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Nov

Verizon’s Redbox Instant now supports AirPlay streaming


Verizon’s subscription streaming TV service, Redbox Instant, now supports Apple’s AirPlay thanks to a new version 1.4 iOS app update — with some caveats. For starters, though you’ll be able to play streaming content on your iOS 6 device, the app …

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Nov

Nokia’s Lumia 525 upgrades its bestselling Windows Phone with more memory


Nokia’s Lumia 525 popped up in a Chinese regulatory filing earlier this month, but now we have official information about this new budget Windows Phone 8 device. In lieu of fanfare or a Middle Eastern press event, it’s appeared via a YouTube video…

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Nov

Magpul Releases Field Case for iPad Mini [iOS Blog]


Firearms accessory maker Magpul has released a new addition to its popular iOS accessory line, bringing the Magpul Field Case to the iPad mini. The plastic case is made in the same style as the company’s PMAG rifle magazines and includes Magpul’s logo on the back.

The Magpul®…

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Nov

Ashton Kutcher’s ‘Jobs’ Movie Now Available on iTunes


“Jobs,” the Steve Jobs biography directed by Joshua Michael Stern and starring both Ashton Kutcher as Jobs and Josh Gad as Wozniak, can now be purchased or rented in iTunes.
The film, which scored a 26% on Rotten Tomatoes, can be purchased for $19.99 in high definition or $14.99 in…

27
Nov

Join the Engadget HD Podcast live on Ustream at 8:30PM ET


It’s Tuesday and time for the Engadget HD Podcast. We hope you’ll join us live when the Engadget HD podcast starts recording at 8:30PM. Tonight we, yet again, have more Xbox One and PS4 news, so if you also can’t get enough of the new consoles, th…

27
Nov

Nissan Leaf prototype becomes first autonomous car to hit Japanese highways (video)


Autonomous autos are somewhat old hat for commuters in California and Nevada, but Japan’s only just seen one hit its public roads. After earning a license plate in September, Nissan’s driverless (and electric) Leaf hit the pavement of the country’…

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Nov

Alienware’s X51 now ships with AMD’s 4K-capable flagship graphics card


If Haswell innards weren’t enough to incite a purchase of Alienware’s X51 gaming PC, perhaps a 4K-capable GPU could push you over the edge: Dell’s little gaming-machine-that-can is now available with AMD’s Radeon R9 270X. This card brings the chip…

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Nov

Twitch unlists PS4’s Playroom streams to stamp out ‘non-gaming’ broadcasts


Do you hear that? That’s the sound of livestreamers’ dreams shattering, as Twitch has decided to strip its directory of all shows that broadcast through the PlayStation 4′s Playroom. The decision comes shortly after the website started to crack do…

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Nov

Online Reputations Increase in Importance with Mobile Search


Mobile technology has given rise to a whole new marketing model in which reputation and the ability to immediately receive user feedback can make or break a company. In 2012, smartphone subscriptions increased 55 percent to 98 million in the U.S. alone, according to a comScore report. Smart…

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Nov

MIT’s $500 Kinect-like camera works in snow, rain, gloom of night


Remember that camera that takes one trillion exposures per second? Well, the illustrious folk at MIT have outdone themselves (again) by developing a camera that accomplishes all that and more, for just $500. Similar to the recently released Xbox O…