Thursday, February 16, 2012

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NPR Music iPad app puts Tiny Desk Concerts a few swipes away
Feb 15th 2012, 15:41

Feel like peeping a live performance from The Decemberists during your coffee shop work session? You can do just that via the new NPR Music app for your iPad. Once you download the free software onto your Apple slate, you're a few screen taps away from live performances, advance album listens and live streaming radio content. The app also enables offline listening through its visual playlist feature. If you're a fan of The Shins, an exclusive in-app concert streams live on March 7th. Itching to snag the app for your tablet? Hit the iTunes source link below.

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NPR Music iPad app puts Tiny Desk Concerts a few swipes away originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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BlackBerry Desktop Software for PCs makes debatable leap to version 7.0
Feb 15th 2012, 15:22

BlackBerry Desktop Software for PCs makes debatable leap to version 7.0
It's been a long time in the making, but the BlackBerry Desktop Software for PCs has just made the jump from version 6.1 to 7.0. Despite the significant numeric hurdle, the software is scant for new features and only a handful of known issues have been fixed. New to the revision, the organizer synchronization component has been overhauled for easier setup and BlackBerry users may now import individual pictures and videos from within the utility -- as if USB Mass Storage mode didn't work well enough. A bug that incorrectly minimized the software to the system tray has been resolved, along with a couple of annoyances that relate only to BES users. Meanwhile, the list of known issues is nearly four pages long. Yikes. Ever get the feeling this software release could've been more aptly named version 6.1.0.37?

BlackBerry Desktop Software for PCs makes debatable leap to version 7.0 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:22:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Comcast slows the flood of video customer losses in Q4 2011
Feb 15th 2012, 14:57

It's not often that a company announced it lost 17,000 customers in a quarter and that's considered good news, but for Comcast that's exactly the case when it comes to cable TV. Compared to the 135,000 customers lost in the same period a year ago (which was also lower than the year that preceded it), it's a slowing of a trend over the last few years and if you believe cord cutting is taking a toll on Big Cable, could indicate that is tailing off as well. That's not all of the good news however, as it also increased the number of customers picking up extra services like internet and phone. We didn't get too many tidbits from the earnings call, but did hear a mention that it's investing in new cloud-based software for its TV boxes -- hopefully that means we'll see that new Xfinity TV guide roll out widely sooner rather than later.

Comcast slows the flood of video customer losses in Q4 2011 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:57:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Nikon WT-5 WiFi dongle wins FCC approval, fires off a ring of D4s to celebrate
Feb 15th 2012, 14:28

Okay, so Bullet Time actually used Canon DSLRs, but Nikon D4 owners should soon have their own means of messing with space and time. The WT-5 dongle can control up to ten of the mammoth DSLRs simultaneously or, in more usual set-ups, allow a single camera to share its shots over a network. This'll mean you're no longer tied down by the Ethernet cable that we were forced to use in our recent networking hands-on with the D4. We don't know if this will arrive in stores at the same time as the camera itself, or how much it'll cost, but at least it's now passed through FCC without getting shot down. Click past the break for a few product shots, and note that the status LED glows solid green when there's a network connection, flashes to indicate a transfer in progress, and radiates nasty orange to inform your lead actor that he'll have to bend over backwards for yet another take.

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Nikon WT-5 WiFi dongle wins FCC approval, fires off a ring of D4s to celebrate originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:28:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 to debut at MWC? Definitely, maybe.
Feb 15th 2012, 14:10

Galaxy Note 10.1
We've all heard of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and the Galaxy Note... but the Galaxy Note 10.1? That's a new one to us. The pinch of salt you should take this with could rim the entire nation's margarita glasses for a year, but hints have come from more than one source now that Samsung has an up-sized styli-friendly slate in the works. The unconfirmed device was listed on the Samsung site, alongside the standard Note, Wave 3 and Wave Y as being highlighted at a developer event at MWC. We'd have ignored it and written it off as a typo if it wasn't for a listing at Backstage looking for "teen student" to use "his Galaxy Note 10.1." Intriguing, no? Even more suspicious, both the casting call and the developer day listing have been removed. Of course, it's entirely possible that both appearances of the Note 10.1 were simple typos but, we won't lie, we're really hoping a larger sized slate with an S Pen.

Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 to debut at MWC? Definitely, maybe. originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:10:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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