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DARPA’s low-cost robotic hand gets put through its paces (video)
Posted On 01 May 2013 By Brian Heater. Under: Uncategorized.
This three-fingered manipulator has just about everything you could ever want in a robotic hand. It's relatively low-cost, it's powerful, it's capable of picking up objects both large and small, and it's robust. In fact, we've already seen the thi...
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MiiPC offers backers double the memory for $15, throws in a free mic
Posted On 01 May 2013 By Brian Heater. Under: Uncategorized.
With a week left in an already successful Kickstarter campaign (approaching three times its initial $50,000 goal), the makers of the MiiPC are giving backers the chance to increase their system's memory. Add $15 before the close of the project and...
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The Engadget Show won two Webby Awards, now we’re giving away two Nexus 7s!
Posted On 01 May 2013 By Brian Heater. Under: Uncategorized.
We'd like to thank the Academy and all the little people who helped along the way -- but mostly we'd like to thank you, our viewers, for helping The Engadget Show win not one, but two Webby Awards this year. That's right, our plucky little show ma...
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Kindle iOS app gets a slew of new features for the blind and visually impaired
Posted On 01 May 2013 By Brian Heater. Under: Uncategorized.
The latest upgrade to the iPhone and iPad version of Amazon's Kindle reading app brings a bunch of new features aimed at blind and visually impaired users. At the top of the list is the ability to read aloud 1.8 million Kindle Store titles, with h...
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Vine update brings support for front-facing camera, mentions
Posted On 30 Apr 2013 By Brian Heater. Under: Uncategorized.
Couple of key updates for the 1.1 version of Twitter's pithy video app, Vine. First up is support for front-facing cameras, for those who can't get enough short web videos of themselves. Tap the icon in the lower-left corner of the app and it will...
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Hulu: Paid subscriptions have doubled to four million in past year
Posted On 30 Apr 2013 By Brian Heater. Under: Uncategorized.
Hulu's future ownership may be in question, but the video streaming site is apparently doing fairly brisk business on the paid subscription front. During an advertiser event this morning, the site announced that it has managed to double its Hulu P...
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LeapFrog’s LeapReader pen teaches reading and writing, on sale in July for $50
Posted On 30 Apr 2013 By Brian Heater. Under: Uncategorized.
With its latest device, LeapFrog's continuing to fight the good fight: teaching kids essential skills through the power of consumer electronics. LeapReader's a sort of spiritual successor to the company's Tag line, maintaining the reading tool's p...
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Thorsten Heins: tablets aren’t a good business model, BlackBerry aiming to lead mobile computing in five years
Posted On 30 Apr 2013 By Brian Heater. Under: Uncategorized.
Holding out for a post-RIM version of the PlayBook? That waiting likely won't end any time soon. BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins used an interview yesterday to discuss the mobile environment five years out. Seems he's feeling particularly bullish ab...
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HP’s Slate 7 tablet goes on sale, brings on the Beats for $170
Posted On 26 Apr 2013 By Brian Heater. Under: Uncategorized.
After a false alarm, HP is keeping to its initial promise of delivering its Slate 7 Android tablet this month -- and with a few days to spare, no less. The seven-inch device, which first popped up at MWC back in February, is now on sale in the US ...
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Facebook to acquire Parse, promises easier cloud-based app development
Posted On 25 Apr 2013 By Brian Heater. Under: Uncategorized.
Hot on the heels of its Mobile Developer Conference, Facebook today announced its intentions to buy cloud-based app development service Parse, a company with which the site has collaborated in the past. According to a post on Facebook's Developers...
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