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Nov

Palette embraces the buttons, dials and sliders that touchscreens forgot


Gone are the days of buttons, switches and dials. We’re all touchscreen and trackpad now. If you’re among those that miss the tactile sensation and precision that switches and toggles offer and have $100 or so burning a hole in your pocket, howeve…

21
Nov

The Engadget Podcast is live at 3:30PM ET!


The gamestravaganza continues! Last week’s PS4 talk turns to Xbox One o’clock. And this time we’ve actually got our resident gaming guru Ben Gilbert on-hand to tell you precisely how many gaming consoles you’ll be buying this holiday season (spoil…

21
Nov

Carnegie Mellon computer learns common sense through pictures, shows what it’s thinking


Humans have a knack for making visual associations, but computers don’t have it so easy; we often have to tell them what they see. Carnegie Mellon’s recently launched Never Ending Image Learner (NEIL) supercomputer bucks that trend by forming tho…

21
Nov

Apple v. Samsung lawsuit inches closer to a conclusion, jury revises total damages due Apple to $888 million


When Apple was awarded over $1 billion in damages at the conclusion of the tech trial of the century (until the next one, at least), we knew that the ultimate price paid by Samsung would be different. Why? A few months after the jury announced its…

21
Nov

FCC reportedly proposing that passengers can use cellular service in mid-flight


While the FAA has cleared the use of electronics on US passenger airplanes at all stages of flight, there’s still one major restriction in place: you have to shut off all cellular access. That rule may not exist for much longer if the FCC has its …

21
Nov

Pinterest intros Place Pins so you can map out all the places you’ll go


Pinterest doesn’t want to just be the place you hoard random internet goodies, or aspirational items for hobby boards — it wants to become a real social tool. And it’s doing that today with Place Pins: private or collaborative travel maps highlig…

21
Nov

Motorola won’t Void the Warranty on Developer Edition Bootloader Unlock Codes Anymore


The winds of change are in the air. It looks like Motorola is starting to get on the proverbial bandwagon that is custom development by further supporting those out there that wish to partake. Up until today, if you purchased a developer edition device from Motorola and requested the Bootloader…

21
Nov

FlyGrip Gravity (2013) review


FlyGrip Gravity (2013 Edition) Here at AndroidGuys, we’re no stranger to the FlyGrip, an amazing one-handed accessory that doubles as a device holder and kickstand. Our own amazing writer Dustin Karnes has reviewed and featured the original FlyGrip (here), so it’s only fair we at…

21
Nov

Apple and Other Rockstar Consortium Shareholders Not Involved in Google Lawsuit Decision


Late last month, the Rockstar Consortium — a group of companies, including Apple, Ericsson, Microsoft, BlackBerry, and Sony, that purchased a collection of 6,000 patents and patent applications from the bankrupt Nortel in 2011 — sued Google, Samsung, HTC, Huawei and others for…

21
Nov

Apple Debuts App Store Video Trailers in Latest Editor’s Choice App


Apple today debuted a new video trailer in the App Store for its latest Editor’s Choice app, Clumsy Ninja, reports MacStories. This is the first time that Apple has allowed a video to be embedded within an App Store description. As an Editor’s Choice…