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  • New Death App Launches to Show Locations of Local Deaths

    New Death App Launches to Show Locations of Local Deaths

    Posted on July 28, 2011 | No Comments
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  • MobileNationHQ Serves an Ace With New Pocket Wimbledon app

    Posted on June 17, 2011 | No Comments
    Created in just 8 hours, MobileNationHQ’s Pocket Wimbledon App shows the power of “App Creation For All” London, June 17th, 2011 – A new mobile app is being launched today in time for Wimbledon. Called Pocket Wimbledon the new app created using the MobileNationHQ platform will...

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  • Google Goggles starts to get useful, adds text translation

    Google Goggles starts to get useful, adds text translation

    Posted on May 6, 2010 | No Comments
    In our experience, about the only thing Google Goggles is good for is telling you that your can of Coke looks like someone's face, but the company's just-released version 1.1 sounds like it might be on a whole new level of awesomeness. Basically, Goggles can now recognize text within the "region of interest" that you specify on the screen then give you the option to translate it to any language of your choosing. Between this and Google's already quite good Translate app, Android devices are getting dangerously close to letting monoglots (thanks for the great word, Google) travel safely and effectively in foreign lands. Other improvements in Goggles 1.1 include better barcode and image recognition (thank goodness), an improved UI, and the ability to initiate identification from your gallery, so it sounds like a must-download if you've got a phone running Android 1.6 or better. It's available now.

    Google Goggles starts to get useful, adds text translation originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 06 May 2010 11:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Motorola DROID to be blessed with Android 2.1 in coming update [UPDATED]

    Motorola DROID to be blessed with Android 2.1 in coming update [UPDATED]

    Posted on February 8, 2010 | No Comments
    When the Nexus One was announced, many folks were questioning Google’s game plan and why it would release such an amazing device shortly after the Motorola DROID’s release. If that wasn’t enough to make some DROID owners envious, the Nexus One received a multitouch update last week which allowed pinch-to-zoom gestures within Google Maps, the [...]

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  • Google Goggles gets video demo on Sony Ericsson Xperia X10

    Google Goggles gets video demo on Sony Ericsson Xperia X10

    Posted on December 29, 2009 | No Comments
    There's little sense in resisting the obvious: Google is slowly but surely taking over your life, but rather than get indignant and discombobulated, we'd suggest letting go and appreciating how much easier things are with the folks in Mountain View squarely in control. Take Google Goggles, for instance, which aims to convert cameraphone images into useful search results on its own Android platform. Up until now, we've been shown stock demos and videos of it running on conventional handsets, but seeing the Goggles hard at work on Sony Ericsson's not-yet-released Xperia X10 is another thing entirely. Hop on past the break for the frames you're craving, but don't bank on this making the wait for said phone any simpler to stomach.

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    Google Goggles gets video demo on Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Exclusive: first Google Phone / Nexus One photos, Android 2.1 on-board

    Exclusive: first Google Phone / Nexus One photos, Android 2.1 on-board

    Posted on December 14, 2009 | No Comments
    digg_url = 'http://digg.com/gadgets/Engadget_Exclusive_first_Google_Phone_Nexus_One_photos'; Well here you have it folks, honest-to-goodness pics of the Google Phone... AKA, the Nexus One. As you can see by the photos, the design of the device is largely similar to those we've seen, but the graphic on back is slightly different, and that piece of tape is covering a QR code (how very Google of them). Just like we've heard before, the updated OS features new 3D elements to the app tray, as well as an extended amount of homescreens, though it looks like the lock screen / mute is the same as in Android 2.0.1. Additionally, there's now a new grid icon at the bottom of the homescreen, which when pressed brings up a webOS card-style preview of all homescreen pages -- which raises some interesting possibilities. Apparently there's been a new software update for the device pushed tonight, and sure enough the phone is identified as the Nexus One on the system info page. Quite clearly this device is running on T-Mobile, and is also using WiFi, so there's two other questions you've got answers to. The phone also appears to come loaded up with Google Navigation (a bit of a no-brainer) and the brand-spanking-new Google Goggles. Hardware wise, the Nexus does look incredibly thin and sleek, and while there's not a slew of buttons (those four up front are clearly touch sensitive), there is a dedicated volume rocker along the side. Oh, and note this... no HTC logo anywhere to be found. We'll update the post as / if we get more info, but for now, feast your eyes on the gallery below!

    Update: One item of interest. In the packaging there's a quick start guide which points users to a "questions" page at google.com/phone/support. The page is a dead end right now, but it certainly gets an eyebrow raise from us. If there is a real Google Phone in the offing, that seems a likely landing page for support.

    [Thanks, RD]

    Exclusive: first Google Phone / Nexus One photos, Android 2.1 on-board originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Thank you, Columbus, Ohio!

    Thank you, Columbus, Ohio!

    Posted on November 10, 2009 | No Comments
    If you weren't at the Surly Girl Saloon last night for the Columbus CrunchGear meetup, then you were somewhere else! You missed John sporting a new pair of Onion Goggles. You missed a nerd-a-thon comparing the Droid, HD2, iPhone, Dream, and whatever other handhelds folks could dig out of their pockets. And you missed an opportunity to put your grubby paws on not only the TwitterPeek but also the Nokia Booklet!

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  • DIY Proton Pack

    DIY Proton Pack

    Posted on October 29, 2009 | No Comments
    Jeezum crow! This guy has made a fully functional (kind of) Proton Pack from Ghostbusters including a trap, ecto goggles, and some coveralls. He added a few lights controlled by an Arduino board. The best part? He added lasers to the blasters. Now he just needs to remember not to cross the beams and that your halloween party can be a promotional expense so you should invite clients instead of friends.

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  • Video: The murder of a Volvo S80 by Cash for Clunkers

    Video: The murder of a Volvo S80 by Cash for Clunkers

    Posted on August 3, 2009 | No Comments
    I don’t get it. The Volvo S80 in the video above probably had many more miles on it. There are a lot of people out there that would have loved to have it, but the Cash for Clunkers program sent it down the green mile. Dealers are suppose to fill the engines with sodium silicate and [...]

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  • Wrist-Mounted Keyboard Has Us All in a Froth

    Wrist-Mounted Keyboard Has Us All in a Froth

    Posted on July 20, 2009 | No Comments
    This one handed (or rather one-handed, one wristed) keyboard is your ticket straight out of the dating game. It manages to hit plenty of extra geek-buttons as it heads for the exit, though: The company is iKey, and the name is a military hardware evoking AK-39. The keyboard is actually designed for some heavy-duty use, featuring [...]

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  • E3 2009: Konami’s E3 press conference

    E3 2009: Konami’s E3 press conference

    Posted on June 3, 2009 | No Comments
    We’re live at Konami’s press conference at E3 in Los Angeles… 6:15 PM: Doug Aamoth Just a moment and we’ll be underway… 6:19 PM: ThePeterHa And here we go. 6:19 PM: ThePeterHa I’d like to say that T-Mobile’s network stinks. 6:20 PM: ThePeterHa Konami promises that we won’t leave this press conference disappointed. 6:20 PM: ThePeterHa 6:21 PM: ThePeterHa Sony [...]

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  • Review: Finis SwiMP3 – designed for swimmers!

    Review: Finis SwiMP3 – designed for swimmers!

    Posted on May 27, 2009 | No Comments
    Memorial Day has come and gone, which means that aside from an abundance of family cookouts, many swimming pools have officially opened their doors for the summer swimming season. I love swimming, and I enjoy swimming laps for exercise. Unfortunately, it's mind numbingly boring to swim back and forth. I've long wanted a waterproof MP3 player to liven up my swimming. Enter the Finis SwiMP3. Read on for a full review.

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