We know it’s cliche to say something sounds like science fiction, but this is seriously one of the more far out there concepts we’ve ever heard. Researchers from UT Arlington and Northwestern University are working with surgeons from the Brooke Army Medical Center on a project called Biomask. The idea is to skip surgery and have patients wear a mask, layered with sensors, actuators and medicine delivery tools for several months while their face slowly regenerates
The BlackBerry Dev Blog has recently reached out to developers and asked them to get their Android apps ready for the PlayBook OS 2 launch . The Android app grab makes a lot of sense for RIM’s platform, especially because BlackBerry 10 is going to launch with far fewer apps than a legacy BlackBerry user would have access to
As Carl Icahn prepares to take the wheel , buttressed by a cushion of distressed LightSquared debt, Sprint appears close to ending its ill-fated dance with the upstart LTE provider.
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Sprint grants LightSquared six-week extension for FCC approval
Screen Grabs chronicles the uses (and misuses) of real-world gadgets in today’s movies and TV. Send in your sightings (with screen grab!) to screengrabs at engadget dot com . Finally! A TV show that we’ve actually seen (sorry, Gossip Girl )
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Screen Grabs: Big Bang Theory’s Raj falls head over heels… for Siri (video)
The choose-your-own-price Humble Bundle has proven to be a runaway success on desktop platforms — helping fund indie developers and causes like Child’s Play and the EFF alike — and it’s now finally taken the plunge onto mobile devices. That move was kicked off today with the Humble Bundle for Android, which includes the games Anomaly: Warzone Earth , Osmos , and EDGE
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Humble Bundle expands to Android with World of Goo, Anomaly and more
Enter to win a free copy of Aqua Text Pink Edition by Simple Design ! Valentine’s Day is just around the corner so what better way to get in the romantic mood than with a brand new theme for your BlackBerry.
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BlackBerry theme roundup – Valentine’s Day edition! Win a free copy of Aqua Text Pink Edition by Simple Design!
Samsung announced on Monday that the company will be launching the Galaxy Note smartphone with a 90-second Super Bowl commercial, which will be the first-ever Super Bowl ad in the technology giant’s 71-year history. “During the past six months we’ve launched the Galaxy S II, Galaxy Nexus and now the Galaxy Note super phone in North America bringing unparalleled innovation to the marketplace,” said Todd Pendleton , Samsung ‘s American Chief Marketing Officer. “The Galaxy Note ushers in the era of truly personalized communications, allowing people to capture, share and create like never before.” Samsung chose Bobby Farrelly — who created “There’s Something About Mary” and other popular comedies with his brother Peter — to direct the commercial
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Galaxy Note to star in Samsung’s first-ever Super Bowl commercial
Amazon’s just announced its earnings for the fourth quarter of the year, and it’s a bit of a mixed bag.
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Amazon announces Q4 2011 results: sales jump to $17.43 billion, but profits drop 58 percent
The economy may be starting to look up, but that doesn’t mean the suffering is over.
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Toshiba announces Q3 earnings: revenues down, posts $139 million loss
Instant Messaging suite IM+ for BlackBerry has been updated. The full-featured Messaging app plugs into all the popular IM clients into a single all-in-one app. New features include Arabic language localization, a “disable beep” option, a configurable inbox, numerous bug fixes and user interface tweaks.
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IM+ for BlackBerry updated to 10.1