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Why Facebook Thinks WhatsApp is Worth $16B.
On Wednesday, Facebook announced the latest move in its quest for mobile social domination: it plans to buy popular messaging app WhatsApp for $16 billion in a cash and stock deal. If that sounds like...
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How to Visualize
Visualization is a technique used by winners in all walks of life. If you really want something to come to fruition, then you have to put your imaginative mind to work. See the result in front of you,...
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Daily Roundup: Ubuntu’s first phones, Lumia Icon review 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...
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Why did Facebook spend $19 billion on a messaging app? (video)
WhatsApp is a voice and text instant messaging platform with apps for most every smartphone OS. It provides free service for the first year and costs a dollar annually after that. Why then, did...
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HTC’s new smartwatch rumored to debut next week with Qualcomm guts
Remember when HTC’s Cher Wang said that his company solved the smartwatch battery life conundrum? Rumor has it the answer was Mirasol. According to Bloomberg sources, the company is preparing to...
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Homeland Security reconsiders plans for a national license plate recognition...
Homeland Security has decided it doesn’t need a database of everyone’s license plates after all — at least not yet. Law enforcement officials across the country are already using license plate readers...
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Tinder security flaw exposed users’ exact locations for several months
Have you been using Tinder (an iOS/Android dating app that shows pictures of users in your area) these past months to try and find the one? Well, if you’re deathly scared of stalkers, you might want...
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Aereo strikes out in Utah, preliminary injunction shuts down local service
All good things come to an end: despite largely winning the war over its right to rebroadcast OTA TV signals over the internet, Aereo just lost its first major battle. The US District Court of Utah...
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HTC’s new smartwatch may be previewed next week with Qualcomm guts
Remember when HTC’s Cher Wang said that her company solved the smartwatch battery life conundrum? Rumor has it the answer was Mirasol. According to Bloomberg sources, the company is preparing to share...
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Cities, Networks and the Counterintuitive Nature of Suicide
Cities provide huge benefits for those who live in them and these are easy to see when you compare cities of different sizes. As cities get bigger, the number of jobs, houses and water consumption all...
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Microsoft rebrands Office Web Apps as Office Online because it’s an online...
Use Office Web Apps much? Us neither, which is probably why Microsoft’s answer to Google Docs felt it needed a makeover. Following SkyDrive’s recent rebrand to OneDrive, Office Web Apps has received...
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eBay snags a startup that helps you try clothes on virtually
Buying clothes online while you’re lazing around in your underwear is a wonderful thing, but the tricky part is figuring out if that ironic t-shirt really flatters your figure. That’s why eBay just...
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Acer’s Liquid E3 smartphone will go up against the bargain Moto G
While Acer has made some hay in Europe with low-spec smartphones, its latest budget models are launching into a whole ‘nother market. For instance, the €199 ($275) Liquid E3 now has to contend with...
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How to Ask for a Pay Raise
If you feel like you have been doing an excellent job at work, don't be afraid to approach your employer for a raise. Many people are afraid to ask for raises even though they know they deserve them,...
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Google opens official Chromecast support forum
Trying to figure out how to get your Chromecast TV widget to play nice with your Android thingymabob, or how to hook it into your own app? The usual AV or developer forums might help, but there’s...
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Make the world your instrument with Mogees and a smartphone (video)
It’s been awhile since we heard from the Mogees camp, but the device has finally hit Kickstarter. As a refresher, Mogees is a musical tool that uses a special mic to pick up surface vibrations and...
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Why did Facebook spend $19 billion on a messaging app?
WhatsApp is a voice and text instant messaging platform with apps for most every smartphone OS. It provides free service for the first year and costs a dollar annually after that. Why then, did...
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Nominate your favorite gadgets for the 2013 Engadget Awards
No, that 2013 isn’t a typo. With CES 2014 already behind us, it may seem silly to take a look back at the previous year in tech. But let’s not get too ahead of ourselves — 2013 brought plenty of...
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Motorola: We’re working on a smartwatch too
Well, well well. Guess who’s back in the watch game? Motorola. Of course, it already did the watch thing, but Rick Osterloh, SVP of product at the firm, has just confirmed that the company is working...
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Motorola confirms Moto Maker service coming to Europe in Q2, starting in the...
We’ve seen and heard plenty from most of the main players here at MWC, but one company has remained eerily quiet until now. Motorola’s situation has changed significantly in recent weeks, and that...
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