Month: July 2013

Verizon

Leaked Verizon plan would let you upgrade phones after paying off half of your current one

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As reported on The Verge. By Jeff Blagdon According to a leaked Verizon document posted by Droid Life, the company could be launching a new plan called VZ Edge to let people with an insatiable appetite for the newest phones upgrade hardware faster than ever before. Although Verizon’supgrade cycle sits at 24 months for customers with traditional, subsidized phones, the company does let customers pay full retail price for their devices, spread out over 12 months. Under this new plan,…

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Hardware Dev Microsoft

Of Course Microsoft Is Rumored To Be Making A Smartwatch

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As reported on TechCrunch. by MATT BURNS Quick! Everyone! Jump on the smartwatch bandwagon! In what could be the most predictable smartwatch rumor ever, AmongTech and The Verge are reporting that Microsoft is working on an aluminum smartwatch with a 1.5-inch screen. Act surprised. The watch is said to be already in prototype and features a removable band that will come in a variety of colors. Interestingly enough, the watch is said to be made of oxynitride aluminium, a sort…

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News Tech

Tim Stevens Out At Engadget, Marc Perton To Take Over

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As reported on TechCrunch. by ALEXIA TSOTSIS Once hailed as the nicest guy in tech, Engadget’s Tim Stevens is no longer Editor In Chief, with gdgt’s Marc Perton taking over as Engadget head while a new EIC is found to round out the management structure. Perton will be taking on the Engadget Executive Editor role permanently, we’re hearing. It’s not clear whether Stevens resigned or was terminated, according to different accounts from sources, with Aol (our parent company) asserting…

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Microsoft

OneNote for Windows 8 gains Office 365 integration, touch keyboard improvements

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As reported on Engadget. By Myriam Joire Hot on the heels of the recent iOS and Android overhaul of OneNote comes an update for the Windows 8 and Windows RT versions which adds Office 365 integration and touch keyboard improvements. The app is available in the Windows Store right now and lets you sign into your Office 365 school or work account and sync notebooks right from within the OneNote app. As for the touch keyboard, it’s both invoked and dismissed by simply tapping into any empty space,…

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Article

All Good Things

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As reported on Engadget. By Tim Stevens I still remember the comments on my welcome letter when I took over the site on a sunny day in early 2011. It was beautiful outside and here I was sweating bullets in a tiny NYC hotel room, watching the reaction in comments and elsewhere. Needless to say there was more than a little hate, but there was so much warmth and optimism and welcome it really powered me through what…

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Entertainment

Your Favorite Movies Laid Out as Vintage Treasure Maps

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As reported on Wired. BY VALENTINA PALLADINO   If you are both a movie buff and a map addict, this is going to be fun. These wonderfully detailed maps show character journeys and iconic locations in some classic adventure movies. Can you guess which movie each map represents? The map above is relatively easy to decipher, but some on the following pages are more challenging. We’ve got all the answers below, hidden by our anti-spoiler…

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Entertainment Google

The Art And Science Of YouTube Networks

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As reported on TechCrunch. by RYAN LAWLER Over the last several years, we’ve seen a growing proliferation of multichannel networks (MCNs) pop up on YouTube, all of which are seeking to aggregate channels and audience in an effort to boost viewership and better monetize the videos that creators make. While the end goal — more viewers, more money — is the same for each of them, how they get to that place can differ significantly. I…

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Cloud Google

Google Explains Why Its Cloud Service Is Different When It Comes To Lock-In

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As reported on TechCrunch. by ALEX WILLIAMS A Google engineer concluded on his Google+ page last week that a cloud platform can’t be built without some form of lock-in. That’s evidently true but there really is one main reason for making such a point. Google wants to show that it is not much different from its competitors when it comes to this hot topic with cloud customers. The post by Google Engineering Director Peter Magnusson has to be read…

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Apple

Apple reportedly hiring new talent to solve iWatch design problems

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As  reported on Engadget. By Sean Buckley Rumors, suggestions and trademark applications have been building a case for anwrist-worn Apple product for some time now — an official iWatch to fulfill the wearable potential of the iPod Nano. Now, the Financial Times says the company is “aggressively” hiring to help it get the product ready for release. According to the usual sources familiar with the matter, the new staff might have been sought out to help Apple wrap its head around wearable computing, moving the…

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Business

Apple allegedly working with Samsung again on chips for 2015 devices

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As reported on Engadget. By Stefan Constantinescu Samsung has been exclusively making chips for Apple’s iOS devices since the first iPhone started shipping in 2007 — we don’t need to tell you that makes for an odd relationship. Several months ago, The Wall Street Journal reported that Apple wouldswitch to TSMC for next year’s iOS portfolio, but now there’s some strange news coming out of Korea. According to a local publication, Apple’s 2015 iOS devices will use Samsung’s 14 nanometer FinFET technology,…

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