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Evomail for iPad set to enter the fray for control of your Gmail inbox

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Finally got off the reservation list for Mailbox? Now there’s another app trying to sway your Gmail loyalty that’s just arrived for iPad: Evomail. It brings “frictionless” support for Google’s mail client, including quick access to labels, trash a…


Kingston’s MobileLite Wireless is a memory card reader that doubles as a charger

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By all metrics, Kingston’s wireless Wi-Drive has been a successful product: the company is still selling it two years later, and has since refreshed it with beefier storage and Android compatibility. If there’s one thing customers complained about…


Siva Cycle Atom charges USB devices with a pedal-powered battery pack (video)

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Bicycle-powered generators aren’t new concepts by any stretch, but they frequently generate AC power and sometimes can’t charge at all when the pedaling stops. Siva Cycle doesn’t think either limitation is very helpful for powering a smartphone du…


Siva Cycle Atom charges USB devices with a pedal-powered battery pack (video)

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Bicycle-powered generators aren’t new concepts by any stretch, but they frequently generate AC power and sometimes can’t charge at all when the pedaling stops. Siva Cycle doesn’t think either limitation is very helpful for powering a smartphone du…


Samsung Galaxy S 4 review

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This is the story of a little smartphone series that grows up and, three years later, positions itself to take over the world. The device in question, the newest addition to that lineup, doesn’t really need much of an introduction thanks to some o…


Magazine slips in a free T-Mobile WiFi hotspot, courtesy of Microsoft (video)

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Microsoft has tried more than a few publicity stunts to get us using Office 365, including WiFi hotspots in UK park benches. A magazine with a hotspot, however, is fresh — and might just get us to notice the ads we normally skip. Americans who’…


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Do you live and breathe social media tools and have a passion for metrics? Engadget is looking for you! We’re searching for a very special social- and community-savvy individual to lead the charge setting social strategy for the top consumer tech …


ZTE Director arrives at US Cellular, takes charge of entry-level Android

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US Cellular has had precious few truly low-cost smartphones running an Android build that wasn’t baked in 2010. For those who’d like something a little fresher, the ZTE Director is here. While it’s only slightly ahead of the trailing edge with stock …


Waterstone’s founder building a digital all-you-can-read short fiction service in the UK

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Waterstone’s founder Tim Waterstone has decided to go toe-to-toe with Amazon, but only in the short fiction space. He’s launching Read Petite, a short-and-serialized fiction service that’ll charge users a flat rate of between £5 and £12, …


Scosche BoomBottle ships for $150, just in time to serenade fellow cyclists (video)

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Scosche promised a soundtrack to our biking and hiking when it unveiled the BoomBottle back in January; conveniently, it’s shipping the Bluetooth speaker right as the spring thaw lets us give the peripheral a proper workout. The outdoorsy among us ca…