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From Gizmodo: A 787 Dreamliner Drew the Boeing Logo Across the United States
What you’re looking at is the real-time geographic tracking information of flight ZA236 as it was coming back to its home base in Washington state. It flew across the United States, drawing this gigantic Boeing logo. More »
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From Gizmodo: Ocean’s 11 Just Happened in Real Life [WTFriday]
$500,000 of jewelry is missing from a Chicago store after thieves drilled their way from a sushi restaurant into a jewelry store next door, evaded a state-of-the-art security system, and cracked a supposedly theft-proof safe. More »
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From Engadget: Samsung unveils Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0), offers Ice Cream Sandwich on a seven-inch platter (updated)
Update: Samsung has just issued an official press release for today’s announcement, specifying that the device will launch first in the UK, beginning in March. Price remains a mystery, but you can find more information in the full release, after the break.
Samsung unveils Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0), offers Ice Cream Sandwich on a seven-inch platter (updated) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:23:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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From Engadget: Force Flyer accelerometer-controlled RC helicopter, we go gloves-on (video)
Being able to wave your hand through the air and control a physical object — as if by magic — is everyone’s dream. And if you say it’s not yours, then you sir or ma’am are a liar. That’s why we had to stop at the Regal Elite booth on the floor at Toy Fair. The company was showing off the Force Flyer, an RC helicopter you pilot with an accelerometer-equipped glove. The patented tech, called Glove Force Technology, adds a level of physical interactivity that’s more Wii than RC. A small joystick you hold in your palm controls thrust, while tilting and moving your hand through the air gets the chopper to perform acrobatic maneuvers — or plummet to the ground if you’re an Engadget editor. The Regal Elite staff seemed to have pretty good control of the Force Flyer, which gives us hope that our difficulty in keeping the toy airborne was due more to our lack of familiarity and not with the quality of the device. The glove controller on hand was still a prototype (as is much of what’s on the floor at Toy Fair), hence the New Balance logo, but the actual internals are around 80 percent complete according to a rep. The smaller, indoor Force Flyer should be hitting the market in late April for $49.95, followed by a larger outdoor version. Check out the gallery below and video after the break for more.
Edgar Alvarez contributed to this report.
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Force Flyer accelerometer-controlled RC helicopter, we go gloves-on (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:24:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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From Engadget: AT&T doubling its upgrade fee to $36 on February 12th (update: confirmed)
What do you do after reporting “blow-out” earnings and instituting larger, pricier, data plans? If you’re AT&T, why not go for the jugular by doubling upgrade fees? Per the above leaked memo, that’s exactly what Ma Bell plans to do come February 12th, upping the existing $18 fee to a new high of $36. That might sound familiar, as it’s much in the same vein as cross-town rival Sprint, who went through the same kerfuffle back in September. We’ve pinged AT&T about the price hike and will update when we hear back.
Update: AT&T sent us the following statement confirming the increase:
Wireless devices today are more sophisticated than ever before. And because of that, the costs associated with upgrading to a new device have increased and is reflected in our new upgrade fee. This fee isn’t unique to AT&T and this is the first time we’re changing it in nearly 10 years.
[Thanks, Anonymous]
AT&T doubling its upgrade fee to $36 on February 12th (update: confirmed) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:52:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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