Month: April 2014

Welcome to Weekends with Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines from the past seven days — all handpicked by the editors here at the site. Read the original post by Engadget

Great Bay Community College will be hosting an open house at their new Advanced Technology & Academic Center in Rochester on Thursday, April 24, from 4:30-7 p.m. The event will include a faculty and staff meet and greet as well as tours of the new facility which houses classrooms, quiet […] Read the original post…

We’ve seen many structures that offer shelter while hanging from tree branches over the years, but the Baobed treehouse adds some extra versatility to the equation. Read the original post by Gizmag

Fry’s offers the Western Digital WD Blue Mainstream 500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s 2.5″ Internal Laptop Hard Drive for $39 with free shipping. That’s the lowest total price we could find by $20 and the least expensive WD laptop drive of its capacity we’ve ever seen. It runs at 5400 rpm […] Read the original post…

The director has cancelled an appearance this weekend where he was to promote the upcoming Fox movie, and ABC has removed promos mentioning his name as it debuts his new TV series. Read the original post by Hollywood Reporter

Amazon offers Prime members the Vizio Razor 40″ 120Hz 1080p WiFi LED-Backlit HD Television, model no. M401I-A3, for an in-cart price of $398 with free shipping. (This price will show at the final stage of checkout.) That’s a $32 drop from two weeks ago and the lowest total price we’ve […] Read the original post…

Newegg offers the ADATA 128GB DashDrive UV128 USB 3.0 Flash Drive, model no. AUV128-128G-RBE, for $59.99. Coupon code “EMCYTZG39″ cuts the price to $45.99. With free shipping, that’s the lowest total price we could find by $18. Features include read speeds of up to 40MB/s and write speeds of up […] Read the original post…

Nike has laid off 55 employees from its 70-memeber hardware team in charge of the Nike FuelBand, sparking off speculation of the company’s commitment to the FuelBand fitness tracker. Continue reading → Read the original post by Jason

We hate it when our portable tech die on us while we’re on the go and can’t get to an outlet for a recharge. The idea of lugging around a backup battery to give you a quick battery boost can seem like a hassle, but it doesn’t have to be […] Read the original post…

The Camera grabber on the Lock screen is an extremely convenient feature. It lets you quickly take a photo without going through the hassle of unlocking the device, and launching the Camera app from the Home screen. Continue reading → Read the original post by Gautam

It took four tries, but SpaceX’s CRS-3 mission is on its way to the International Space Station . Read the original post by Gizmag

GameAgent takes up to 80% off a selection of Borderlands downloads for Mac, with prices starting at just $2. That makes each of the $2 expansion packs at least $3 under the best price we could find elsewhere, although there are better deals to be had on the full games. […] Read the original post…

GameAgent takes up to 80% off a selection of Borderlands downloads for PC and Mac, with prices starting at just $2. That makes each of the $2 expansion packs at least $3 under the best price we could find elsewhere, although there are better deals to be had on the […] Read the original post…

Fry’s offers the Sony 50″ 120Hz 1080p 3D WiFi LED-Backlit LCD HD Television, model no. KDL-50W800B, for $898 with free shipping. That’s $49 under our mention from earlier this week and the lowest total price we’ve seen. (It’s a current price low by $31.) It comes with two pairs of […] Read the original post…

It looks like FaceTime is not working for a number of users with devices running iOS 6, according to MacRumors. Users are reporting that they’re not able to place or receive FaceTime calls since April 16th. Continue reading → Read the original post by Gautam