Nintendo can’t wait for its own E3 press conference, schedules pre-E3 broadcast for tomorrow

Remember that wall of coverage Nintendo promised for next week’s E3 festivities? Yeah, well, apparently that extends to scooping itself a bit with a Pre-E3 event, two days ahead of its official, real deal Tuesday press conference. Tomorrow, the company’s president Satoru Iwata will be hosting a web broadcast

Sony announces PlayStation-branded Pulse stereo headset

If you’re the kind of gamer that needs to be so immersed in what you’re playing that you need to tune out all other noise, then Sony is looking out for you. The company has just announced a new pair of wireless headphones that will be available this fall. It’s called the Pulse Wireless

Inside Startx Stanford’s Spring 2012 Demo Day [TCTV]

Startx, the startup accelerator for Stanford University students, held its Spring 2012 Demo Day this past week at AOL headquarters in Palo Alto, California. Seven very diverse startups presented to a room of investors, media, and tech industry folks — the latest batch of Startx startups range from a

Keep your bands straight with Adafruit’s Ohm Sweet Ohm cross-stitch kit (video)

Doesn’t it just seem like yesterday when Grandma used to embroider your resistor charts for you? But now that you’re grown up, Adafruit wants you to cross-stitch the Ohm Sweet Ohm color band guide yourself with their handy kit (dog not included). Spec-wise, it’s loaded up with 16 skeins of floss, two

Photo Sharing App Picplz to Shut Down on July 3

If you’re a fan of the iPhone and Android photo sharing app Picplz, you only have one more month to enjoy its pleasures. In a blog post an…

Engadget Mobile Podcast 140 – 06.02.2012

As Myriam stuffs an unearthly spaghetti of cables into her duffle on the way to Taipei, she sneaks in two more hours of stateside Engadget Mobile Podcast with Brad. Listen intently as they discuss, fireside-chat style, the lowest of the mobile lowdowns before they even bubble up to the surface. Hosts:

Android Angst: Ice Cream Sandwich Adoption Moving Slowly [VIDEO]

What’s the holdup with the new version 4.0 of Android, affectionately known as Ice Cream Sandwich? Announced on October 19, 2011, the new versi…

Apple Newton celebrates 20 years of eating up Martha

History hasn’t been particularly kind to the Newton. Apple’s early play at the mobile device market has largely been a source of ridicule, considered a low point in the company’s catalog. For every suggestion that the device was ahead its time, there are countless "eat up Martha" jokes. It’s not hard

The Instagram Effect? Mobile Photo Sharing App PicPlz To Shut Down Permanently On July 3

PicPlz, the mobile photo sharing app that is perhaps known best for being an early and direct competitor with Instagram, will shut down permanently on July 3.

Mixed Media Labs, the parent company of PicPlz, delivered the news through a short post on its company blog as well as in a brief email

How Do Top Android Developers QA Test Their Apps?

A couple weeks ago I ran this post showing how one Hong Kong developer, Animoca, tests its Android games. The company, which has had more than 70 million downloads, tests every one of their apps on about 400 different devices. The photo above is from their headquarters and is just a taste of all the