Daily Roundup: Engadget’s 10th birthday, Apple announces CarPlay, 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 handpicked by the editors here at the site. Click on through the break, and enjoy.
10 Years In: The birth of Engadget
Since March 2, 2004, Engadget has been keeping people from all four corners of the globe in touch with the latest and greatest gadget news. And wow… what a ride it’s been. Whether you’re a casual techie or hardcore early adopter, we hope you’ll join us in celebrating Engadget’s 10th anniversary!
Apple announces CarPlay
Apple announced its new in-car interface called CarPlay, which offers touch- and Siri-based navigation of services and apps available on Lightning-enabled iPhones — including the likes of iHeartRadio and Spotify. Only a select few automakers are currently on board, but Apple says we can expect that to list to grow in the near future.
Galaxy S5 comes with premium app subscriptions
Looking to buy Samsung’s new Galaxy S5? If so, you’ll be happy to know the handset comes with a great selection of free, premium app subscriptions. Most of the limited-time services only extend a few months, but hey… who doesn’t enjoy free stuff?
Samsung Chromebook 2 hands-on
Samsung’s new Chromebook 2 comes in 11- and 13-inch flavors, starting at $320. Both models incorporate 2GB of RAM, Bluetooth 4.0 and a year’s worth of free AirDroid service. What’s more, the 13-incher packs a lid covered in faux-leather similar to that of the Galaxy Note III.
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Must See HDTV for the week of March 3rd: True Detective, Almost Human and Clone Wars
This week Netflix adds a new season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars to its streaming library, but we’re mostly anticipating Sunday night’s season finale of True Detective. Tonight Almost Human also wraps up its first season on Fox, while Bates Motel returns for a second go-round on A&E. Best Picture-nominated 12 Years A Slave tops the list of Blu-ray releases this week while The Walking Dead Season Two, Episode Two arrives on various videogame platforms. Check after the break for trailers plus our weekly listing of what to look out for in TV, Blu-ray and gaming.
Blu-ray, Streaming movies & Games
- 12 Years A Slave
- Doctor Who: Time of the Doctor
- The Grandmaster
- Somewhere in Time
- Oldboy
- An American Tail
- Garden State
- Boiler Room
- Hairspray
- Harry and the Hendersons
- South Park: The Stick of Truth (Xbox 360, PS3, PC)
- The Walking Dead: Season Two — Episode 2 (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Monday
- Almost Human (season finale), Fox, 8PM
- The Bachelor, ABC, 8PM
- Bitten, Syfy, 8PM
- How I Met Your Mother, CBS, 8PM
- Sabres/Stars, NBC Sports Network, 8PM
- Star-Crossed, CW, 8PM
- Switched at Birth, ABC Family, 8PM
- The Voice, NBC, 8PM
- WWE Raw, USA, 8PM
- 2 Broke Girls, CBS, 8:30PM
- Top Gear, BBC America, 8:30PM
- Bates Motel (season premiere), A&E, 9PM
- Beauty and the Beast, The CW, 9PM
- Dallas, TNT, 9PM
- Being Human, Syfy, 9PM
- Mike & Molly, CBS, 9PM
- Mom, CBS, 9:30PM
- Archer, 10PM
- Intelligence, CBS, 10PM
- Lost Girl, Syfy, 10PM
- Teen Wolf, MTV, 10PM
- Those Who Kill (series premiere), A&E, 10PM
- The Blacklist, NBC, 10PM
- Castle, ABC, 10PM
- Chozen, FX, 10:30PM
- Inside Comedy: Julia Louis-Dreyfus/Dick Van Dyke, Showtime, 11PM
Tuesday
- Glee, Fox, 8PM
- NCIS, CBS, 8PM
- Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., ABC, 8PM
- The Voice, NBC, 8PM
- Pretty Little Liars, ABC Family, 8PM
- Rizzoli & Isles, TNT, 9PM
- About a Boy, NBC, 9PM
- NCIS: LA, CBS, 9PM
- New Girl, Fox, 9PM
- The Goldbergs, ABC, 9PM
- Supernatural, CW, 9PM
- Face Off, Syfy, 9PM
- Twisted, ABC Family, 9PM
- Brooklyn Nine-nine, Fox, 9:30PM
- Trophy Wife, ABC, 9:30PM
- Growing Up Fisher, NBC, 9:30PM
- Clash of the Ozarks, Discovery, 10PM
- Game of Arms, AMC, 10PM
- Mind Games, ABC, 10PM
- Perception, TNT, 10PM
- The Profit, CNBC, 10PM
- Person of Interest, CBS, 10PM
- Chicago Fire, NBC, 10PM
- Justified, FX, 10PM
- Tosh.0, Comedy Central, 10PM
- Opposite Worlds, Syfy, 10PM
- Cougar Town, TBS, 10PM
- Kroll Show, Comedy Central, 10:30PM
- Are You The One?, MTV, 11PM
Wednesday
- Survivor, CBS, 8PM
- Revolution, NBC, 8PM
- Arrow, CW, 8PM
- Melissa & Joey, ABC Family, 8PM
- American Idol, Fox, 8PM
- WWE Main Event, ION, 8PM
- Suburgatory, ABC, 8:30PM
- Baby Daddy, ABC Family, 8:30PM
- Modern Family, ABC, 9PM
- Law & Order: SVU, NBC, 9PM
- Tomorrow People, CW, 9PM
- Psych, USA, 9PM
- Criminal Minds, CBS, 9PM
- Mixology, ABC, 9:30PM
- The Americans, FX, 10PM
- Legit, FXX, 10PM
- Workaholics, Comedy Central, 10PM
- Nashville, ABC, 10PM
- The Real World, MTV, 10PM
- Chicago PD, NBC, 10PM
- Men at Work, TBS, 10PM
- Criminal Minds, CBS, 10PM
- Ali G: Rezurection, FXX, 10:30PM
- Broad City, Comedy Central, 10:30PM
Thursday
- Heat/Spurs, TNT, 8PM
- Once Upon A Time in Wonderland, ABC, 8PM
- American Idol, Fox, 8PM
- Big Bang Theory, CBS, 8PM
- Community, NBC, 8PM
- The Vampire Diaries, CW, 8PM
- Parks & Recreation, NBC, 8:30PM
- The Millers, CBS, 8:30PM
- Saint George (series premiere), FX, 9PM
- Suits (winter premiere), USA, 9PM
- Grey’s Anatomy, ABC, 9PM
- Rake, Fox, 9PM
- Reign, CW, 9PM
- Hollywood Game Night, NBC, 9PM
- Two and a Half Men, CBS, 9PM
- Anger Management, FX, 9:30PM
- The Crazy Ones, CBS, 9:30PM
- Review with Forrest Macneil (series premiere), Comedy Central, 9PM
- Portlandia, IFC, 10PM
- Scandal, ABC, 10PM
- Vikings, History, 10PM
- Parenthood, NBC, 10PM
- Elementary, CBS, 10PM
- King of the Nerds, TBS, 10PM
- Clippers/Lakers, TNT, 10:30PM
- Jerks with Cameras, MTV, 11PM
Friday
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Netflix
- WWE SmackDown, Syfy, 8PM
- Cold Justice, TNT, 8PM
- Last Man Standing, ABC, 8PM
- Undercover Boss, CBS, 8PM
- Gucci: The Director, Showtime, 8PM
- The Neighbors, ABC, 8:30PM
- Grimm, NBC, 9PM
- Inside Job, TNT, 9PM
- Hawaii Five-0, CBS, 9PM
- Bellator MMA Live, Spike TV, 9PM
- Enlisted, Fox, 9PM
- Shark Tank, ABC, 9PM
- Raising Hope, Fox, 9:30PM
- Blue Bloods, CBS, 10PM
- Game of Stones, Discovery, 10PM
- Banshee, Cinemax, 10PM
- Helix, Syfy, 10PM
- Save Our Business, TNT, 10PM
- Hannibal, NBC, 10PM
Saturday
- The Trip to Bountiful, Lifetime, 8PM
- Ripper Street, BBC America, 9PM
- Black Sails, Starz, 9PM
- Saturday Night Live: Lena Dunham/ The National, NBC, 11:30PM
Sunday
- NASCAR Sprint Cup Series @ Las Vegas, Fox, 2:30PM
- Bob’s Burgers, Fox, 7PM
- The Simpsons, Fox, 7:30 & 8PM
- Once Upon a Time, ABC, 8PM
- The Amazing Race, CBS, 8PM
- Family Guy, Fox, 8:30PM
- Resurrection (series premiere), ABC, 9PM
- The Good Wife, CBS, 9PM
- The Walking Dead, AMC, 9PM
- True Detective (season finale), HBO, 9PM
- Shameless, Showtime, 9PM
- House of Lies, Showtime, 10PM
- The Mentalist, CBS, 10PM
- Revenge (spring premiere), ABc, 10PM
- Talking Dead, AMC, 10PM
- Girls, HBO, 10PM
- Looking, HBO, 10:30PM
- Comic Book Men, AMC, 11:59PM
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Leaked HTC One M8 video draws HTC attention
Almost every HTC fan is looking forward to March 25th, when the company will officially unleash the successor to their famous HTC One. Known, for now, as the HTC One M8 we’ve learned much about the device over the last few months.
Plenty of people are excited, some a little more than others. Take for instance this guy Roshan Jamkatal whose parents apparently work at HTC. This weekend he uploaded a 12-minute video of an early release M8 in action. We’d be lying if we said people didn’t notice. In fact, HTC, quickly caught wind of the video swept into action.
A few since-deleted tweets from HTC’s Global Online Communications Manager tell us that the kid could be in hot water. Perhaps, even, to the tune of his parents being fired. Reading through his tweets we find that this could very well have been the case; it’s suggested they both work at HTC.
So, based on what you did see, did you like the new HTC One? We really think this smartphone will give the new Galaxy S5 are hard time, what about you? Share your thoughts with us in the comment box below.
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Morning dashboard concept for Chromecast could be future of Google Now
Up until now, much of our Chromecast usage has been relegated to streaming our music, videos, or local files. Pretty much everything we do is in some form of watching for entertainment purposes. But, what if you could turn your Chromecast-connected TV into a large dashboard of relevant and personal information?
Imagine yourself preparing for work in the morning and enjoying a cup of coffee. Instead of watching news or sports on the TV, however, you’re watching a totally customized TV experience with all sort of important details.
We came across this “morning dashboard” concept for Chromecast and think its designer/developer could be on to something.
The concept consists of four main categories:
- Today report:
- Days agenda
- Agenda options based off calendar (e.g. Lunch options close to the office on your foursquare to-do list)
- Commute report
- Weather
- Personal Report from yesterday:
- Activity Report
- Sleep Tracking
- Check-ins
- Driving data
- Home Report:
- Sunrise/sunset
- temperature
- Package deliveries
- Carbon Footprint
- Social Report:
- What you did last year today
- Buzzworthy news
- New shows available
- Birthdays
How cool would it be to wake up, tap a widget or icon on your phone and have your TV displaying a personal screen of all things pertinent? Move this into the office and you can have it updated throughout the day with team goals, agenda, news, calendar events, social media, and more.
Taking things one step further, imagine Google placing a bunch of your cards across your TV screen. Instead of scrolling through them in one long column, your Chromecast spreads them out and displays them in a clean and orderly fashion.
We love this concept quite a bit and think it could be a tipping point for Chromecast productivity, how about you?
via ChromeWatching
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LSAT Prep Made Simple
The Law School Admission Test is a standardized test divided into five multiple-choice questions. Each year thousands of students from across the country—and even more so from around the world—take the test (all hoping to achieve a score in the top ten percentile). Students who do attain scores in the top ten percentile are more likely to receive offers of admission into a top law school than those who do not, which is why quality LSAT prep is important.
LSAT Prep Study Materials
LSAT prep materials are designed to take the guesswork out of the actual test. By familiarizing yourself with question types—and then formulating a strategy for how you would answer them on test day—you can effectively prepare for the LSAT. You will need a game plan and about 3 to 6 months of lead time to ensure you are able to cover all the basics of LSAT prep. By and large, you will need sample questions from which to work off of and study, as well as access to LSAT prep explanations, which you can purchase in hard copy form or experience online through a virtual test preparation company.
High Score Could Mean Admission into a Top Law School
Performing well on the LSAT—this means seeing the test the way experts see it and then using that to your advantage—means your score could fall within the top percentile. Students who score in the top percentile have a significantly higher chance of being accepted into a top law school, such as Harvard University Law School, Columbia University Law School, or Yale University Law School. Consider the following LSAT score percentiles for the top ten law schools in the country by LSAT Prep Course.
Top Percentile by Law School
| Ranking | Law School | LSAT Scores Range |
| 1 | Harvard University Law School | 170-176 |
| 2 | Columbia University Law School | 170-175 |
| 3 | Yale University Law School | 169-177 |
| 4 | New York University School of Law | 169-173 |
| 5 | University of Chicago Law School | 169-173 |
| 6 | Stanford University Law School | 168-172 |
| 7 | Northwestern University Law School | 166-172 |
| 8 | University of Pennsylvania Law School | 166-171 |
| 9 | University of Virginia School of Law | 166-171 |
| 10 | Georgetown University Law Center | 166-170 |
LSAT Prep: Only a Few Mouse-Clicks Away
Prep for the LSAT with 7Sage.com. This easy-to-use website offers a wide range of online test prep materials, including sample tests, videos, forums, and more. Connect with peers, or discuss the LSAT with experts. Start studying early, though. The LSAT is only administered four times each year and seats are limited. You must register to attend, and fees apply. Although the Law School Admission Council Inc. does allow you to change your test date and/or test center, if necessary, you must pay a fee to do so, and restrictions apply.
Considerations
Before you kick off your LSAT prep, take a moment to consider one points: LSAT score is an integral part of the admissions process—many law schools weight it higher than undergraduate GPA. Thus, you want an LSAT prep program that works for you. The best program will allow you to gain the truest sense of how you’d score on the actual test.
No Pandora Support on CarPlay, but Apple ‘Continues to Be a Valued Partner’
Pandora confirmed today that Apple’s newly released CarPlay feature does not include integration with Pandora’s popular streaming music service, despite CarPlay offering support for other music services including iTunes Radio, Spotify, Beats Radio, Stitcher Radio for Podcasts, and iHeartRadio.
In a statement to MacRumors, Pandora said that although its service was not integrated into CarPlay, Apple “continues to be a valued partner.” The company also suggests that it is continuing to explore opportunities to expand its presence within the car, hinting that it could be working towards integration with CarPlay in the future.
At this time, Pandora is not integrated with Apple CarPlay. As a first mover in the auto space, we continue to broaden our relationships with OEMs while also exploring other opportunities to expand our presence in the car. Apple has been and continues to be a valued partner.
It is unclear why Apple chose to exclude Pandora from CarPlay while supporting other competing services from companies like Beats Music and Spotify, but it may be due to the similarities between iTunes Radio and Pandora’s own service. Both services are station-based, allowing users to create radio stations based on music genres, artists, and specific songs, which are then used to play similar music, making Pandora a direct competitor for iTunes Radio.
Pandora, in addition to mirroring iTunes Radio’s functionality, is also ranked as the most popular music app in the App Store, sitting at the top of the free app charts in that category and the number 22 free app overall. The less popular services from Spotify and Beats Music work differently than Pandora and iTunes Radio, allowing users to search for specific songs, while iHeartRadio acts more like a traditional radio station.
In its statement, Pandora was quick to point out that although it is not included in CarPlay, its service is already integrated with more than 130 different vehicle models and present on several aftermarket stereo devices.
With CarPlay, iOS users with compatible cars will be able to utilize voice and touch commands, along with car controls, to access functions like Maps and various music apps, in addition to making phone calls and sending messages.
CarPlay will debut this week in vehicles from Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz, and Volvo. Apple has also made deals with other car companies for future integration, including BMW, Ford, Honda, Nissan, Kia, Toyota, and more.
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Android 4.3 OTA Outed for T-Mobile Sony Xperia Z, Starting Today?
In typical information cruising we came across a post over at Android Geeks that said the T-Mobile Sony Xperia Z Android 4.3 update was starting to roll out. The page they referred to was the T-Mobile support page for the Xperia Z. That is is all on the up and up, but it seems that shortly after it was published, it was removed.
Priory to its vanishing act, the AndroidGeek guys got a screenshot of the page. It outlined that as of March 3rd, today, there would be an update to Android 4.3 for the Xperia Z. It would be labeled with firmware version 10.4.C.0.797. The improvements sections lists a few niceties though.
- Software Stability Improvements
- UXP Air user interface redesign
- WiFi Calling user interface redesign
- Stock keyboard switched from Nuance XT9 to Swiftkey
- 5 signal bars instead of 4
A few things could have happened that forced it to be pulled back down. One, the publication wasn’t finished. Seriously, there is an extra bullet point with no writing.
Second, while today is March 3rd, they have all day to start the roll out. It is most likely still coming, just not until later this evening. Or third, which we don’t want to have happen, it started its roll out and and failed or screwed up some devices. We didn’t see any reports of issues, or of anyone getting the OTA yet for that matter, so we are going to go with the first two reasons for now.
For those sporting the T-Mobile branded Sony Xperia Z, keep your device charged up and don’t stray to far from a WiFi connection. The file size that was listed comes in at 308 MBs. If you happen to see it pop-up, let us, and the rest of the users, know about it.
Source: Android Geeks / Android Police
T-Mobile now rolling out Android 4.4.2 update for LG G2
A few days ago we told you that in March, LG will start rolling Android 4.4.2 update for LG G2 owners in UK, but it seems they are not the only one who will be getting blessings by LG. T-Mobile has announced that beginning March 3, they will start rolling out the update for LG G2 users all over the USA.
The OTA update will start between the dates of March 6th to the 25th, however the update is available now so you should manually check for updates and it might be there. The update will bring :
- Update to Android 4.4 KitKat
- Auto Brightness
- User experience improvements
Any T-Mobile LG G2 users already rocking Android 4.4.2? Tell us about it in the comment box below.
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Paranoid Android 4.1 beta released with reworked PIE controls for KitKat
There are plenty of options when looking to run a custom ROM on your Android device and one of the most popular, besides CyanogenMod, is Paranoid Android.
Official PA ROMs only support Nexus devices, so if you don’t see your device in the downloads, it’s not supported by the main development team, but there may be a port and you just need to search the forums.
Up until recently, the latest PA ROMs based on Android 4.4 KitKat were primarily a stock experience, but today an update was released, PA 4.1 beta, bringing one of the ROM’s killer “flagship” features, PIE controls, its stock navigation replacement.
According to PA, PIE is “a simple, straight-forward replacement of the navigation bar that optimizes the screen space available to the user.”
PIE is basically a fully-customizable replacement for the on-screen navigation buttons and stays hidden off-screen, only seen with a predefined gesture that can come from any of the four sides of the device.
Via Google+, the PA development team said that it faced some problems with the immersive mode introduced in KitKat, and has now released a redesigned version to match the KitKat design philosophy. Instead of porting the feature to its KitKat ROMs, PA completely redesigned the feature for the new version of Android.
PIE controls are now fully-integrated into the core UX with the introduction of “on-the-spot preferences,” so PA users no longer need to sort through endless settings.
Additionally, it gives users status information at a glance when your status bar is hidden in immersive mode, plus the stock Google Now swipe up gesture is now integrated.
If you’ve never tried out Paranoid Android before, be sure to check out 4.1 beta on your rooted, unlocked device, which is now available for the Nexus 7 2013 (Wi-Fi and 4G), Nexus 7 2012 (Wi-Fi and 3G), Nexus 5, Nexus 4, Nexus 10 and the Galaxy Nexus (GSM, Sprint and Verizon). Be sure to grab the latest Gapps as well.
Downloads via +ParanoidAndroidCorner
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Popular Google URL Shortener released on Android [App of the day]
When posting on social networks, sometimes you need to watch your character count per post. And in the past, Google has been there to provide a decent solution, goo.gl. Up until now, it has only been available by navigating to the site. Well, the Android app is finally here, and it does just about everything you could ask.
First, you need to sign in with your Google account to use the service. The interface should be familiar if you’ve ever used it previously. Paste your long link in the text box, and there you have it – a shortened link.
You can choose to open the link in the browser, copy to your clipboard, or share. And you can do all of these from the handy notification it gives you, as well.
For many, this may be a download-and-forget type of app. However, it’s very well done and convenient.
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