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A guide to street photography: Gavin Harrison’s smartphone art


Street photography is the purest, most spontaneous way to create art with a camera. No studios, no props, no poses; all you need is the right equipment and a street with people on it. In this original series for Engadget, we’ll follow three season…

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Dec

Inhabitat’s Week in Green: self-driving tractors, U-CAT robot and the Interceptor police sedan


Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week’s most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us — it’s the Week in Green.
With Thanksgiving in the rearview mirror, it’s time to start thinking about holiday decorations. London’…

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Dec

Time Machines: Dial-a-tune


Welcome to Time Machines, where we offer up a selection of mechanical oddities, milestone gadgets and unique inventions to test out your tech-history skills.
This invention brought streaming music to New York City’s early adopters around the turn…

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Dec

Quechua’s new smartphone aims to tag along on your next wild adventure


Even though it is a pretty populated world already, Quechua wasn’t going to let that interrupt the (rugged) vision for a smartphone of its own. The company, which is known for selling mountain sports gear and equipment, has partnered with Archos t…

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Dec

Ask Engadget: best online photo album with public contributions?


We know you’ve got questions, and if you’re brave enough to ask the world for answers, then here’s the outlet to do so. This week’s Ask Engadget inquiry is from Jeff, who wants to crowdsource his wedding photography without any mess. If you’re loo…

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Dec

Apple Once Again Recognizes World AIDS Day In-Store and Online


Apple, not known for its partnerships with third-parties, is once again recognizing December 1st as World AIDS Day at Apple Retail Stores and on its website. Apple has also done something similar for the past two years.
Some stores, including several locations in the United Kingdom and the…

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Dec

Alt-week 11.30.13: one well preserved baby dinosaur, and the forbidden gadgets


Alt-week takes a look at the best science and alternative tech stories from the last seven days.
Technology and science doesn’t care how old you are. Whether you’re a pre-historic beast, or a juvenile rebel — technology applies to you. It’s also…

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Dec

Growing up Geek: Timothy J. Seppala


Welcome to Growing Up Geek, an ongoing feature where we take a look back at our youth and tell stories of growing up to be the nerds that we are. Today, we have our very own Timothy J. Seppala.
I was 7 years old the first time I read Jaws. I was …

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Dec

Nokia’s Verizon-bound Lumia 929 shows up again in leaked photo


We’re quickly losing count on how many times we have seen leaks of the Nokia Lumia 929. Still, something tells us Verizon subscribers won’t mind getting as many looks as possible at what’s rumored to be a pretty high-end smartphone. Now, courtesy …