The future and forces of digital health, and the four mobile health app rules developers need for success in it.
Technical
Time Warner Cable will sell a $99 Fan TV box that streams cable TV and internet video
Last summer Fanhattan showed off its Fan TV box that promised to put cable TV on the same level as internet streaming services, but with the odd twist that cable TV providers would be the ones to sell it. After a short test period with Cox Cable last…
Earth Day goes social, one Tweet at a time
Earth Day is celebrated by billions of people in 108 countries across the world. Not surprisingly, social media has become a key component in promoting the event.
Visual data shows how Americans have died over the years
While everyone (and everything) dies in time, just how and when they die has changed a lot in the past few decades; it’s not necessarily clear how you’re likely to kick the bucket. Thankfully, Bloomberg has used visual data to make sense of death…
Here’s how Microsoft tried to win the early instant messaging wars
The battle between modern chat services like LINE and WhatsApp is fierce, but it has nothing on the war between Microsoft and AOL (Engadget’s parent company) at the turn of the century. Former Microsoft developer David Auerbach has revealed that his…
How do you effectively reel-in enterprise social media management?
In enterprise social media management, seamless integration into existing operations and coordination, is king.
Gadget Rewind 2006: Lego Mindstorms NXT
It’s our 10th birthday, and to celebrate we’ll be revisiting some of the key devices of the last decade. So please be kind, rewind. Lego, the popular toy brick maker, graduated from simple plastic playthings in 1998 when it released its Mindstorms…
Inhabitat’s Week in Green: flexible circuit boards, BMW i3 and the world’s first urban algae canopy
Each week our friends at Inhabitat recap the week’s most interesting green developments and clean tech news for us — it’s the Week in Green. When you think about transportation innovations, highways probably aren’t the first things that come to…
AllCast’s screen-mirroring magic arrives on Amazon’s Fire TV App Store
Been putting off sideloading AllCast’s SDK to your brand new Amazon Fire TV? Well, friend, your procrastination has paid off. Now, all you have to do to install the casting and screen-mirroring app is download it straight from the Amazon App Store….
EFF and Sunlight Foundation come together to build Contact-Congress
If you’ve never contacted your congress person then you might not realize how difficult our politicians have made it to get a hold of them. There are 535 members of the House and Senate all whom have some arcane contact form on their websites that…
Turn off the Discovery Channel and use mobile apps to discover nature for yourself
Put down the laptop and turn off the TV. Free apps that are worth getting when visiting National Parks
NASA just crashed a satellite into the moon on purpose
You might remember NASA’s LADEE as the satellite where the administration tested a new broadband-fast laser communication system for sending data back to Earth. Now, however, the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer is no more, since NASA…
Engadget Eurocast 060 – 4.18.14
Matt’s been steeped in old timey video over the past few days and it seems to have affected Dan’s state of mind and podcast introduction. Once the anachronistic antics subside, the lads dig into the plausibility and potential for Google’s Project…
What’s this ‘Heartbleed’ I keep hearing about, and why should I care?
Think of IT Heartbleed like “trick or treating” and you put your hand in a big bowl of candy, and pull out something random.
Nokia stops selling Lumia 2520 tablet over electrical shock concerns
Nokia has issued a product advisory for certain Lumia 2520 chargers and has temporarily suspended sales of the Windows tablet in the UK and parts of Europe. The notice applies to its Europe- and UK-only AC-300 charger, along with the 2520 travel…