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While it's no surprise that Apple is planning to introduce the next generation of iOS this summer, rumors suggest that the company's mobile OS will get a major visual facelift for the first time. With the departure of iOS head Scott Forstall, Apple lead designer Jony Ive took on an interface design...

Sony confirms console's release timing in a newspaper ad

Google today announced that it has been taking its Street View Trekker – the compact backpack version of its Street View cars – and its underwater Street View cameras to the Galapagos Islands and that it plans to make these images available on Google Maps later this year. The company worked...

Sometimes, the truth hurts Well, it only took three years, but Microsoft has finally taken on the iPad in the place that needs the most work: Public perception. A new ad, designed to mimic the sickly sweet iPad ads of late, pits Apple’s tablet against a Windows 8 tablet. And it is awesome. read...

Amazon today took one more step in its strategy scale up its Kindle Fire tablet business. The company announced that it will now sell the two higher-end versions of the device, the Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Fire HD 8.9″ , globally: pre-orders in 170 countries begins today with the first models...

We're still a few years away from the self-opening home front door of the Jetsons. But that's okay -- we're making progress. A few weeks ago we told you about Unikey and Kwikset's Kevo , a keyless entry system for your own front door. Now the fine folks at Engadget have had a chance to work with...

Pandora today announced a new form of Facebook integration for Pandora mobile apps on iOS and Android and the official Pandora web music player. Pandora sharing to Facebook has existed for some time, but the new social integration is "effortless," wrote Pandora's chief technology officer and...

Pandora today announced a new form of Facebook integration for Pandora mobile apps on iOS and Android and the official Pandora web music player. Pandora sharing to Facebook has existed for some time, but the new social integration is "effortless," wrote Pandora's chief technology officer and...

A second-tier player in the handset industry, South Korea’s Pantech has been having a tough time of it competing with the likes of Samsung and LG. The company, which was delisted back in 2007 because of persistent capital erosion, posted a massive annual net loss of 188 billion won last year. And...

Cloudscaling has raised $10 million from Trinity Ventures, Juniper Networks, and Seagate Technologies in a deal that shows how software defined networking has become a focal issue for companies building out their own clouds. Cloudscaling delivers an OpenStack-powered cloud infrastructure system for...