Daily Roundup: UPS drone development, peripherals holiday gift guide, a tour of the Vertu workshop and more!
You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past 24 hours — all ha…
New Honda Civic packs multi-touch interface and Here Maps navigation
With certain exceptions, Honda isn’t frequently on the vanguard of car cabin technology. However, we’ll have to toss out our expectations now that the automaker has detailed the 2014 Civic’s center stack. The vehicle will be Honda’s first to use…
Assassin’s Creed Pirates plunders Android Dec 5th
To keep you on the plank so to speak, Ubisoft is gearing up for another Assassins Creed release in just a few days. On December 5th they will be launching Assassin’s Creed Pirates to the Play Store. The release will bring in the much loved pirate side of hit Assassin’s Creed IV…
Square absorbs Viewfinder team, picks up some ex-Googlers in the process
If you’re in the market for a few more engineers, you could go through the rigamarole of posting a listing on some job site – or you could just pick up a whole team. The small staff behind photo-sharing app Viewfinder will be setting up shop in Sq…
Microsoft’s Studio 99 marries art and science, inspires Kinect tools for non developers (video)
Art and science, science and art, art-and-science. To some, the two words are like oil and water, you can put them together, but they don’t always seem to fully blend. Not the case for the minds that reside at Building 99, part of Microsoft’s rese…
Vuzix’s Android-powered M100 Smart Glasses now available to pre-order for $1,000
If you want Android-powered eyewear that’s readily available, you won’t have to wait for Glass’ commercial launch next year; Vuzix has already beaten Google to the punch. The company’s M100 Smart Glasses have started shipping to developers, and th…
HTC revenue slightly better than before, but can they do better?
HTC has launched several devices in past, like the HTC One series – that includes the flagship One, One Mini, and the latest One Max. All these devices are great, and critics ranked them high in their books, especially the HTC One. But at the end of the day, what really matters for a…
VSCO Cam Now Available in the Play Store
Anyone out there that wants to try a new kind of camera experience can give VSCO Cam a whirl. The popular camera on iOS is now available in the Play Store for the price of free, and offers a bunch features for your photography needs. You don’t need Instagram’s filters anymore….
Update out for Dead Trigger 2 with New African Environments and More
Zombie killing is always a good past time, especially around the holidays when frustrations run high and you need a break from the family. Madfinger Games has pushed out a small, but good, update to their free-to-play zombie apocalypse sequel Dead Trigger 2 today that brings a little more fun to…
OrigAudio pushes 50% off sale + $10 gift cards through Wednesday Morning
Cyber Monday might be over, but that isn’t stopping plenty of retailers from continuing with their sales. Amazon is doing a whole Cyber Week which is pretty awesome for those that don’t get paid until the 5th. Another accessory manufacturer is pushing past the main event and offering…
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