Engadget Mobile Podcast 156 – 10.27.2012
By Trent Wolbe posted Oct 27th 2012 3:31PM O hai! Welcome to the 156th edition of the Engadget Mobile Podcast, where we’ve managed to rope in the elusive, globetrotting device-shaker Richard Lai for his opinions on all the hottest new PadFones in the multiverse. If you’re in North America, beware: he sounds much smarter because he’s British. Actual intelligence quotient of Richard Lai may vary from continent to...
Apple to open Palo Alto store on Saturday
Apple plans to open a retail store in downtown Palo Alto, California, on Saturday. The new store, less than two blocks from Apple’s existing location, appears set to share the all-glass front common on Apple retail outlets but was still covered in black sheeting on Friday morning. Apple hasn’t said much about the store. The tight-lipped company has a teaser on its website but it gives away little about what shoppers can...
Alt-week 27.10.12: ancient texts, super-Earths and special-ops mice
By James Trew posted Oct 27th 2012 5:00PM Alt-week peels back the covers on some of the more curious sci-tech stories from the last seven days. If, like us, you struggle to read the front of the Corn Flakes box of a morning, you likely gave up any hope of cracking ancient codes long ago. If you didn’t, however, then your time might be now — as one of the oldest scripts know to man is still up for grabs. Prefer just to...
Going to Extremes with Aperture
After running Palouse Falls, a 189-foot waterfall in southeast Washington State, 24-year-old extreme kayaker Rafa Ortiz of Mexico described experiencing part of the descent in what felt like slow motion. But for photographer Lucas Gilman, who covered the attempt, the drop was very much in real time. “Rafa was actually visible for only three frames of the 4-second free fall, because after he got over the tongue, he was engulfed in...
Mobile Miscellany: week of October 22nd, 2012
By Zachary Lutz posted Oct 27th 2012 7:20PM If you didn’t get enough in mobile news during the week, not to worry, because we’ve opened the firehose for the truly hardcore. This past week, T-Mobile announced the price and release date for the Optimus L9, carriers were announced in Canada for the ATIV S Windows Phone and ZTE released a low-priced Android smartphone for Virgin Mobile in the UK. These stories and more await...
