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• Ask Engadget: can you use an Android tablet as a graphics tablet?
  by Daniel Cooper on May 18@19:45
  AE Ask Ask Engadget AskEngadget Engadget We know you've got questions, and if you're brave enough to ask the world for answers, then here's the outlet to do so. This week's Ask Engadget inquiry is from Xan, who wants Cintiq functionality...
• Mobile Miscellany: week of May 13th, 2013
  by Zachary Lutz on May 18@18:45
  blu bluproducts creativestudio mobilepostcross nokia smartiii sony studio5.0 studio5.0s studio5.3s vodafone xperial If you didn't get enough mobile news during the week, not to worry, because we've opened the firehose for the truly hardcore. This week brought a new handset from Sony to the US and UK, updates to...
• Axio returns as Melon, an EEG headband that'll help you learn to focus
  by Michael Gorman on May 18@16:32
  axio EegHeadband fitness focus headband health insertcoin kickstarter melon The quantified self movement's gaining steam, with companies creating all sorts of gadgets to track our activity levels, sleeping habits and even what's going on inside our heads. Melon's an EEG...
• Cast AR hands-on with Jeri Ellsworth at Maker Faire 2013 (update: video interview)
  by Nicole Lee on May 18@14:33
  3D AR Cast AR CastAr glasses goggles hands-on Jeri Ellsworth JeriEllsworth MakerFaire MaketFaire2013 Valve video When Valve's first hardware hire, Jeri Ellsworth, tweeted back in February that she was fired from the company, we were disappointed but also intrigued by what she meant by "time for new exciting...
• Alt-week 5.16.13: bug eyes, robo-cops and fake flowers
  by James Trew on May 18@14:30
  alt week alt-week AltWeek video Alt-week takes a look at the best science and alternative tech stories from the last seven days. If we're to find a common thread in this week's collection of stories, it'd be nature's guiding...
• Dell Project Ophelia USB Android stick to ship in July, priced at $100
  by James Trew on May 18@12:31
  android dell ophelia pendroid usb We know that "wherefore art thou?" was about Romeo, but if your question was for (Dell's) Ophelia, then it's likely more "when art thou." The answer? July. The Android pendrive / USB computer we...
• Sprint closes deal to buy US Cellular spectrum, adds 420,000 customers
  by Jon Fingas on May 18@10:14
  1900mhz cellphone midwest minipost mobilepostcross mobilepostmini pcs smartphone sprint transition uscellular wireless Sprint was clearly hungry for capacity when it bought spectrum from US Cellular last fall, and it's at last getting its fill -- some of it, at least -- by closing the deal today. The carrier has...
• The Last of Us will debut 'play while it downloads' feature on the PS3
  by Richard Lawler on May 18@08:27
  hdpostcross sony Even though we don't yet know what the PlayStation 4 looks like or how much it will cost, one of the many details revealed at Sony's February event was that games will be playable even as they...
• Google-built media player hits the FCC, reveals only a Hitchhiker's Guide reference
  by Richard Lawler on May 18@06:04
  42 fcc google h2g2-42 h840 hdpostcross HitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy mediastreamer With much of its information obscured it's hard to say what Google has planned for this new device revealed by its FCC filing, but the model number at least indicates someone has a sense of humor....
• Amtrak boosts WiFi on select trains, more upgrades coming this summer
  by Brian Heater on May 18@03:11
  acela amtrak wifi There are plenty of wonderful things about train travel: the leg room, the scenery, the lack of security pat-downs. The WiFi, on the other hand, has long been the slowest thing about Amtrak. The...
• Stitcher adds car mode to iOS app, encourages responsible driving
  by Sarah Silbert on May 18@00:06
  mobilepostcross Stitcher stitcher radio StitcherRadio Stitcher just announced a new car mode for the iPhone version of its radio and podcasting app, bringing a simplified interface that works in both portrait and landscape positions. Accessible by...
• University of Glasgow makes 3D models with single-pixel sensors, skips the cameras (video)
  by Jon Fingas on May 17@20:52
  3d model modelling projector scanner sensor single-pixel universityofglasgow video Most approaches to capturing 3D models of real-world objects involve multiple cameras that are rarely cheap, and are sometimes tricky to calibrate. The University of Glasgow has developed a method...
• Twitter partners with NBA to highlight in-game replays, Blake Griffin posterizations
  by Darren Murph on May 17@18:49
  NBA replay social social networking SocialNetworking sports Twitter In all honesty, Blake Griffin himself could start a social network that served no purpose outside of featuring his dizzying (and disgusting, if you will) array of dunks, and it'd probably go over...
• BlackBerry software chief on updates and BB10 for healthcare and financial services
  by Michael Gorman on May 17@17:53
  bb10 bblive2013 blackberry mobilepostcross qnx updates vivekbhardwaj During BlackBerry Live this week we got to speak with Vivek Bhardwaj, BlackBerry's Head of Software, about the future of BB10. In light of the the platform's first major software update rolling out...
• Yahoo rumors ahead of Monday's event include $1.1 billion Tumblr buy, Flickr updates
  by Richard Lawler on May 17@17:11
  acquisition flickr marissamayer purchase rumor tumblr yahoo Earlier today, Yahoo sent press invites to a "product-related" event in New York City Monday afternoon and there are already two separate rumors about the company's plans. The first, from...
• Google Glass 'prescription edition' makes a cameo at Google I/O
  by Myriam Joire on May 17@16:20
  Glass glasses google Google Glass GoogleGlass GoogleIO2013 IO2013 mobilepostcross prescription Google I/O is always full of surprises, and we came across yet another elusive bit of hardware on the show floor today: Google Glass "prescription edition". No, it's not actually called that (we...
• Lenovo's Intel-powered K900 smartphone on sale now in China, ships internationally this summer
  by Darren Murph on May 17@15:52
  china intel k900 lenovo mobilepostcross now shipping NowShipping ship shipping ships smartphone It arrived with a bang, but it's been dead silence ever since. Lenovo's Intel Clover Trail+ smartphone, the Android-based K900, is finally ready to make its grand entrance into the consumer realm....
• The Daily Roundup for 05.17.2013
  by David Fishman on May 17@15:30
  bbm bitcoin blackberry google GoogleGlass io kirabook lg nexus 4 Nexus4 nyc tdr toshiba You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at...
• Formlabs ships first Form 1 3D printer, Kickstarter backers should see theirs next week
  by Darren Murph on May 17@14:55
  3d printer 3d printing 3dPrinter 3dPrinting form 1 Form1 formlabs now shipping NowShipping printer shipping Some might say it's been a long, long while since October -- with "some" referring to the swath of Kickstarter backers who've been waiting oh-so-patiently for a Form 1 to call their own. Formlabs...
• Hangouts Easter Eggs put dinos and ponies in your chat
  by Terrence O'Brien on May 17@14:28
  EasterEggs google googleplushangouts hangouts If the 850 hand-drawn emoji included in Hangouts aren't enough for you, we've got some good news -- there's a small collection of Easter Eggs that add even more whimsy to your discussions. The...
• This week on gdgt: LG shows there's room for more than one mega-smartphone
  by gdgt on May 17@14:00
  drobo 5d Drobo5d fuji finepix x20 FujiFinepixX20 gdgt gdgtweek Optimus G Pro optimus g pro 5.5 OptimusGPro OptimusGPro5.5 pure jongo s340b PureJongoS340b Each week, our friends at gdgt go through the latest gadgets and score them to help you decide which ones to buy. Here are some of their latest picks -- along with a few you should probably avoid....
• Firefox 22 beta enables WebRTC by default, HiDPI displays on Windows
  by Jon Fingas on May 17@13:47
  android beta browser chat firefox hidpi internet mozilla odinmonkey software VideoChat voice web webrtc Though Mozilla has long been a proponent of WebRTC for plugin-free video and voice chat, it hasn't been ready to enable the full protocol in Firefox as a matter of course. It's more confident as of...
• Engadget Podcast 344: Google I/O edition - 05.17.13
  by Joe Pollicino on May 17@13:21
  344 engadget podcast EngadgetPodcast engadgetpodcast344 googleio io2013 minipost podcast Live Pre-recorded from a coffee shop near Google I/O, it's episode 344 of the Engadget Podcast. Tim and Brian may not drink coffee, but rest assured the bustling surroundings (hint: loud cars) kept...
• Editor's Letter: When it rains, it pours
  by Tim Stevens on May 17@13:00
  In each issue of Distro, editor-in-chief Tim Stevens publishes a wrap-up of the week in news. It's been a slow couple of weeks here through the beginning of May. Everyone, it seems, was saving up...
• Python S3 is a new tablet that can't decide: boots Ubuntu, Android and Windows 8
  by Mat Smith on May 17@12:43
  android keyboarddock tablet triple-boot ubuntu windows8 Ubuntu tablets may not be particularly new, but thanks to its liberal build, things can get a bit more interesting when another OS is added to the mix. Ekoore's Python S3 tablet goes a little...