolls and hugs the ceiling and the walls. The MiniDrone is remarkably small, coming in at about a tenth of the size of the full version, which…

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Review: Microsoft Xbox One

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Greg Kumparak The final contender in the next-gen console battle has entered the arena. The Xbox One will launch this Friday, 8 years to the day after the 2005 debut of the Xbox 360. As someone who has happily played three Xbox 360s to their red-ringed graves, I couldn’t have been more excited. I spent the past few days living with an Xbox One, watching on as Microsoft shipped its final few last-minute…

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Xbox One controller cost over $100 million to develop, smell-o-vision and built-in projector were considered

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As reported on Engadget. BY ALEXIS SANTOS While Sony was content to toy with radical designs for the PlayStation 4’s controller, it turns out Microsoft took a more conservative approach when building the Xbox One’s gamepad. GamesBeat scored a look at the controller creation process and discovered that Redmond was reluctant to tweak the Xbox 360 controller at all since it considers the hardware “best-in-class.” After some pressure from Zulfi Alam, Xbox’s general manager for accessories, Ballmer and Co.…

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Sony sells over 1 million PlayStation 4 consoles in first 24 hours

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As reported on Engadget. BY JON FINGAS  There was little doubt that the PlayStation 4 would sell well on launch given the sheer amount of hype, but we now have proof: Sony has revealed that it sold over one million PS4s in North America during the console’s first 24 hours of availability. While that figure pales in comparison to the sales numbers we see for smartphones, it gets the company a long way toward its goal of moving five million units before the end of…

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Here are five especially neat things the Xbox One can do

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As reported on Engadget. By Ben Gilbert The Xbox One that you snag on November 22nd (or thereafter) does some pretty neat stuff besides just playing video games: live TV, NFL fantasy league and voice commands for everything. But that’s all bigger-picture stuff. Some of the coolest things that the Xbox One does are in the details, many of which were just revealed this week in a press preview of the upcoming game console. For instance, did you know that the console’s…

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Microsoft’s 12-minute Xbox One demo shows off the dashboard, Kinect and apps

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As reported on Engadget. By Matt Brian   With only two weeks until the Xbox One hits the shelves, Microsoft’s marketing blitz continues with a 12-minute video demonstration of its next-gen console in action. Xbox executives Yusuf Mehdi and Marc Whitten highlight some of Kinect’s new features, showing how users can switch to their personalized dashboard using just their voice, or use its 1080p camera to engage in a live Skype video call. We’re also treated to some…

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Microsoft shows off Xbox One dashboard and multitasking in latest video

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As reported on Engadget. By Matt Brian   Microsoft focused on big name games in its “Invitation” ad last week and now it’s turning its attention to the Xbox One’s entertainment and multitasking abilities. In a video entitled “Meet Xbox One,” the company highlights the console’s dashboard but also its Kinect integration, demonstrating switching between games, videos, TV and apps like Internet Explorer and Skype simple “Xbox” voice commands. We see a user jumping between a movie and the Xbox…

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Timothy Leary-developed video games found in New York Public Library archive

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As reported on Engadget. By Timothy J. Seppala  The New York Public Library recently discovered a treasure trove of video games in its archives created by psychedelic evangelist Timothy Leary. Over 375 floppies (talk about flashbacks) containing a “dozen or so” games developed by the LSD-advocate in the ’80s — some are playable via emulation — are now on display in the library’s rare books and manuscripts division, according to The New York Times. The good doctor’s digital works had…

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Gran Turismo documentary ‘Kaz’ exposes series’ enigmatic creator (video)

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As reported on Engadget. By Timothy J. Seppala To celebrate 15 years of Gran Turismo, Sony is releasing a documentary about the obsessions of series creator Kazunori Yamauchi. Kaz: Pushing the Virtual Dividechronicles Yamauchi’s creative process via interviews with car makers and journalists, all keen to heap praise on the mastermind. While the trailer (embedded below) does get a little bit heavy-handed — with slightly dodgy comparisons to Magellan, for instance — it’s nice to see an influential game designer’s work…

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