A look at what unfolded during Engadget Live Boston
The Engadget Live tour continued last week, with the latest stop taking place in Boston. Just like at our previous two events, in Austin and Seattle, Beantown didn’t disappoint and the reader turnout was incredible. Attendees were treated to a night filled with a myriad of activities, giveaways and social mingling. Want to know what you missed? Check out the picture gallery bellow, where you’ll also get a glimpse of what the sponsors brought over to the Royale venue to share with the Engadget aficionados in attendance.
And keep in mind this is all leading up to our main event, Engadget Expand 2014, which is set to happen on November 7th-8th, at the Javits Center in New York City. Until then, however, we have one more stop before setting up in The Big Apple — and that’s in Los Angeles on October 3rd. See you there!
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Filed under: Misc, HD, Mobile, Alt
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8TB hard drives have arrived
Filed under: Storage
Via: 9to5Mac
Source: Seagate
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Kobo’s Aura H20 lets you read in the bath
With Barnes and Noble reduced to borrowing Samsung tablets and Sony giving up altogether, only Kobo stands in the way of Amazon’s total e-book domination. Now, the company is hoping to steal a march on its rival by introducing the first waterproof e-reader, the Aura H2O (assuming you don’t count Waterfi, and we aren’t). It’s the first such device that’s IP67 certified, meaning that it’ll last under a meter of water for up to half an hour if the port cover is closed. The display is the same size as the Aura HD, offering a 6.8-inch touch-enabled e-ink display with ComfortLight tech, offering a resolution of 1,430 x 1,080 and a pixel density of 265 dpi. Like its brethren, it does come with Pocket integration, enabling you to read long form web content away from your tablet or smartphone. There’s 4GB of on-board storage and a microSD slot if you want to add in a 32GB card, as well as a battery that’s rated for two months of use — if you only use it for 30 minutes a day, of course. The Kobo Aura H2O will be available on October 1st, priced at $180 in the US/Canada, £140 in the UK and €180 in Spain, Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands.
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August Smart Lock Finally Begins Shipping to Customers [iOS Blog]
After a long delay, the August Smart Lock is finally shipping out to preorder customers beginning today. First introduced in May of 2013, the August Smart Lock is a Bluetooth-based iPhone-compatible locking system designed by Jason Johnson and notable designer Yves Béhar.
At August, our mission is to make beautiful products that allow your physical environment to seamlessly respond to you. Today, we are one step closer to achieving that goal. We are excited to announce that the August Smart Lock has begun shipping in limited quantities.
The August Smart Lock, which allows users to unlock their doors with their iPhones, is crafted from anodized aluminum and looks similar to a standard home lock. It comes with several different faceplates and deadbolt adapters to fit the majority of locks on the market, functioning on four AA batteries.
Like competing products from Lockitron and Kevo, the lock can be programmed remotely to let in visitors through an accompanying iPhone app. It’s also designed to monitor when guests enter and it can be customized with specific timers.
Initial preorders of the August Smart Lock, which originally had an estimated shipping date of November or December 2013, were available for $199, but the retail price of the lock is now $249.99. The company plans to fulfill orders for the lock over the course of the next few months, with new orders displaying a prospective shipping date of “late October.”
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Seagate Announces First 8 TB Hard Drive for Enterprise Customers [Mac Blog]
Seagate today announced the world’s first eight terabyte hard drive, designed to provide high capacity storage for private and cloud-based data centers. The single 3.5-inch hard disk drive surpasses the storage capacity of previously available hard drives, including 6 TB HDDs from both Western Digital and Seagate itself.
Unlike similar high-capacity offerings from Western Digital, Seagate does not use helium in either its 6 TB HDD or its new 8 TB offering. While Seagate has not released the details behind the 8 TB drive, it’s likely the HDD uses Seagate’s shingled magnetic recording technology, which, according to the company, adds more than 25 percent capacity growth by maximizing the number of tracks per inch on a single disk.
Seagate says that its new 8 TB HDD also uses fewer components to make it more power efficient, which ultimately lowers power costs for enterprise customers.
A cornerstone for growing capacities in multiple applications, the 8TB hard drive delivers bulk data storage solutions for online content storage providing customers with the highest capacity density needed to address an ever increasing amount of unstructured data in an industry-standard 3.5-inch HDD. Providing up to 8TB in a single drive slot, the drive delivers maximum rack density, within an existing footprint, for the most efficient data center floor space usage possible.
The 8TB hard disk drive increases system capacity using fewer components for increased system and staffing efficiencies while lowering power costs. With its low operating power consumption, the drive reliably conserves energy thereby reducing overall operating costs. Helping customers economically store data, it boasts the best Watts/GB for enterprise bulk data storage in the industry.
Seagate is currently shipping the drives to select numbers with wide scale availability coming next quarter. The company did not release pricing on the drives.
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A taste of the amazing videos made with Instagram’s new app, Hyperlapse
This morning, Facebook-owned Instagram released a new, free iOS app for making time-lapse videos. It’s called Hyperlapse. Though it sounds simple, the app is anything but: it adds beautiful image-stabilization to normally shaky-cam. We’ve compiled half a dozen of the best videos we’ve seen thus far, but we’d love to add more to our collection as the day goes on. Let us know about your favorites in the comments below, on Twitter/Facebook/G+/the Engadget forums, by carrier pigeon — really, whatever means you’d like. Preferably not smoke signals
Filed under: Cellphones, Cameras, Handhelds, Tablets, Software, Facebook
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Bloomberg claims a 12.9-inch iPad is coming next year
The rumor mill surrounding Apple is at full force right now. But while people are still waiting for the supposed bigger-screen iPhone (or iPhones) and a smartwatch to show up, we can now add one more device to the list. According to Bloomberg, Apple’s set to introduce a 12.9-inch iPad in 2015. Citing sources familiar with the matter, the report claims that production on said iPad, which would be Apple’s biggest yet, is scheduled to begin as early as Q1 of next year, noting that it’s all part of Tim Cook’s plan to “shake up the iPad line.” Of course, this isn’t the first time we’ve heard whispers on a 12.9-inch tablet from the iPhone maker, as some outlets have previously reported on leaked parts from a device being known as “iPad Pro.” Now whether or not Apple is actually working on one, that’s yet to be determined — but even if it was, let’s not forget that companies tend to have a change of heart from time to time.
Source: Bloomberg
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Hangouts in Gmail finally floats online friends to the top
Those of us who’ve been frustrated that Hangouts in Gmail has been displaying conversations in chronological order rather than who’s online are about to get some relief. Rolling out over the next few days, a new tab in the Hangouts window will allow you to toggle your contacts list there, so you can easily see who’s available at the top of the group. What’s more, you’ll also be able to pin your favorites above the rest — whether they’re online or not. Of course, you’ll need to click the “Try the new Hangouts” option in the setting pane in order to leverage the conversation method, if you haven’t already done so.
Source: Gmail (Google+)
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‘Pokken Tournament’ is the Pokémon brawler you’ve been dreaming of
It used to be that if you wanted to make two Pokémon really wail on each other, you’d have to fire up a fan-made game like Pokémon: Type Wild. At long last, those days are over: after a bit of teasing last year, The Pokémon Company and Namco confirmed today that Pokken Tournament is an honest-to-goodness, button-mashing brawler that’ll see the light of day next year. Beyond the thrill of watching a Machamp just going to town on a Lucario, Pokken’s arrival is yet another example of Nintendo’s new openness towards using game mechanic mashups to liven up long-running franchises. Hyrule Warriors, anyone? What’s next, a Punch-Out boxing manager sim? A Fire Emblem RTS? (Please make that one, Nintendo!) Anyway, Pokken is slated to hit Japanese arcades some time in 2015, but given the sad state of arcades in the US, we’ll have just to pray for an international console release down the road.
Via: Kotaku
Source: The Pokemon Company (YouTube)
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Glenn Lurie named CEO of AT&T Mobility as it merges with Enterprise group
After nearly six years as President of Emerging Devices for AT&T Mobility, Glenn Lurie has been promoted to CEO of the division. The move is part of a major reorganization effort by AT&T to merge Mobility and Business Solutions (Enterprise) into one group. Lurie will continue to report to Ralph de la Vega, who has been tasked with overseeing the new division; de la Vega will in turn report to AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson. The news was first reported by Fierce Wireless, and Engadget has confirmed the report with official spokespeople. AT&T says that the new group will essentially fold the marketing and distribution arm of AT&T’s Business Solutions department into Mobility, which it believes is the next “natural step” toward integrating the company’s wireline and wireless operations.
Here’s the official statement from an AT&T spokesperson:
We’ve been integrating various functions of our wireline and wireless operations for several years now, including our network, technology and customer care operations. Now, we’re taking the next natural step by integrating our marketing and distribution for Business Solutions into our Mobility group. Ralph de la Vega’s responsibilities have been expanded and now he is CEO of our new Mobile & Business Solutions organization.
Integrating Business Solutions into Mobility is a great fit, because mobility is how businesses do business. In fact, business-related customers represent more than 50% of our mobile revenues and it’s growing. This new group will focus on delivering integrated solutions for business customers that are first and foremost mobile, and also secure, reliable, ultra-fast and effortless.
With Ralph’s role expanding, Glenn Lurie has been named president and CEO of AT&T Mobility, and continues to report into Ralph. Previously, Glenn was president of Mobility’s Emerging Enterprises and Partnerships group.
[Image credit: Getty Images]
Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless, Mobile, AT&T
Source: FierceWireless
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