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The Daily Roundup for 05.09.2013

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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 the top headlines for the past 24 hours — all ha…


BitTorrent launches ‘Bundle’ media format with Ultra Music partnership

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The folks at BitTorrent have been busy little bees since the beginning of 2013. Between Sync, SoShare, Live and Surf you’d think the company already had enough projects to work on. Now it’s adding a new file format called Bundle to its lineup of e…


Seagate Central review: media sharing for the home, plus backup too

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We really enjoy the ability to consume content on any device from just about anywhere we may roam. The cloud has been a big part of making that happen, but there are still a few things the cloud can’t do nearly as well as local storage — namely, …


Starz, Encore and Movieplex Play apps arrive on Android

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Starz Play has had a home on iOS since October, but now it’s made the jump to Android, and it’s brought Encore Play and Movieplex Play along with it. By wielding the apps, users can stream video from the TV network over WiFi and 3G — provided the…


Eyes-on: University of Pennsylvania’s TitanArm exoskeleton (video)

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TitanArm already took home silver in a competition for senior projects at the University of Pennsylvania, and now the team behind it is visiting Orlando to compete in the Intel-sponsored Cornell Cup for embedded design. We stopped by the showroom …


Unannounced Acer Iconia W3 8-inch tablet leaks on Amazon, priced at $380

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Acer’s Iconia W3 tablet hasn’t been formally announced, but that hasn’t stopped Amazon from giving the TBA product a shiny new home on its website. The page appears to be a bit incomplete, with the summary listing an “1.5 GHz Apple A4″ in the proc…


Vimeo to exclusively carry new Kristen Bell movie the same day as theaters

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The concept of a movie launching online alongside its theatrical debut isn’t new; we’ve seen a few (usually independent) movies reach iTunes that way, for example. Streaming service arrivals are still rare, however, and Vimeo On Demand just booste…


Mozilla finalizes Firefox OS Simulator 3.0 for mass consumption

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If you’ve yet to dabble around with Firefox OS, today would be a good opportunity to remedy that, because Mozilla has released the final version of Firefox OS Simulator 3.0. Building off of the preview release from mid-March, this version has been…


Google Keep now available in the Chrome Web Store

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After laying down its foundation with a mobile app, Google Keep is expanding to your desktop. Now available for Chrome, the note taking service syncs with Google Drive for a seamless transition from phone to computer. The app runs in its own separ…


Nintendo to Wii owners: the Wii U is an entirely new system, not just an upgrade

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The difference between the Wii and Wii U are readily apparent to most contemporary gamers, but some consumers are having trouble telling them apart. “Some have the misunderstanding that the Wii U is just Wii with a pad for games,” Nintendo preside…