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Beats Music builds a unique, if messy, listening experience around emotion
The Beats empire has officially expanded beyond its humble headphone roots. In just a few hours Beats Music will officially launch, and become the latest contestant for your streaming music dollar. Of...
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How to Use AssistiveTouch on an iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad
Apple products aren’t cheap — if you’ve fallen victim to a broken Home or Power button on your iPhone or iPad, don’t despair. All is not lost! Applying the AssistiveTouch feature provides options to...
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LG G Flex to launch in over 20 European countries this February
The G Flex’s world tour continues: following news of launches in the US, LG has announced that its bendy smartphone will reach more than 20 European countries this February. The continent-wide release...
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Securing the Smart Home, from Toasters to Toilets
In late December, a researcher at enterprise security company Proofpoint noticed something strange: a security gateway was logging hundreds of thousands of malicious e-mails that were clearly being...
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Power Electronics Smooth Solar Transition
As rooftop solar panels become increasingly popular, utilities are growing concerned that they will put pressure on local grids, destabilizing power service and requiring costly equipment upgrades....
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MOG to close in April as subscribers offered (small) incentive to move to...
We don’t know how many subscribers MOG has managed to hold onto since it was acquired by Beats in 2012, but soon the number will be zero. Following yesterday’s launch of the all-new Beats Music...
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Heat-sensitive solar cell could lead to much more on-demand energy
It’s tough to build solar cells that capture both heat and light — most of these multi-talented devices can’t trap more than one percent of the energy they receive. However, MIT has just blown past...
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iPhone case with Isis mobile payment support showing up in AT&T stores
If you’ve been waiting to make NFC payments with little more than your iPhone and an Isis account, we have news for you. A tipster sent us pictures of what looks to be retail packaging for the Incipio...
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Verizon finally takes control of Intel’s doomed internet TV service
Intel’s whirlwind fling with IPTV has come to an end, as all its assets from the ill-fated OnCue project have been sold to Verizon. Started less than a year ago to create a product with “beautiful...
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Firefighter developing Google Glass apps to help with response and rescue
For all the potential of Google’s face-based hardware, we haven’t seen many uses beyond the cool and novel that are any more than noble ideas. Not for firefighter Patrick Jackson, though, who’s...
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Verizon matches T-Mobile’s success with 1.6 million new mobile customers
T-mobile might be better at gaining publicity, thanks to its attention-seeking CEO, but Verizon appears to be just as good at attracting new customers. According to the company’s latest earnings...
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UK planes, trains and boats could get ‘superfast’ satellite internet later...
Sure, in-flight internet has its perks, but it’s not available everywhere and it can be a little slow. To push things forward, at least in the UK, Ofcom has approved the use of satellite-based...
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Leaked software suggests Sony’s next flagship phone will record 4K video
With shots of a new Sony smartphone surfacing ahead of a possible reveal at next month’s Mobile World Congress, we guessed it wouldn’t be long until we laid eyes on the software powering it....
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How to Restart the Start Screen and Taskbar (Explorer.exe) in Windows 8.x
If your Taskbar, System Tray, or even the Start Screen starts acting up, you don’t have to power off or reboot your computer. You can usually just restart the Explorer process, and Windows 8.x makes...
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How to Troubleshoot Wireless Router Problems
Are you having a problem with your Internet connection or Wi-Fi? Whatever the problem — from a flaky connection to Wi-Fi troubles or even no access to the Internet at all — some router troubleshooting...
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Veho’s new K-series action cameras have pro features, amateur-friendly price
Veho is perhaps mostly known for its range of accessories — so when we tested its entry into the (already busy) action cam market we were pleasantly surprised by how good it was. Fast-forward to...
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Sony could launch its Xperia Z Ultra phone as a WiFi only ‘tablet’
We’ve seen many a tablet turn into a road warrior — or even a huge phone — with the addition of a SIM card. A phone becoming a tablet is a much scarcer transformation, but if any device can make that...
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LogMeIn ditches free accounts, asks users to pay up or it’ll LogYouOut
If you’ve been using LogMeIn’s free account, you might, nay will, need to find another option. The remote desktop service is no longer offering its gratis service, forcing existing users to either...
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Adidas Smart Run users can now export GPS data, while firmware update...
When we reviewed Adidas’ Smart Run training watch, we were very fond of it. That said, it had three major niggles: the poor battery life, the low volume of the media player and the inability to export...
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Engadget giveaway: win a Slingbox 500 and Motorola-ARRIS SURFboard
While “hanging ten” may be out of the question for those in the Northeast this time of year, it’s still a great time for a SURFboard. ARRIS, the telecommunications company that acquired Motorola Home...
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